The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-10
THE vooRBEEs-GRAY SLATE.

List of Democrats Selected for Important
Federal Offices In Indiana
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, March Alt Is stated TO-
night upon authority that the Voorhees,
Gray combine have agreed definitely upon
the follow Indiana appointments:
JOHN w. KERN, Indianapolis. United States
district attorney.
EX-sHERIFF HAWKINS, OF Sullivan county,
United States marshal.
o. NJ. PACKARD, of Plymouth, national bank
JOSHUA JUMP. of Terre Haute, collector of
WILLIAM BRACKEN, of Brookville, collector
ALBERT sAHM, OF indianapolis, postmaster
y G. G. MARsoS, Greencastle, Commissioners of
Internal Revenue or Second Controller OF the
JOHN G. sHANKI.IN, OF Evansville, First or
Second Assistant Postmaster-general
The nominations of Kern and Hawkins
It IT'S as stated, will IL &C., e. to the Senate Sen next
sions of the present incumbents expire
within q week or ten days. The collectors
of internal revenue are TO be named by the
President when the four years of the pres
coming summer. Packards appointment
is to be made soon. as there Is virtually q
vacancy now.
There is likely to be lively scramble
over the collectorship of customs at Indian
epoiis. Morris Donnelly and Smith Myers
are aspirants. The latter is Bynum's man;
the former the friend of Senator Turpie.
Donnelly Is said to have the greatest num-
her of Endorsements and the largest per-
sonal following, but he has not the pulp
here thst Myers has.
Postmaster Thompson is to be succeeded
when hls four years have expired. The
idea in selecting his successor at this early
day is to avoid any contest.
HDl0 ny N.& f<~-~ - A.
for place in the Treasury Department,
and last night pac ked his grip ready to go
home. Senator Turpie heard of his In.
tended departure. and begged him to stay.
Senator Voorhees, has also taken an ardent
interest In Colonel Matson, and to-day the
two Senators took hold of his case the re-
suit being that tonight it was announced
he would be either Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue or Second Controller. The
pay and power Of the TWO positions are
about equal.
The appointments of Kern to the district
attorDeyship is going to leave some deep
scars. Ex-senator Frank Burke. of Jeffer-
sonville, who is the pr0tege of Representa-
tive Jason Brown, has been assured all
along of the most earnest support of Voor-
hees and Brown. and he hos believed that
this influence would secure the Office. The
appointment of Kern will lead some men tu
believe inst there has been donble dealing.
1t is said that John T.. Lamb is the power
behind Burke. and that he is trying to pay
Burke for services rendered Ip killing the
cOemDIOye liability bill in the Legislature.
1t Will be recalled that Lamb was the rail-
road attorney interested. and that o smart
parliamentary turn of Burke's defeated the
measure in conference. Burke is also
credited with having strangled the bill to
compel the Vsndalia to account to the
school fund for its earnings. another meas
ure which Lamb marked for death. For
his opposition to these bills Burke was de-
feated for denomination by organized la Dor.
Hughes East, formerly of Indiana now a
citizen of Yankton, s. D., is here. but since
the announcement of the Tu)o which bars
out old officehoiders Hughes dec lares he is
not here to get his old place-:hat of reg
lister of the land Office at YanktoD.
Hon. Will Z. English. of Indianapolis. is
among the crowd of office seekers, but says
he is not an aspirant. He is here to see
the fun and look after some friends. He
will remain two or three weeks.
There Is bitter complaint from the Office
seeking Democrats from the Twelfth dis
trict of Indiana. With their four thousand
Democratic majority and their nine mem.
bers of the LEGISLATURE they are unable to
get O single Office. Allen county. which il
the banner county of Indiana Democracy
has been left out entirely in the slate jus,