The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
Believes the Press Should Be Perfectly Free to
Criticise or Praise Which 1t Cannot Be
When Subsidized with Office.
Blow to the Army of Country Journal
lists Looking for Local Post0ffices.
Another Batch Of Appointments to Be Handed
Down Day or To.Morrow-0ther Polit.
ical Gossip Interesting to Democrats.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE.

That II the Question Which 10 just Now
Agitating Hoosicr Democrats.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March IL. - President
Cleveland's second lot of nominations is
expected to 60 to the Senate tomorrow or
Tuesday. Senator Cockrell. of Missouri,
who is one of the leading spirits OF the
Senate caucus committee, says the COM
mittee will make known the majority
members of Senate committees on Tues
day, and that the nominations which the
President has ready may be withheld until
the committees are announced. The nOm-
inations anticipated are ex-Congressman
Wheeler, of Michigan, for Commissioner of
Pensions; ex Congressman Peel. of Arkan-
sas, Commissioners of Indian Affairs. and
ex-Cong gressman McAdoo of New jersey,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 1t is be-
lieved that ex.Secretary Bay ards name as
minister to Great Britain will go in at an
early day, although his friends here say
he has declined it. 1t Is still believed that
Frederick r. Condert. of New York. will 60
as minister to France. 1t is asserted with
q good deal of poSltlveneSs that eX-COn.
gresham G. q. Matson, of Indiana. or ex-
Congressman Albert Willis, of Louisville.
will be nominated as Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue.
There has been little seen or heard of the
Indiana office seekers to-day. Washington
gives strict observance to the Sabbath and
even the anxious place hunters could hnd
neither comfort nor companions In the
hotel lobbies. The few HOOsier Democrats
who came out of their rooms expressed
great concern over the possibilities in the
new Cleveland code of rules announced in
Saturdays Journal special for the govern
ment of Office seekers. The President is
adding to the code every day new ideas:
which drive terror to the hearts OF still
other classes OF aspirants. The President
has now announced that he will not ap-
point editors to places except in isolated
instances.
WHY HE IS "AGIN" EDITORS.
He declares that President Harrison
subsidized the press by giving offices to
many editors and owners of papers, and
that since the Democratic press severely
criticised that action 1t would not be oon-
sistent for him now to follow the same
course. President Cleveland believes the
press should be untrammeled. free to
criticise an administration. and that when
there is praise of an administra tion's work
lt should not come through office holding &
quilts and 50 ubsidized sources. This would
xppear to be damper on the am bitions OF
editors Morss and Shanklin, Critten berger
of the Anderson Democrat, Higgs OF the
Connersville Examiner, and q host of other
editors or proprietors of Indiana newspA-
pers who arc seeking appointments.
The decision is also to be made particu-
larly applicable TO newspaper men who de-
sire to be postmasters In their towns. Mr..
Bissell has had the names of some country
editors presented to him in connection
with various postOffices, but has uniformly
declined to give any encouragement to the
office seeker. He lays down the principle
that in small towns all the utterances of
the newspaper which the postmaster ed it
or presides over Will be regarded as the
views of the administration, while. on the
other hand. all praise of MIR. Clevelands q
acts will.be discounted because it emanates
from the recipient of official favor. There
fore Mr.. Bissell does not propose TO apDoin
any editors to be pOstmasters, and the Pres
ide mt will observe the same rule In dispos.
ing of the higher offices.
In this connection it Will be interesting
to Indiana Democrats. especially those OF
the Gravy voorhees, school, to learn that
the statement is made here on apparently
good authority that Gil Shanklin went to
New York from Washington last week to
perfect arran Qements for the establishment
of an afternoon Democratic newspaper at
Indianapolis. 1t Is stated further that Mr..
Shanklin has strong financial backing. and
that should he establish his venture he
will have the support of some of the
strongest Democratic business men at In
dIanapolis. The numerous Hoosiers who
are seeking the second authorship Of the
treasury will learn with sorrow that Secre-
tary Carlisle, when he was the other day
presented with Second Auditor Patterson g
resignation. informed Patterson that the
resignation would not be accepted till the
four years of his commission were up. next
August This would indicate that it is use
less to seek positions of that character until
q vacancy is imminent.
Ex-Do0rkeeper Glazebrook. well known
about the LegisIatuIe. and an influential
Starke county Democrat, is the latest to
his ambition. John Hoffman, of In
dianapolis, is in the city on his
way to New York. He will lend a helping
hand to some of his friends who are striv-
ing for places.
hughes East who was register of the
United States land Office at Yankton. S. D..
under Cleveland four years ago, who is q
weli-known HOosier. and who was for q
time Vice President Hendrickss private
secretary, is here. and claims TO have sug-
gested to President Cleveland the idea OF
Turning the old rascals out" by refusin g
to reappoint the men who once held office
four years ago. 1t appears. however, that
Hughes did not intend to bring about the
rule which has been established. and
which bars himself out of office. He wrote
Mr. Cleveland shortly after the election.
explaining that while he was against him
in the campaign for nomination he was
Qiau tDot ne (CleVel6nu) was TO Oe fIeet'
dent, and it was to be hoped that there
"wouid be new deal all around" Mr.
Cleveland took him at his word. and SC
Hughes "presses brick" In Washington
without hope of reward.
In q complimentary personal notice Of
Will 4. English to-day's Washington Post
says he is suro to be minister to SwItzer.
land or Sweden. Judge Lewis Jordan, OF
Indianapolis. seems to have boom jus
now for the first auditorship of the treas