The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-08
SOMETHING HIT J. L. GRIFFITH
mr. ISN'T GOING TO BE CONSUL
GENERAL AT BERLIN.
Amendment of the Indiana stump Speaker
Was Announced From Washington
-Grtnlth was DcIlEhted-NOw II Has
ueen Taken Back and He's MAD.


uesn Taken Back and He's Mad.
rxorASAPo11s. Jan. Who struck John
griffith? He has received a body
slow and Il Is believed to have been de-
l,vered at the White House at n time when
Grfith was at his home In this city re-
ceIying congratulations on his appoint
r,snt to lucrative place in the foreign
pryioe
Mr. Griffith has been prominent in State
rohtics since 1857, when, "a one OF the
ronthfil members Of the legislature. he
nloced Senator Harrison in nomination
for reelection. His speech was ono OF the
mos, eloquent ever delivered in the hall
If the House of Representatives and the
following year he was elected Reporter
Of the Supreme Court, tho Harrison in
nucnce. then eupremo backing his aspira-
,,or- lis voice has been heard in every
ramraign since that time. and last year
he vas starred in the East as n speaker
and did effective service for the party
Chairman Scott Of the Republican
,neakers bureau called the attention
Of President Roosevelt 10 Grftith's work
IN the stump and urged that he be re-
var,led. When tho President passed through
here On hi- way to St. Louis, Nice-Chair
man Harry New saw him for a moment
(, his car and also spoke word for Crit
Nth
ON Friday last three or four appoint
nents we're announced from the White
Hotsa. and among them was the name
of John l., Griffith. who had been selected
Tor Consul.General Mt Berlin. Special cor
resnondpnts rushed the news TO their papers
here aud later the Associated Press carried
q detailed statement Of the appointment.
Gnfiths friends called upon him by the
scorc and congratulated him on his un-
solicited honor. He began 10 delye into
hooks and arranged to take lessons in
German Saturday and Sunday brought
him letters of oongratulhtion from Indiana
and from states where he had spoken in
the recent campaign
Meantime. men who protested 10 speak
the mind Of Senator Beverage declared
that Griffith had not been appointed TO
the Berlin consulate and that he would not
be II was charged that the Fairbanks
influence WIS back OF the Griffith boom
and that. as Mr. Beveridge is practically
the senior Senator the President could
not AFFORD TO make 40 important an appoint
ment without consulting him. Senator
Beverdge left for Washington on Saturday,
arriving there on Sunday, and on Monday
A statement was given out at the White
House that Griffith had not been appointed
to the place al Berlin and that no announce
ment Of his appoint uert mad been made
on the Friday before.
The denial caused great surprise here,
aud Griffith and his frtends were greatly
Inundated. Correspondents at Washing
ton for local papers asserted that the APP
continent was announced from the White
House. and any amount OF testimony in
oorrohoration of the fact was offered Such
a condition was totally without precedent,
20 far as could be learned, and interest in
the situation was and still remains intense.
And the interest is none the less because
the denial OF the appointment came from
the White House with quite as much de-
liheraieness as had come the announce
ment three days before.
1t isnot questioned here that the appoint
nent was decided on at the White House.
but what we're the means employed to have
Il revoked? It is said that friend OF
Senator Beveridge Is expecting an APP
pontment abroad and. II the Griffith selec-
tion stood. no other IA dignified and lucra-
rive could be expected to como to Indiana
But this. Of course. assumes that Bcveridge
caused the revocation to be made, and that
is merely guesswork
Meantime, Gnffith's friends say he will
rn N parlin or ha pill NOT 90 anyWhp
and In hat they agree with the sentiments
attributed to Senator Beveridge SO far as
the after clause ia concerned