The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02


how-for Mr.. German. and the press had
been duly set upon the scent by an indus
trious dissemination OF this news enveI-
oped in an alluring cloud OF theatrical mys-
terry. The next stage was 10 impress the
President. a stolid man. with a pernicious
habit Of pooh-poohing scares and an irri-
tating indisposition TO admit that he Is
wrong when the whole American people
agree with him that he is right. He must
be made TO think that there were great
lions in the path OF tarin reform, ana NAT
junior Senator from Ohio were honestly
enlisted in an effort TO overcome them 50
execution was limited to a sheet Of paper.
an envelope and a fee OF a quarter or a
dollar 10 a special messenger.
Mr.. German presented himself at the
White House. Mr.. Cleveland received him
pleasantly. as he always receives his Wis
itorS. They sat down and talked over the
situation in perfect good humor. the Pres
ident maintaining that. even admitting the
inability of the friends OF tariff reform TO
by making broad apparent concessions.
they had now reached a place where thev
could strike some hard blows for Democrat
ic principles IL they were really In earnest.
Mr.. Germans response 10 this was a plea
that he and his associates a accom-
plished wonders in carrying the bill as far
as they had without its being wrecked. and
that, so far from its being now out of dan
ger, there was not an hour. day or night.
when something was not liable TO happen
10 undo all the hard work of five months.
The President. looked politely incredulous.
III oCldtVt AN olllN dl Tic III
there were still a few minutes remaining
before the bit OF Prearranged stage bust
again and made the same point in a slight
ly altered form. Then came the climax.
A rap at the door. An attendant enters.
bringing a note which has just been left ar
the White House by a special messenger
The Senator is apparently engrossed in his
argument. He assumes that the note must
be for the President, and at first ignores
the fact that the attendant has paused be-
side his chair and is holding the note out
"Oh. it is for me?" he exclaims. with an
air of surprise as genuine as IL 1t had been
the subject of several dress rehearsals be-
He runs his eyes over the superscription,
and his brow darkens with Delsarte's first
quality expression of foreboding. In an in,
devoured the contents OF the sheet inside.
CLEVELAND DIDN'T BITE.
'"This illustrates what / have been say
ing he remarks with a voice full of anx-
iety, as he passes the note to the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Cleveland read IL without visi-
BILE agitation. 1t is from Senator Brice. a
very hurried scrawl, urging Senator Cor
man to hasten TO the Arlington Hotel and
meet the writer as soon as he can get
away from the White House. New and
serious complications have just come 20
Mr.. Brice's knowledge, which threaten the
whole tariff reform programme with ire
trievable ruin unless they two can devise
DID the Pesident reel and totter panic
stricken? No. Did he beg Mr.. German to
forget the horrid Wilson letter.. and oner
to take it all back If Brice ana ne ana the
rest would get together and fix things up
before it was too'late? Not at all. Did he
propose to wash his hands OF the whols
ever to NEEDLE with IL, ana
pledge himself to sign any bill Congress
could be induced 10 send TO himT Not by
He simply said he was sorry that the
tariff managers i'm the two houses OF. Con-
gress seem to find so many dlfflcultles IN
wished them better luck in the future. and
hoped that the new and serious coInphcd-
tons alluded to by Senator Brice would
not prove so threatening at closer view
And so there was nothing left but f4I
Mr.. German to bow himself out and all
the way up TO the Capitol curse the luck
unimpressionable creature as this BuTaio
lawyer. BY the time he had reached the
He had set out with the idea of making a
rather vigorous speech, but the positive
venom which poured into 1t as he went
along was an afterthought.
Read in the light of these facts. which
can be supported by documentary proofs
| record of last Mondays business by the
| senatorial bunco firm stands thus:
l. An interview granted by the lntended
Victim to the Senior Partner. in response
Partner.
ner to the Senior Partner, delivered TO the
| latter at the hour and minute agreed upon,
In the presence of the Intended Victim.
g. Decision of the Intended Nictim-who
turns out not TO be such a precious inno-
cent As they took him for-that he doesn't
4. Desperate resolve of the Senior Part
ner to smash things generally, in. order TO
avenge himself upon the Intended Victim.
Moral: The Sugar Trust had better dis
pose of its present bunco outfit at a sacri-
fee and hire a more competent hrm or