Evening journal., 1888-11-30
THANKSGIVING TALKS. +
Gen. Harrison Enjoys a Quiet
Family Dinner.
THE POLITICIANS CONE AND CO.

1Nhiana hs 10 the Results OF ButHer-
worth and Hanna's visit-Disposing OF
ohio's Zig Tour-senator Chandler im
New York clipper and Confident.
INDIAsApoms, Nov. 30 Thanksgiving
was a quiet day at the Harrison homestead.
and the only guest who came to help the
family get away with The big turkey Farmer
Anderson, Of Harrson's old regiment. had
sent in was r. ]. kerans of Sc. Louis. the,
railroad magnate who agured 50 prominently
at Chicago as one Of the Blaine workers
There was nothing notable about the Har-
rison dinner, II was just good, old fash
Toned Thanksgiving repast, in which turkey.
cranberries and celery played their wonted
parts II was begun about 2 and ended
about 4. The members Of the Harrison
family around the board were the general,
Mrs Harrison, Russell Harrison, Mrs
Brown and Miss StrieSle OF Dayton, o., rela-
tives Of the family, who have been part OF
the household since little while after the
nomination; Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee and their
little ones, and so the big turkey was done
away with. Among the desserts were some
OF the choice apples which the farmers OF
Burton county sent to the general in a red
white and blue barrel
The visit Of Congressman Ben Butterworth
and Mart Hanna 20 Gen. Harrison evidently
came to something Instead Of being half an
hour long, as they had intended, il was pro-
tracted 10 three hours, and il was 10 o'clock
before Harrison got away to attend the party
given by Judge Martindale at the Denison
house The general was in such good humor
thnt he danced n quadrille, and the Ohio
visitors returned TO their hotel all smiles
Coneeessmnia Butterworth reiterated his as
sertion that he knew nothing OF what had
passed between Gen Harrison and Senator
Sherman on the cabinet question, and fr rlm
the little he said it was Cleaned that Senator
Sherman himself might be in a quandary as
30 what 10 do in case portfolio was offered
The growing fear Of Foraker crops out In
the talk Of every Ohio man who comes here
As TO what the feeling in Ohio is regarding
the cabinet appointments, Mr. Butterworth
said there was perfect confidence IN Gen.
Harrison He would not appoint bad men
10 his cabinet, nor incompetent ones, and
any man who would give a clean and able
cabinet would give satisfaction. Suspicious
persons think that even in this moderate an
swer there was slap at Foraker, and are i'm
clined 70 believe the Shermanites did Foraker
no good by their visit.
The speakership had good talking over,
too, and though the Ohioans spoke highly OF
Mckinley's fitness they partially intimated.
in talk 70 newspaper men at the hotel
that Cannon and Reed might stay in the
fight longer th%n Mckinley would. What a
big following in Ohio would like is to see Sher-
man retain his present place in the senate
and have Mckinley take Ohios share in tho
cabinet and then run Ben Butterworth for
governor, which could be done with a good
chance Of his winning This is about tho
way Shermans state stands, but il will be-
a hard job side tracking Foraker in that
fashion. He will die noisy at any rate.
New York, Nov. 30,--Hon. William Il.
Chandler, ex-secretary OF the navy, stopped
over In this city yesterday on his way to
Washington Mr.. Chandler talked a little
to a reporter. "Of course shall see Senator
Quay he said; "but 1 shall only see him in
his seat in the senate. Isn't he a great mans
My have the sincerest admiration for him
No; II will not be necessary to talk to him
about the complexion of the house.
1--WE shall organize the housa with five Re
publican majority, you mark my words. We
are not going TO let the Democrats steal any
thing from US, Of that you can also be posi-
lively assured We propose 10 admit North
and South Dakota, Montana and Washing
ton territories, and the senator looked over
his glasses to ses how that would suit MIR.
Platt, who was standing few feet OIL and
appeared TO be quite cheerful over the state-
ment =.
The next cabinetln resumed the Hero Of
T6.n well, ! am pretty positive that mo-
present senator will accept a place in tha
cabinet. All the newspaper talk about the
cabinet, and especially the importance given
TO the Big Four, is more talk than anything
else am firmly convinced that Gen. Har-s
ris0u i man who accepts everything he
can, lat that he will not give anything awaw
until March 4 He is that kind Of man.
The delicate subject Of civil service reform
was mentioned, and that seemed to interest
She senator nightly "Civi service reform
is all right in its way be remarked, "but it
only applies 70 clerks those fellows who
write with pens, but outside Of them ali the
offices are political, and this will be made ap-
parent. There viii be no hurry in meddliua
with the clerks, but in time they will have to
60 too, and Republicans win be put in But
as | said, there is no hurry, for we are in for
another twenty-four years and what is the
sense Of rushing things
The speakership was brought up "Oh.
Tom Reed viii get ith said the senator.
hes from New England, you know, and
that IS sufficient. OF, course, there will be a
little natural struggle between Mckinley.
Butterworth and Cannon, but it will wind
up with Tom Reed in the chair But I'd like
to say before leaving the subject that four
brainier men than Reed, Mckinley, Cannon
and Butterworth d. not live in this country:
that's my opinion of them. To be polite
shall correct that to IN the Republican
party Who is the snartest Democrat in
the country' Well, there are no smart
Democrats outside Of New York, and Tim
Campbell is the smartest Of the New York
Democrats.