Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-31

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HIS TRrENDs THINK GEN. HARRISON CANNOT AZ
FORD TO IGNORE THE MAINE srATEsnAN-THE
NEW YORK SITUATION pIscUssED-PLArT NOT
BELIEVED TO BE As STRONG AZ WARMER MILLER.
The announcement that Mr.. Blaine had
started for Washington yesterday caused q lit
tie furry among the cabinet-makers
to-day. There were q number Of peo-
pie watching for:his..arrival. They hoped
70 learn something from him about
his plans for the next four years. The Blaine
stock is up just now. Many politicians, after
talking his cabinet chances up and down, have
come to the conclusion that II would be pretty
hard for Mr.. Harrison to ignore him.
THE NEW YORK SITUATION
is again attracting discussion among the poll
ticians who have been spending their holidays
in Washington, with an occasional visit to New
York city. Many Of them have begun to
doubt Mr.. Platts power to get himself into
poets. They say that Mr.. Plat is hardly
in position to demand anything SO
great from Mr.. Harrison. Before the
Chicago convention Mr.. Plat made several
pilgrimages to Washington and held secret
conferences with many Of the big men Of both
the House and Senate. Mr.. Plat did not COM
init himself seriously at that time, but it was
quietly given out that he carried the
New York delegation to Chicago in his pocket,
and he was engaged in considering what candi-
date he had better give it to. He conferred
with Allison's friends, with the Sherman men,
with Cullom and Farwell and Payson, who
wanted Gresham nominated; with the Blaine
people, and with those who were
MANAGING THINGS FOR SHERMAN.
He spent much time about ii, and without
promising anything, intimated much to them
all. 1t was generally understood that he was try
ing to find out what would be best for New York.
He went silently from member to member in
the House, talking wisely and spent much time
in the cloak-foom of the Senate.
The Sherman men thought they had him;
the Blaine men were sure they had him.
Allisons friends and others were given encour-
Plat was for General Alger, and that
he would give the solid New York delegation
to the wealthy Michigan soldier and statesman.
Still the Blaine men winked cautiously, and
said that Platt was cunning.
WHEN THE CONVENTION CAME OFF
Mr.. Platt was an Alger man. 1t was talked OF
at the Grand Pacific and the Palmer House
that Plat was going to throw
the New York delegation over to
Alger. Within a select circle it was declared
positively that Platts scheme was not to nomi-
Hdtc anger, Dut W pTtNent Tue uOmlnatlOn OF
Sherman, Harrison, or Allison; to bring about
deadlock that would result in the nomina-
ton Of Blaine. The Blaine men certainly
understood this to be his move.
But it turned out that Mr.. Platt not
only could not control the delega-
ton, but that he could not even
influence their action in the least The
Depew-Miller control was complete and Plat
was powerless. This was plain to every one in
Chicago who was familiar with the situation.
Whatever the deal was that gave Harrison
the New York vote
1T WAS NOT MADE BY MR.. PLATT,
and, moreover, it was declared by those who
expected Harrison's nomination on Monday
that Morton would be second on the ticket and
that Miller would be candidate for gov
ernor of New York. This was their slate
before the third ballot was taken on the fate
full Monday. Platt never knew why Depew was
made a candidate before the convention, nor
why he withdrew. All this, it is thought,
throws little light on the present situation,
and leaves the public to infer that there is a
better understanding between
MR.. HARRISON AND MR.. MILLERs FRIENDS
than the present discussion indicates. The
men who know these facts expect Mr. Miller to
go into the cabinet, and say that Plat will be
satisfied with the collectorship of the port OF
New York. They agree, however, that it may
be found impracticable to put MIR. Miller in the
cabinet. In this event they expect to see him
cared for in some other way, and to see Mr..
Cornelius Bliss selected for the cabinet