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Show OUR AMBASSADOR. T.nm V olrot t, A;tmintd So 1 L&JT W Highly 1'r.i.fd. H Tha appointment of Roger Wol.cirt of Boston to the iiiiil n'ji5s'ljr-ship n'ji5s'ljr-ship to .aly has gien great aaiisfac-tion aaiisfac-tion throurhout New England, wh.-ra he is greatly esteemed. Senators Hoar and LoOge sent a t-l- gram to President SUKialey sugiesting that If OneraJ I'raper's desire to withdraw from the diplomatic service should be final Mas-sarh'isetts Mas-sarh'isetts would be honored and gratified by the appointment of former Governor Wolcott. "This recommendation recommen-dation of the senators,1 S4id Senator Hoar, "is absolutely without ih knowledge of Governor Wolcott I do not even know where Senator Wob ou Is at this moment. Senator Lo!ge telegraphed tele-graphed to me and I agreed to the suggestion sug-gestion and sent the telegram on O Canton." There Is cot the slightest evidence that Mr. Wolrott made any personal effort to ft" I the appolntm nt ' and he was probably as mu h surprl.sel as anybody when the post was offerej to him. He and Mr. Wolcott were In Tarls. where Mr. Wolcot: officially i represented her country as dleeate of some of the women's organizations. Mr. Wolcott has accepted the aml.as-r aml.as-r sadorshlp. Mr. Draper's resignation does not take effect for a month or i more, so that the new anihas a lor ' will not assume his office till fall. Hog-er Hog-er Wolcott was governor of Masbarhu-! Masbarhu-! setts from 137 to the enl of 9X I He was fifty-three years old In July. ! He was graduated from Harvard thirty years ago. the orator of his rlas. and studied law, but has been occupied chiefly with the care of ln-! ln-! vrftnier.ts. He was a iremher of th I BoMon common council and of tha j Massachusetts house, and served for four years as lieutenant governor b-1 b-1 fore he was elected governor la IV J. i The new ambubsador Is a member of I one of th? most prominent faiioii-s of colonial New England. On of hU ancestors an-cestors was the Rcger Wcl.-o'.t who 1 was second In command of the upedl-l upedl-l tlon of Sir William repwreil in 1745. I which resulted In the capture of Ixuis-; Ixuis-; burg from the French. It I an Iti er- stirg fact that Colonel William Pr-s-cott. who was so prornltn nt at the battle bat-tle of Bunker Hill, lived la the town of Mfifsiu hnsetls whi h w.is nan"'! after Sir William, and that o:,e of hl t'e-t -n lan's was Mis liali Pr'-ott now yir. Roger olrott. Anot'i-r in-ccstor in-ccstor of K .iger Wobo:t k ( liv. r Wolrott. who was a iner of the il'-c-l.ur.llon of In 1 ;. ! n ' an 1 tv 1 I (ivil and military o.li s during the "'- .l.v of 'V- ret-i'-'l . iw . them b-.u;t the r. '.verii- r.i.s,, of Con. re. ti.-i.t A rurit.i.H s:o-y is .,tl b: -"i Mr. and Ms. 'ol.i tt. 1 ii.-'r !:!! ion was ;i.-'n(. :.t t hool who .m t'm govern. ir of Ma-sa. hus. t s and coi.lt not t. !!. He thereupon n , I for li foi -nation at home. At . I .e. I th next day the ti-a.-l.er d h;:n if h had found out yet ho the povrro-wu. povrro-wu. Well." saii! the 11-t'e boy. "my father sai.l llmt he is t ut he lao.-'o d , and I don t feel sure whether he Is or 1 nou" |