Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-23
WASHINGTON TOPICS.
General HarrisOn's appointment Of
His Private Secretary.
ATTORNEY GENERALsHIP.
Dame Rumor Says 1t VIII BE Given to
tho President Elects Law Partner,
Gen. sIiIIer-TarlR Reduction
In the Next Congress.

NEW York, Nov % The Washington
correspondent Of The Commercial Advertiser
telegraphs his paper as follows:
1t was known here before the announce
nent came from indianapolis that Managing
Editor Halford. of The Journal, was to be
President Harrisons secretary. The infor.
nation was quietly given out by an Indian
apolis gentleman who has been here for a
day or two arranging some little political
matters for Gen. Harrison
Confirmation Of another interesting rumor
comes through this VOL posted gentleman.
He Is authority for the statement that the
matter OF the appointment of attorney gem
eral has been definitely settled by Gen. Har.
rison, and that tue plum viii go to his law
partner, Gen. Miller.
The latter, it is said is the best lawyer in
Indiana, with the possible exception of Gen. .
Harrison. He is a consummate politician,
and a man of high personal standing and
great popularity. His friends say that he
would long ago have come to the front in
public life in the Hoosier state but for the
fact that he was in a measure overshadowed
by the prominence of his law partner
There was no element of jealousy or envy
in the situation, for Gen. Miller has always
delighted TO advance tho prospects of his
partner. The two gentlemen are warm per-
sonal friends, devoted to each others inter-
ests, and now that President-elect Harrison
secs an opportunity to reward Gen. Miller's
loyalty AMI services by appointing him to a
place for which he is eminently qualified, ho
means to do it,
The Posts special from Washington says:
The few Republican congressman who have
arrived have expressed great interest in the
probable action of the Republicans of the
senate in the matter of the pending tariff
bill.
There are not enough Republican senators
here to permit of tho formation of an opinion
as TO the probable purpose of the senate. MIR.
Edmunds does not care to discuss the matter
at present. Mr. Sherman thinks that if the
Republicans should send the bill to the house,
the Democrats there would oppose the pas
sage Of it, just as they would have done be-
fore the election. Some Republicans, who
are very much in favor of passing
this bill, or some bill, which shall APP
pear to offer some plan for the reduction of
the surplus, insist that the senate should pass
the bill ut this session, and leave it for the
house to decide what shall be done with it.
They say. moreover, that it is not certain
that the house would refuse to pass the sem
ate bill, or that the president would decline
TO approve it. Some Of the supporters of the
Mills bill said last session that they would not
say that they would refuse to support the
senate bill, il the alternative should be pre-
sented TO them of choosing between that
bill or nothing. There are good many
Democrats in the house, too, who did not APP
prove of the Mills bill, and who only voted
for il as party measure and because they
were forced to support it Oh account of party
stress, who would be very likely to vote for
the senate bill 1t is assumed that the Demo
Gratis at the coming session viii not endeavor
TO caucus on the party lines as to any
fiscal measure with respect to which there
Is marked difference of opinion in
the party; and there is very marked
difference of opinion upon this very
subject Mr.. Mills win be the leader still,
but he cannot rely upon so compact a fol-
lowing There viii be an element repre-
sented in the house this winter which was
not there at the time of the passage of the
Mills bill Mr.. Randall will undoubtedly be
IN his seat at the opening of the session, and
the latest Information from him Is that he
viii be able to perform light labor at the
coming session.
II the tariff should be brought up in the
house, it is not unlikely that, the pressure of
campaign necessities being removed, the men
in the Democratic party in the house who are
in accord with Mr.. Randall upon the tariff
might again be found cooperating with him
1t is, therefore, by no means improbable
that, il the senate bill bs sent to the house, it
might pass that body if it should secure the
support of the Republicans of the house.
The subject was not much considered be-
fora the election, but it is known that a very
considerable proportion Of the Republicans
Of the house did not agree with the Rspubi-
can senator's as 10 the expediency of pre-
pairing tariff bill. On tbs other hand,
It viii be representa- TO thoss who have
charge Of the tariff bin in ths senate that,
IL the Republican senator's shall not pass
that bill this session. and if they do
not, for that matter, press it before the
Christmas holidays, they viii be charged
with having sought to evade the issue. It is
by no means impossible, therefore, that the
tariff debate will Ee resumed upon the reas-
sembling Of congress.