The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
President to give him the appointment over
Mr.. Pvnum orIv-

M. Dyuum OEiy-
By getting down on his old knees and beg
cling Ike dog for IL. He cried like baby. and
told Cleveland If he refused him this reqI1est IL
would sign bis tHendr.cksO political death war.
dsre go back home and face his people with such
humiliation.
These and other things were said in the
presence of Mr.. Bynum-
Who was the only man who had the nerve to
beard The old villsin, and as ne Byauml stated TO
the President, before Hendricks face spnll the
mask from The face OF this = old lying hypocrite
and expose him and his iniamY."
The Republican reporter is further edited
~ interviews between Mr.. Hendricks and
the Postmaster General, and then by another
visit by Dir. Hendricks to the White House,
wler-
With tears and the most lsmentsble display of
pusillsnimOrs pueriiity sgain impOrtunei the
President TO save him from destruction, 10 save
tueDce, yielded through pity, and promised him
The appointment, made sgains. his sense OF JUS
uce and his will.
Ee explains that the protest sent the Presi.
dent against his appointment
Was signed by three of my rivals in the whole
ssie grocery business. and MIR. Murphy, who is a
Cray man. and anxious that the Governor should
De United States Senator two years from now.
And finally concludes this bombastic inter
view by setting himself up as sort of com.
biDation of garroter and sexton. saying:
But I've got a little political graveyard started
over al Indianapolis aud the first stiff / snail
plant in il will be-well, l needn't mention hls
name.
Now the Sentinel has not the temeri,y to
sseE 10 provoke the ire OF this indianapolis
political grave digger, bat We are bound to
ssy that Mr.. Frank Creelman. il CORE, lily
quoted blythe Lafayette Courier has assumed
10 himself a political Importance in this
community which has unkindly bsen kept
from The observation OF the Sentinel. Aud
however prominent business man he may
be-we understand him TO be very respect
able grocery merchandise has missed his
calling when engaging in the interviewing
enterprise. Now, will his graveyard invest
ment yield him the particular profits be an
ticipates? for. sad as may be the funeral in.
formation to Mr. CrseImaD, we give him our
politico -medico opinion that his own is the
first 'stiff planted in it." We are reminded
of lines which m ght have been written for
Mr.. Sexton Creslman's case:
"He digged It deep be digged II well.
he digged il for another;
But In the pit himself he fell
That pit he digged for tOther"
Mr. Creelman's language In the Lafayette
Courier interview, if seen by the President
Of the United States, will amply assure him
that he made no mistake in passing Mr..
Creelman by. 1t is the best possible ind 1rse-
ment OF Mr.. Hendricks stand against his
appointment. Good taste, not to mention
party fealtY, forbade such speech from dis
appointed sspirant for Office. Whatever en-
nifty may have existed in the community
against Mr.. Hendricks by Mr. Bynum's
friends will be pretty thoroughly neutralizsd
upon the reading Of the unbscoming post.
appointment Utterancss. to q Republican
paper st that, OF Mr. Bylum's late candi-
date. Mr. Creelman may as vel close the
gate to his political graveyard; not another
'stif" can he get into it to keep him COM.
paDy.