Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-26
WRITING HIS STRUCTURAL.
Gen. Harrison Preparing His
 First Message.
CABINET -gAEERS MAyNoW REST.
He Svtn f3evots, Ills Nnojc Time to This Important Work fo- $c,ac Dnys-He Is in Fine Ilo.'tl, and Ss,,ri;s-Tho c. A. F. Isolt H:.s I'vtcre;i Oui.

in Fine Eioo'tIi and Ss'riss-Tho G. X. F. 1soIt H::s I'vtore;i oni. Ix-,!.x.,;,,,,,s -.. 2G-rho sudden an iIul.,.>t..:',.> t,. i.-,,. =, >1&s public re ceat;ons w,,u.u )s, s;,~:.., Ii during this We ez aros2 u t,;.4:z t,-. .:vi,hsr from the desire jo l;:,c u it-'r tiinr to himself ln which to lut tAH :j.i-} ..% touch $ on hls cabinet, nor fG,,;aa "frt i'r ;t it1e vacation. Gen. ii&Ir.S,l -.,. ,' .,t is A1E hi.A q luoye serious b,lsa;c-> J!;.,a ci,aer of thesc. He is thjnsua@ what hn N4n(t say in his in augural a tlre<>. I0 u n.ea who has the idea of being q i,:,s;.l nj under Mi.o'n the Reput- lican party s.,"-, .sr: i;.i. aud solid grip upon the ro,:n.ry that Wal !:,st it for an other quarter Nt :; UNG;Gly, an inaugural address is q wri"hir affair.
 It is known iuaU wEiie Gen. Harrison pro losses to se, .a ;n, Republican, platform the code of Iriuc.;,>> l:. Wiiirh his admins tratiuu mus d, >,n ji!'tNi, hA really hopes to develop >oa.e v.'v s i!e that snail take the place of tLr ta',.. .s; i.r IF future political contests ull>i t:'.., l4 E rfl' from the start to conduct his l-!..,~t:li .'i S.S If upon the assumption t!.a; u tl.'.:t question were set tlcd and past,
 To think of set ut phrases that shall ex- press his iJen ami &"; N,ress too much and seem like &n ahn,},3t..,...l5 ,t Ike issue upcn which t.e wus t}ecttI, Is alone a work de naming >iinc ;:1,. thou;,i and when i'll ad- dition tAtre must be %E~srCg. g.ted an abundant collection of discreet s"I!NUt@S calculated to soothc und blouse the VHlric ear, and at the same time tn turn.S1 j:Xt> upon which the party may branch out into new fields of eco u1m!cal acquisition, it is d wonder that Gen. Hal risuu does hot take two months oil in stead of barely week
 It Is great deal harder eO write a message that does not smash than one that does and the document upon which Gen. Harrison has begun work, it is safe to say, will be an elni- nently conservative and careful one, and one that will not be made public until lt has been fortified by the advice, not to say the con sent, of men eminent in the party counsels. What Gen. Harrison is doing this week Is simply preparing the first rough draft, which is t1o be elaborated at some future time into the finished document.
 It will set down the subjects to be dealt with, and the lines in which thc dealing is to run, and for a month from now matters con corning it will be among those upon which the president will be most earnestly in con ference with men whose opinions he values. Even among the closest friends of the presi- dent-elect there is little idea as to what will be the prominent features of the address, but it Is predicted that the general tenor of the whole will manifest the intention of con ( NluClllS IUS country lull no great cuiISSS are contemplated by the administration, and of encouraging everybody, and especially business men, to believe that the element of government interference can be elin- mated almost entirely from private plans Those engaged ill industries affected by the tariff will be encouraged to think that what ever changes arc probable in the tariff laws are to be a sort that will not materially alter the present condition of business, and that progress toward tariff reduction, if any is made, will be made slowly and cautiously.
 The idea which the prcsidant-elect has ex- pressed to his friends in the past has been to so conduct his administration that the coun- { try should under him enter upon period of sure proserity, his idea being that after the tariff excitement and uncertainty of the past 1 year or two the country will welcome an era 1 of political peaca
 Being presdent-elect has agreed with Gen. [ Harrison even If callers have been so thick that no has had Eo tlue t-o draft his inaug- ural. There is, from all appearances, no danger that the office seekers will worry him into an early grave, as they did his grand father. His color is better now than during the summer, and his step has gained firmncss and his form straightnesS since election. He walks more than ever, and says he thinks that is the reason why his health remains so good.
 One of the post-election side issues has met with an untimely petering out. The great Democratic organization of veterans that was by this time to have exceeded the Grand
 Army of tho Republic in sizo aud influence
 has ceased to exist Its existence was sc
 feeble that the job Of ceasing was not hard
 one The idea of starting q distinctly polti-
 cal organization of soldiers, because the ex
 isting organization had too much politics il
 it, did not strike tho veterans favorably
 somehow, and they failed to flock to the new standard with sufficient easerness to promise
 a self supporting body. Hence tue announce
 ment that the plan has been alandoned
 Here Is a little pointer as to Blaine and the
 cabinet, The Rev. Dr. Mcleod who Is very
 intimate personally with the Harrison family
 says positively: "Blaine has no more chanc, 1 of going into the cabinet than have"