New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-01
CLEVELAND AND GRESHAM.
TALK ABOUT TIE SUPREME COURT
THE WESTERN JUDGE, 1T Is SAID WILL BE Alp.
POINTED TO JUSTICE LiMARS VACANCY
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
Prcsidont-elcct Cleveland showed up at his law
Office In tie Mills building about 10 30 a. m. yester-
day and sat for visitors as usual. The caller In
whom lie most interested and TO whose report
he gave up TIE greater part OF his time was eX-
Pos, mastert:eucral Don NJ Dickinson. That states
man had Just arrived from his buried trip TO Chi
cagO where Mr.. Cleveland had sent him with
message TO Judge Walter Q. Gresham. Mr.. Dckn-
son after a long Interview with Mr. Cleveland at
Lakewood last Thursday had started for Chicago on
Friday reaching the Echelieu Hotel In that city
on saturday night. In his anxiety TO keep tHs
presence In Chicago secret 10 did not
register at hotel and took various extraordinary
precautions To prevent his presence from being known
ON Sunday be made a steathy call on Judge Gresham
Henry Watterson In Chicago Mt the same time hav
ing lcen sent there By senator Carlisle and he con
ferred with both Dickinson and Gresham. Mr. Dick
lnson left Chicago on Sunday night for New York and
here yesterday TO report to his master the results
OF Ills GRAND. What that errand well posted
Democrat explained last evening. lie said
People who imagine that all this funny business
which has been going on between PreSidentciect
Cleveland and Judge Gresham with Don W. Dickinson,
WAYNE MacNcagh and others as Intermediates refers
to the offer Of Cabinet place 10 Mr. Gresham. are
entirely AZ SEA. Thcrs Is Cabinet arrangement
In ihi, affair. The place Involved Is the vacancy on
the supreme Bench Of the United states caused by
the death Of Justice L. .. {. Lamar When Gresham
declared for Cleveland last fall he did In accordance
with n bargain which had been made with him through
certain close friends Of both the parties TO the deal,
that Cleveland ,hould appoint Gresham 10 the first
vacancy which should occur among the United states
supreme Court judges after his election. II was eX-
pccicd that the iilst opening would b. through the
retirement Of Justice stephen J. Field, but Lamar
death has presented unexpected opportunity. IL
belongs 10 the Republicans Of course rs everybody
fDp hot the l,rrsi
Senate nro Republican until the 4h Of March.
IInt the game is to steal Lamars place from the
Republicans and give it q Gresham. That l. what
all these secret messages between Cleveland and
Gresham are INTENDED to accomplish. Gresham IS
supposed have several friends ia the senate
on the Republican side. who are said to be anxious
aid him in his ambition for TIA. supreme Bench
II Gresham and lbs friends prevent the Replb-
can senate from confirming President l!a-iiSons
nominee for Justice Lamars place, Mr. Cleveland VIII
send In Gresham's name in the brefest possible time
after he becomes President, and the Senate In us
changed condition after March can be relied upon
10 do the rest. Cleveland Will thus BE- able TO pay
an antecleciion debt with an Office plroincd from
bis Republican predecessor and will have the FELL
vacancy 10 III beside. which will BE- clear gain.
"Thls IS not a very hightoned operation for either
the immaculate Mr. Cleveland or that pure ana eN-
allied iurst. Judge Gresham. To b. engaged In. but
II IS exactly what they are I'm. and If there are
enough weak Republicans In the PR sent senate the
whole plot will come inside OF six weeks. That
the Republicans escaped when they failed TO nominate
Mr. Gresham in l5So and placed Mr.. Harrison at the
head OF their ticket they can now see IN the dlchr
which has been going between Cleveland ana
or, sham. Mr. Gresham II may be remembered was
very DESTROYS Of accepting tIc Republican Nomination
for President ON the dontcal iarn platform on which
General Harrison ran. HI conversion from E"puO-
llcan- m 10 Poyu,m and thence To Clov.iahdl'h II
not among the least Interesting Of tire poiiucai
lhanOnona which have been Observable oi lAte.'
t. Ellcry Anderson, the noted Muewunp VINO
achieved "A National reputation by insudng speaker
Crsp a. The Reform Gub dinner last December. was
40 ,lo,.i,i with MIR. tlcv land time NtsteTdaN
IL object 10 STIR mp tie fresldrnicct 10 some
definite declaration about what he Is going 10 GO Or
l. local Mugw imps and anti Snappcrs VINO say tlHt
| be- owe, everything h. /, 10 tAem lhrN want NE
| y.d.r.l office .f It's city-al OF theni-and they
'hiut IL AlgA time that Their. was II thorough under
standing on the subject. II was aid last evening tnh
| -. President r.cf not over pleased with Nr.
Anderson. impeuO-lty and at the latter did not get
| y, much distraction as hr desired.
Other visitors Yesterday were q. q. Sl'llcy, u
| Louisville man. VINO was reported 10 nav" brought
| snu,,. word barring upon IA" Gresham deal Judge
X,,h,ulel shpnan Of the United states Circuit Court
81 APPEALS, Who only 10 make call "f courtesy
- ~,uator James i. Pierce" Of brooklyn. "hohl Mr,
nm tuad.. state superintendent OF Insurance, turning
| ON, Robert A. Maxwell MIR. Cleveland's appolhtee
snd arleut supporter: Arthur Sewall, member OF te
| N,oual Democratic Committee for Maine "oN'TTlp
| Eolrri J. REYNOLDS Of Delaware ana cX-uONcFhof
| Is. T. Bigrs, OF The same state.