The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-26
Some Of the Things That Spoiled the
Christmas Dinner of Many Patriots.
Their Minds Filled with Distressing Doubt &C
to What Santa Claus Cleveland Intends
to Do with Numerous Fat Offices
Hundreds of Thousands of Hungry Dems
and Mugwumps Anxious TO Know.
How and When the Tariff Will Be Doctored
Also Cause of Uneasiness-Cr to Con-
ferwith the President Elect This Week.
WORRIES OF DEMOCRATS.

WORRIES OF DEMOCRATS.
A Hungry Horde Anxious 60 Know Whethes
They Will BE Appointed to Office.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Dee. 25.-Democratio per.
plexities formed the sauce that spoiled
many q Bourbon Christmas dinner.
The Santa Claus of the hour is the Presi-
dent-elect, and the question which many
hundreds of thousands Of Democrats. tine
tured with small but virulent injection Of
mugwumps. are asking themselves upon
this yuletide Is, What is the President
elect going to do with the oficesp This
query appertains to vast treasury of pat
ronage, extending from Cabinet officers
down to the lowest tide-wsiters not in.
cluded in the classified service under the
rules of civll-servIce reform This is the
anxiety that pertains to the hungry hordes
of Democrats. and which appeals to the no
less eager appetites of the mugwumps
Another anxiety that assails the Demo-
cratic mind is the tariff question. Now that
the revenue legislation of the government
has been placed within the control Of the
Democratic party its leaders do not know
what ME-. Cleveland will do as to the fran.
ing of o new tariff bill There is. in the
first place. the uncertainty as TO whether
the Democratic party will have control Of
feet whatever policy they may determine
upon In the House. There is. besides this.
prevailing state of ignorance in Wash.
ington. which probably is a reflex Of the
uncertainty, of Mr.. Cleveland's own
mind on the subject as to whether
there shall be an extra session OF the
next Congress In October as to new tariff
bill being framed meanwhile on behalf OF
the administration by experts In the
House shall be called together in March
with the understanding that after the re-
election of Speaker Crisp and reorganiza-
ton of the committees with that "scholar
In politics" Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia
at the head of the ways and means COM
mittee. immediate adjournment will fol-
low. This programme would involve q
continuous session of the ways and mesna
committee during the summer and
to CONGRESS at such time as President
Cleveland might see ut 20 call IL together.
Both of these plans as to tariff involve
an apparent desire on the part of the Demo-
cratic managers to fulfill their "tarih-for-
revenue-only' policy declared at the CHI
cago convention. Each of them. however.
provides for various compromises with the
capitalists of the East and with the discon.
tented political forces of the West, which
combined to bring about the change Of ad-
1t is evident that both Mr..
Cleveland's plan Of having an "executive"
tariff bill framed in the Treasury Depart
ment and submitted to the Democratic
House for subservient ratification and Mr..
Crisp's plan looking to his own reelection
as Speaker and a compromise with MT.
Cleveland in committee organization have
been thrown out as tests of public opinion.
STILL WITHOUT A POLICY.
No policy even rs to the way of meeting
the tariff problem has yet been agreed
upon. These later suggestions. of brief
extra session in March for the sole purpose
of reorganizing the ways and means COM
mittee. and of the formation of the tariff
bill by treasury officials are only modiioa-
tions of the plan first announced to his
correspondents weeks ago to commit the
framing of the new schedule to Q joint
Democratic caucus committee for report
next fall The purpose of all these plans
attitude of posing before the people a.
ardent and impetuous tariff reformerA
while at the Same time securing delay
enough to avoid shocking commercial In
terests and alternating capitalists-
But to return to the offices and begin
with the Cabinet The prophets about Mr.
Clevelands official household have atisfied
their own mind as to q few definite con-
clusions. They may be In advance OF Mr,
Cleveland himself upon some or most Of
these. but that makes little difference to
the gentlemen who every four years en-.
gross themselves in the delightful task Of
Cabinet-making.- The most pronounced
Mr.. Cleveland had definitely requested
Senator Carlisle, of Kentucky. to 40
Treasury. This report comes from
apparently good sources. II IL be true Mr..
has not denied the report Many of hiG
friends say that the Kentucky Senator.
who probably holds his present scat
for life, Is hesItatinR about accepting q
Cabinet position. His salary ss Senator
Cabinet he would receive $1,000. But his
expenses as member of the Cabinet would
double those of his life as q Senator. More
over it is Mr.. Carliele's ambition to receive
an appointment TO the bench of the United
States Supreme Court, gift which Mr..
Cleveland will have at his disposal next
year.
This report about Mr.. Carlisle 10 the
principal one of many rumors which grow
out of the lmperious demand of the South
for recognition by the new administration,
Old Virginia, the Mother of Presidents."
now seeks the Attorney -generalship for
Randolph Tucker, the first Southerner who
of the American Bar Association. West
Virginia clamors for the same Office fos
Representative Wilson. but il seems cer-
tain, just now, that President Cleveland
will wish Mr.. Wilson to succeed Mr..
and means committee. The Empire
State of Texas puts forward for
the same place in the Cabinet Representa-
tive Culberson, now chairman of the Dis
trict committee of the House and one of the
most distinguished jurists in the South
west North Caroline presents the name
of Mr.. Julian Darr, whose only service in
politics has been competent readiness TO
supply funds Mr.. Darr says there is but
one Office which he will accept-the post
master -generalship. There has been some
comment on the apparent eagerness of the
South to possess itself OF control OF
tho Department of Justice. and it has been
intimate1. unjusfly. doubtless. In view OF
the eminent gentleman named for the
office. that the reason why the South Is so
anxious TO have one of its own men at the
head Of this department is because the
Attorney-general Is the federal officer IN
whose hands lies the control of the federal
Offices MIR. Darrs preference for the Post
Office Department is understood to be be-
cause he is a business man, and has prac.
tical notions the matter of turning Re-
publicans out and of WELDING the ak.
BAD OUTLOOK FOR sPoII.sMEN.
most interesting question which pro-
pounds itself to the average Democratic
spokesman just now is asked as TO who shall
pucceed Axman Adlai Stevenson as First