Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-18
IT IS LONG WAY AHEAD.
That Is All MT. Morton Will
 Say of the Cabinet.
BUT SPECULATION CONTINUES.

Opinions on the Piatt-7Iiller Contest and
 the Possibility of New York Having No
 Cabinet Representative in Consequence.
 Southern Members Suggested.
 NEW YORK, Dec 1S-Mr. Morton, the vice preSident-el9ct, was sufficiently Tested last evening from the fat,gue of lis journey into the west, and sufficiently recovered from the cold that he caught out there, to stand a little questioning concerning the trip. The inquiry was not very productive, according to the experience of the reporter, nor could he learn that any one had fared any better, even of the Big Four or representatives of It. Mr. Morton said with smiling courtesy:
 ''The trip was entirely social matter, and had no other significance. Gen. and Mrs. Harrison invited Mrs. Morton and myself tc make such a visit some time ago, but during the campaign l could not fad an oppor' tunity.'
 As to any questions concerning the cab met, anything else connected with the new administration, Mir. Morton had nothing whatever to say. his own words were;
 II am very sorry that l have no informa tion to give that would be useful to you. The formation of the calumet is really, If you will think of it, long way ahead."
 MT. Patt do>s not seem to have seen Mir. Morton yet, but it is idle to suppose that there has been DO communication between them. MT. Platt was equally Ieticent last evening, however, and pl blessed lack of information if not of interest in the matter.
 gentleman at the Fifth Avenue hotel, who was quite the reverse of reticent, said: .'It is all settled It will be Blaine cabinet, let me tell you, and Ar. Piatt will be the sec retary of the treasurJ."
 Another one, a city official, said when asked whether there was any danger that New York would be lett out altogether on account of the contention here over cabinet places: Mot the slightest I have not seen any signs of any contention. There are not men enough for Miller to make contention. Il
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Some of the New York Republicans ill congress were asked what would be the effect upon the party in New York if the contest between Miller and Platt for the honor of 2 cabinet appointment should result in depriving the state of repre- sentation i'll the cabinet; and whether, in case of the appointment of one of them, the other would probably make war on the ad- ministration.
 The answers were generally evasive or un- satisfactory. Some refused to say anything about it. The common opinion seemed to be that the contest would be adjusted without leaving any bad effect upon the party in the state or upon its relations to the new ad- ministration. Mir. Farquhar said he ''did not think the party in New York would cry if the state did not receive the honor of a cabinet office" He was sure the party could not be swung into any fight against the administration in consequence of the contest between Miller and Piatt. MT. Harrison will probably say, as Garfield ought to have
  yourselves shall be ready to hear you and to act"
 INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 18-While the New York situation is bothering the eastern statesmen, Gen. Harrison is devoting mora of his time to the consideration of the south and the representation that it shall have in the cabinet. 1t is known that he is going over the not very long list of southern Re publican statesmen very carefully in the hope of finding man who shall be of cab. inet size and at the time a fair repre-, sentative of that part of the country.
 Malone would be one of the most distaste- full men personally that Gen. Harrison could have in his official family. He leans more to i men less we'll known and less diSliked by the bulk of the southern people. The nature ot | the material from which he has to select makes it natural that the attorney general ship should be the place most thought of ir 1 connection with southern man.
 Young Lawyer Baxter, of Tennessee who l was put in the running early by Congress | man Houck, is still talked of. His father had a narrow escape from being Garfelds attor ney general. Judge Hammond, the vel known ex-Confederate, but guaranteed now to be thoroughly reconstructed, is said to be among the few men whose names are dowr on Gen. Harrison's list as cabinet possibili ties. Alcorn, of Mississippi, and Bullock, o1 Louisiana, are other lawyers whose record. are being looked over.