The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-01
be- pleased with

WOulu 10 plehSeQ will tuc
appointment OF Mr.. OIney. 1
know the democrats and muRwumps
will certainly approve OF such an excellent
appointment. You see we all know Mr..
| Olney and we know him to be of great
legal ability and upright in sl his deal
| ings. He stands high not only as a man
| OF integrity, but as good citizen. He is
the kind of q man that his friends and
neighbors can never praise enough. l
feel that Mr.. Cleveland has not only
shown rare judgment in selecting Mr.. Oh
ney, but in the selection of his entire cabi-
net Ia fact, his cabinet shows that we
| have a safe man for president Instead
| of selecting ring and machine democrats.
he has selecteda cabinet from the people,
| so to speak.
"There is no fear whatever in the ranks
| of the republicans that Mr.. Cleveland will
not make q good president. He is just
the fellow 10 see that nothing goes wrong,
and he will pull off his coat and do six
teen and twenty hours work day. II is
his level head on finances and on the
pension question that makes him popular
and restores confidence to the country.
Cleveland and Pensions.
Zone of the most courageous things
Mr.. Cleveland did was to veto pension
bills, and believe the country approved
of his course. know l did. I believe it
required more courage for him to veto PEN
sion bills than to send out his celebrated
tariff measure. He thought the people
wanted the tariff reduced, but he did not
know the feeling in regard to pension
| legislation. The truth is, the people
think the pension business has gone too
fnw In. nil hn
country there are instances OF
they do not deserve them. Now. in nv
village, for instance, there Was a widow
who got $1,000 back pay on pension al
| lowed her for the death OF her son. That
son, of all her sons, happened to be the
| most worthless and shiftless and naturally
snch large amount paid for him provoked
| criticism. but there are plenty OF cases
| where healthy, able-bodied men draw PEN
sjons. | was in the habit OF hiring a
strong, able-bodied man to work in my
garden. paving him from 50 TO 50 day.
| One day he asked me TO go to the pension
| Office and identify him. He drew 81, 700
on back pension. The pension business
has disgusted the people, and reaction
| took place in favor OF Mr.. Cleveland foI
| his great courage. The pension abuses,
Mr.. Cleveland. The republicans promised
to reduce the tariff, but instead OF doing
so they made it higher. l warned mem
, bers of my party that the Mckinley bill
was modifying the tariff upwards and
would hurt us. / wanted natural raw ma
terial to come in free. but the republicans
in congress would not have 1t. The people
in my section wanted hides on the free
list and iron ore reduced. Well. they see
the result. l have confidence in Mr..
| Cleveland. He is safe on the money ques-
| ton. and l believe he will exert mis- in
| huence to have the silver coinage stopped.
The balance of trade is against us at pres
ent. 1t must be remembered that 100000
American tourists go to Europe annually,
and they spend there $1,000 each, which
| takes an immense sum of money from this
| country. But L do not see disaster ahead"
Elk. Congressman William Whiting of
Massachusetts,, q epublicsn, said that Mr..
| Diner was man of undoubted ability
and would be a credit to Mr.. Cleveland's
! cabinet
Herbert Good Selection.
x-Postmastsr-Ge General Frank Hatton,
editor of the Washington Post, spoke in
the highest terms of Congressman Her
bert of Alabama, who has just accepted
the portfolio OF the navy. saying: II think
Mr.. Herbert just the man for the navy.
He is not only able, but he knows the
navy department in every detail. A bet
ter selection could not have been made.
We will have secretary of the navy who
will 20 into the cabinet fully equipped for
| his position. He believes in helping to
| build up our navy, and have no hest
fancy in saving that believe he will give
! entire satisfaction 10 the country.
Another good appointment is j. Ster-
ling Morton. He is @ vigorous. outspoken
and able man."
Congressman John Hemphill OF South
Carolina said today: II do not think
there will DO any legislation on the silver
| question this session. 1t will require
| nearly all the time of congress to pass the
appropriation bills. And. as for the anti
| option measure, the opposition TO it is in
creasing daily. 1t may not pass if there is
much moro delay"
THE HARRITY SILVER LETTER.