The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-29
SOME OF THE "MUzZLED. +"

Democratic Editors Who Have Been 81.
fenced by the Cleveland Administration.
Boston journal.
Every batch Of new appointments which
the President makes contains it's inevitable
editor. and sometimes two or three OF them.
Ii would almost seem that Mr.. Cleveland
were taking u sly delight in coniounding
those mugwamp critics who. under the pre-
ceding administration, whenever the pub
Usher OF some CROSSROADS weekly got
fourth class pOstoilice. were wont 10 read
President Harrison a stern lecture on the
monstrous evil of "subsidizing" and 'muz-
Zllng" the press.
For the benefit of it's mugwnmp contem-
pOraries and In the interests of the hist0r-
icai truth. the Journal has compiled a par
tial list of the editors who have been sub
sidized" or ''muzzlod by public patronage
In the past three months The list begins
with the notable figures Of Hoke smith, of
the Atlanta journal. Secretary of the In
terror. and Daniel ). Lamont of New
York city. Secretary of War. Sam
uel +. Morse. editor of the Indianapolis
Sentinel, has been made consul general
at Paris in order that he may recu-
perate In the south of France after his
arduous labOrs In the late election. George
4. Parker. of various New York newspa-
pers. and author ola campaign biography
of Cleveland, draws ealary OF $1,000 or
5000 tor connecting tariff reform" TO-
mances in the consulate at Birmin gham-
joseph ii. Srnnsr, of the New York
stats Zeitrng. IL rewarded for
his services In raiiying the Ger
man vote" By the snug place OF Superin-
tendent of immigration at Ellis Island.
Lewis Baker. odltor OF the St. Paul Globe,
10 minister 10 Nicaragua Claude Meeker.
OF the Cinciunati Enquirer. 10 consul at
editor OF French Democratic paper in
Lowell. 10 consul 1t Sherbrooke. Quebec.
MIR. Il. Pcndleton of the Belfast Me- Age,
is consul Ct fictou. Editor George vii.
liam Caruth of the Little Rock Ark
Gazette. is minister TO Portugal stephen
Bonsal. OF tie York Herald Is Secre.
tsry of legation IN China. The new head
OF the bureau OF Aruerican Republics 10
Clinton Furbush. an editorial writer on
Carter HarTsons organ, the Chicago Times.
Mr.. Brooks. of the Chicago Tribune. is our
new consul at Trieste. Austria. George
Horton, of the editorial staff OF the Chicago
Herald 10 consul at Athens. Greece. Our
neighbor, the Boston Herald, 10 reported
to have been recognized by consular
clerkship bestowed upon the husband OF
one OF Its women writer's. William Il.
Qninby. editor of the Detroit Free Press. -
minister TO Holland. The First Auditor or
the Treasury Is the editor of the Laurel
Md Democrat The Governor of Arizons
is the editor OF the active Democratic Ca
gan In Phoenix. and the collector of internal
revenue IN Montana is also subsidized"
and "muZzled" newspaper man.
These are some. but not all. of the Demo-
cratic editors W HON the pernlcious policy
OF the President has placed In Unbiic Of
flee. Those who have been given small
local positions. such as postmastersbips
and the like. ore almost without number.
Dor every newspaper writer that President
&issrsson rewarded for partisan activity,
President Cleveland has certainly reward.
- too. And he mas done IL without elicit
if1g O single syllable o. protest from the
Pbari5aical censors of his Republican pred
ecessdf, There has never been bigger
bumbTg than the mugwump humbug in
tho whole history of American politics.