The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-06


suggested for the presidency and the machinery
of the party in the State was operated to his
discontinue, the crank being turned by the
hand of Mr. Hendricks, personally, at Chicago
The remainder Of the Cabinet, and in it is
contained some Of its most important elements
and functions is given over to the sSouth."
The Interior Department is placed in charge
of Senator Lamar, representative Southern
statesman of the first class. Since at least
one place must of necessity go to the F:solid
South" it is hard to see how Mr.. Lamar could
possibly have been set aside for any other
man from that part of the country. Yet,
when the duties of the Office are taken
into consideration, demanding, as they
often will, the keenest business tact
and discernment, the thought occurs
that Lamar, of all men, is least fitted for it.
For while his scholarship and culture, and
even the excellence of his deliberate Judgment,
are readily conceded he is too much of
dreamer, too impractical to make the ideal
officer to fill that important position, and he
may consider himself fortunate, and the coun-
try may be congratulated, if he succeeds in
getting through the term without seriously
impeding its functions. Of his scholarly at
tainments and moral worth however, there is
no question.
The significance Of the selection of Senator
Garland for the Department of Justice is not
so great as it might be. Some things it is
believed, have been settled since last the laws
of this Nation were in the keeping cf the
Democratic party But the appointment of
Garland puts the supervision of the national
authority in its relations to elections into the
hands Of the South, and that is practically a
notification Of any official effort to secure to
the freedmen free ballot and fair count.
For the new Attorney general it may be said
that hejs an able man, well equipped for the
discharge of the duties pertaining to the
office.
The Cabinet is made up of fblue bloods,"
and aristocrats, and F'chums" and it is Sec
tional to a degree never before equaled.
Three of the seven come from the immediate
vicinity of New York and eastward, three are
chosen from the old slave States, and but one,
a man comparatively unknown, is selected for
the vast territory west and northwest-the
center Of population the seat of national en-
MI &C. 30 ,oo al
ionaires, "chums' and gentlemen, sab, with
the greatest portion of the Nation hopelessly
and insignifcantly in the minority. The
mistake of overlooking Mr.. Mcdonald is
growing significantly apparent, and it
may be remarked that Indiana De-
mocracy is strangely constructed if it is
to be soothed in this most extraordinary man
ner BY exactly the same course of reasoning,
il may be inferred that Democrats Of this State
would be gratified to even greater degree
should the President continue to ignore Indi-
ana and the West while passing around the
good things now supposed to be at hand. The
great interests of the West are practically with
out adequate representation in the new adj
ministration. Mr.. Hendricks, now shelyed
for four years, will be of no value whatever in
determining the course Of public affairs; the
East and the South have their feet in the
trough, and there is little show of any inten-
ton to let any Of the feed get away in this
direction.