Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-04
FIELD DAY AT INDIANAPOLIS,

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FIELD DAY AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Senators Plumb and Hiscock Both
Visit Gen. Harrison.
| CONFLICTING VIEWS AS TO THE RESULT OF THE
| INTERVIEW HAD BY THE NEW YORK SENATOR
| HE WILL NOT TALK MUCH ABOUT WHAT WAS
| sAID-MR. BLAINE's PROPOSED VISIT.
All the specials agree that yesterday was
great one for Indianapolis. Senators Plumb
and Hiscock had interviews with Gen. Harri-
son, the former brief and the latter protracted
and, according to the concensus of opinion. not
entirely satisfactory to the New York Senator.
Besides these, ex-Secretary Uncle Dick"
/ Thompson, S. W. Hawkins, the republican can
| didate for governor of Tennessee at the recent
election; Moses W. Field the ex-greenbacker
| from Detroit, and Mrs. K Ellen Foster, who
shared with Anna Dickinson the honor of being
the republican female stump speaker during
the presidential campaign, were among the
callers upon the President-elect.
SENATOR PLUMB's CALL.
| The Kansas Senator was his way back to
! Washington and was met at the station by ex-
Congressman Calkins, with whom he has bust
7 n
| Tribune correspondent he said: That he had
not come to Indianapolis on politics especially.
| He had no man to urge for a cabinet position,
and his state, Kansas, had none. His only OBJ
servatlon about the cabinet that he felt,
as everybody in the great west felt, that MIR.
| Blaine could not be left out of the Depar tment
/ of State. The Senator turned off some other
| inquiries, and then admitted that he was not
himself in favor of an extra session of the new
! Congress. He was also highly satisfied with the
Senate tariff bill and expected it to pass with
| out many further notifications.
Then your talk with Gen. Harrison was on
| general questions?"
Yes. 1 talked with him chiefly on party
| policy, and not on the cabinet"
Senator Plumb took the same train for Wash
ington as Senator Hiscock.
| SENATOR HIsCocK's INTERVIEW
occupied nearly the entire time that he spent
in Indianapolis. He registered at hotel but
went directly afterward to Gen Harrison's
| house, where he remained until there was lust
| time enough for him to take the train To the
! Herald man, who interviewed him at the depot
| and who suggested that he had quite a visit at
| Gen. Harrisons, Senator Hiscock said:
| YES but have nothing to saw except that
came here to see the President-elect, that l
have seen him, and am now going back to
! Washington"
But your visit is certainly of some political
| significance, / yentured
"Oh. / don't know that it can be so consd-
cred"
Il suppose that you are entirely satisfied with
| your trip
/ You can say that my visit has been entirely
uneyentfui personally, politically and every
/ other way"
DO you mean by that statement that Mr..
| Platt will not be in Gen. Harrison's cabinet?"
Il cannot say anything about that"
who, in your opinion. do the majority of
/ New York republicans want to see in the cabi-
net from your state?"
Il will not talk about the cabinet at ALL
! HIsCOCK APPEARED DISAPPOINTED.
| The correspondent adds: While the confer
ence between Gen. Harrison and Tom Platt's
| great friend was entirely secret and nothing is
positively known as to what was said Senator
Hiscock indicated by his cold and indifferent
manner, when questioned about his visit that
he was in a disappointed frame of mind
when he left the Harrison mansion. 1t is gen.
orally believed here that he spoke truthfullv
when he said his visit had been '.uneyentful' "
No one thinks that the President-elect will
make his cabinet entirely out of Blaine mate
rial. and the conclusion is reached that if the
Plumed Knight Is made Secretary of State Platt
will be left out.
ANOTHER VERSION.
When the Senator remarked to the Sun man
that his visit had been ''uneventful both per-
sonally and politically" the dispatch sent by
that correspondent continues:
docs that mean that MIR. Platt is not going
into the cabinet?' he asked
I'm not saying anything at all upon that
subject; positively cannot say a word about
| the cabinet"
If Senator Hiscock got what he came after
his manner failed to indicate it in the slightest
manner. His demeanor was entirely in accord
with the supposition that he had run up against
the cold and silent bluff with which General
! Harrison has frozen out many politicians even
more astute than the Senator from New York.
In a general way il is known that Hiscock
| spoke on behalf of Plat, but whether what he
| said was in the nature of an insistance that
| Platt should have the Treasury department or
was an intimation that a compromise could be
arranged on the Navy department basis, cannot
/ be ascertalned tonight. The general impress
sion is nearly unanimously in favor of the idea
that whatever he wanted he didn't get it.
THIS SHOWS THE SENATOR WAS SATISFIED.
The Times story is as follows: II had not
seen Gen. Harrison for two years, and must
say that he looks better and younger than he
/ did then. had long and very pleasing con-
versation with him." Mr.. Hiscock uttered the
word pleasing with considerable emphasis
and the smile which illuminated his handsome
| features showed that he, too. like Senator Quay,
( is satisfied with his visit
''Of course you and Gen. Harrison had some
thing to say about cabinet matters?"
Senator Hiscock laughed. Eyes, we did men
ton the subject, but, believe me, we tlked
most of the time about the tariff We discussed
| il very fully, and told Gen. Harrison about
/ the amendments to the Senate bill, especially
| the section which provides for the payment Of
a bounty to the growers of sugar. Gen. Har-
rison expressed himself as very favorably i'm
| pressed with the bill, and he is anxious to have
/ it become a law"
Now. as to the cabinet question. Senator: ia
I it settled about the New York membership
Mr.. Hiscock laughed again. He really
! looked perplexed for a few moments and he
hesitated for form of expression. Then he
| said: You may send this to the Ttmes-I think
Gen Harrison has about the same opinion as
have-that the differences in New York are not
so serious as newspaper talk would lead people
to believe"
.'Is that all?'
That is all 1 can say now. There will be no
trouble in New York"
Then everything is harmonious in New
York;
Mr.. Hiscock laughed for the third time.
"Was there anything said by Won and Gen.
Harrison about an extra session Of Congress?"
mot word Personally am in favor of an
extra session. / did not give Gen. Harrison
my opinion on that point. He is the man who
must be responsible for the management of his
administration, and lsmilingl perhaps it is as
well to leave few things to Gen. Harrison's
own judgment regard him as perfectly COM
petent."
Senator Hiscocks visit. and the announce
ant itot Mr. niast te lxkl