New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-27
THE PROPHETS ARE MANY.
pr,sy WITH CABINET POSSIBILITIES.

ApOLIS - CONGRESSMAN BfNOM r->i i'OA
THE REPUBLICANS TO ORGANIZE TILE
NEXT HousE-sENAT0R sPooNER
CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT
ELECT
TEE TELEGRAPH THE rhiBuFE-l
Iudianapohs Dec 26-An off day like this wncn
General Harrison has almost callers of conse-
Qrencc, sets the speculative pohuc'anS aoouo
town to summing up their impressions about the
C.,inct. Opinion here In fac1, however waver-
tnr 4, NAV seem 10 an observer at a distance,
has heen gathering more and more about lew
Games now spolxen Of almost daily for the heads
~ 6aoartments ard almost any New Denlsoh
UotAI exrert can, as he thinks. pick out every
m,mber of the Cabinet from list OF dozen
~ the so-called candidates. But the talk ABOUT
General Harrison's probable advisers Ior inc
next four years Is not confined TO the mere
poltjcal gossips of this gossipng city. Men
here who are known all over the country ana
have served conspcuously in State ana Nauohai
campaigns for many years are ready 10 give tneir
judrment in guarded way and stake thelf
reputatioDs for political sagaeity on predictions
as to the make up, in whole or IN part OF 'he
next Administration
A representative forecast or this sort maze
by one Of the most conspicuous and most acuVe
If Indiana politicians, makes the drlit Oh IDEAS
here, though it cannot In any sense DC saio 10
he inspired by General Harrison or to shadow
his actual intentions. This prediction covers Only
four places in the Cabinet-the Departments OF
state War and the Interior and the Postmaster
GeneraIship. The politician who made it assigns
70 these departments respectively Mr.. Blaine,
General Alger. John s. Swift, of California, and
John Wanamaker, Of Philadelphia
The reasoning on which these appointments
wore based was also given. Mr. Blaine, it was
said. was the choice Of an overwhelming majority
NJ RepublicaIis for Secretary OF State, and the
offer Of the place TO him was almost inevitable.
lie had had perhaps the largest PERSONAL share IN
the victory in November. General Alger had
large share in nominating and eectlng General
Harrison. and under his leadership the state OF
Michiran had been brought back into the he
publican column by largely increased majority,
thus settling the question of the break IN the
Northwest on the freetrade issue Generai Al
ger was candidate for the Presidential nomlna-
ton at Chicago, with strong support and his
selection for the War Department would be sat-
fsfactory to Republicans generally Mr.. swift
was the choice of the Pacific slope Republicans,
the distinguished Indianian continued, and 1t was
agreed on all sides that the time had come for the
Far West to have representative in the Cabi-
net Mr.. Swift was distinguished lawyer, and
of land titles Mr. Wanamaker was the choice
of Senator Quny and the Pennsylvanians, and no
slate made UP so far had left him out
As 70 the other portfolios, the politician who
made the prediction would make no guesses He
said, however, that tile last time he had seen
General Goff, Of West Virginia, the General had
remarked that he preferred being Governor or
Senator to going into the Cabinet. General Har-
rison, it was said in conclusion, hoped that the
bill making the bead of the Department OF Ag-
rculture a member of the Cabinet would be
passed at this session of Congress, thus giving
him eight appointments to distribute instead OF
seven.
Congressman w. D. Bynum is at home for the
Christmas recess and has some interesting things
10 saw about the present House Of Representa-
tives and the next one MIR. Bynum IS one OF
The most promising of the young Democrats in
Indiana, has good hold the indianapolis Dis
trjct and confesses some idea of making contest
for the Spealxership in the next House that is
Democratic lie talks frankly enough about
the poitjcal situation. The Republicans, he
saws. are sure 10 organize the next House. They
vii, have a majority of one, even if the certif-
Gates in West Virginia and Tennessee now in dis
putc are all given to Democrats. The Repub-
ncan majority, however, is more likely to be
five or six The Democrats in the House, he
admits, are demoralized. The failure of the
campaign made on the issue raised by the Mills
bill was distressing blow and the followers of
the Texan economist are extremely respondent
as to the future.
as it likely that there viii be a change in
the Democratic leadership in the House?" Mr..
Bynum was asked
Yes" he replied. "The Southern wing of
the party has learned something since November.
The next Democratic Speaker, it is generally un-
derstood will be Northern man"
what about the present Speakership con-
tests
:" l cannot say, Of course, who will be chosen.
But the Republicans will be obliged, especially
If their majority is less than FIVE to select some
man for Speaker who has firm grip on the
party following and a good deal OF skill in deal
ing with the rules An inexperienced mildly
partisan Speaker could not get along on so mar
row a margin of control as two or three votes
"Do the Republican members favor an extra
sessions
"All OF the candidates for the Speakershp
do. ] think many of the other Republican men,
bers do, too. If the majority turns out to be only
one, an extra session will be a necessity. The
Republicans cannot afford to risk losing the Or
ganzation by an accidents
"Will the House pass the Springer Omnibus
bill admitting the TerritoriesP'
Yes, the bill will be passed as amended,
letting in the two Dakotas Washington, IIaho
Montana, and the rest except Utah. Mr. Springer
will also introduce bill to admit Utah. Our
idea is to get them all in except Alaska.
OF course the Senate will not accept the Springer
bill. and there will be agreement this session"
Mr.. Bynum expressed the opinion in local
paper tie other day that the Dudley prosecution
would be likely 10 fail. The fact that such
letter was written if it was written. Mr. Bynum
said, did not constitute an indictable offence.