The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-16
CABINET BUILDING.



ward from Cleveland.
New York Special in Philadelphia Press
Nor are the Independents satisfied with bar
ring the Democratic way to the promised land of
Office by the pledges with which the Democratic
candidate supplemented the Democratic plat
form. The independents expect substantial rec
ognition. Mr.. Carl Schurz wants an office. This
is not news, but it a fact. all the same. 1t is
not to Mr. Schurz's discredit that he is poor. 1t
is not at all to his credit that his brilliant talents
leave him with no settled employment and no
demand for his services except at the expense of
the tax payer One of the stories which bubble
along in the current of Democratic gossip, is
that Mr. Carl Schurz wants to be Secretary of
State. A naturalized citizen never has conduct
ed the foreign affairs of the United States and
it is not likely that one will 1t is altogether
improbable that Mr.. Schurz is intriguing for
this place, and still more so that Mr.. Cleveland
will give it to an independent. More likely is it
that Mr. Schurz will 90 abroad. He would be
persona grata at Berlin where Prince Bismarck
has expressed his favorable opinion of
Mr.. Schurz in strong language-if report is to
be credited. Nor will 1t be strange if Mr.. Scnurz
selects in our foreign service some place which
will give HIM an opportunity to lay by some
thing. He refused pay for his services in this
last campaign, he paid his own expenses and
showed readiness to run pecuniary risks in the
near future, which probably offers the easiest
explanation of his present need of paying post
in the public service.
But post abroad for Mr.. Schurz is not all the
independents ask Some of them, at least eX-
pect Cabinet position for some member of the
party. 1t is early yet to be talking about Mr..
Cleveiand's Cabinet and it is probable that no
one, not even the candidate himself can speak
accurately as vet on a subject which is wrapped,
besides,
There is always great cloud of rumor and
swarm of plausible reports before the facts
are reached in these matters Some things, how
ever are clear already. Daniel Manning
will have more to say about the Cabinet officer
from New York than any one else. After nomi-
mating Mr. Cleveland in 1882, the Governor-elect
rather slipped out of control for six or eight
months but Mr. Manning is a persistent man,
who pushes his way by steady pressure, and he
is near enough to the Democratic candidate to
speak decisively. If, which is improbable, there
is Cabinet officer from New England Mr. Bar
mum will decide that but Mr.. Barnum has been
eclipsed in the closing DAYS of the present can
vasS by Senator GOrman who has the double
advantage of being in the Senate and being ten
years younger. The campaign ends with Mr.
Barnum physically exhausted; and his personal
success in raising money has not been great
For the first time since the the Democratic
party has found itself able to raise large sums
in the South. The national committee, for
instance, at a critical stage of the campaign,
and $25, 900 promptly raised in Louis
vile to carry the State. Occurrences
like tais have added to the weight of a senator
like Mr. German in Democratic counsels and re-
iueecs s1e Importance of Mr.. Barnum. The last
was actually reduced to the humlating strait of
seeking the independent headquarters TO inquire
if it had any money to spare
The man of the South, however who will have
the most to say over the Cabinet. which Demo
cratic anticipation is putting together ahead of
an assured result, is Major E. A Burke, of New
Orleans. He handled the Southern end of Mr..
Clevelands canvass; he made no blunder about
Mcdonald or Hendricks, and he had at Chicago
money, delegates, and an organizing mind.
Major Burke represents the most corrupt State
ring and themost corrupting agency-the Louisi
ana lottery-in tt country; but tins will not
prevent him nom being a man of
Importance when the Democrats have
proved that their plurality is safe, if small.
Another man, representing nearly as bad
elements in current politics, who was expected
to have as strong an influence, is Mr.. John Rod
gers Mclean, but no one is quite as certain of
this now as at the Chicago convention. On the
other hand, Mr. Hendricks, b. actually carrying
Indiana by sheer, hard personal work, has vastly
strengthened his grip on the Democratic future,
just as Mr.. Henry Watterson greatly weakened
it by supporting Mr.. Hendricks at the wrong
moment