Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-09
HOW THEY TAKE IT.
Effect of the Elections Result on
the Two Principals.
HARRISON NOT EXCITED.
President Cleveland Accepts the Situation
PhIlosophically and Says He Has Moth
ing TO Regret - Possible Members
of the Next Cabinet.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 9.-Gen Harri-
son spent the evening in his library receiving
election bulletins over tie private wire run
ming to the Office of the Western Union tele-
graph company During the afternoon a
number Of friends and nsighbors dropped in
to congratulate him. He was in a very cheer
full frame of mind, reading bulletins compla-
Gently and explaining from time to time TO
the little group the significance or Importance
Of this or that statement or bulletin. All the
members of the family were in and out OF the
library during the evening, as were Mrs.
Harrison's guests, Mrs. Brown, of West Nlr-
ginia, and Miss Strickle, of Dayton, ..
About II o'clock the ladies retired, and 1t was
not a great while thereafter before the gen
eral did likewise, leaving his son and Mr.. Nc
Kee to sit up for the late returns.
WASHINGTON, Nov S-The Post says that
the president takes the result calmly and
phiiosophically He talked quite freely about
tho returns and the increased Republican
vote, but expressed not the slightest regret
at any action that he had taken during his
administration. He says he is willing to ad-
NIT that his position on the tariff and the de-
cided stand he took in favor OF revenue re-
duction may have lost him good many
votes but he maintains that If il were to do
over again he would follow the dictates OF
his convictions. He attributes his defeat to
no one in particular, and says that Hill and
Tammany Hall treated him with perfect fair
ness and that he has no fault to find at all
In an interview Secretary Bayard said:
"Of course the result of the election was
surprise-to none more than to Mr. Har-
rison As to the causes which led TO our de-
feat l have nothing to say just now. Mat
tiers are so chaotic and the returns are SO
IL. mol nj
the situation"
NEW York, Nov. Charles +. Coon, ex-
assistant secretary of the treasury, in con-
versation with a Mail and Express reporter
at the Fifth Avenue hotel, gave the names
OF several statesmen who he had no doubt
would be selected 10y President Harrison for
his cabinet Mr. Coon is u warm personal
friend of Senator JOHN Sherman, and sup
ported his candidacy for thu Republican
presidential nomination. He said:
'My opinion is that Senator Sherman will
be secretary OF state. | have little doubt
about il. He is statesman in the largest
sense of the word and has made study of
the Canadian question During the next
few years we will have TO deal with Canada,
and naturally Gen. Harrison will desire to
have a trained and able statesman to settle
our differences and establish an entente cor
dale that cannot easily De disturbed oeha-
tor Sherman, think viii accept the secre-
taryship Ho has had political honors heaped
upon him for years and has no ambition be-
yond desire TO help this republic to pros
perity and peace Ibelieve he will be willing
TO reinquish his seat in the senate-whch he
has so ably filled--to 60 into the cabinet. He
has been secretary of the treasury, and do
not think he would care for it again."
s'Who do you think will be chosen as secre-
tary of the treasuryp
Ex-senator Warner Miller will undoubt-
edly be selected, and viii make one of the
ablest officials that ever graced the office
He is a safe man, has made great fight here
in New York, and should be chosen"
s'Will Mr. Blaine 20 in the cabinetP
mo. He viii, in my Judgment, be sent as
minister to the court of st. James. He is
peculiarly fitted TO be a diplomat, and will
reflect great credit upon President Harrisons
administration. Then, too, he will be a
persona grata to the English. They admire
Mr. Blaine because he is such a stanch and
outspoken American. All the talk about Mr..
Blaine's being a power behind the throne is
nonsense Gen. Harrison will be president in
fact as well as in name"