The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-27
The Puisssnt Politician Referred to the Ten
der Mercies of Gresham When Asking
for the Mission to Mexico.
He Still Had Hopes After the Treach-
cry that Beat Him at Chicago.
Federal Appointments in Indiana--Nsw and
Strong Rival to Kern-Pension Agency
and Postofiice.
GRAY AND GRESHAM.

agency, or something of that sort, it is diff
ficult to see what he is going to get out of
the Cleveland administration. 1t seems to
be Gray's tate to ask for every thing and
get nothing. His name went to Chicago
for the presidency. aud though he was
never seriously considered for the nomina-
ton. his friends were in position to give
it to Cleveland or to keep Cleveland out of
il. They gave il to Cleveland.
Gray's managers there were Senator Voor-
hees. Hugh Dougherty, John L. Lamb.
James Fl. Rice. James Murdoch and Charles
l.. Jewett. Voorhees, was for Gray by
virtue of deal fixed up at Terre Haute in
the spring of 1890. when it was discovered
that GRAY was setting up the pins to beat
Voorhees, out of the senatorshlp. He al
ready had q few counties. notably Allen.
fixed, when Voorhees, became aware of the
movement, and. rather than have o row,
called conference at his home. CON-
and others. and there the agreement
was made that Indiana should sup
port Gray for the presidency. Gray got out
OF the way, ana voorhees, and his friends
carried ont their part of the programme
convention last spring, and up TO the crit
ical poins at the Chicago convention. Then
1t was tie tield against Cleveland, and the
field had more than one-third OF the votes,
that is, enough to keep Cleveland out.
Then John X. Wilson and Tom Taggart
had few interviews with Dickinson end
Whitney. and succeeded in drawing
DouRherty and Murdoch into them.
DOugherty finally announced to the rest OF
the Gray people that he was in position
TO trade the faint hope OF the presidency
for certainty of second place. He had.
be said, assurances from whitney and
Dickinson, the responsible Cleveland man.
ayers, that If Indiana would come into the
Cleveland fold they would support Gray
for second place. Voorhees, and Murdoch
were willing to accept, Lamb did SO re-
reluctantly, Jewett did so under protest
and Rice. when he saw which way things
were going, Informed the whole crowd that
thet were "a set of chumpsD and came
home in disgust. The Indiana delegation
held meeting and created the sen sation
of the week by deciding to vote for Cleve-
land.
TREACHERY OF cLEvELAND's MANAGERS.
Indiana's desertion broke the back of the
opposition and half an hour after her de-
cision was announced tho nomination of
Cleveland was assured. Ohio wavered.
Mary land fell in line and there was gen.
eral rush of the Southern delegations to
the banner of the Stuffed" Indiana voted
for Cleveland, but when It came to carry
different. Dickinson cast Miohigan's vote
Tor q home nonentity and Villas did like
wise with Wisconsin. At the end of the
roll call it was seen that Stevenson was
under the sense of Indiana's treachery.
changed her vote to him. WattersOn, of
Kentucky. and Bourke Cochran. of New
York, were quick to sec the point and they
showed the knife home into Gray's bowels
by doing the same thing with the votes of
Kentucky and New York. Thus was started
q stampede that nominated Stevenson and
killed Gray In less time than it takes TO
tell about 1t.
Notwithstanding this treachery on the
part of the Cleveland managers, Gray's
friends gave Cleveland loyal support,
grounded upon intimatlons from headquar-
tiers that Gray would be taken care of in
the Cabinet. The State went for Cleve-
land. but plenty of other States did the
same thing. aud. again. things were differ
ent. While Cleveland and his personal
friends were discussing the probable gen.
eraI smash of party lines four years hence,
and forming the nucleus of q new party or
ganizatioD, Gray and his friends were look
inS over the Cabinet list. choosing their
portfolio, and announcing that Gray was
surely Slated" 1t will be remembered
that shortly after the election Capt ID. I.
Allen, of Frankfort, visited Cleveland in
the interest of Gray, and when be returned
that Cabinet position was sure thing"
Then. month or so ago. the Gresham
talk became rife, and Captain Allen again
went East Ito see Cleveland" When he
returned lie was announced that Gray
would probably take the Mexican mission;
butnOw comes the redou btable" Clip shank
lin and declares that Ex-Governor Critten-
den, of Missouri, is slated for the Mexican
mission. Here was mystery that set
some of Gray's friends TO thinking and
prying into secrets of state. And they have
succeeded in learning something that is
simply making them get up on their hind
Its tho most internal outrage / ever
heard of In politics. snorted ont one of the
Gray leaders in the Legislature. yesterday,
when he was telling the story to the writer
by jerks He was too full OF wrath to tell
the story commercially, but as he gave it it
was not only interesting but intensely
amusing to one who doesn't care a ig
about Gray or Cleveland either. 1t seems
that on his last Welt to New York Captain
Allen didn't get TO see Cleveland at all.
The nearest he could get to the great
prophet" was the outer fringe of the IN
ner circle. There he learned that the last
Cabinet place was gone, that the Court OF
ST. James. Sc. Petersburg. Paris, Berlin
Rome Madrid. Vienna. COnstantlnople. in
fact nearly all the tirst-class missions had
been parceled out, and nothing in that lin q
remained but Mexico and TWO others of less
Importance. Knowing from long expert
take the best in sight. Captain Allen chose
for him the Mexican mission. and said he
would call on Mr.. Cleveland and tell him so.
MUST SEE GRESHAM.
Oh. but he could not see Mr.. Cleveland
MIR. Cleveland was seeing nobody except
persons he had cent for, unless it was case
of the greatest emergency and the greatest
Importance, leaving the Inference that
Gray's demands wero not q matter of
first Importance. Well, then the Captain
suggested that he would go and see Mr..
Whitney. No. that would do no good. he
was told. He would only be wasting Mr..
Whitney's time aud his own, for while Mr..
cleveland and Mr.. Whitney were still
friendly there had undoubtedly been q
break in their cordial relations. and Mr..
Whitney was taking no part IN making mp
the appointments.
thing thenf" inquired Captain Allen rather
desperately.
"Well,D and the answer Is said to have
partially paralyzed the veteran Hooser
Democrat 'as a matter of fact the proper
man 10 see about matters OF this kind Is
Gresham He is to be at the head of the
State Department, and what he says in re-
gard TO diplomatic and consular appoint
ments seems to 'gopp
Captain Allen gathered the fragments
of himself as best he could, choked down
his wrath and came home. It was mighty
rough for Gray to have to sue for fayors
from "A renegade Republican whom he had
been fighting and hating for twenty years.
bnt there seemed TO be no way out OF it.
| He knew two or three people who were
more or less close to Gresham and possibly
| the thing might DO accomplished through