The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-20
The President-Elect Influenced BY Willard,
Whitney and Others. Who Contributed
Literally to the Campaign Fund.
Gen. Carnahan Finds Washingtonians
Too Busy to Discuss Pythian Affairs.
President Harrison Thinks the Gold Flurry
Has Passed-Agricultural Appropriations
Explained by Secretary Rusk.
THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG.

KICKING Democrats Tell Why Hoke Smith
and Judge Gresham Were Given PlacoA
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The announce.
ment Of oil but two of the members Of ME-.
CleveIand's Cabinet throws some light, In
the minds of leading Democrats In WASH
ington. upon the influences which are TO ba
potent during the second Cleveland cd.
ministration. Most OF these influences srG
capitalistic. and had much to do with pay.
ing the expenses of Chairman Harrty's
successful management Of the Cleveland
campaign. nti-Cleveland Democrats do
not believe that the chief contributors to
the Cleveland election fund invested their
money for purely unselfish devotion to she
abstract cause of tariff revision, but
prefer TO say more or less openly that theis
investment was made with the expectation
of substantial return. The refusal Of Mr.
Cleveland TO appoint Colonel Morrison, OF
Illinois, to the secretary ship OF the in.
terror has already been attributed by prom.
inent Democrats TO the opposition OF Henry
Willard, whose interests in the Northern
Pacific railroad and It's twenty five million
dollars worth OF disputed land grants
made 1t desirable for that corporation to
have at the head of the Interior Depart
ment q man who, if not plant. would as
least not be aggresslyely hostile to Mr..
Nillarts interest. Such man, the discon-
tented leaders of the Democracy are say.
ing. has been found IN the person of Hoks
Smith. of Georgia, who has the negative
merit of comparative unacQuaintance with
the relations between the federal govern
ment and the transcontinepta tai railroad.
Democratic criticism of the selection OF
Judge Gresham for Secretary of State has
now taken a new form, which accords with
the same theory of the capitalistic In.
fiuenees which are to ntrol the next ad-
ministration. 1t is now suggested that
Judge Gresham's decisions upon the bench
of the United States Circuit Court have
been SO uniformly disagreeable to corpo-
rate interests. and especially to the syndi-
cate which now controls the street-railway
facilities of Boston. New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Chicago. and which 10
reaching ont for the control of the street.
railway franchises of Washington, that
Mr.. Whitney. Mr.. Lamont aud their asso.
ciates thought 10 advisable to transfer
Judge Gresham from the bench TO Q bril-.
liant and attractive position In the Cabinet,
where be would not have the opportunity
10 pass upon litigation in which those cor.
porations are Interested. Both the Gould
and the Vanderbilt interests have already
been injured. tits said. by decisions rendered
by Judge Gresham, and critical Democrats
intimate that those powerful influences
have joined with those of Mr.. Willard and
his associates in favorlng the transfer of
Judge Gresham to the Cabinet This
charge. 1t is TO be remem mbered. Is m ade By
Democrats, and, however faDciful it may
appear, it Is of interest as showing the hos.
tility which MIR. Cleveland has already
stirred up within his own party. A cor.
rOborative rumOr which the anti Cleveland
Democrats do not fail to adduce Is that
Don NJ. Dickinson. who has been Mr.. Cieve.
lands trusted courier in inviting men into
his Cabinet and in attempting TO influence
silver legislation in Congress. is to become
the legal representative of the great street.
railway syndicate in Chicago.