New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-25
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the Cabinet General Harrison VIII &c aI inc h'"'
of it,
How about the Senate Tariff bill
"Itwlll be passed on January q The Dill VIII
probably he ascd by the Senate at the heN' Scso"
Of CONGRESS-. and will probably become law with
se,, cbonocs The Republicans in the House pre-
narcd no bill this session, and the Senate Dii
will therefore have precedence over any new Dill
AZ IN the extra session, did not favor it,
Did YOU talk with General Harrison on the
tariff question ~
Yes. a very little We did not go into any
details General Harrison may be put uo"" %
moderate Republican on that question
Senator Sawyer went home on a late 'ralh
tonight He said that Senator Aiilsoh "o"''
not come West during the recess, but 'h'e oen"'o,
Spooner would be along in day or two ana wouid
sion off here 10 have talk with General liarrl-
son. Senator Sawyer was highly pleased win DIS
chat with the President-elect and IS connoen'
that the next Administration will be mgniy
successful one.
Bv the time General Harrison got back from his
long walk with Senator Sawyer, two more callers
had drifted in. One was Judge Samuel Mckee, OF
louisville an active worker in Kentucky politics
and a delegate to the Chicago Convention. lie
wanted TO pay his respects TO the Presdent-elect,
md il is intimated by his friends that he would
not be averse TO getting an appointment next year
as United States District-Attorney for Kentucky.
II is thought, too that he said good word Tor
William O. Bradley, whom all good Kentucky he
publcans want to see in the next Cabinet
The ether man who was waiting to talk to the
President-elect was r. s. Taylor, member OF
the Mississippi River Commission. Mr. Taylor
lives in Fort Wayne, and his talk, in so lar
as it was political is said TO have touched on
the Southern policy of the next Administration
as it would affect the improvements now IN
project to the great waterway OF the Wcst ana
South.
General Harrison's Christmas will be quiet
and simple one. II is the intention of the Pres-
dent-elcct to have a sort of holiday from poIltl-
| cal and other calls. The announcement that
| there would be no receptions for the next eight
days does not apply strictly, it is understood to
visitors who come from a distance to see the
General on important business Only one dele
cation of this sort is expected, however Some
Virginia Republicans have sent word that they
will be here in few days to call on the Cen
eral, and their GRAND, they say, is to urge the
appointment Of General Malone to the Secretary
shin of the Interior or some other Cabinet office
Aside from his callers, the General was kept
busy with his mail which has greatly increased
during the past few days, which have brought q
new batch of congratulations rendering him inc
| compliments Of the season. Numerous HUG
presents of an inexpensive character arrive daily
Ono Of the most unique Christmas gifts came to-
dav II is a small iron alarm clock with an au
tomatic fire lighting attachment The arm hold
ing the fuse extends nearly foot from the side Of
the clock The inventor writes the General ina
he hes at last solved the great problem as to wh'
shall get up first during the cold winter morning.
and light the fire The clock rests upon the mantle
in the Generals library, where il will he utilized
as n timepiece as the fre-lighting attachment Il
NOT practicable where natural gas is burned, unit
some one invents an automatic mechanism FOL
tuning on the gas. Artistic calendars and othe
scasonable presents numbered to-days mail, whiI
by express came a quantity OF oysters ana NOR
turkeys.
So many pictures ore eXtant just now giving IN
Christmas tree at the Generals house, it may b
of some interest to the public to know that Their
will be no Christmas tree at General Harrison
house Bundles of presens have been purchase'
for the grandchildren, BENJAMIN and Mary, Du
the little ones will enjoy the Christmas tree at tn
home of their paterna grandparents, Mr. and Mrs
w II Mckee