Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-21
Nominations by
The President.

Washington, Dec. 20-President Taft
today sent to the Senate the following
nominations of ambassadors and min
listers:
Robert Bacon of New York, ambas-
sador to France.
Richard c. Kerens of Missouri, am
bassador to Austria Hungary.
Henry Lane Wilson of Washington,
ambassador to Mexico.
Charles Page Bryan of Illinois, min
lister to Belgium.
William James Calhoun of Illinois,
minister to China.
Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania,
minister to Chill
Henry T. Gage of California, minis
ter to Portugal.
r. s. Reynolds Hit of Illinois, min
lister to Panama.
John B. jackson of New Jersey, min
lister to Cuba.
Fenton r. McCreery of Michigan,
minister to Honduras.
Edwin " Morgan of New York, min
lister to Paraguay.
Charles w. Russell Of the District of
Columbia, minister to Persia.
Laurits S. Swenson of Minnesota,
minister to Switzerland.
Horace D. Knowles of Delaware,
minister and consul general to the Do
minican republic. --.--
! 1t was said at the White House to-
day that no decision has yet been
reached with regard to the post at
Great Britain now filled by Whtelaw
Reid.
The President also sent in today the
names of a number of secretaries of
embassies, including: Henry l.. Jane
of Wisconsin, at Constantinople; Irwin
B. I4aughln of Pennsylvania, at Ber-
lin; Mont gomery Schuyler, Jr., of New
| York at Toxic; George P. Wheeler Of
Washington, at ST. Petersburg; Lewis
Einstein of New York, at Pekin TO be
agent and consul general at Cairo,
Egypt, Peter A. Jay of Rhode Island.
Among a number of posto1fice APP
pointments sent to the Senate today
by the President, were the following:
G.. Raymond Joy at Bar Harbor, Me.
Francis Norwood at Beverly, Mass.
| President Taft sent to the Senate to-
day the nominations Of the following
United States district attorneys:
| Joseph E. Morrison for the territory
OF Arizona.
| Robert L. Devln for the northern
district of California.
Marion Erwin for the southern dis
trict of Georgia.
| William E. Trautmann for the east
ern district of Illinois.
| William A. Northcott for the south
ern district of Illinois.
| Robert r. Whitehouse for Maine.
Asa P. French for Massachusetts.
Arba S. Van Valkenburgh for the
western district of Missouri.
Ernest F. Cochran for South Caro-
lima.
The President also sent in the nomi-
nations of the following United States
marshals: Pope M. Long for the north
elm district of Alabama; Walter H.
Johnson for the northern district or
Georgia; Charles P. Hitch, eastern dis
trict of Illinois; William Henkel,
southern district of New York; Creigh-
ton NJ. Foraker for New Mexico.
Washington, Dec. 20.-Charles w.
Russell of Washington, D. c., appoint
ed minister to Persia, Is now assistan:
Iattorney general " llie Cii'eu '0'o.0S'
He has for the past 90 years been con-
nj cted with the department of justice.
William James Calhoun of Chicago
lappointed minister to China. is a law
vsr. who has had considerable diplo.
matte experience in Cuba and Ven-
ezuela and served also for two years
as a member of the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission.
Robert Bacon of New York, named
as ambassador to France. Is a grad
uate of Harvard University. He was
formerly member of the firm of ]. p,
Morgan & Co. He was appointed as
sistant secretary Of state Sept. S, 1905,
ard was secretary of state from Jan.
q to March 6, 1909.
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