Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-16


and experience would count for some
thing. The Wison-Bryan administration
has undone all that, and opened the serv-
ice mp to political spoilsmen.
Here are the cold facts of what hap
pened In South America Congressman
Peters of Massachusetts gave these facts
and many more on the floor of the ma
! tional House of Representatives while
the spokesmen of the administration sat
by unable even to question the accuracy
of what was stated.
In Bolivia we are represented by John
| D. O'Rear, who was born in Mexico
Mo, and has lived there ever since"
His experience, according to information
furnished by the man himself, Is con-
fined to the practice of law in Mexico,
Mo, and to service on the democratic
state committee. Horace c. Knowles
whom the administration removed to
make room for o'Rear, is a graduate OF
Delaware College and a lawyer, who en-
tered the consular service in 1889 and
since that time has been minister to
Nicaragua. minister and consul general
to Santo Domingo and minister to Bo-
! livia. Thus he has had a training of
twenty-five years In the foreign service.
Thaddeas A. Thompson. appointed TO
Colombia. was born in Texas in 1853 and
has always lived there He is a planter,
ranch owner and locator Of public lands.
He has never held any public position.
James r. Dubois displaced) was born
in 1851. was graduated from Cornell and
Columbia University law school. was ap-
pointed commercial agent in AK La
Chapelle in 1871 and was promoted to
be consul in 1880. He has since been
consul at Callao and Leipslc, consul
general at st Gall, law clerk in the de-
partment OF state, consul-general at
Singapore and minister to Colombia.
Edward j. Hale, appointed to Costa
Rica. Is a newspaper man who was born
In North Carolina seventy-hve years ago
and has lived there ever since. Lewis
Einstein. who was displaced. was born
in 1871 has received two degrees from
! Columbia University, was appointed sec
rotary in the diplomatic service at Paris
at London, at the Moroccan conference,
at Constantnople and a. Peking In 1911
he was promoted to be minister to Costa
Rlca.
William f.. Gonzales, an editor, APP
pointed to Cuba. was born in Charleston,
IS. c.. and has lived there ever since.
The report Of the treasurer of tho demo-
cratic national committee. page eight,
chronicles that Gonzales brothers of
cratic cause in 1912. a. M Beaupre
whom he displaces was born in Illinois
and was appointed, after an examina-
ton, secretary to the legation and consul
general at Guatemala in 1897, was sue
cessively charge daffaires, secretary Of
legation and ul-general at Bogota,
tina, minister to the Netherlands and
Luxumburg. and minister to Cuba, max
ing a record of sixteen years in the for
eign service of the United States.
James NJ. Sullivan, appointed minister
to the Dominican Republic, is a criminal
lawyer in New York, OF whom Colonel
or,in NV
defending Bald Jack Rose in the motor
ious Becker trial and that his cousin is
a contractor interested in railway con.
cessions in the Dominican Republic,
) w. w. Russell who is displaced, was
born in Washington, D. c., in 1850 Is a
graduate of the United states Naval
and surveyor in South America, Mexico
and the United States. He was appointed
: secretary Of the legation at Caracas in
1895, has been secretary and then charge
daffaires at Panama, minister to CO.
ombia. minister to Venezuela, commits
sioner to Ecuador and minister and con-
Charles :. Hartman, appointed minis.
ter to Ecuador, IL lawyer of Bozeman
Montana, who was member of Congress
! from 1893 to 1893. when his service was
apparently confined to a number OF
speeches on the subject OF free silver
In the course of one of these he refers
to the fact that "the condition of Mex.
leo, a siver-using country. is much
better than that Of the United States
under a gold standard" that he feels that
a dignihed silence on the part of the
gold men would be beneficial. Montgom
cry Schuyler, Jr, whom he displaced
was born in Connecticut III 1871, received
two degrees from Columbia University
is university scholar In Indo-Iraniar
languages, university fellow, was ap-
pointed second secretary at St. Peters
burg in 1902 was successfully secretary
and consul-general at Bankok, secretary
and consul general to Roumania and Ser
via, secretary at St. Petersburg, Toxic
and Mexico, and minister TO Ecuador
William II. Leavcll, appointed to Guate'
maa, Is a minister OF the gospel, born
in South Carolina In 1850, and living In