The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-29
DIPLOMATIC CORPS SHIFT
President Makes Changes in AM
bassadors and Ministers.
CORTELY0U IN THE CABINET

ations of Two ex-Members - Wynae
Gets ConsuIship-Other Appointments
In Consular ServIce-Men Who Are
Shifted About .
Washington, D. C.-The President
sent to the Senate a long list Of dip!o-
matte and consular nominations in adj
diticn to those of the Cabinet. The
latter were Immediately confirmed.
Nominations for two ~ex-Senators also
were sent in, namely. Cockrell to be
Interstate Commerce Commissioner,
and Quarles to be Judge of the East
ern District Of Wisconsin. These two
nominations were also confirmed.
With the exception Of Mr.. Wynne.
all the members Of the last Cabinet
were reappolnted. Mr.. Cortelyou takes
Wynne's place in the Postofice De-
partment. and the latter gets the Con-
sul-Generalship at London. England.
vice II. Clay Evans. late Commissioner
OF Pensions, who has been at London
about two years. Secretary Shaw is
renominated with the understanding
that he will retire in February. 1906,
when he will have served q full four
years.
The nominations sent in for AmDaS-
sailors were. decided upon and the an
nouncement of the proposed changes
made some time ago. Of the eleven
Ministers nominated only six are new
~oon Tpn nthnr Hun 0rn NOW in the
| diplomatic service, and:are to be trans
ferred from their present places to
those for which they have been NOM
mated. Four Of the five Ambassadors
named are in the diplomatic service,
and Mr.. Reid. who goes to London,
was Minister to France under Presi-
dent Harrison. Those nominated to
be Ambassadors are:
Whitelaw Reid, New York, to Great
Britain.
Robert S. Mccormick, Illinois, to
France. @f9as
George V. L. Meyer, Massachusetts,,
to Russia.
Edwin H. Conger. Iowa. to Mexico.
Henry White, Rhode Island, to Italy.
Ambassador Bellamy Storer will be
retained at the Austrian court. al
though there has been a stiff fight
among Ohio politicians v the mat
ter. Mr.. Mccormick and Mr.. Meyer
are now serving respectively at st.
Petersburg and Rome. Mr.. Conger is
Minister to China. and Mr.. White
First Secretary Of the Embassy at
London. Those nominated to be Min
listers are:
william Woodville Rockhill, District
of Columbia, to China.
David J. Hill, New York, to the
! Netherlands.
Henry Lane Wilson, Washington, to
Belgium.
William Miller Collier, New York, to
Spain.
Brutus J. Clay, Kentucky, to Swift
erland.
Thomas J. O'Brien, Michigan, to
Denmark.
Charles NJ. Graves, Minnesota, to
Sweden and Norway.
Edward C. O'Brien. New York, to
Paraguay and Uruguay.
John E. Jackson, New Jersey. to
Greece and Montenegro, and diploma
tic agent in Bulgaria.
John w. Riddle, Minnesota, to Rou:
mania and Servia.
Samuel Z. Gummere, New Jersey, to
Morocco.
These nominations il the Consular
service were made:
CONSULS GENERAL.
Robert J. Wynne, Pennsylvania, at
london.
Frank Fl. Mason. Ohio. at Paris.
Alexander II. Thackara, Pennsyiya-
MIA, at Berlin.
Hoffman Philip, New York, at Tan
gier. Morocco.
Thomas Summons, Washington. at
Niu-Chwang. China.
Stanley Stoner, Missouri, at Calcut-
ia. India.
Henry P. Miller, Oregon, at Yoko-
hama. Japan.
J. Linn Rodgers, Ohio, at Shanghai,
China.
George ". Roosevelt, Pennsylvania,
at Brussels, Belgium.
CoNsULS.
Frederick NJ. Ryder. Connecticut. at
San Juan del N0rte, Nicaragua.
Arthur ]. Clare, Massachusetts,, at
Barbados. West Indies.
Robert Brent Mosher. District OF Co
lumbia, at CoIlingwood, Ontario, Can
ada.
Hunter Sharp. North Carolina, at
Kobe. Japan.
Robert S. Chiffon, Jr.. District OF Co
lumbia. at Toronto. Ontario, Canada.
Frederic Manchester, New York. at
Zanzibar. Zanzibar.
Clarence Rice Slocur, New York, at
Weimar. Germany.
George 3. Anderson. District OF Co.
lumbia. at Antigua. ". |. o..
r. st. John GaGncy, New York. at
Dresden, Saxoly. .
Alphonse Caulia, Rhode Island, ct
IIavrc. France.
The President accepted the resigua-
ton Of Stanford Newell. American Mill
lister at The Hague. At the request OF
Mr.. Newell. based on the i'll health OF
his wife. MI. Newell has consented to
remain at his post for three months
longer or Until he is relieved By his
successor. Dr.. David Jayne Hill, at
present Minister to Switzerland. Mr..
Newell was appointed from Minnesota
il May. 1897.