The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-11
The Friends of the Indiana Man Now Claim
that the Ex-senator Will Be Made
Secretary of the Treasury,
Always Providing that Mr.. Hendricks
Consents to the Arrangement.
The Appropriations Will Be Passed and an
Extra Session AvOided-The Treasury
and the New York Clearinghouse.
His Friends Think He Will BE Made Secre-
tary of the Treasury.

His Friends Think He Will BE Made Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-RepreseEtative Lamb,
who has been in conference with Senators Voor-
hess and Garland. and numerous influential
Democratic representatives, since his return
from New York, said to the Journal correspond
ent this afternoon that he was never more GER
tain of anything than that ex-senator Mcdonald
will be a member Of President Clevelands Cabi-
net. st now looks very much like Mr.. Melon
aid will be Secretary of the Treasury, said Mr..
Lamb; 'his name is being used for that position
by men who are not talking merely for posi-
TONS, he continued, with a significant emphasis.
Mr.. Lamb said, in reply to an inquiry, that Mr..
Hendricks would not try to keep Mr.. Mcdonald
out of the Cabinet, but he would indorse him be-
cause the united Democracy Of Indiana de-
manded him to do so.
Another consultation of Mr.. McDonald's
friends from Indiana and other States was held
at the capital to-day, but it cannot be ascer-
tanned what the result was. It is known, how
ever. that another delegation will soon pay Mr..
Cleveland a visit and try to get a definite answer
to their opportunities. Senator Garland, of
Arkansas, who, it is conceded, will be Attorney
general, says it looks to him very much like Mr..
Mcdonald will be one of President Cleveland's
Cabinet officers. To-day Mr.. McDonalds name
is used everywhere for the treasury portfolio.
Is Hendricks Opposing the Ex-senator?
Special to the Louisville Courier-Journal
1t is feared here by some Indiana Democrats
that Mr.. Tilden is opposing Mr.. Mcdonald. How
this impression has got abroad is not known and
it is not generally believed. 1t seems to me that if
Mr.. Tiiden becomes satisfied that Mr.. Hendricks
does not desire Mr.. Mcdonald in the Cabinet, he
will be most likely to urge Mr.. Mcdonald to a
Cabinet place.
The feeling here among the Indiana Democrats
about the Hendricks Mel Donald matter is hard to
describe. They can scarcely believe that Mr..
Hendricks is opposed to Mr.. McDonald's going
into the Cabinet. Yet they are very much dis
satisfied will the situation They are doubtless
of the opinion that Mr.. Hendricks, while in New
York, failed to give Mr.. Mcdonald the backing
for a Cabinet position which he was entitled to
receive, and that cordial support which the
Democracy of Indiana expected. In other
words, it is the impression here that Mr.. Hen
bricks, in his interview with Mr.. Cleveland,
simply damned Mr.. Mcdonald with faint praise.
There is hardly a politician here who does not
believe that if Mr.. Hendricks had pressed the
claims of Mr.. Mcdonald on the President-elect in
an earnest and hearty manner it would have
settled the matter. AS it is. if Mr.. Mcdonald is
not made a member of Mr.. Cleveland's Cabinet,
it is certain that Mr.. Hendricks will be to blame
for the failure. The situation here among the
Indiana Democrats is one of painful embarrass-
ment. 1t is between Hendricks. Mcdonald, the
deep sea and the devil. They all love Melon
aid, and would give every influence in their
power to get him into the Cabinet, yet some of
them are afraid of Mr.. Hendricks. He is the
Vice president-elect. and will have much to say
in the distribution OF Offices in Indiana, and they
do not care to offend him.
1t is also known here that Mr.. Mcdonald occu-
pies a manly and d~ignifed position upon the
Cabinet question. He has not asked Mr.. Hend-
ricks or any other man to say one word
elect in his favor for a place in
the Cabinet. This statement is absolutely
true; and. again, it is only just and fair to Mr..
Mcdonald to state that if it were not for the
strong appeals made to him by thousands of In
diana Democrats he would have long since pub
licly stated that he did not desire, nor would he
accept, a Cabinet position if rendered. He has
only permitted the use of his name by friends to
satisfy the Democracy of his State. The posi-
ton as a member of the Cabinet to Mr.. Melon
aid is a laborious and an Improbable one. His
law practice yields him annually from $40, 900 to
$l5, 900; that of a member of the Cabinet but
SIS, 900, to say nothing of the great additional do
nestle expense attached TO the latter Office.
On the whole, Mr.. Mcdonald can very we'll af-
ford to preserve his present dignity. He is one
of the best and purest men, and, in or out of the
Cabinet. is an honor to his State and to his coun-
try. If selected as a member of the Cabinet, he
would bring more honor to the position than the
position would carry to him.
This is the way to put it: Mr.. Cleveland doubt
less knows Mr.. Mcdonald, and, knowing him,
should be glad to call him to his council; but if
Mr.. Cleveland should happen not to know Mr..
Mcdonald, then, perhaps, it would be better for
the latter if he remained a private citizen.