Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-11
Louisiana Appointments.

To enable the readers Of the
TIMES to understand the situation
in regard to the Louisiana Offices,
few extracts from the Washing
ton specials to the Timcs-Dcmocrat
are given:
"April 1.-The idea that Senator
Gibson and Congressman King,
Irion, Gay and Blanchard should
undertake to dispose Of the entire
New Orleans patronage is regarded
as rather steep, considering that
not one of them is a resident Of
New Orleans, while the only two
Democratic members of the delega-
ton who have bona fdc domiciles
i'll New Orleans, and who are quail
flied to speak for its commercial
requirements, are left out of the
combination.
Senator Eu:tis and Congressman
st. Martin really live in New Or
leans. Their property and inter-
ests are there, and they are fresh
from the people, yet this combina-
ton which proposes to run the New
Orleans patronage has left them
out entirely. 1t was quite to be
expected that a fight would cnsue.
The developments to-day have
caused a great deal of comment.
For the first time President Cleve-
land finds himself opposed. He
discovers also that his party has
some claims to manhood and indie
pendcnce-those qualities which he
himself possesses and admires.
Just how the Republican Sena-
tors will act cannot intelligently be
surmised. They do not even know
themselves. But the situation is
growing interesting, and there is q
war cloud in TIM sky.
Senator Eustis is not the sort Of
antagonist that a wise man would
select, and the indications tonight
all point to the prospect Of his oc-
cupying that relation to the admin
istratiOn.
Mr.. Kernochan is not personally
objected to, but he is not the choice
of the party in Louisiana or really
of the delegation from his own
State. He was originally urged
for the collectorship by Senator
Gibson, but was abandoned when
the thing was found impracticable,
and his subsequent taking up and
final nomination as naval officer
actually came through New York
influences, by the Lorrillards, the
well known tobacconists, and other
friends of Kernochan's brother.
April 1T was apparent that
there would have been quite q
lively time in the Senate over the
appointment of Kernochan as
naval officer if the Senate had not
adjourned. The appointment is
said to have been secured through
Mr.. Bayard and influential New
York parties, and that the admin
istratiCn did not attach any signifi-
canoe to the nomination as recog-
milton of a faction in State politics.
1t has been asCertained tonight
that Kernochan's action as chair
man of q committee supporting an
Independent candidate for Con-
gress in the last campaign was not
known at the White House. The
! Secretary of the Treasury, to whose
department the naval office apper-
tains, was not consulted or notified
until the President made the APP
pointment, and it isnow quite GER
tain that the name would not have
been sent in if the facts had been
fully known to the President.
When, therefore, it was discover
ed that all efforts to force his con-
firmation in the face of Mr.. Eustis'
opposition were unavailing, and
that the opposition would be strong
enough to defeat him, it was not
taken as movement to antagonizo
Mr.. Cleveland; but rested upon
local grounds, and was based upon
the same considerations that in
huenced Senator Payne, of Ohio,
to refuse to commend prominent
citizen of Cincinnati because of his
support of an Independent for Con-
gresss last year.
In view of the decided manifest
alton in the Senate the President
may conclude not to renew this
appointment, but it is reported to-
night that he is disposed to issue
the commission of those officers
who were not acted on.
April 5 -There has been no
'change in the situation respecting
Louisiana appointments, and there
is no possibility of immediate
action. Some comments and
amusement is caused here by the
discovery that Senator Gibson's
apparent change Of heart regarding
Jonas candidacy for the col
lectorship occurred just about the
time it leaked out that the Repub-
lican majority in the Senate had
determined to reject Jonas, if APP
pointed, on the ground that Badger
was Union soldier, against whom
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