The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-23


On Harrison Is reported 70 lave said
day or two ago tat his cab.nst states TsFe
snashsd e51ut a. fast - BE- maze them i
bs ,sid ANYTHING Of tbis kid il indIcacss
tat he il eli the time rsoeiving information
aoo1t the r1sn who aspire 70 p.scss in hli
administration, and that sonns II the IN
formation Is MT II 3 very camp. lLnentarJ
cter sctsr.
I. IS urderstood that Mr. Piatt, # NsF
Ylrk, has been very persistent il h-s efforts
~ e cabinet appointment He Is 2
sare~d politician and played z conspic1oua
par. ia ne ? esidsntial campaign A few
DAYS Ego an lu.ervlew appeared in the On
c.nnau Eng4,rer With Mr. Bateman,
known IN yachting circles as Commo-
dore Batsnan. one Il the most
prominent II the brokers Of Wall street
Among other thing, Ar. Batennan "ss re-
ported 70 have aid that Ar. Plat tod the
la1d-grant Pacific railroads that they
might uane the Sscrst2ry Of the Interior
If Gen. Harrison we're elected, provided
they would coatribute certain sum Il
money 70 rhe republican campaign fund.
According 10 runor, the sun named was
g3JgD
When TIE Batemsn interview was read
~ 8r. Piatt be AZ once addressed note 70
SIR Bgteman asking him If he were r.
rlrted correctly. Mr. Bateraan answered
that about ons-fourth of the interview was
correct, and that thres-fourths WIS the
pr71 &c, 4 the reporter's Imagination. He
did not say what Tart of the Interview the
reporter obtained from him, and Nr. Plat
doos not appear 70 have pressed that point.
The correspondent Of the Enquirer said
that he obtained ell the interview contained
from Mr. Batsuiaa.
Doub less Mr. Bateman only repeated
the gossip taat 10 heard In Wall street.
Near tie Close II the presidential campaign
Boston psDer stated, as a rumor, that
and others, had urged the four Immigrant
Pacific railroads 70 make q large coutribu-
ton 70 be used IN Nav York city By the
repubi can managers. As far as known,
the rumor has never bsen denied
The privilege Of naming the Secretary Of
the Interior would be worth $3.50, 90 10 the
land grant railroads. II would be worth
great deal more than hat sum, provided
the man they named did their bidding. Mr.
Justice Lamar, when he was Secretary Of
the Interior, made rulings in land grant
cases which, had they been ia favor Of the
would have been worth hundreds
Of Thousands Of dollars 70 them. There is
nothing the Immigrant railroads would like
bet -er than u control the department Of the
interior.
But did Mr. Platt get any money from
the Immigrant railroads1 NOV that there
is a suspicion that be did, be ought 70 deny
it IL the suspicion is uHfoundsd, and be
ought 70 say whether or not he attempted
10 make any bargain with them. OF course
Gen. Harrison isa't going TO invite into his
cabinet man against whom there is such
charge as Mr. Batenan is understood to
have made against Ar Plat. BY
his silence Mr. Plat may defeat
his own and Mr. Wanama ker's cabinet
Indeed, it is not improbable
that among the smashed cabinet slate Is
one which contained the names Of Mr..
Plat and Mr. Wana maker, and it may
have been snashed simply becau3e Of he
story ~ which Mr. Bateman Il understood
b have given circulation. In view Of the
ballot reform sentiment TO which prominent
republicans are now giving expression, the
country would like b know whether Dir.
Platt and other distinguished republican
eaders offered TO exchange a great cabinet
)filce for money with which to corrupt
voters.