The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-15
Mr.. BYNUM'S LIEUTENANT
Pleasant Reading for Friends and ADJ
mirers of the Late Vice-President.
The Man Who Made and Who Now Runs Mr..
Bynum Calls Mr.. Hendricks Natural
Born, Dyed in-the.WOOl Traitor" Etc.

In the Lafayette Courier OF the goth of April,
1885, appeared the following article, which will
be good reading now. This same Mr. CreelnaaC
is still Mr.. Bynums principal manager, or, as tia
Sentinel calls him, Mr.. Bynum's lieutenant l
-Bynum is elected, Creelman will gain the ''usu-
fruct" How many Hendricks Democrats will
help the Bynum- Creelman combnationl
Courier representative was introduced to
Frank E. Creelman. the defeated candidate for
the postmastership of indianapolis, in the Lair
House rotunda Mr. Creelman was in the city
yesterday and this morning, on business con-
nected with his wholesale grocery. He found
Mr.. Creeiman pleasant, communicative sort OF
individual of about thirty-fve years of age.
and not at all averse to talking about the late
unpeasantness.
I'VE have been hearing great deal about yoE
of late. Mr.. Creelman," the reporter remarked b1
way of starter
Il expect that you have, and significantly
1.-The time will come when shall be heard from
again, IN way that may not be altogether pleas.
ant for some OF the parties interested in the fight
just ended. l want you to understand am IN
no wise disappointed in not getting the appoint
ment It would have cost me Sic, 600 and my
business which nets me Sc. 900 year. My only
desire to gain the appointment was to crafty
my friends and for the hcnors
might obtain by clean, business like
administration of the office. 1t was at thu
Donald and others that entered the race.
against my incllnations had elected Bynum
in county strongly Republican, cutting down o.
large Republican majority. OF course 1 did it
with money and hard work aud all that sort of
thing, and had L been appointed postmaster
should have bent every energy toward insuring
the continued success of my party in the
county. Mr.. Hendricks himself was at first dis
posed to favor me, but when he sent friend of
his to sound me on the patronage business and
sent him back word that if the appointment of
janitor would secure his support would not
make the appointment, he turned his batteries
against me- | was determined that HE Hem
bricks SHOULD NOT USE ME TO SECURE
SINECURES FOR HIS BARNACLES-PO-
LITICAL PROSTITUTES-W WHOM HE
HAD BEEN WHORING FOR YEARS.
"How do you accouptfor his support of AquIla
Jones! Was 1t his lifelong friendship, and in
return for services rendered years ago, when
Jones was a power?"
1.-The most charitable construction we can put
on his action is that THE OLD MAN HAS
GONE INTO HIS DOTAGE. There can be 70
doubt that he is getting childish. How else can
you account for the selection of Hughes East for
his private secretary?
Here Mr. Creelman interiected a number of
sorcible statements concerning the private SEQ
rotary, which might destroy the beauty and
symmetry of the type, and hence withheld
from the public.
"This is the man the Hon. Thomas A. Hen.
bricks Vice president of the United States.
posed to Hendricks--first, BECAUSE He WAS
A. TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY, and was
war Democrat Show me any decided stand
Tom Hendricks has ever taken that was not
antagonistc to the principle and the spirit of our
government. l am opposed to him, in the sec.
ond place, because was and am hard money
Democrat along with Mcdonald, while Hen
dricks-well, nobody knows where he stood, not
| Third am opposed to him because HE is A
| NATURAL-BORN, DYED-IN-THE- WOOL.
-- TRAITOR. NOT ONLY TO HIS
| COUNTRY, BUT TO HIS BEST FRIENDS.
| WHENEVER IT SERVED HIS PURPOSE
He has betrayed Mcdonald whom I admire for
his honesty and integrity, and who is opposite
in every trait, whenever the OCCASION Tsss
sented itself. as he has betrayed every friend he
ever mad He betrayed Mcdonald at Cincin-
natl, he betrayed him at Chicago, and later be-
betrayed him at Washington. Mcdonald said
to me: You know, Frank, it would cost mo
$40, 900 year to accept Cabinet position, and
but to crafty my friends aud for the honor
there was in it, l should never have consented
to have my name mentioned in that connection.
but when one comes TO the door it Is mighty
hard to have it shut in ones face And Hen
bricks would have betrayed Aquil!a Jones, as
we'll, and actually did propose to do so. With
this end in view he called upon William Hender-
son. OF Indianapolis. unsolicited and told hin
to start petition, and he would sign it himself
and see that he got there; but Henderson
slow did Mr.. Hendricks prevail upon the
President to give him the appointment over By
nuns head!"
by GETTING DOWN ON HIS OLD
KNEES AND BEGGING LIKE DOG FOR
IT. He cried like baby, and told Cleveland Il
he refused him this request it would sign bis
Hendrickss political death warrant-destroy
him completely. He would never dare go back
home and face his people with such humilia-
ton. The President replied Il am deeply
panied, Mr.. Hendricks, that you should have
placed yourself in such humiiating position
but cannot do otherwise than my duty. IL you
can show that the appointment belongs to You
and not to Mr. Bynum, will gladly accommo-
date you. If you can show precedent
for this extraordinary business l will APP
point Mr.. Jones' This was said in the
presence of Mr.. Bynum, who was the only
VILLAIN lHendricksl AND, AS HE [Bynumy
STATED TO THE PRESIDENT BEFORE
HENDRICKSS FACE, PULL THE MASK
FROM THE FACE OF THIS = OLD LY~
ING HYPOCRITE AND EXPOSE HIM AND
HIS It'FAMY.' Hendricks agreed to abide by
the precedent established, and, accompanied by
Mr. Bynum, went to Postmaster general Villas
Mr.. Villas called the oldest and best-posted de-
partment clerk to him, and placed the matter
before him, told him to investigate. and by
o'clock that day to let him know if there was
any case on record where the Vice president had
made an application for the appointment of
postmaster. The clerk made an examina-
ton and reported negatively, and Mr. Bynum
imagined, of course, that Mr.. Hendricks would
honor his word and withdraw from the con-.
test but at o'clock the same evening the Vice.
president of these United States, forgetful of his
pledge, forgetful of the honors heaped upon him,
forgetful of his manhood, filed mis- application
and again called upon the President, and WITH
TEARS AND THE MOST LAMENTABLE
DISPLAY OF PUSILLANIMOUS PUERIL
ITY again importuned the President to save
him from destruction, to save his life. The
President, proof against all other influence.
yielded through pity. and promised him the ap
pointment, made against his sense of justice and
mis- will. Afterward. when Mr. Bynum called
upon him for his decision, Mr.. Cleveland said
Mr.. Bynum, by every right you are entitled to
the appointment Your candidate is well recon-
mended, and there is 10 doubt as to his fitness
for the position, but can you Mr. Byuum, afford
10 talxa the annointrn over a corpse2 As il ia