The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-23
Former Appointed Assistant Control
Ter of the Treasury and the Latter
Made Consul at Liege, Belgium.
MISTAKE OF BIMETALLISTS
WOLCOTT AND CHANDLER WRONG IN
THEIR VIEW OF M'KINLEY.
No Likelihood of the President TAX
Ing the silver side of the Finan-
ciaI QuestfOn-Output OF Gold.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Indiana got two
offices to-day. L. p. Mitchell, of New Cas-
tie, was appoined deputy controller Of the
treasury. and Marcus r. Sulzer. of Madison.
was named consul at Liege, Belgium The
appointment of Mr.. Mitchell breaks the
deadlock in the Sixth congressional district
created by the refusal of Representative
Johnson to consent to any federal patronage
going into the district until Captain Elliott
of New Castle, had been provided for. What
ever differences might have once existed
between Mr.. Mitchell and Captain Elliott
were long ago adjusted, but the congress
man would not yield, and there the mat
ter theatened to hang indefinitely. Mean
while the good places We're being filled and
the Republicans of the Sixth district were
getting nothing. The situation, however
was changed to-day by the President. who
decided IT, was time the district received
recognition, and he therefore appointed Mr..
Mitchell. Captain Elliott's chances have
not suffered in the least by to-day's appoint
ment. The deputy controllership of the
treasury is a very important office. and pays
$4,5OO year. Ex-Representative Tracewell.
of Indiana is controller. and the appoint-
ment of Mr.. Mitchell was in every respect
agreeable to him. The two gentlemen are
old friends. Mr. Mitchelrs place on the
state central committee will probably be va
Gated in consequence of his removal to
Washington.
Mr.. Suffers name was originally discussed
in connection with a Chinese consulship, but
the premature publication of the fact oper-
ated against him for that position. Iiege
is nearly as desirable in point of pay and
more desirable in the matter of location so
that Mr.. Sulzer has no reason to regret the
change. AS president of the Republican
League of Indiana and as the opponent of
the late Mr.. Holman Mr.. Sulzer distin-
guished himself in the eyes of the President.
The belief is gaining ground that when
the discussion is over as to where Presi-
dent Mckinley stands on the financial ques-
tion. ii will be discovered that the
| Chambers and Wolcotts, who are claiming
that he had expressed preference for
their view of the subject mstook their
own utterances for those of Mr.. Mckinley.
1t Is related that some one, in describing
President Mckinley said that he illustrated
the strength of nonresistance and that he
was like a solid mass of India rubber-ap-
pearing to yield to personal impact, but
when the pressure was withdrawn always
coming back to his original position, and
all the time having In him an enormous
silent power President Mckinley is the
best listener in America. He never tries to
scothe an angry cat by stroking its fur
the wrong way. Those who bear in mind
these traits and peculiarities of the Presi-
dent and Danish the notion that he is weak
will be able to form a correct idea of the
bearings of the controversy which is being
forced by the misguided free-silver Repub-
licans and of it's probable outcome. There
|
time almost pitiful, in the expectation
which some of them appear to be honestly
| harboring that in the end the President will
| take his stand with the Wolcott element
and turn his back on Mr.. Gage and the
sound-money principles which he repre-
sents.
While Senator Wolcott was entertaining
| a party of friends at dinner in New York
to-day reporter asked him If 1t was true,
as reported, that he intended to resign. He
replied You give me the first information
| of the fact" -
Mr. Preston, director of the mint, is gath
| ering material for his preliminary estimate
| of the gold and silver production of the
| world for the year 1897. The revised sta
! tistics made the production of gold for 1896
| $204. 900. Indications point to an increase
during the current year of about $50. 600. 900,
which would bring the total up to about
$234, 100000. Editor Boutwell, of the Engi-
neering and Mining World will make his
estimates next week. and it Is believed that
his total will approximate 600. Di-
| rector Preston will put the United States
at the head of the list, with q production
| of about 100000 000 an increase over last
| year of 81 600, COO. South Africa will follow
| next in line with $5J,00O000 Mr.. Preston's
| data of the production of silver is not as
complete as that of gold, the facilities for
| good but he will estimate decrease i'll
| the output in the United States of six
| or seven million ounces. This decrease
| is much smaller than many people have
| imagined who have not kept close watch
of the news from the mining regions
The suicide of Miss Herbert. daughter
of the ex-secretary of the navy, recalls
| the gruesome fact that this is the third
case of a daughter of Cabinet officer kill
| ing herself during the last fifteen years.
| The first was the daughter of former Sec
| retary of State Baya d and the second was
| that of Miss Daisy Garland, whose father
| was attorney general during Mr.. Cleve-
| lands first term as President. The suicide
| OF Miss Garland was peculiarly sensational.
| She walked out of her room. in which were
| seated several members of her family, pro-
| ceeded to her brothers room upstairs took
| down an old revolver which was hanging
| on the wall stood before a mirror and
| blew out her brains. The report of the re-
volver was not heard and the young lady
| dead body was not found for two hours aft
| er the commission of the deed She like
Miss Herbert, was suffering from melan-
cholia.