The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-26
Likely to Be Elevated to Post
Of Ambassador to France.
CHANGE EXPECTED IN SPRING
No OmcfnI Announcement Yet Made
that Roots Assistant Is to Succeed
McCormick-Has shown Marked
Ability in Most ExHctiRE Tasks,
Though lie Is New TO Service.

Robert Bacon. Assistant Secretary of
state il is understood IS 10 be elevated
10 jhe most Of Ambassador fe France next
spring, succeeding Rotert MccormiciS,
Of ChicaEo. WHITE ncN rncial announce
rnent q. l,ls uucxpec1ed cnangc has been
made. the information comes 10 The
Herald from such trustworthy source
that Il feels warranted in publishing the
report
8Ir Mccormick. who has been az the
head Of the American Embassy at Paris
since May. 1905. was transferred there
from the embassy as s.. Petersburg. At
the time this change was made, IL Is
understood. Mr. Cormick was inform
ed he was 10 remain AT Paris only for q
certain period.
This fact had become known among
those we'll Informed a. the State Depart
me1t. and announcement Of his coming
retirement was expected but no intima-
tioa had been given as 10 who would take
his place.
Selection n Surprise.
The selection of Mr.. Bacon. therefore,
will prove a general surprise. The AS
sistant Secretary has been in the diplo-
matte service bat a short time, having
devoted himself entirely 60 the banking
business previous 10 his appointment TO
his present position by President Eoose-
welt in October, lSJs.
At that time he was prominent in the
financial world as a partner of J. Pierpont
Morgan, and a director in a large number
Of big corporations OF the company.
This list included the National City
Bank, New England Railway Company,
Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Chi
cago. Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Company, Erie Railroad, the United States
steel Corporation. the Federal Steel Com
pany. Northern Securities Company, Pa
cihc Cable Company, Hooking Valley
Railroad Company and other enter
prises. He was especially active in the
financial deals connected with the for
nation Of the Northern Securities Com
pany.
Mr. Bacon is a Harvard graduate, and
was in business in Boston. previous TO
his removal to the wider financial sphere
in Wall street
Like Mr. Root. he has shown marked
ability in adapting himself to the exact
ing requirements of the diplomatic ser
vice. and his work there has shown him
to BE- possessed Of the Qualifications eS-
sential TO his prospective post. Mr.. Ba-
con has Just recently returned from Cuba,
where he worked in conjunction with
Secretary Taft IN handling the State De-
paTtment's end of the administrations
effort to restore peace
Mccormick n Prominent Diplomat.
Mr. Mccormick has been one of the
prominent figures Of the American DipIo-
matte Corps for many years. He is son
Of W. = Mccormick, of the great reaper
firm. and a sOu-in-law of the late Joseph
Medill, publisher of the Chicago Tribune.
His first diplomatic work was in the
capacity of secretary to the legation at
London from 1889 to 1892. Following that
he was the official representative in Lon
don OF the Worlds Columbian Exposition
from 1872 to 1898.
He was appointed envoy extraordinary
and minister pienipotentiary to Austria
Hungary in 1901. and when that post was
raised to an embassy in 1902 he was made
the first ambassador. in December of the
same year he was transferred 70 St Pc
tersburS, where he served as ambassador
until sent to Paris in 1863.