The Portland daily press., 1888-11-29
pHoTOGRApHING THE PRESlDENT-ElECT
General Harrison Submits with True
Presbyterian Resignation.
A Talk with TWO United States
Senators in One Day.
The Senate Tariff Bill the Principal
Topic Discussed.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 28.-General Harri-
son had busy day Of 1t. In the morning he
sat for his picture and submitted to the man.
ipulations of the photographer seventeen
times All the afternoon he was comforting at
his house with Senators Allison and Spoon
Ger and ex-Speaker Sewell. At 4 80 he walk
ed to the New Dennison with the first two.
Senator Allison left for Washington at 8.
Senator Spooner left for Chicago at II. He
proceeds thence TO Washington.
MRS. Harrison was out in the afternoon,
too. She had the family horse hitched up
and went down town with her daughter,
Mrs. Mckee, and the baby to do some shop
ping. They made good many ,calls, and
ran across, as usual. scores of admiriDg
friends.
The result Of the visit Of Senators Allison
and Spooner is clearer understanding that
there will be no delay in pushing the Senate
tariff bill. but nothing but Idle gossip was
contributed tO.the cabinet discussions. The
town knew that the conferences were more
important than any yet held at the President
elects, for United States Senators have not
turned up together here before, and no visi-
tors have stayed at the Generals house for
four hours together until today. The Senar
tors. both before and after they visited Gen.
Harrison, talked tariff, and they all talked In
the same way. and ii can truthfully be said,
therefore, not .only that the Senate bill
Is the best indication of what the future, as
well as the past tariff policy Of the Republi-
can party is, but also that Republicans East
and West agree that 1t is properly so.
Senator Allison said that he had merely
stepped over on his way to the capital, and
added, with charming innocence, that
was no politics in his visit. 1t would not b
proper, he said, for him to volunteer the in
formation that he should not take a place In
the cabinet. There IL, in truth. nothing
ABOUT this visit that indicates that he will.
I'VE shall push the tariff bill as far as.
slDie when we get back to work" he said
1T is pretty good bill, is it not ?"
"Of course some slight amendments may
be found to be necessary. No; / don't know
whether Iowa will be represented In the
cabint; really know nothing about it."
Senator Sp0oner met Wiley r. McKeen,
president OF the Vandalia road and not a
cabinet Impossibility. at the. New Dennison.
DICK, Thompson, the ancient mariner of
Tere Haute, who led the Harrison delegates
to Chicago was with him.
No. said the Wisconsin senator, "all /
know about the cabinet Is what I've seen in
the papers. Gov. Rusk is a most excellent
man for anything. Mr. Paine. our national
committeeman, Is another who is fit for any
ting. no matter how good. Yes, / gather
that the Senate bill will be pushed hard.
The people have decided that the Republican
policy is correct, and the Republican party
is not foolish enough to abandon it. The
surplus must be reduced and the Republi-
cans will do it. The House appears to be
ours. should judge Senator Quay knows
what he Is talking about when he says that
the Republicans have majority.
George Prince. the Washington Photogra-
pherr,. who for twenty years took pictures of
the biggest guns at the capital before the
Democratic reign began, enjoyed some of
the proudest moments Of his life today, He
came from Washington on purpose to help
Mareeau and Power, two local artists, take
the first pictures Of Ben Harrison since he
was elected. The President-elect walked
into the studio all alone with a quick, solid
step. Now said he, II have just fifteen
minutes" That was all he said, except
. when he assented ass to some new exaction Of
the artist till he went away. Some other
customers who were waiting cheerfully gave
way to the great Hoosier who had been sent
to the White House. The General climbed
the stairs to the operating room
EH Ene% il se wss struSsf sSa our BfSss tSss rhs he
camera never cracked. They were proud
moments for all of the four photographers,
but they worked liked clocks. One
man carried the plates to and from the dark
room, another posed the sitter and made the
exposure, the third was charged with the
Ioot "a nhCoiihs thv CdncId lutO place ana
the fourth was general utility man of all
departments. Nobody fell and nobody
dropped anything. To all the propositions
for cabinets and imperials and all the other
kinds OF pictures the General submitted with
true Presbyterian resignation. 1t was SO
even when at the end the life size camera
was wheeled into position, and when at the
end OF quick five minutes, which seemed
no doubt five hours of slow delay, seventeen
negatives in all had been secured. The
photographers will not show the features Of
man so very different from that in thous-
ands OF campaign Autographs which have
gone all over the country.