The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-09
HARRISON'S PORTFOLIOS.
A BELIEF THAT BLAINE WILL NOT
GET ONE OF THEM.

Men Whose Names are linked with
the Different Secretaryships-Ne
States To Be Admitted to Weaken
the Solid South-Secretary Fairchild
on the Administration Policy.
WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-The fact that
Gen. Harrison, one of the most reticent Of
public men, has not communicated any in
tentions he may have respecting his cabi-
net to any one now in Washington, leaves
the political guessers here free to speculate
widely on the subject. There seems to be
general agreement that Mr.. Blaine will not
be member of the cabinet. The expecta-
ton seems to be that he will come to the
Senate in place of Mr.. Frye, who is to be
made a member of the cabinet. John
Sherman or William Walter Phelps is, ac-
cording to the prophets, to be Secretary of
State. Senator Allison is to be Secretary
of the Treasury. John c.. New wants
this place. He resigned his assistant secre-
taryship in disgust because he could not get
it when Judge Gresham was appointed to it,
and he has been working toward it ever
since, but he is not fit for it and Gen. Har-
rison knows this.
QUAY TO BE MEMBER
1t seems to be generally expected that
Senator Quay will be made member OF
the cabinet, perhaps secretary of the navy,
and that Gen. Alger will be made secretary
of war for carrying Michigan, and Attor-
ney-Geaeral Michener, attorney general for
carrying Indiana. Warner Miller is the
only man mentioned for secretary 0. the
interior.
John Wanamaker as the largest con-
tributor to the Philadelphia S400, 900
fund gets an honorable mention for Post
master General. w. NJ. Mckinley and Con-
gresham Goff of West Virginia are also
on the list, but Congressman Mckinley has
his eye on the speakership of the next House
and Congressman Golf on the senatorshlp.
Everybody recognizes the fact that Gen.
Harrison will act honestly and independ-
entity, and that he will be throughout the
head of the administration.
BREAKING THE SOLID SOUTH
Edward Mcpherson, secretary Of the re-
publican congressional committee, now
claims four majority for the republicans in
the Senate and twenty one in the House.
He attributes the republican success to the
tariff agitation. Predicting the action of
the next congress he says: "The necessary
legislation in regard TO the tariff will be
made, and that will probably be consid-
cred to be embodied in the tariff bill re-
ported to the Senate by the republicans.
There is no doubt but that sufficient states
will be admitted to make it impossible for
solid south, in combination with New
York, to control d national election, but
the solid south will gradually yield to the
assault that is being made by the Republi-
can party.
GOING ON IN THE BORDER STATES.
The work is now going on in the border
states. West Virginia is the beginning,
Maryland show the same tendency. L eX-
pressed the opinion before the election that
the republicans could carry Maryland if a
thorough effort was made, but nothing was
done and the party headquarters in the
state were not opened till short time
before the election. As it was, the con-
gressional delegation is evenly divided be-
tween the two parties. The true remedy
against a solid south is gradually to
build up the party in the border states and
the gradual extension of its influence
through the gulf states"
SECRETARY FAIRCHILD TALKS.
Secretary Fairchild who returned to-day,
says there will be no change in the financial
policy of the administration as a result of
the election. He attributes the defeat Of
the Democratic party to the lack OF time to
educate the people on the tariff question
and to the improper use Of money by the
republicans. "Where the manufactures
are" he said, 1--WE did pretty well. About
the towns where the people got together
and talked the matter over, and among the
working people, the moderate tariff reduc-
ton idea seems to have been well
received. 1t was among people who
have not looked into the matter
so we'll that we lost He said that the dan
ger now was that the defeat might discour-
age moderation, and that when the reaction
came the steps in the direction Of free
trade might be much larger than moderate
men contemplated. Some ultra freetraders,
he said, had declared that they would not
vote for President CleveanG's moderate
policy because it would prevent the adoption
of free trade. They proposed to await the
reaction.