The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-21
MANY CONSULAR CHANGES
SENATE CONFIRMS NOMINATIONS
or PREsIDENr.


1 - $1,000
washington. ID. c., Dec. 20.--The
President sent to the Senate today the
names Of the following secretaries Of
embassies:
Philip NJ. Brown. of the District Of
| Columbia, at Mexico City; Henry l.
Jane, of wisconsin. at Constantinople;
Irwin b. Laughlin of Pennsylvania, at
Berlin; Hoffman Phillip. OF New York.
at Rio de Janeiro; Montgomery sehuy-
| Ter, Jr., at Toxic; George Post Whee-
| lock, OF washington, at st. Peters
burg; Lewis Hibben. of New York, at
Picking; Paxton Hibben. of Indiana, to
THE Netherlands, and Luxenburg;
| Charles Denning White. Of New Jer-
sey, at Christiana, Norway; Balkan
Schoicer. of Pennsylvania, at Bogota,
Colombia.
| To be second secretary Of the en-
bassy at Rio de Janaiero. James Mar
shall Langhorne, OF Virginia.
To be agent and consul general at
Cairo. Egypt. Peter Augustus Jay, of
Rhode Island.
1 Some opposition to the confirmation
OF Robert Bacon. of New York as am
bassador to France may be expected
In the Senate unless Senator Root Is
entirely successful in his movement Of
cancellation
The only recorded opposition is
found In a request by Senator william
Alden Smith, of Michigan. to the Sem
ate Committee on Foreign Relations
\ for hearing on this nomination. Mr. :.
smith has gone to California, and left
| word that he would like to have the
Bacon nomination passed over until
January 10. when he will return to
1 Washington. 1t was stated in the
committee today that Mr.. Smith still
smarts under what he considers a per-
sonal affront received from Mr.. Bacon
when ne was Secretary OF State in the
last few months of President Roose-
yelts administration.
II appears that Mr.. Smith did not IA .
vor the Canadian boundary treaty which
anected certain Michigan interests On
the ~. Mary's River and that Secre-
tary Bacon took exceptions to Mr..
smiths argument and expressed the
opinion that the Michigan Senator was
speaking without, full knowledge OF
the case. Mr.. Smith won his point and
the treaty was amended
The Foreign Relations commtttaa
voted today to report the Bacon nom
nation to the Senate tomorrow. when
senator Root probably will seek 10
have 1t confirmed
1t was argued at today's session of
the committee that our DIPLOMATS re-
lations with France demand that the
embassy post at Paris be filed at once
and that 1t would not do to postpone
action until Senator Smiths return.
GOSSIP In the Senate today limited op-
position ON the part of others to con-
hrmation of Mr.. Bacon and Senator
Nelson was said to be the leader. This
could not be confirmed, but 1t is con
Il ceded that IL any Senator is unwilling
TO have the nomination confirmed to-
morrow, the action may easily be post
poned until after the return Of Mr..
Smith.
The committee agreed to report all
OF the other diplomatic nominations
which were sent to the Senate today,
Mr.. Bacon Is a graduate OF Harvard
University.
He was formerly a member of the
nrm OF j. p. Morgan and Co. He was
appointed assistant Secretary of State
September s. 1905, and was Secretary
Of State from January 81 to March s
1909.
Charles W. Russell, of Washington
ID. c.. appointed Minister to Persia, Il
now. Assistant Attorney General Of the
United States. He has for the pas
ttweney years been connected with the
Department Of Justice.
4 William James Calhoun, Of Chicago
accepted Minister to China, is a law
i yer who has had considerable diplo-
matte experience in Cuba and Vene-
zuela, and served also for two years
as member of the Interstate Com
rnerce Commission.
/ Richard C. Kerans, named as Ambas.
4 sador to Austria Hungary, is a native
| of Ireland, where he was born in 1912
He served In the Union army from 1851
to 1866, and after the war went to Ar
kansas and still later to San Diego
Cal, where he was a railway contrac-
tor. He removed to st. Louis In 1876
and has since resided here.
Henry Lane Wilson, transferred from
| the missio to Belgium to be Ambassa-
dor to Mexico. was first appointed to
the diplomatic service in June, 1897, as
| Minister to Chile. Mr.. Wilson was
born born in Indiana In 1857. At the
time of his appointment in the dtplo-
matte service he resided at Spokane
| Wash.
Horace C. Knowles of Delaware
transferred from Nicaragua TO Santo
| Domingo, was born in Delaware In
1853. He Is lawyer by profession.
Henry T. Gage OF California. appoint
| ed Minister to Portugal, is a residen,
of Sacramento. He was Governor OF
California in 1S99-1903.
| Laurits S. Swenson of Minneapolis,
| ndlSSt fdppOlnldQ nIHiSlSF 10 OWllzoE-
! land, was born in 1850 of Norwegian
| parents. He is identified with various
important business interests In Mime
| apolis. He was United States Minister
| to Denmark from 1897 to 1905.
Henry P. Fletcher OF Chambersburg.
| Pa, appointed Minister to Chile, Is SO
years OF age and a lawyer. He was
appointed Secretary at Picking. Auril
26, 1907.
Charles Page Bryan of Illinois. trans
| ferred from Portugal to Belgium, prac-
ticed law in Colorado for several years,
where he served in the Legislature.
/ He also served In the Illinois Legisla-
| ture for four terms.
With regard to the post of ambass-
ador to Great Britain, 1t was said to-
day that there is no definite under
standing as to just how long White
law Reid will continue to serve.
Early in his administration President
Taft offered the post to President
Eliot of Harvard University. who con-
sidered the matter for some weeks,
and finally declined.
Mr.. Reid visited President Taft at
Beverly last summer and it was gem
arallv IIndarat0Od at that Tina he