The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-23
SENATOR HARRISON.
Troubles in Store for Cleveland, and Few
Remarks as to the Indiana Legislature.

A Journal reporter called upon Senator Harri-
interviewed him briefly on political matters.
Said the Senator
II came home before the adjournment of the
Senate because of the illness Of one of my law
partners Mr.. Miller. He has been advised to
60 to milder climate, and did not feel that he
could go till relieved him. There is nothing to
be done in the Senate, except confirm few
more nominations for Mr.. Cleveland. I do not
think he will make any nominations at this
special session which are likely to provoke
contest with the majority of the Senate. He is
unfamiliar with the waters in which he is
sailing, and he knows it. So he has slackened
speed, and is using the lead to find the channel
Two or three more chiefs of bureaus, some for
eien ministers and few postmasters to fill
vacancies will probably be sent in next week.
and that will finish the list. Cleveland has
made good point de resistance as the en-
gineers would say. Think of his calling the at
tention of hungry Democrat to the fact that
the Office he seeks is not vacantl
There has been great deal of cursing among
the disappointed and Indiana has contributed
her full quota. Our Hoosier Democrats were
when left all in the situation of an Indiana
Republican who went to Washington to get an
Office from President Garfield. He had been
there several weeks, when I met him on the
street one day and asked him how he was getting
on. Very we'll, General, he said, but there is
nothing focal yet
what is Mr.. Hendricks doing9"
''Mr. Hendricks seems to be taking a full hand
in the fight for appointments prominent
Democratic senator told me, the other day, that
he met Mr.. Hendricks very frequently about
the departments, but had not, up to the time !
left been able to get a focus on the Indianapo-
lis postoffice."
.'How was Mcdonald receved9
''Mr. Mcdonald was very cordially received in
Washington by his Democratic friends. He was
upon the floor of the Senate. but did not hear
him address the chair. He could, no doubt,
have had good foreign mission if he had wanted
it; and Notwithstanding all the stories of un-
friendliness between them, l am sure Mr.. Hen
bricks would have Endorsed him for such
place"
what is your opinion of the work of the last
Congress2'
..Well, the Forty eighth Congress will not have
a very high place in history. The House, with
Democratic majority of about seventy. spent
the long session in futile attempt to revise the
tariff, and the short session in passing the ap-
preparation bills and was so slow about that that
the Senate ought to have allowed them to fail
instead Of dealing with them in the hasty way
we did. The last appropriation bill only had
about an hour to spare. The appropriation
of $500, 600 to arm the new ships of war, now
about finished, with several other important
items, were omitted by mistake in the hasty
midnight enrolment of the bill. The bank
ruptcy bill, the electoral count bill, the educa-
tional bill, tie national bank bill and scores of
other bills of an important and urgent character
were passed by the Senate, and failed in the
House; while, on the other hand nearly every
bill of any public interest sent to the Senate
received attention there. There should have
been legislation at this session for the regulation
of interstate commerce. But the Senate hav-
ing wisely rs think, substituted the commission
plan for the Reagan BILL the House did Tot as
is usual, ask committee of conference, but OBJ
stinately allowed the bill to fail without any at
tempt to adjust the differences between the two
houses"
Speaking OF troubles in store for the President
Senator Harrison said:
Mr. Cleveland will have more serious trouble
with his party than that growing out of appoint
ments. His letter on the silver question pro-
duced such irritation among his party friends in
the House that If he repeats tae suggestions of
that letter in his first message he will, it will
disrupt his party. The protest of the silver
Democrats will be neither mild nor mannerly.
The division OF the FIRST session Of the Forty
eighth Congress over the tariff question will be
sharper aud more bitter next winter You have
noticed the jealousy already showing itself be-
tween the Randall and Carlisle men In the mat
ter of appointments. Every new man is classi-
fied as belonging TO one or the other Of these