The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-04
4 CABINET PUZZLE.
Gen. Harrison Gives the Re-
porters No Clue
HrscocK LEAVES II I'LL HuaoE
seiief that the List Is Completed,
and that EIsfne's Name Leads
An she Rest

ExpfAxAroLIs. Jan. The chief
Interest here to-day Is csatsre3 n the
visit Of Senator HIscoeS. who arrived
from Washington ~ 1888 and druTs
direct to the residence OF the p-ess-
tsert-e8ecs. arriving zbout l o'elsek.
lust ia time 10 pzrt2ke q the noon
CAV meal. Luncheon over, the Gen
sral and his guest repaired 70 the
library, where they remained closeted
together Ii earnest conversation until
quarter past 3. when the senator
took his leave No third party was pres
eaG during the long conference, there
fore no one IS able % state positively
what passed between them unless enc
or the other chooses 10 Givulge Gen.
Harrison talked freely a. the visit 20
an Associated Press correspondent
this evening, bar said nothing net
already knsEn. in9GiriHg inadyert-
entity whether the correspondent
Senator Their efforts II this direction
were Jealous enough. but almost bare
OF result. az the Senator, whose car
rage never lett the door during his
long conference, drove rapidly 10 the
4EfGt- AEA-fAA2 LA<AEr A&E l4-sAA ~ pas
Gordon OF reporters who Law II wait.
To their numerous inquiries he
simply said, Gentlemen, ray visit
vas an uneveutful one, both polite
allv and personally" These are the
words thai three OF the CORES ponGents
who were present attribute to him.
They agree that the distinguished gen
tleman was apparently in GiSgruntled
state Of mind. either real or assumed
He boarded the train for Cleveland.
His apparent iil-humor, which i not
chronic with him, when considered in
connection with the general com
plaeeat frame OF mind in which the
writer found Gen. Harrison only an
hour or SO later, Is more sig
niiieant than the words attrib-
uted to the big senator. After
long days conference with several
distinguished public men, il would
seem but natural that Gen. Harrison
should show signs OF fatigue
and the absence OF his usual
urbanity, but on the contrary
he was without sign Of worry or dis
satisfaction. 4 good many OF Gen.
Harrison's close friends believe the
cabinet is about finished, and if these
incidents are OF any interest or value
they would seem To strengthen this
view OF the situatuatton
SENATOR PLUNB's MISSION.
But the day brought another sena-
torial pilgrim in the person Of Mr..
Plumb OF Kansas, who arrived
this morning from the West.
His conference with Gen. Harrison
was less than an hour. and he left at
: O'Clock for Washington. In an in
terYiew Senator Plumb said he merely
stepped over TO have general talk with
the president-elect- He was not press
ing any name for q cabinet position.
Kansas had no candidate. He was in
favor OF an extra session OF Congress,
and beiiveved party and pub
lie necessity would induce President
Harrison to call Congress together.
He was in favor OF vigorous and
early investigation OF the colored vote
in the South. He thought Blaine
would sit at the head OF the new
cabinet
Another visitor OF prominence was
Hon. Moses w. Field of Detroit II
he came here with special
object he kept it TO him-
self. He talked freely, however.
and said among other things that he
had no doubt whatever but that Gen.
Alger would comprise one of Presi-
dent Harrison's cabinet. He was
equally confident in the opinion that
Blaine would be secretary of state
SUPPRESSION OF THE coLoRED VOTE.
Another visitor was Hon. \. Haw- /
kins OF Tennessee, late defeated Re
publican candidate for governor Of
that state. Mr.. Hawkins went into
the Southern situation at consid- .
cradle length in talking with
the President, and is strenueusly !
in favor OF an extra session of Con-
gress and speedy investigation of
what he terms the - outrage perpe-
trated upon the Republican
voters in Tennessee and other states at
the late election. lie SAYS =.
that fraudulent counts OF the votes OF 4
counties where the black population
Is largest caused his defeat. County +.
officers, instead OF selecting the election
judges and inspectors from the two +.
great parties, appointed none but
Democrats. What the Repub
licans OF the South particu-
q national election law that will take
kA.E 4NSk-Et4A8At AIM
machinery entirely oGt of the hands
of state legislatures. He viii not state
what, If any, views Gen. Harrison ex-
pressed on the subject.
woNES IN THE CAMPAIGN.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster. the Iewa tenn
perance lecturer. who was at the head
OF the organization OF Republican
women during the late campaign, ar +
rived in the city to-day She VIII call
upon Gen. Harrison tomorrow and
congratulate him. This afternoon
Mrs Foster delivered a lecture 70
ladies wherein she urged them 70
maintain the campaign organizations
for the purpose OF educating women
in political matters.
Mrs. Foster saws she proposes 10 tell /,
Gen Harrison what the women did
toward electing him, and asserts thst
many OF the ladies seCurel direct
cidates. We stand or the Republi-
can platform F" she declares, and are
opnp ed 20 the third PARTY Prohibition
movement Our work viii lie con
tinaed. not with the same zeal ami ac-
tiyity that characterized il during the
but our organization sill be
held together. In assuring Gen. Har-
risoa Of oar qualification over his eler-
ton We have no favor OF any kind 10
ask.
No Colored Man ia the Cabinet.
WAsHINsT1s. Jan. s-At the cele-
bratian OF the twenty-sixth GruiFer-
sary oi the emancipation pToclAma-
ton ia Algx3ncriA last night by the
Frederick Douglass Library AssaCia-
ton. letters were read from Harrison
and Morton, both conveying c0ngrat-
ulagiOns and encouraging TIE Negro
element - constant upward effort
There Is in the indianapolis letter,
hoNeger, a passage which seems %