The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-26
John w. Showalter, of Chicago, APP
pointed United States Circuit Judge
of the Seventh judicial District.
PEPPERY LETTER FROM IRBY
INDICATING A SPLIT IN THE SOUTH
CAROLINA DEMOCRACY.
TilIman and Evans Charged with
Had Faith-The Irate Senator
Doesn't Propose to He MuzzIed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON Feb. 25.--It has just de-
veloped that the two Indiana Senators are
actuated by even meaner, pettier motives
in defeating the confirmation of Mr.. Herod,
whom President Cleveland has promoted
from the second to the first secretaryship
of legation at Toxic than was believed of
them 1t was thought at the time that
the two statesmen from Indiana were inn
PEELED by their stalwart Democracy to re-
sent the appointment of any Republican to
anything when there were so many of the
faithful still waiting for the appointments
that never came. But it now appears that
Messrs. Voorhees, and Turpie are actuated
by petty personal spite. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Herod's nomination was sent
to the Senate on Thursday, the same day
when T. Taggart led his hungry horde of
Indiana spoilsmen on their indecent errand
to the White House to importune the filling
of place whose occupant, though a leader
in his party council, had not yet been given
the last solemn rites of the holN church.
Messrs. Voorhees, and Turpie had scarcely
returned to their seats in the Senate where
with glib hypocrisy, they fawned on Sem
ator Ransom, in whom they saw a possible
rival for the place they sought, when the
executive clerk of the White House deliv-
ered the nomination or MeSSrS. ELLISON and
Herod Both the Indiana Senator's, after
their first gasp of surprise was over, read
in Mr.. Clevelands nominating man to an
important diplomatic Office who was not
only not recommended by them, but of
opposite politics, an expression of the Pres
ident's opinion of the shamelessness of their
visit that spoke more plainly than had even
his manner of hearing them. Messrs. Coop
er and Bynum, the two members of the
House who are now closest to the White
House, were hastily summoned to Mr.. Voor-
hees's committee room, and both were inter-
rogated as to their interest in Mr.. Herod.
Both members, warned by the tone of
wrath in the Senator's inquiries, promptly
denied all interest in Mr.. xHerod.
..Then it is intended a slap at u.s."
thundered Senator Voorhees,. '.On the very
day we ask him to appoint a good Demo-
crat to succeed Gray, he turns around and
promotes Republican from our own State.
That settles it,.
Mr.. voorhees's further language has no
interest, but he detailed the complaisant
Mr. Turpie, who Immediately hurried to the
room of the committee on foreign relations,
and made the request that, for personal
reasons, Mr. Herod's nomination be held
up for the present. This request was, of
course granted and Mr.. Herod will not be
confirmed unless the two Indiana Senators
can be shamed into burying their personal
pique at the stingng reproach which Presi-
dent Cleveland so deftly administered to
them for their lack of tact and fine feeling.
The State Department expects Mr.. Herods s
defeat. but adds that the President will i'm
mediately reappoint him.
The Senate in executive session to-day
confirmed the following nominations: Will
liam Critchton, of West Virginia, to be
secretary of the United States legation
at Brazil Also the following United States
consuls: Fred Ellison, of Indiana, at Beise,
British Honduras; William w. Masterson,
of Kentucky, at Alden, Arabia; Samuel w.
Thome of Pennsylvania. at Assumption,
Paraguay.