The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-23
FALSE AND MISLEADING.
Efforts to Show that Many Delegates Are Of
fice-Holders-Judge Peelle's Position.
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Efforts to Show that Many Delegates Are Of
fice-HOiders-Judge Peeile's Position.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. May 22.-The latest move
of the Presidents small band of opponents
is the publication of what purports to be
list of delegates to the Minneapolis con-
ventlon who occupy federal Offices. The
,ist as q whole. is ridiculously false and
misleading. Among its first premIsesis the
announcement that Stanton j. Peelle. of
Indianapolis. recently appointed member
of the United States Court of Claims, was
selected for the official position he occupies
on account of being delegate to Minneap-
oils. Your readers and all Indianlans know
how false is such q statement 1t is repre-
sented in this publication that Judge
Peelle is anxious to 60 to Minneapolis and
reciprocate the kindness which has been
shown him by working for the Presidents
denomination. but the spectacle of q Judge
lobbying at q convention would be at such
variance with civil-service- reform ideas
that the new appointee is to be prevailed
upon to send his alternate"
Not only does Judge Peelle have no in
tention of attending the Minneapolis con-
ventlon in the capacity of delegate or pri-
vate citizen, but as soon as he was nomi-
mated to the position he occupies he noti-
fed his alternate that he would not attend
the convention, and the alternate has
known for some weeks that fact.
The statement repaired by the opposition
very many times departs far from the truth
In order to make it appear that q large
number of federal officers are to attend the
convention as delegates 1t Is q tissue Of
Misrepresentation. For instance. 1t states
that Charles H. Murray, census super
visor in New York. is to attend the conven-
tion as federal delegate. Murray was
dismissed from the federal service after his
selection as q DELEGATE. an act which the
President would have prevented had he
been looking after federal delegates
1t is stated that Henry b. Quinn
gate. sis q relative of General Batchelder,
who was appointed Quartermaster-R general
of the army by the President and is now
adding his efforts to those of Others to Sc
cure Mr. Harrison's reDomiDatiOn." Gen.
Batchelder's appointment was made long
before President Harrison entered the
White House.
In several instances there are recorded
In the list of federal delegates men who
ore simply alternates. and who have no in
tentiOn of attending the convention. A
number of delegates are recorded as federal
officers who are only related to men In the
employ of the governments. In every case
where delegate has had contract to do
work for the government, such as survey
ing public lands. he is recorded as FEEDER al
Office holder" Where the slightest rela-
tlon by blood, marriage or business can be
traced between delegates or alternate and
federal office holders or contractors under
the government. they are put down as
federal delegates" The list was prepared
for use and influence at distance from
Washington. for it's absurdity IS so palpa-
BILE to every intelligent person here that it
at once becomes ridiculous. 1t shows.
however. to what desperate lengths the
small coterie of malicious and vindictiye q
persons here who are trying TO control the
destinies of the Republican party have gone.
The Alleged List of Office Holders
United Press Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, May 22-The Post this
morning prints full list of the delegates
to the Minneapolis convention. and asserts
that over one hundred are federal Office
holders. ''If the order attributed last
week to the President. that office-holcers
must not attend the convention. is carried
out" says the Post. there will be consid.
erably over one hundred absent delegates.
In the Northern States the office holding
delegates are not as numerous as in the
South. The reason is self-evident. In the
first place. the Republicans of the North.
and especially of States which will be i'm
portant factors in the approaching elec.
ton. did not care to have their ac-
| tions trammeled by men who were under
obligations to dispenser OF patronage. In
other States, too, as III Colorado. the antip-
athy to the administration was SO pro-
nounced that il wonld have been the heigh
| of folly for an ofiice-holder TO attempt to
| run the gauntlet of an election. Still. il
has SO happened that even In the North the
| slate is not entirely clear
number OF office holding delegates in
the North are named. but the list Is not
! complete. the Post says. In she Southern