New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-23
TO REPORT ON NE w-YoRK.
uARRIsoN'S AGENT RETURNS FROM THU
EMPIRE STATE.
WHAT HE LEARNED OF THE FEELlNs Us NE
yoANs ON THE pLArT.MILLER coMPLI.
c.rroNs-HARMoNY CANDIDATEs-UN-

cATIoNS-HARMONY CANDIDATES-ON'
PROMISING GUESSING : DlsAP'
POINTED TAILoR-cALLERs ON
THE. GENERAL.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TSIRusEl
Indianapolis, Jan. GA conhdeniiai aseho senC
East by General Harrison last week u us
cover, as far as possible, the real feeilng OF le
publcans in New-York about tne fiaU,-Niiiiee
contest for a place in the Cabinet, has Just re-
,urned 70 Indianapolis with information OF the
.,ao,.st nelitical importance. This trusted mes
ssnoer has made a sort OF canvass OF the western
nart NJ the State extending his travels as far as
rwr..rs. and he returns with authoritative news
about the present complication from that
sectjon AZ the State in which Republican
uoaior;.;es are chiefly piled up, and
which 50 far, has sent almost no repre-
sentative 70 indianapolis to express its opinions
ara wishes The sum and substance Of the in
eor,nation which will be given to General Harrison
l. this: Ex-senator Platt has the support OF the
noliticisns proper, the men who hold Office and
who hope for Office, and ex-senator Miller has tho
backing of the masses of the party, the men OF
standing and influence, 70 whom the success Of
the party means least personally, but to whom
its integrity and continuance in power are the
FIRST consideration General Harrison will learn
further that If a compromise is unas oidable, the
new candidates for Cabinet portfolios, according
as they favor Mr. Miller or Mr.. Platt. The Plat
men want to see William IL. Seward, of Auburn,
the harmony COMPROMISED the Miller men are
liz prepossessed in favor of Corntlus N Bliss
of New-forlS
Il first struck against the politicians at Buff
faio.s said the explorer Of Western Newlorl to
The Tribune's correspondent this evening. Most
of the active workers there are for Mr. Platt and
7 found one man strong enough in his devotion
to the senior ex-senator to say that everything
would go TO smash unless Mr. Platt was made
Secretary of the Treasury. But soon discovered
that the conservative element Of the party in Erie
Countv favored Mr.. Miller The business men and
the substantial farmers were all his warm friends
and when / mentioned the fact that Mr.. Miller
had run behind the National ticket last Novem-
her they lust got up on their feet and howled
There were q dozen outside causes, they said,
for that Mr. Miller had, in fact. been sacrificed
nv The machine t. pull the Electoral ticket through
In Rochester and Syracuse, where had business TO
do, found the feeling exactly the same. Most
of the active politicians were for Mr. Platt, but
he had almost no popular support.
arao NOT myself. think that Mr.. Platt would
,.,re a FIGHT IL he were ignored in the makeup
Of the Cabinet. and I shall tell General Harrison
so IT. is pretty we'll understood, heard from
many sources in New York, that Mr. Platt will
try 10 succeed Senator Evarts, IL he is not him
self taken in General Harrisons Cabinet. lie
will be in no position 10 antagonize the Admin
,stration. though, to DO frank. have heard Few
of the Platt men say anything to indicate that
any trouble may come out of the New York contest
I think on the whole that the friends OF ME-
Platt, being natural politicians, were more IN
clined to talk about compromise than MI
kfller's supporters, whom I would call, by way
of contrast, the plain people. Consequently,
heard mora of Mr. Seward as compromise can
djdatc than Of Mr.. Bliss. shall tell General
Harrison all this frankly. i am myself rather
impressed by the genuine popular strength be
hind Mr.. Miller think that tho President-eiect
IL left TO himself, will make Mr.. Miller a member
of bis Cabinet"
To the politicians here, the New-York problem,
aoart from the light thrown on it by this last
investigator, is unprcmising guessing Inc ieeI
Tag Is growing that the Secretnryship OF the
Treasury is going West if Senator Allison or some
other equally competent man can be induced TO
take il. II Mr.. Miller gets Cabinet Department
other than the Treasury, be would naturally be
nut in charge of the new Department of Agri-
culture as soon as it is created. But Mr.. Bliss
and Mr.. Seward have both been selected as
compromise candidates on the theory that New
York is TO have the control OF the Treasury
Department. Still. there is no reason why either
one of them might not be put at the head of the
Departments of War or of the Navy Mr.. Seward
has been known here only as the son Of the
famous Secretary Of State and as the head Of the
New-York State Electoral ticket in the last cam
paien Only within the last few days have rumors
of his possible candidacy for place in the Cabi
net reached the West. Mr.. Bliss has, of course,
more general reputation, both as business
man and as chairman Of the Republican State
Committee Of New-York.
General Harrison had to practise some diplomacy
to-day TO escape the attention of most extraor-
dinary caller The visitor was tailor from
bloomington. H. who was determined 10 have
the President-elect measured for pair Of trousers
of novel design. He woke tae Generals house
hold about o'clock this morning and insisted
on seeing the General, declining at tho same
time to send in a card. The importunate in
ventor was finally put off with an engagement
for o'clock in the afternoon. When he got
back the General was out driving with Colonel
Bridgeland behind the pair Of cherry-bay horses
purchased last week for She White House use.
The new horses are Indiana-bred and make a
good match Each one is over fifteen hands high.
The General Expects TO take with him to Wash
ington four pairs Of cherry bays. The two horses
driven to-day are to draw the Presidential car
rage on Inauguration Day.
There were few political callers to-day The
only one OF note from distance was Ex-Governor
William NJ Stone, of Iowa. NJ Stone was one of
Jowas War Governors, succeeding Governor Kirk
wood, He was ono Of the Iowa Republican electors
and was chosen the messenger to carry the vote to
Washington lie stopped oil here on his way East
10 mako friendly call the President-elect.
IL is understood that he did not talk about Iowa's
chances for Cabinet place. Iowa can have a
Department without doubt il Senator Allison cares
TO takc the portfolio. II he declines John S.
Ciarkson is promising Cabinet timber.
There were three callers from Ohio. Mayor o. s.
Kelly, and Major George A. Frye, of Springfield,
and I q Clarke. OF StenhenNilla TheiP VISITS