St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-01
WINDOWS APPOINTMENT.

1t is not worth while now to discuss
Mr.. WINDOWS name for cabinet posi-
ton, or to canvass the merits and de-
merits of the appointment. for doubt
less it is irrevocably fixed. Our two
Minnesota senators unQueStionably un-
derstand it in that way, for they gave
their constituents to understand that
the reason they interpoSed no protest
against the appointment was because
they regarded it useless. Gen. HARRI-
SONS mind is made up to put Mr.. WIN
DOM at the head of the treasury depart
ment, and that is the end of it.
And yet the mention of Mr.. WIN
DoM'S name in connection with a cabl-
net position has stirred up more gossip
and criticiSmsthan has been evoked by
all the other names that have been men-
toned as cabinet possibilities. There
is more talk in the newspapers about
WINDOW than about BLAINE. And
singular fact in connection with this
particular appointment is, that while
Gen. HARRISON processes to be catering
to the Western and Northwestern Re-
publicans by making this appointment,
the leading Republican politicians and
Republican newspapers of the West
and Northwest are resenting it. They
repudiate Mr.. WINDOWS claim to being
Western man, while the New York pol
iticians absolutely refuse to allow him
to be accredited to that state, al
though his home has been among
them for the last six years. The
New York papers are the lOudeSt
in proclaiming Mr.. WINDOWS unfitness
for the treasury department. The un
Savory record of his connection with the
late American Exchange makes him OBJ
Jectionable to the business men of the
metropolis. He was director in the
concern, and one of those who took an
active part in its management. The
New York business men insist that be-
fore he goes into the cabinet MIR. WIN
DOM should disclose the secret of the
concerns collapse, and let the creditors
know what became of all the money
that was used up in trying to keep it
atioat. The most astute Republican
leaders realize that if Mr.. WINDOW goes
into the cabinet without making clean
collapse of the American Exchange in
London. it will invite suspicion at the
very threshold of Republican rule; and,
although it may be baseiess, it may
prove enough to turn the scale against
the administration and wreck the Re-
publican party. Therefore they are
quick to join with the moneyed men
of ri, in,
WINDOWS appointment.
But ali protest is useless. Gen. HAIR
RIsoN has given his promise that WIN
DOM shall have the treasury portfolio,
and WINDOW it will be. Stronger in
haenceS than the business interests of
the metropolis and the fears of astute
managers have been at work on the
president-elect. STEPHEN B. ELKINs
got in his work for WINDOW before the
Chicago convention assembled. He
visited Gen. HARRISON at his home
in indianapolis, and extracted from
him a promise, among other things,
that WINDOW should have the treasury
portfolio in case ELKINs would turn
over the BLAINE following at Chicago
to HARRISON. ELKINs kept his part of
the bargain. and now HARRISON pro-
poses to keep his.
1t is scarcely worth while at this time
to pursue the inquiry why MIR. EIKINs
made it a point to get Mr.. WINDOW IN
the cabinet. ELKINs has the reputa-
ton of being politician for the reve-
nue. that is in it, and his former associa-
ton with BRADY and DORSEY and his
connection with the star route business
are sufficient to Justify the impression
that there is money for Mr.. ELKINs in
WINDOWS appointment. Just where
and how it is to be made will possibly
be developed later on. Having prom
ised to put Mr.. WINDOW in his cabinet,
purely Christian statesman like Mr..
HARRISON cannot go back on his word,
even though his fidelity to his promise
would enable Mr.. ELKINs to walk off
with the whole United States treasury.