The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-19
Judge Berkshire Visits the President
Elect.

The newspapers all over The eoun-
try have been much agitated over
the visit of our own Judge Berkshire
to Indianapolis.
The New York papers have pub
lished different versions of the OBJ
iect of that visit, and the Indianapo-
lis papers even went so far as to give
the very conversation that the Judge
is purported to have had with Presi-
dent elect Harrison.
On the one hand it is alleged that
the Judge went out there in the in
terest of Gen. Goff-urging his APP
pointment to a place in the cabinet
Again it is said that the Judge
urged that Golf be let alone to fight
out the battles of the Republicans in
West Virginia; and that instead of
Golf, Elkins be taken into the family
as representative West Virginian.
The judge was careful at the same
time to disavow any party affiliations
or even any personal understanding
with Henry G. Davis, in this behalf,
but led the President to understand
that although they pulled at differ
ent ends of the string politically, that
nevertheless, he, the Judge, recog-
nized Henry G. as man Of sound
business judgment and political as
tuteness, and in this particular he
was ready to endorse his views.
The reports go on to say that the
Judge buzzed the President pretty
lively on the political situation in
this State, and in his fluent manner
showed the President just how Golf
had broken the solid South; and how
he would be Governor; then U. S.
Senator, ETC., etc,
Such stuff, and much more than
this has been retailed by the newspa-
pers ever since the Judge made his
entrance into Indiana.
Now we happen to know that all
these reports are but the vain mag
inings of INSCRIPTIONS newspaper
reporters. We who know our dis
tinguished fellow citizen, are well
aware that he is not much given to
mixing in politics, and that he takes
very little interest in such things
anyhow.
OF course the Judge would be the
last man to go on political mission
to Indianapolis. Why would he
want to go prowling around General
Harrison, stuffing his ears with mat
tiers relating to Golf, or Elkins, or
the political situation h West Vir-
ginia? Don't everybody know that
the Judge does not care the snap of
his finger whether school keeps or
not so far as these political matters
| tiers are concerned?
The true inwardness of the whole
thing is, that the Judge, being a
very sociable man, and taking great
stock in his friends and relatives,
he went out to Indianapolis to see u
cousin who lives in that place, and
having q friendly feeling for the
President elect, and happening to re-
member after he arrived, there that
it was the Presidents home, and be-
ing as we have said, of an extremely
social disposition, he could not do
anything else than call and pay his
respects.
Indeed, we would think the Judge
very lacking in courtesy, and want
ing in those social qualities which
make him representative West Vir-
ginian if he had come away from
Indianapolis without calling on the
President-elect.
Moreover, having casually drop
ped in on the President in social
way, such a thing as introducing
politics never entered the Judges
head. His mind don't run that way,
He probably never uttered word
having any political bearing or sig
nificance.
We have therefore felt it our duty
to defend distinguished fellow cit
izen from these wild newspaper as
pensions. If there is anybody en-
titled to cabinet positions under
General Harrison we don't know why
they need look further than Judge
Berkshire himself. He was an ''orig-
inal Harrison man." He went to
the Chicago convention declaring for
Harrison, if Blaine was out of the
way. He was about the only man
from this State who took any stock
in Harrison. If this administration
don't give the Judge good, fat Of
fee we are furninst it, that's all