The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-04
BAYLEss HANNA's scup,r,.
His Attempt to Sell His Inf,uere.
President-Where the Mora win q

President-Where the Money W.. WIN The
Louisville Commercial tut Up.
A mild hammered man of middle ac
lobby of the Louisville hotel vess $50 SAT 10 The
noon, dividing time between the reaS;rnu fore
ington kilograms in a morning naws. u WISH u
contemplating the same through rather sss and
puffs OF cigar smoke. He was - s'gorouz s
Democrat of Charlottesville, Ind. wbaa suOmlneas
and business favor his inclination = weaith Il
much OF his time to politics To ras uevots
said: ieporter he
II see that the Democratic fellow.
ington are looking into that ofieab.na,'" ash 3
scheme of Bayless w. Hanna, who. Won ,l,Okeraea &
from the town where live. A paraeranh s.I ~
In this Washington dispatch saya the. a u Aers
still a great deal of gossip there sho .nsre q
Hanna and his connection with sever, : = ar
seekers as broker, and then il is adSa,o nee-
the general impression is that Mr.. Hsna saas
not been guilty of the indiscretion charsasa nas
that nothing serious to him will result fro,, aaa
stories aioat. ~" sha
sonal friend of Mr.. Hanna's, but fesr per.
the truth is wholly known that il win ', osA
the old gentleman a little trouble Ra~,lsa
Hanna came to our town from ~
Haute, where he had a meager law nr. Its
and after he had been badly beaten for Ccncsase
Two sisters of his, both spinsters. live on fs
a short distance from Charlottesville Havirs
-
by buying the Charlottesville Review, a wsss -.
paper on solid foundation and the Democrssa.
organ of the county, and giving him the ed;s's
ship. He edited the paper, more or less. durn.
the presidential campaign, and when ClevslssSs
was elected the editors innocent soul conv;neas
him that he had contributed as much to the sns
cess of the party as the best of them, and he \
once wanted to let go Of the paper and 20 o
Washington to be recognized. He didn't even
wait for the inauguration to free himself Ia
said he was tired anyhow of bis arduous labors
as an editor, and would really enioy ths
two weeks idleness which woud
probably be thrust upon him n
the interim of the Presidents taking the chair
and giving him mission. This idea of his hay.
ing worked hard as an editor was funny to M
who knew that he wrote no more than two col.
umns per week IN his little paper, and then hs
so grossly neglected the county ticket that
faction of the Democratic party grew up against
him, and it is that faction which has put tia
President in possession of the damaging charps
which is now lodged against him.
'Well, you know how the old man had IA
struggle there in Washington; how he began
away up, fretted and growled and had to finally
accept the Persian mission. Senator VOORHEES,
felt just enough pity for Bayiess to urge the
Persian appointment for him. You know
Voorhees, is not the warm friend OF Mn
Hanna that some Democrats claim. They
We're neighbors for while ia
time imagined himself a rival Of
Senator Dan, and when the latter distanced him
Hanna fell back against ex-Congressman John
X. Lamb, who is Voorhees, hereditary bench
man. And so Bayless, being politically aud
otherwise destitute, found a little sympathy In
Voorhees, and finally caught on to that Lonesome
post away over in Persia. Then, after he finally
captured this appointment another difficulty met
him. 1t would cost him So, 200 to get himself,
wife and three young children to Teheran and
he had neither ready cash nor anything TO turn
into money. You understand he had no pro.
prietary interest in that paper he edited and
when he left it his sisters put it into the hands
of a young man whom they had taken when
very young and an orphan and adopted
Nov, here is where BaylesS Hanna set his
sight stakes to steer onto some money. He in
duced another newspaper man, Thomas B
Collins, who was idle at the time, to put soms
money into the psper along with biz
adopted nephew, and assured him thai
the postofice would be given to A'
newspaper. The young man, the 90.
adopted by the Hannas, was to be the postmas
ter. and ne and Collins were TO share the salary
while the latter ran the newspaper side Of ths
partnership. Collins was agreed to this, but
was unwilling to pay the money until the ap
pointment had been placed on the partner. He
said that the time of the Republican POSTMASTER
had not expired by two years, and as the admin
istratien would 60 e e.@1,s, that there was lo
telling when the change would be made 30 it
was finally agreed that 81 GOO would be placed
BY Collins in certain hands, to be paid to Bayess
Hanna as soon as the adopted Hanna had been
appointed postmaster
'.Now mind, this 81 900 was not to be paid to
the owners of the Review but to Hanna in con-
sideration of his securing the postmsstershipfo
the paper. In addition, Collins was to pay
L. e.. nn~&nx hin
in the printing establishment. This 81 OVO, 70
be paid to Mr.. Hanna for this peculiar service
was put in the hands of A. F. Ramsey, president
of the Citizens National Bank, of CrawfordS
vile, and is still awaiting developments
.And how has Mr. Hanna succeeded in this
BROKERAGE was asked.
$50 far there have been few Developments
Hanna became weary of the slowness OF Prest
dent Cleveland in removing the Republican posi-
master, and he began movement to hasten Il
He lodged with the Postmaster general COM
plant that the Charlottesville postmaster nsa
| held various packages of the Review during tne
campaign, and that they had never reached tne 9.
destination. An inspector of the department
came on and gave thorough investigation ana
the charge was not sustained, though tne IN ~
spector found grounds of offensive paFtlsansnl,p
against the postmaster to carry home with m MN.
Still, nothing has yet developed from that lns
| is the inside of Bayless w. Hanna's prokeF's0
with an Office seeker"
| us this faction of the Democrats at gray
louisville. opposed to Mr.. Hanna, conveying ls1 M
information to Washington, or are Repuoilcans
| doing tn -.
Democrats are doing 1t, and they are lea y ess
nephew Of ex-senator Mcdonald, VINO -. D ,sss
deputy clerk of the county. This nepneaH 49,; -,
Mr. Hanna's city editor, and few days os, ri.
election was fired from his position ana M
| lev of unpleasant charges rolled after MIN; -
young man made no objection to Hannas e1 y,
to Teheran, but as soon as he began to PIC, u If
change to the Argentine Confederation. s ~.
some show of success, the young nephew . 81 Il
Donald, claiming that he had the sympas,h aodsi
his uncle Joe, pulled the trigger which lanasda
this bomb in Hanno's camp at Washington. njs.
now it looks as if Bayless, in case he geIs mn h.
sion to Persia, will lose that 81, OOO anu .,.snt
gets the money he will fail OF the appoains ,av q
| III tell you Bayless Hanna is in the OH "''
| his ill-lucks