Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-20
JOHN WANAMlKER.
Quay Said to Be Backing Him for
the Cabinet.
OTHER MEN MENTIONED.
Among Them Are Chauncey Depew.
wharton Barker and Mayor Fitler.
The Former Dlscsaims Amy De-
sire for a Portfolio.

NEW YORK, Nov 20-The Evening Suns
Washington dispatch says:
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay has at
last announced that any influence he may
have-and he ought TO have considerable, his
friends think viii b. exertcd in favor OF
John Wanamaksr for any place that the
Philadelphia merchant prince may want.
"When Mr.. Quay's attention was called
yesterday to the statement that he was
urging Mr.. Wanamaker's name for post
master general Mr.. Quay emphatically denied
that he was pushing any man for any Office,
but added: i will say, however, that am
for Mr.. WanamaIxer for anything he wants
To Pennsylvanians who are here this is
understood as pretty conclusive, for they all
assert that Mr.. Wanamaker wants a cabinet
portfolio and wants it hal
after delivering himself of the foregoing
statement Mr.. Quay was pressed for his
opinion as to what position Mr.. Wanamaker
would get The willy chairman said that he
had no opinion to express, that he did not
know what Mr.. Harrison would do and that
Mr.. Wanamaker had never intimated that
he was a candidate for any office But,
added Quay, innocently, Il am for Mr.
Wanamaker for postmaster general il he
wants it,
Among Republicans here this is regarded
as a formal notice served on the host of other
Philadelphia statesmen who are crying for
cabinet pap that ''Pious john has mort
gage on the postmaster generalship, and that's
it is useless for them to annoy Elr. Quay with
their opportunities
During the last few days Mr. Chauncey
M. Depew has been spoken Of as the cabinet
member from New York. There is no doubt
that Mr.. Depew will have great weight with
Mr.. Harrison upon the Hoosiers assuming
the presidency, but it is well known here that
Mr.. Depew, when his nams was first men
toned, emphatically said that under no con
sideratiou would he accept any office under
the government. Nobody doubts that Mr..
Depew could have something il he wanted it,
and nobody doubts his statements that he
wouldn't take anything.
The Suns Philadelphia special says: 'sThe
fact that Matt Quay has formally announced
that Mr.. John Wana1naker will receive his
support for cabinet portfolio is regarded
here as desire on Matt's part to head off
both Wharton Barker and Mayor Filters as
pirations
sFitler, whose memorable canvass at Chi
cago for the presidential nomination made
him world famous, has been anxious for
years to hold public Office of any kind. A
cabinet portfolio, he thinks is about his size,
and his friends have been trying to impress
it on Quay. Wharton Barker. on the other
hand, thinks he ought to represent Pennsyl-
vania in the cabinet because he discovered
Harrison as a presidential candidate. He
has little newspaper here, in which he sets
this forward with great confidence as a win
ming card. But there are two reasons why
this doesn't do. In the first place, Mr.. Barker
has announced himself as discovering so
many Republicans as proper men" for the
presidency that it would be difficult for any
well known Republican to be elected that
Mr.. Barker didn't first favor. In the second
place, Mr.. Barker Is somewhat of a mug
wump and regards Mr.. Quay as q disrepu-
table politician
"The local politicians here think neither of
these statesmen ever had the ghost Of show,
but they say, owing to Quay's need of rest
and bis labors in looking after the contests in
the congress districts, the canvasses Of these
men annoyed him, and he decided to crush
them at once.
''Mr. Wanamakers prospects are regarded
here with general favor.