Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-23
PRESIDENT NOM1NATES.
List Of AnhasHndors ard Ministers
Sent 10 the senate.

Washington, Doc S-PreSident TAFT
sent to the Senate to-day the following
nominations of ambassadors and minis
ters: Robert Bacon, New York, ambas-
sndor TO F,ance; Richard c. KeTeas.
Missouri. ambassador to Austria hun
gory; Nenr' Lane Wilson. WASHINGTON,
ambassador to Mexico; Charles Page
Bryan, Illinois minister to Belgium:
William James Calhoun. Illinois, minis
ter to China: Henry =. Fletcher, Penn
sYlvania. minister to Chile; Henry T.
Gage. California, minister to Portugal;
II. :. Reynolds Hit, Illinois. minister TO
Panama; Johr =. Jackson. New Jersey,
minister 10 Cuba Fenton 4. McCreery.
Michigan. minister to Horduras: Edwin
Y. Morgan, New York minister to Para
quay Charles W. Russell. District OF
Columbia. minister to Persia; l.auri,s $.
SwonsOu. Minnesota, mi,ister 10 Swift
zerlaud; Horace q. knowles. Della ware,
minister and consul general to DoMinl-
can republic.
Charles " Russell. appointed minister
TO Persia. Is now assistant attorney-gen
cral of tie rnitel states and has for 20
y-o.- hoeu r,.cted with the depart
U-t. 1 n.t'ro.
William James Calhoun OF Chicago,
appointsd minister TO China. is II lawyer
who has had considerable diplomatic ex-
peliouco in cuba and Venezuela and
served for two years "a a member Of
tho Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert Bacon of New York, named as
ambassador to France. is d graduate of
Harvard. He was formerly n member
of the firm OF ]. T.. Morgan & Co. he
was appointed assistant secretary OF
state September :. 1905. and was score
tarv OF state from January p to March
g. 1903
Richard G. Kerens. named as ambas-
sador to Austria Hungary Is a native OF
Ireland. lie served in the Union army,
and after the war went to Arkansas ma
then to san Diego, cal, where he was
railway contractor
Henry Lane Wilson. transferred from
Belgium to he ambassador to Mexico, was
first appointed in the diplomatic service
In juno. 1897, as minister to Chile
Henry r. Gage. appointed minister to
Portugal was Governor of California from
1859 to 1903
Iaurits S. Swenson Of Minnea polls. APP
pointed minister to Switzerland was born
In 1866 OF Norwegian parents He wa.
minister to Denmark from 1897 to 1906
x,
Pa. appointed minister to Chile, Is as
years old and a lawyer. Hc was ap-
pointed secretary at Pekin April &c, 1907.
GREAT BRITAIN IL DOUBT.
With regard to the post Of ambas-
sador to Great Britain, it was said to-
day that there Is no definite under
standing as to just how long White
law Reid will continue to serve. Mr..
Reid visited President Taft at Bever-
ly last summer and 1t was generally
understood at that time he would re-
main at the court of ST. James until
a successor was found.
Or. David jayne Hin, ambassador
to Germany. returned to his post at
Berlin recently after trip to this
country, without any definite know
ledge of whether he was to he retain
ed by President Taft. AS no success
sor to Or. I'M appeared among the
diplomatic appointments to-day. it Is
presumed he will continue to serve
Indefinitely.
President Taft sent to tho Senate
to-day nominations of the following
United States district attorneys: Rob
ert T. Whitehouse OF Maine, Asa p.
French for Massachusetts,, william
Hen1oel for the southern district OF
New York
OPPOSITION TO BACON.
Some opposition to the confirmation Of
Mr.. Bncon's appointment may be ex-
pectsd unless Senator Root Is successful
in his effort to conciiate those who OBJ
feet to tho appointment, The onl" re-
corded opposition Is found in request
igan to the Senate committee or foreign
rela lions on this nomination.
Il was stated In tho committee to-day
that Mr. Smith smarts under what he
considered personal affront received