Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-17

QUESTION Is TREATED IN THE INAUGURAL Ap-
DRESDEN. HARRISON ON THE USE OF DOODLE
Gen. Harrison was comparatively free from
visitors yesterday. and so the correspondents
occupied their intellects in specializing upon
the effect of the action of some cabinet aspi-
rants who have deluged the President-elect
with delegations and recommendation. The
Trib,me's special says:
Gen. Harrison, ii is understood, is always
willing to listen to a new argument or to have
light thrown on side of a situation which has
hitherto been obscure but the mere repetition
of favorable individual opinions in a matter so
broad and national in scope as the choice of
cabinet officer is apparently getting wearisome
As John G. New, who ought to be a good Judge
of the President-elects temper, put il in the
Journal noticing ago. Gen. Harrison feels that re-
commentators for cabinet places not Ito be
measured by the yard or weighedby the pound"
WHAT MR.. PLUMMER SAYS.
All this Of course referred to the recent
visits of New Workers to Gen. Harrison some
recommending Warner Miller and others urging
Thomas c. Platt Mr. Plummer who went in
Mr.. Miller's interest, has been interviewed by
the New York Mai and Express since his re-
turn. After saying that Gen. Harrison sent for
hlm or he never would have visited Indianap-
Oils. MIR. Plummer adds ''We talked about
u Il
told Mr.. Harrison that thought the Hon War
ner Miller was a very good man for a cabinet
Office, and in return Mr. Harrison-promised?-
no, indeed; he didn't promise to do ANYTHING of
the sort. He simply bowed courteously as
though he had heard my opinion and begged
leave to retain his own. whatever it is. I'm
sure don't know, and I'll tell you thisn-and
here Mr.. Plummer lowered his tone and the
reporter thought he was going to name the
coming cabinet in one. two three order, when
pI1mnnar FOL s.T lo,,r& Ill,
Harrison himself knows what his cabinet is
going to be-"
There were several other gentlemen in In
dlanapolis to see Mr.. Harrison, were there
not?"
Several" calculated Mr. Plummer. as
though slightly overcome. s'why. there were
hocks of them, droves of them. They swoop
down on Mr.. Harrison. tell him Just what to do
and how to do it. and he listens patiently and
courteously to what they have to say, and then
bows them out and does his own thinking.
spent Sunday evening and Monday morning
with him, and found him charming man al
together. He asked me some questions, and
answered to the best of my ability"
How Mr.. ARKELL WAS IMPRESSED.
Ex-senator Arkell and his party, who advo-
Gated Mr.. Platt's appointment, have also re-
turned, and q dispatch from Canajoharie,
which has evidently been prepared as it is the
same in all the papers, gives the eX-Senator's
impressions as 10 MS Visit as follows: 1--WE
went to Indianapolis on the invitation of Gen.
Harrison, and had no other motive than to
present to Gen. Harrison disinterested state
ment of the republican situation in New York
and speak In the interest of the solidarity of
the party. The usual impression is that Mr..
Harrison Is polite but reticent man. courte-
GUS but impenetrable. So far as our expert
ence Is concerned this would be a misnterpre-
tation of his character. He discussed with
great coplousness and clearness the New York
situation, and by evident indication. without
statement, left the impression that he was not
| only elected President but proposed so to be-
That this state will receive recognition seems
placed beyond doubt, but what portfolio and to
whom rendered is to be shown in the future.
differences might be drawn from the converse
tlon 1t would not, however, be Just to crystal
lie conjecture into a statement. That is the
prerogative of the gentleman who has, so far
carefully kept his own counsel, and kept it
without assistance"
SPECIAL MESSENGER SENT EAST.
The Suns special says: Gen. Harrison has
sent a messenger to New York upon cabinet
business. A man whose identity is not dis
closed, but who is said to be a comparative
stranger to eastern politicians, and little known
even by name outside of Indiana. left this city
this afternoon for the east upon a message of
some sort connected with the question of
the selection of New York man for the cabi-
net. The messenger goes ostensibly upon
private business of his own, and every effort
has been made to keep his mission secret. He
will stop off in Buffalo, where he will visit Mr..
Alexander, the young lawer, who acted as Gen.
Harrisons private secretary during the cam
paign. 1t is supposed that Mr. Alexander ma V
accompany him to New York and aid him in
executing his mission. The opinion among the
politicians here continues to be adverse to
Platt, and some are even predicting that Miller
will get there. The majority favor the idea
that there will be compromise on a third
man. Cornelius n. Bliss is most named for
that contingency.
GEN. HARRISON ON ''BooDLE"
The New York Times correspondent says that
Gen. Harrison, when Mr.. Plummer and Com
modore Bateman were there, spoke to them
about the story published in the Nal and En-
press charging that Plat had taken $50 900
out of the republican ''boodle" Just before
election, with the cheerful remark to his as
founded associates: Gentlemen, you don't
want to know what is going to be done with
this" Gen. Harrison expressed his sore
ness over the charges that he had been elected
by ''boodle," and manifested a great deal of
indignition at the insinuations in some quar-
tiers that he countenanced anything of the
kind. He says he did not. He believed that
the American people were in favor of the
triumph of republican principles, and that the
only thing necessary during the campaign was
the employment of proper means to bring out
the full republican vote. The great use of
money, Gen. Harrison remarked, must neces-
sarily create scandal and it was utterly uncalled
for by the situation, he understood it.
ONE PART OF THE INAUGURAL.
The Sun says that Gen. Harrison has COM
pleted that part of his inaugural address that
refers to the south. 1t adds: ''It is not very
long. but it is to the point. The underlying
theme of the whole matter will be the neces-
sity for a free and fair ballot. The principle
of control by the majority, Gen. Harrison
says, is the corner stone of our governmental
system. The question of free and equal
ballot. he declares is a dominant one, embrace
ing all others because it involves the question of
a free and fair tribunal, to which every question
shall be submitted for arbitration. He warns
the people that this principle of government
by the majority has been to a certain extent
overturned, and that the industries of the
country have been threatened because the
laboring vote in a large part of the country is
suppressed.
As to the south directly, he says that no one
wishes i'll to that section; that, on the con-
trary, it is the desire of every good citizen
that herprosperity shall not only be maintained,
prosperity shall run full as the President-elect
once expressed it publicly. 1t is not now ques-
ton, he insists, of what has occurred once upon
a time, but of what is occurring now. This is,
he says, the almost entire suppression of the
colored republican vote at the south upon ma
tional questions.
There will be other references to the south
in the address in the part that deals with the