The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05
He Is Disguised with Office Seekers and
Has Turned His Face Even Against
the Mighty Sycamore.
WENT HUNTING YESTERDAY
And Left an Unpleasant Message
for the Indiana Senator.
The Ex-Fiat Money Advocate Informed
that He Would Have to Deal with
Cabinet Officers Hereafter.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


the action Of President Cleveland in coolly
sending for Secretary Gresham and hieing
away to the woods, eight or ten miles west
OF Washington, on a notwithstanding ex-
petition, leaving the office seekers out in
the cold; he was absolutely Disguised, and
he did not rnince words in expressing his
feelings of disgust TO Indiana friends. Sen
ator Voorhees, felt that after running the
gauntlet of his fiat-mOney friends in Indi-
ana I'm supporting the unconditional silver
repeal bill and serving the President in
personal capacity for three months, he
could reasonably expect a few minutes Of
attention at the close of the fight and three
or four appointments which had been prom
Used him, provided everything came out
we'll in the extraordinary session of Con-
gress.
Jerome Kerff, of Peru, who has been in
the city two or three weeks with Secretary
Reilly and other prominent Democratic
friends from home and who was promised
a consulship last March by direct and
positive language from the President him.
self was told two weeks ago, by Senator
Voorhees, that if he only fingered in the
city until the silver bill was disposed of
his appointment would come promptly. The
Senator's disgust. when lie went to the
mediate appointment of Mr.. Herff, at find
ing that the President had gone cunning
can better be realized on the ground here
than imagined by Mr.. Herff's friends in
Indiana. The Senator grunted his deep
disappointment and righteous disgust when
he inquired of the Presidents private sec
rotary the whereabouts of the chief execu-
tive and learned that he had not only real
~ taken to the woods for the day, but
intended to hereafter refer office seekers to
members of his Cabinet The senior Sena-
tor from Indiana then, sindeed, realized that
he was good enough to serve the President
I'm an official and personal capacity, but
when his SERVICES official representa-
tive of the administration in Congress
were at an end he not licensed to in
trude himself upon his Excellency for fav-
ors to come.
1t was bitter for Mr.. Voorhees, to be told
that ne must seek his reciprocity through
the straw of assistant Cabinet officer.
AS Is we'll known, Secretary Gresham long
ago absoved himself from all official and
personal responsibility in the matter of APP
pointments under his department, and when
Sena tor Voorhees, was to-day referred by
the Presidents private secretary TO the
State Department for Jerome Herh's office,
and given informal ton that il would be
less 10 seek the President in the matter,
Senator Voorhees, knew that he would have
of state as he had educated the sapent
Quincy, of Boston, in the person of that
new fellow Uhl, from Michigan. 1t will
was educating Quincy in the discharge of
appointment duties last spring he almost
gave up hope at times and felt that it
was as easy TO support the two sides of
the silver question as it was to teach a
mugwump how to properly dispense patron
age, and declared that Quincy thought he
knew more than the Almighty. Mr.. Uhl,
the Assistant Secretary of State, who
q will give out the Offices will hardly be
educated up to the Indiana point under
some weeks yet, and if the President con-
tinues TO refuse to see Mr.. voorhees, Jerome
Herff may not be fitted out with office
until the new year is ushered in. As Sen
ator Voorhees, went away from the White
House to-day, meditating upon the ingrati-
tude of the President and the miSfortuneS
of the average Hoosier Office seeker, he
wore a countenance that told palmer than
words that the lines of senatorial duty did
not lie in pleasant places about him. He
was in an unhappy frame of mind.
Mr.. Voorhees, confidently expects the APP
pointment of Joshua Jump to be collector
OF internal revenue the first of next week.
but when Jumps name was mentioned TO
Representative BrookShire to-day the
Charlottesville statesman inquired what as
surance had been received by Senator
voorhees, that Mr.. Jump would be appoint
cd, and who had given the assurance. a
friend OF kIr. Brookshire said today, fer
talking with that gentleman, that the Terre
Haute man was not sure to get the place;
that ii might yet go TO W. Is. Hulet. of
Crawforlsville and that Mr. Brookshire
was evidently in possession OF some secret
information from the President which led
him to reasonably doubt the success OF
Jump. 1t is stated that all of Jumps bust
ness qualifications. including his partner
ship with John r.. Lamb his warm friend
ship for distiller Fairba lks. and various
other matters relating to the Terre Hsute
the President and that the latter was
deeply impressed by them. To turn down
Jump and Senator Voorhees,. however,
would be an exhibition of nerve which
could hardly be expected, even at the
nan o,It ~ tba n iaws Of ' dafnat for tbe
silver repeal bill.
George W. Haynie. of Ev; 1sville. is
surveyor of that port at the time the col
lector of internal revenue for the Western
Indiana district is named. The appointment
of Haynie is TO be made for Representative
Taylor. The Representative of the First
district. after arranging the appointment
or Haynie with Secretary Carlisle made an
effort TO see the President with reference to
II, to-day. and he was also deeply Disguised
upon being informed that the President was
now referring all office seekers To members
of the Cabinet. and that he had no time to
devote to the tales of woe which sung
by congressman with ambitious constitu-
encies.
Henry Mellen. of BoonviIIe. who has
been here for some time seeking the clerk
ship OF tie port at Sitka, Alaska, and who
was promised the place by Secretary Hoke
Smith, has run up against snag in the
stand taken by the Senate against the i'm
portation of outsiders into States and Ter
ritories TO nil the federal offices therein
Leroy Wade OF New HARMONY is vet
here seeking the assistant attorney-general-
ship vacated by John G. Cheney of Indi-
ana. Mr. Wade has not run up against any
of the snags which have beset his con
temporaries, but he is greatly vexed h.
cause he has not yet run up against the
office.
Con Cunningham. OF Charlottesville
still hangs on to the Willows Cons ner-
severance is only equaled by his good ma
ture and hope. Although he has diligently
sought consulship since the inauguration
OF President Cleveland, without any real
direct promise. he has not ever lost hope
He would like TO 90 TO Ireland Scot
land. and as consulship after consulshp in
those countries have disappeared from Re-
publican into Democratic hands he has
transferred has hopes 10 another one The
next week when he is to get the office
was uttered by him again to-day to the
Journal correspondent feebiy, but distinct
lively indicating that he still has hopes
that the next week Will bring the fru-
ition OF hopes long deferred.
IL was stated 20 the Journal correspond
ent at the Treasury Department to-day
that James L. shepherd of Indianapolis.
q 81, 500 clerk in the Fifth Auditors Office
who was dismissed recently on account of
some controversy with his superior officer,
would likely return 10 office; that he had
been notified that he could have a posi-
ton in the Office If he desired il.
FAILED TO BIZ CONFIRMED.