Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-02
CHAUNCEY DEPEw's PORTFOLIO.
1t Is Not One offered by Gen. Harri-
sOn-His Views on the Situation

From the New York world, To-day.
sYes, have q portfolio" said DR.. Chauncey
n. Depew last evening to q reporter of the
World "Behold It'll" and he picked it up from
the table, nearly splitting out dozen sheets Of
note paper and as many envelopes that were
lying between the covers. ''It looks like ivory
but the fact il it is celluloid, and you will
observe on the fronta picture of the Crusaders
crossing the plains"
What the reporter wanted to find ont was
whether, as had been stated, Mr.. Depew had
finally concluded TO take place in Harrisons
cabinet It was said Russell Harrison had pro-
longed his visit to obtain the acceptance.
"If had been offered portfolio shouldn't
tell you, but / haven't"
Shave you been offered a foreign mission?"
"No, and don't want one; but I have re-
ceived letters by the dozen from the west and
south asking me to getappointments for Others:
Why; could easily fill every mission if had
the power to appoint the people who have writ
ten me or sought me in person. How man in
Montana or Georgia can suppose New Yorker
would be able to secure an appointment for him
do not see. Harrison will of course look to
the local statesmen to recommend applicants.
1t is singular how many men now want to travel
who never before thought trip beyond the
limits Of the New York Central railroad was
necessary to their health or ambition, and they
generally wanted to make the trip on pass.
They would like to cross the ocean at the ex-
pense of the government. and they recognize
that the broad seal of the State department
would put them on good terms with the Prince
of Wales, Emperor William and other royal
persons, besides giving their wives social dis
tinction.
'If you are not the New Yorker who has
been picked out to 60 into the cabinet. per-
haps you wouldn't mind telling who has got
the prizeT
II think that information will come from
Indianapolis little later Mr.. Harrison sent
his son east to obtain little general informa-
ton. The young man is think, considerably
sharper than most people concede. He hasn't
been out on ranch in Montana for number
of years among the cowboys without learning
something Of poker-pots and human nature"
''What is your idea of the composition of the
Harrison cabinet in general?'
Harrison regards his cabinet as his personal
staff, and that is what it really should and will
be. There will be nobody in it who will be
power distinct from Harrison or have policy
separate from Harrison's. Foreign countries,
for instance, will understand that the Secretary
of State will represent the policy alone of Har-
rison as President"
won't that fact exclude Mr. Blaine from the
cabinet?"
''Oh! I think the self-willed. ambitious
Blaine, il he should be given portfolio, would
disappear into the Blaine who would be part
of the cabinet, made up to carry out the Har-
rison policy. Gen. Harrison, you must remem-
Der, has been for twenty years the most active
and prominent politician in Indiana He I'M
derstands how his cabinet should be con-
structed to secure from it the help he will re-
quire He is, I may add, man of positive
religious belief which fact must naturally have
an influence in his cabinet selections"