New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-19
HALF THE CABINET CHOSEN
SUCH is THE COMMON OPINION IN INDIAN
APOLIS
THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE NAVY, THE ATToR
NEY-GENERALsKIP. THE INTERIOR AND Ae-
RIcULTURE SUPPOSED TO BE STILL IN
DoUBT-Ex. GOVERNOR REDFIELD
PROCTOR VISITING GEN
rp.r uAPpTSON
[Br TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuSE.l

ERAL HARRISON
fey TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUSE.l
Indianapolis, Feb. 1S.-There has been no APP
parent change in the Cabinet slate In the last
twenty-four hours. Everybody is certain that
tho first four nortfolos those of State, the Treas
r,v- War and the Postmaster-G eneralship have
been disnosed of absolutely They have gone to
Mr. Rlaine Mr.. Window, Ex-Governor Rusk and
Mr. Wanamalxer There is still great uncertainty
about the remaining four Departments IL is
said bere nv politcal friends Of General Harrison
that CONGRESSMAN John r. Thomas, of Illinois,
has now the strongest chance Of succeeding Sec
retary Whitney 1t is even intimated that an IN
yitation to him TO enter the Cabinet Will IN All
probability, be extended in the neAt rev DAYS
The feeling is strengthened, too, that General
J. w Noble will be Missouri's representative 10
General Harrisons official family, and that W.
II. IT Miller will represent Indiana. If Miller
and Noble are TO divide between them the Al
torney-G eneralship and the Interior Department.
Al NJ. Estee. of California, must be scratched from
tho list Of candidates Warner Miller has ap-
parently decided not TO accept the new portiono
of Agriculture His declination would make IL
easv for the rresident-elect to oner thls DcparI
ment 10 Senator Palmer, of Michigan, were 10 hoe
for the fact that the West has already numerlcu
,ro,onderance i'm the Cabinet Senator Pamer's
annointment in fact would give, unless other
changes were made, six portfolios to the West dis
,rbuted TO the closely adjoining States oil MINNIE
sofa. Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, ILLINOIS ana
Missouri.
II NAV be that q conference General Harrison
had TODAY with Ex-Governor Redfeld Proctor,
of Vermont did something toward settling whae
is left of the Cabinet problem. General PROCTOR
has been in California, and was on his way nome
His visit here however was at General harrlsons
Invitation. The Ex-Governor has been spoken
OF frequently as likely Cabinet officer, ana as
long ago as December, Congressman Gaihnger'
of New-Hampshire came to Indianapolis to start
a Proctor boom. General Proctor was the CHAIR
man of the Vermont delegation TO the chicago
Convention, and cast the vote OF that state lor
Harrison from the first ballot to the iast- Df'
Gallinger told the Presdent-elect that II New
England could have another representative IN
the Cabinet besides Mr.. Blaine Ex-Governor
Proctor was, perhaps. the most available ana
popular choice 1t was thought then that MS
war record would make him particularly sui'aoie
man to succeed Secretary Endicott. After the
announcement came that Mr.. Blaine was to be
Secretary Of State. General Proctors
friends seemed to think that Yer
mont was too small State and too
close to Maine to hope for Cabinet place. The
President-elect has kept the Vermont mans name
in mind, however, and the suggestion is now made
that the invitation to stop here for a conference
on the political situation may have led to an
offer to General Proctor of the new Agricultural
Department. Vermont it is said. is above all
things farmers State and the selection OF one
of its representative Republicans identified with
farming interests there would be approved by
the country generally. Ex-Governor Proctor is the
of the large marble quarries just outside OF
Rutland, and has made large fortune out Of them.
Still he is practical farmer. as in fact every
Vermont man is.
General Proctor started East on an afternoon
.sain, and few people knew he was in town until
he was gone. His acceptance OF the Agricultural
Tle partruent would help DaIlnce the East against
ia West in the new Administration. How
~ would affect New-York is a puzzlmg question.
It seems improbable that the Empire State is
40 be left out of the Cabinet entirely. even if
Or Miller refuses to take the Department Of
Agriculture. New-York is too important for
Republican success, the political experts say, 10
be so completely ignored by the Administration.
With some other disposition Of the Agricultural
portfolio, it seems the natural thing TO have
the Navy 20 to New-York,, but the Thomas
boomers here are confident that the Navy has
already gone to Illinois.
General Harrison has announced that he will
start for Washington on the afternoon Of February
%. There are many whispers ahoat that cir
cumstances may make it necessary TO leave Indian
apohs next Thursday or Friday Whichever day
the President-elect's party starts, the trip will
be made as transformations as possible. The
special train will go about o'c:acS in the after
noon. As few stops will be made on the way as
possible Richmond Ind, will be the first station
of any Importance and it is likely that there will
be some demonstration at that point Columbus
will not be reached until late in the evening and
Pittsburg will be left behind early in the morning
Altoona, Penn. Will be favored with stop of some
length, and so viii Harrisburg. Harrisburg and
Baltimore, in fact are the only two cities where
the President-elect is likely to make any sort Of
response to the crowds who may gather to welcome
him. Washington will be reached on the evening
of the day after the start from here. The party
ON the special train will not be large one. Be
sides the immediate family and few relatives
here, perhaps half-dozen guests have been in
vited Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Huston are among the
number.
A caller to-day, who wanted Office and had little
hesitation in saying so, was G.. N Smither, of New
Mexico He is anxious TO fill Federal marshal
ship or collectorship under the new Administra-
ton. He says that the Republicans of New-Mex-
leo regret the exclusion of that Territory from the
benefits OF Statehood by the amendments Of the
Omnibus bill. The New-Mexcans think they are
fit TO run State government and furthermore
contend that the new State, once created, would
soon be decidedly Republican.
Carl Pretzel, the newspaper humorist, is here.
He wants TO be made Governor of Alaska, and
says he makes the application in all seriousness
Other callers to-day Were the Rev DIR. Dinsmore
and J. II. Cheney, Of Bloomington, IL The
Rev. DR.. Dinsmore is Presbyterian pastor, and
friend of the Rev Dr. Mcleod, of this city, who
went up with him TO call on the President-eect
DR.. Dinsmore figured in the last campaign by
furnishing an affidavit to disprove some Demo-
cratic falsehoods about a speech General Harrison
Il. IL