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

Inc country mas been gaping with aston
ishrnent ever since it was announced that
"Dan" Manning was to be Secretary of the
Treasury, hoping almost against hope it must
be confessed, that such disgraceful selection
to the place of chief Importance in the ma
tional administration would not, after all, be
given to this ward ''boss," this purely political
manager, this man who has never been heard
of outside of his ability to '.fx' primary
and to do 'fine work. in a convention Or at
the polls, the sort of "work" in general ma
ture for which that eminent Chicago "boss,"
Joseph Chesterfield Mackin, now looks APP
prehensively at the possible approach of prison
bars and leopard uniform The controlling
reasons for Dan" Mannings selection may
phia Press, which says:
cit should cause no surprise that Mr.. Cleve-
land calls Mr.. Manning to the most impor-
tant place in his Cabinet The two men are
so much alike that their intimate association
is as natural as that of two brothers Indeed,
the resemblance is so striking, and runs so
strongly through their physical and intel
lectual characteristics, that to trace it in some
of its phases will explain the past and give
some clew to the future.
"Mr. Cleveland is a good man, and weighs
250 pounds. Mr.. Manning will match him
in avoirdupois and probably tip the beam with
gentle incline. If Mr.. Cleveland is a trihe
the more erect Mr.. Manning is little the
more rotund. If Mr. Cleveland measures
more around the neck, MIR. Manning equal
ICES the advantage by measuring more around
the waist. Both have the Olympian appear
ance with a slight diversity Mr. Clevelands
square brow bears the stamp of Vulcan and
Mr.. Manning's oval front is more suggestive
of Apollo. Both have a solid understanding
and could doubtless without discomfort ex-
change their number thirteens.
'They closely resemble each other in tenn
permanent and mental structure as we'll as in
physical conformation. Mr.. Cleveland is
stolid and phlegmatic; so is Mr. Manning.
Mr.. Cleveland is reserved and reticent; so is
Mr.. Manning Mr.. Cleveland is resolute and
obstinate; so is Mr.. Manning Under Mr..
Clevelands heavy and muffled silence there
is a touch Of frivolity; under Mr.. Manning's
sedate sobriety there is CLEAN of humor.
Mr.. Cleveland is a lawyer who never appeared
outside of his county. Mr.. Manning is an
editor who never appeared inside of his col
umns. Mr.. Cleveland, though he sometimes
trleS can't make speech. Mr.. Manning
only difference is that with superior wisdom
he never tries. Neither has a creative mind.
Mr.. Clevelands is of the kind which organizes
borrowed ideas, and Mr.. Mannings is of the
kind which organizes borrowed men. Mr..
Cleveland will draw his inspiration from Mr.
Manning, and Mr.. Manning will draw his
from Mr.. Tilden.
"Mr Cleveland enjoys his evening frolic,
and Mr.. Manning with little different taste,
delights in his after-dinner whist. Indeed,
we suspect that his chief regret in leaving AL
bany will be in missing the deft hand and pi-
Gus speech of Judge Peckham or the diplo-
matte lead of Judge Rapallo And we kindly
advise Mr. Bayard to brush up on his Hoyle,
else, while he may out-talk Mr. Manning
around the council board, Mr. Manning will
take all the honors and all the tricks at the
evening game. Without stopping now to fol-
low out the likeness still further, it is easy. in
view OF these afinities, to understand why
Mr.. Cleveland should be drawn so strongly 20
Mr.. Manning; and if people wonder why a
President with only two years public expert
ence should choose Secretary of the Treasu-
ry without any, it becomes less surprising
when we remember that, though Mr.. Man
ming is the ADLER man and of a finer mold,
they are still two Of kind"