New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-18

NE w Y
to New York Ex-senator Platt found warm
friend and advocate in Mr.. Dwight. Another New
Yorker here to-day was w. III. ii. Webster, who
has been for thirty years an engineer ON the New.
York Central Railroad. He was born the year
William Henry Harrison was elected President,
and gets his first three initials from the President
elects grandfather.
visitor from Massachusetts is q rarity in In
dianapolis William Henderson, the chairman of
the Committee of One Hundred, brought one around
today to call on General Harrison. The stranger
was Judge J. M. Barker, of Pittsfield, justice of
the Massachusetts, Supreme Court Judge Barker
is one of the officers OF the Berkshire Life In.
surance Company, and came here some bust
ness for the company. He said that his call
merely personal one. He was himself altogether
out of politics Although Mr. Blaine was the
choice of the party of the State for the chief place
in the Cabinet, Massachusetts politicians were dis
posed not to press their wishes upon General Har-
rison. Judge Barker was delegate TO the Chi
cago Convention of $780, met General Harrison
there and has since been of his warm admirers.
An amusing political comedy was played on
General Harrison to-day by two visitors from
Cleveland. One of the Ohio Electors. who was
here on Tuesday. S. L. Everett of Cleveland. took
the opportunity to work up little boom fer
himself as a candidate for the Cabinet The
rumors of his candidacy reached Cleveland next
day, and today two Cleveland politicians ap-
peared on the scene, armed with sharp sticks and
ready to puncture Mr.. Everett's bubble. Everett
is bank director at home. and was for several
years City Treasurer. He ran for Congress against
Martin Foran some time ago and was defeated.
Al
The two scslpcrs who were on his trail. George
Short and o. p. McIlrath. are Foraker men.
They gave General Harrison reasons without end,
as they thought, why Everett should not go into
the Cabinet. saying that he had run behind on
the Electoral ticket and had done manv other
disastrous things. When they came away the
General did not know whether they were Joking
or not. He probably had never heard Of the
Everett boom. and had to confess that he could
not make head or tail of their argument.
General Harrison told friend last week some
interesting things about his method of Cabinet
making He had made dozen Cabinets already,
he said. and then smashed them in turn. Talking
about his way of picking out a man. he gave a few
interesting tests. Taxing a candidate for Score
tary of War, for instance, he would ask first
whether the aspirant was competent II So WIS
Department? Then did his record agree with
General Harrison's? Last of all. did he harmon
ize in opinion with the other probable members OF
the Cabinet? These four acquisitions Were too
much for almost any conspicuous Republican men
toned. Up to within three or four days the Cen
eral concluded that he had not been able TO pick
cut anybody.
General Harrison's mail seems steadily TO In
crease as the 9TH of March approaches. Calendars
by the score have arrived from all parts of the
country, but the bulk of his mail consists of ap-
phcations for Office. AT first the endorsements
and applications were chiefly confined TO Cabinet
places and the higher grades of Office, but now
there are hundreds OF letters asking for petty
cerkships and even petitions for places as watch
men. For the benefit OF those making, or about 70
make applications, it might be OF inter
est to state that these petitions are
premature General Harrison has no time TO
peruse them, and probably not one in hundred
reaches his eye They are simply Endorsed and filed
away for reference when the General gets settled
down at Washington and reaches the respective
cases. Not one of them will be passed upon prior
to the Inauguration, and as the carly applicant
ACQUIRES no advantage the last by reason Of
his being on hand first, IL would be a convenience
and relief to the Presdentelect and bis secretary
if applicants for office restrained themselves until
the new Administration takes the reins Of govern
ment