New-York tribune., 1885-03-17
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,,,',rox Mercb 16.-The niggardly way III
LII .ho President continues to dole out an olnoo
.,a ,hen IN his Democratic friends HIS 'hoi
-. ;,h INDIGNATION. Last night scarcely ono
a. many ofioc-seekers in town went to Ded with-
- tho Arm conviction in his mind that the morn
,no would see the beginning, at last. ahc III soou
eornest of the work of "Reform." iho e"s'
sanmine predicted that three NOMINATIONS "ouiu
he sent in Their hopes were doomed 10 oisappo'h.
ment. When Secretary Pruden preseh'eo niin'0'
a, the door of the Senate, shortly alter hooh' anu
the envelope enclosing the Presidents messaso was
opened il was found to contain single hoiiiha''on
that of Joseph S. Miller, to be Comnission0i "a
Internal Revenue. The disgust OF the iai.niui ca"
na,ter he imagined than described Their i'll humor
,,ont oga;n in denunciations of the President
.trono and expressive. The worst howlers were
tno Keutuckians, who wanted to gel" Phil lhomp
con into this important Office. Mr. Thompson hau
.ho strpnOest backing; if an almost SOLID Con
osO;on al deeoation from his State. which pieaueu
lis case repeatedy before the President ana oecre
tarv Manning can be called strong. senator Dcch
Senator Blackburn, ex-Speaker CARLISLE al hau
proed his fitnesssupon the President Inc iat'er
Lo,uo,or nroved obdurate. "He refused to be bull
ao7ea as supporter of Mr.. Miller expressed IL To-
day. As far as the bulldozng. on the part VI 'ne
Kentucky men is concerned, II undoubtedly proved
of no avail 1t must not be understood however
that the President succeeded i'll wthstanulhe .n0
assaults from other quarters Briefly stateu' INC
appo,ntment of Mr.. Miller is victory Tor the
Raltimore whiskey ring over the Kentucky whiskey
r;ng-a victory of Randall over Carlisle. Randall
nroved himself stronger than the united forces Oh
the so-called revenue rcformers," ana the logical
seouence in the minds of thoughtful men already Is
that. at the next meeting of Congress, recon-
mendation will come to that body favorlng the
abolition of the tax on whiskey.
Mr. Miler's nomination was foreshadowed in IHE
TRIBUNE of to-day He is man about forty-hve
wears of age of fair business abilities ana tne
especial friend ef Senator Kenna, of West Virginia.
10 whom, it is sad he is largely indebted. In addi
ton to Mr.. Randall, sfor his appointment For
eight wears be was State Auditor, having poeh
elected twice in succession to that office 1t cannot
be learned that he distinguished himself greatly
while occupying this place. "Phl Thompson
takes his defeat philosophcally. He was at the
Capitol when the nomination of his successful riva
came in. "a man cannot have everything he
wants he said. good-naturedly. His friends. too.
seem little put out by their repulse and are prepar-
ing to push Mr.. Thompson for another otfce-that
of Commissioner of Railroads His prospects for
landing this prize are not good however. Inc
railroads are thought to be opposed to him. Ii ne
fails again, he will try to capture something else
He is not easily discouraged.
The visit of Tammany delegation to the White
House has heen one OF the incidents OF the day
There were about ten of the warriors VINO wanted
to know whether Tammany was going to be given
fair show" by the President Among them
were Congressman Jack Adams, Coroner Martin
Civil Justice McQuade, Police Justice Welde and
Secretary Gilroy, of tie organization Beyond a
fair number of fine words and phrases. however.
the warriors are not thought to have secured much
eomfort-not even in promises. The President is de-
scribed as having been cool and reserved in the ex
treme throughout the interview.
The Tamamny men meant business. Before they
left New-York there was q conference with y. ).
ODoBohue who is to be urged as the 1ammany
candidate for the Collectorship with all the power
and influence of the political organization to which
he belongs One of the delegation tonight said
sWe were kindly received by the President. who
impressed us as strong. frank man. disposed to be
fair and Just. Our reception by the members of the
Cabinet upon whom we called cordial in the
extreme. and they showed by words and manner the
high admiration they feel for our organization as
well as the obligations upon the Administration to
reward it for its loyalty to the party in the last
Presidential campaign Despite this cheerful talk.
however, the Tammany representatives seem to
feel by no means confident that Mr. ODonohue VIII
be Collector RobertsOns successor. and some OF
them privately express the opinion that the tight
may result in the selection of some new man. They
will not admit that there is any chance of Hubert
o. Thompson being appointed. but are willing TO
concede that some man like ex-Congressnan
Dorsheimer who is Tammany man" may be
chosen. One of them said that he would not be sur
priscd in the least if the President should at last
decide to appoint General Socum Collector
Robertson's successor. He remarked that there
seemed to be a" a sort of fatality about Mr. ODono-
hues political aspirations" but that Tammany
would stand by him as long as there seemed TO be
any hope.
To paraphrase a remark of one of the Tammany
men, to-day cleveland must fish or cut bait; we
do note intend to have any nonsense about this
thing"
Another incident of the day which deserves men-
tion h the arrival in town of Joe McCouald. lie
here it is said. upon the invitation OF the
President At any rate. he made his ontry IN state
having travelled from his home in special car at
tended by John C. Shoemaker, proprietor of Ihe
Indianapolis Sentinel John Frenzel, banker Of In
danapolis, and Senators MCGEE and Bailey. of
Indiana When asked, this afternoon. about his
visit he said that it had been his intention for
time to come to Washington, but that he had been
waiting for the crowds TO thin out before undertak
ing the journey. He added that he had some bus
ness to look after here"
You'll see the President, of course" was sug-
gested to him.
Oh yes" responded the ex-senator, IL shall
make the acquaintance of our Administration
have never met President Cleveland, but from
what hsv heard of him. know shall like him
Everybody speaks well of him."
The high regard in wuich I" old saddlebags is
held by the President is well known. 1t is pre-
sumed, therefore. that he asked by the Presi-
dent to come to the Capital in order that he might
be. rendered some high position. McDonald's
friends assert that there is Office within the gift