The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-17
JOHN RAIL GETS THE PLUM
Bynum Has Determined Upon Him as
the Next Surveyor of the Port.
Donnelly, Myers and the Others Get "Hooks'-
Oliver Reveal to BE Assistant Posimas-
ter-Tbe Honolulu Incident.
RAIL THE LUCKY MAN.

Selected by Bynum for Surveyor Of the Port
Over Donneuy and Others.
The next surveyor of the port of Indian.
epolis will be John Rail This. it il said.
has been practically decided by Congress.
man Bynum. with whom the appointment
lies absolutely. the federal Constitution TO
the contrary notwithstanding. Under the
monster system to which the government
has grown, tho practice of allowing the
patronage 10 be parceled out piecemesl
among the members of Congress. il not
thoroughly established before. has become
30 in this ADMINISTRATION. Realizing this
fact. Bynum has been beset by Rails
friends during the past week, in q syste-
matte way. until he was dri ven away from
his hotel and compelled to seek An obscure
boarding house. Rail has the support OF
John Remarkable Wilson, whose perver-
sion of middle name was not On inapt bon
mot Of the late Colonel Rice. For a man OF
his social and intellectual requirements
he has developed an ability to MIN
gle with 1.-The boy 6" and to let Everything
Co." that has amazed his friends. These
explain by saying that this lie hi. way of
training TO become the successor in Con-
gress to Bynum himself. Sterling X. Holt,
who is much more "A ty pical ward worker.
aud who has grown rich at the job. Is an-
other of Rails friends Reach, however,
has been u most persistent "howler' for
Rail. lr seemingly makes no difference TO
any of these bosses. that their candidate 10
In no way qualified for the place. lie has
no education, and the Journal has sho VI
III the past that the degree of his llliteraoy
u sufficient to bar him out of any place of
trust requiring business ability. He was
engineer at the water works pumping sta
ton for q long while, and has lately been
employed by the Electric Lighting Com
pany. ut work but little better than com.
mon unskilled labor. Talking with o
prominent Democrat yesterday, q Journal
reporter heard him say: Rail is abso-
lutely unqualified for the place. he has
no property interests. and there has been
no call in his life for him 10 acquire the
commonest rules of business. He would
not know what q 'schedo0l.' as ne would
%pronouDceit II, Is. much less understand ii. He
has the ENDORSEMENT OF none of the polit-
ical clubs. but depends on Wilson. Hoie
aud that king OF potato peddIers. Jim
Reach. These fellows have made Bynum
believe that Rail is every body's favorite.
when. as a matter of fact. he has not one
freshman out of ten in the city for him. IL
the appointment were left TO a vote In the
old Twenty-fifth ward. which Rail used TO
represent in the Board Alderman. he would
not get more than that proportion ofs the
VOTE"
The other candidates for this place were
SmithlMyers. Maurice Donnelly. Daniel Bur-
ton. John Reanme and w. i. Stesle. late
superintendent of the street-raiiway COM
pany. None of them but is we'll qualified
and would satisfy the business public. as.
according to the Journals Information.
kali could not possibly DO. The selection
of Rail has caused q commotion among
them. Myers was backed by the Cooper
following, Donnelly by the Shields Club and
by Jack Landers's friends, and Reaume had
the support of John III. Holiday, whose
support of Bynum IN the News was thought
to have given him some influence for
ants. As far as known. Steele and Burton
had no prominent backing. and have never
had q ghost of q show. Both are OF native
birth.