The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-09
Lewis Jordan Given Office on the Per.
sonal Solicitation of Isaac Pusey.
The Judge Also Had the Support of the lndi.
ana Democratic Committee, Which. Evil
IDENTIFY. Refused to Support Jerome Herff.
Zollinger and Mustard Striving Hard
for the Indianapolis Pension Agency.
Daniel Mcdonald, Colonel Avery and Host Of
Other Hoosiers Willing to Be Third Audi
tor ofthe Treasury-Cleveland's Rule.
ANOTHER HoosIER MADE HAPPY.


Judge Jordan Given a Plum That Pays ST.
500 a Year-other Office Seekers.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON. May S.-Judge Jordan was
late to-day appointed chief of the misceilh-
neous division. Treasury Department in
place of Captain Thompson. of Jefferson.
vile. The place pays s2,5O0 per snnum.
The Judge started In for First Auditor,
and this is q more substantial landing
place than most of the hungry and thirsty
catch on to. Mr.. Jordan's appointment
was made at the personal solicitation of ex-
Governor Gray, who is under no small OBJ
legation to Mr.. Jordan for certain literary
efforts. Mr. Jordan is commonly charged
with the authorship of that part of Gov.
Grsy's speech before the State convention
of 1890 which related to the State debt. and
furnished oil the material. If not the mes
sage itself. on the State tax. As Mr.. Jor-
dams appointment was asked as the only
one that the State committee would ask,
his success to-day makes the outlook
gloomy for Committeeman jerome Herff of
Peru, who comes here asking for big con.
sulate as the ''onIy thing" the committee
wonld ask.
Capt. ID. f. Allen. of Frankfort, who was
booked for pension agent at Indianapolis.
having accepted the position of Tax Com
missioner on the State board. the contest for
his original ambition is getting "hotter'n o
limekIln." Colonel Zollinger. of Fort
Wayne, and Daniel Mustard. of Anderson.
are the warmest in the race, bot it Is now
conceded q free-for-all with five months
tenure to beat the bushes for influence.
Representative Bynum aud Senator Turpie
are taking Mustard on theirs. Colonel Zol-
linger was splendid officer. but he is an
"ex" and may not be called on this account.
The Fort Wayne Democrats are kicking be-
cause they have been crowded away from
the pie corner. but there is Samuel Hench
yet TO fall back on if the kick is too high
above the dash hoard.
The Indiana Democrats are massing their
efforts to land the third authorship in
Hoosier hands for four years more. The
appointment has been expected for o week
past. Daniel Mcdonald of Plymouth, Col.
Edward Avery of Frankfort and field
of dark horses can almost taste it. 80 sweet
are their prospects, provided Indiana IS
in it.
Miss Nora Toomey and Miss Mary Lucid.
OF Indiana. were appointed assistant MI
croscopists in the Bureau of Animal In
dustry at indianapolis, to-day, ut 5000 per
annum, to take effect May l6.
Drs. Mcclure. douglass and Holmes have
been recommended by Senators Turpie and
Voorhees, for tbs pension medical board at
Frankfort.
Capt. j. w. Thompson, chief of the mis-
cellaneous division OF the office of Secre-
tary of Treasury, whose resignation has
been accepted. has been here nearly four
years. He will return to his former home
at Jeffersonville.
Richard p. Anderson, of Guthrie, Law
renee county, has gotten his reward in an
appointment laborer in the Treasury
Department.. Postmaster Dalton, of the
House of Representatives. ohipped of this
little chunk
The following fourth-class postmasters
were appointed In Indiana to-day: Austin,
Scott county, j. w. Montgomery, vice J. 3.
Morgan, removed; BarRersville. johnson
county, Mrs. Mary A: Jones, vice J. w. Mil
ler resigned; boundary. Jay county, c. N.
Johnson county. r. s. Parkhurst. vice
Marshall Deer, resigned; Eames. Wsrrick
county. Mrs. Susan Condiot vice j. 4.
Simpson, resigned; LincolDville, Wabash
county, James Billiter. vice &. G.. Bitner
removed; Ramsey, Harrison county. Ed
ward Davis. vice j. A. Durnll. removed.
Ex-State Senator Cramer. of Rockport.
arrived here to-day. He claims TO be mere
ly looking around" but he is really here
to look after the Rockport postoffice. with
view To creating q vacancy there rs soon
whom he wants the place.
Congressman Jason Brown goes home to-
morrow.
The removal to-day of Charles Hedges,
who was q chief of divieion in the Sixth
Auditors Office. is received by Indiana Re-
publicans with calmness of mind. Mr..
Hedges was credited TO Texas.