St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-28
Gen. Harrison Besieged by an
Immense Army of Office
Seekers.
aAll Sorts of Cabinet Gossip,
But There Are Only Two
= Certainti eS.
Blaine for the State and Win
dom for the Treasury
Portfolios.
1t Is Said Mr.. Harrison Will
Decline a Second Term in
Advance.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-This has
been very busy day with the presi-
dent-elect. There was constant
stream of visitors to the parlors, not
withstanding the weather was so eX-
tremely wet, slushy and diSagreeable as
to make it really a hardship to venture
out of doors. The calling began early
and continued without interruption nn-.
til Q o'clock, when the general Shut
himself up with his family for lunch
con. Senator Ingalls, was among the
earliest callers. He was followed soon
after by Senators Hawley, Frye, Sher-
man. Paddock, Palmer, Sawyer, His
cock and Mitchell and large number.
of representatives including Represen-
tatives Lodge of Massachusetts,, Sher-
man of New York, Moffitt of New lork,
Long of Massachusetts,, Thomas of Hi
Eois. Belden of New York, Baker OF
New York. Stewart of Vermont; Inter
state Commissioner Walker, AdJutant
General Drum, Gen. Clark E. Carr. OF
Illinois, and Mr. Dodge, of North Carroll
ma. were also among the callers. James G.
Blaine and Mrs. Blaine made a short
call, and ey-Secretary Window was
with Gen. Harrison for some time.
Gen. and Mrs. Harrison will be the
guests of President and Mrs. Cleveland
this evening, and Mrs. Cleveland will
probably call upon Mrs. Harrison to-
morrow. After luncheon the stream OF
visitors flowed on as broad and deep as
ever, and if any cabinet construction
was accomplished, the results OF 1t es-
capped notice in the general confusion.
Among the afternoon callers were q.
C. Moody and A. J.. Edgerton, of Da-
kota: Representatives Dalzell. of Penn
sylyania; Hopkins and Hit, of Hi
nois: and Hayden, of Massachusetts,;
eX-Mimster John A. KaSsOn; ex-Attor-
ney General DevenS, W. ID. Foulke, OF
Indiana: Senators Jones and Stewart.
Nevada; and Stanford; Justice Gray,
of the supreme court; Gen. Stewart
Van VlietS, Albert Looming, United
States consul to Bremen, and Everett
Francar, Corean consul at New York.
CABINET GOSSIP
was the absorbing theme everywhere.
81.
common consent for the state and treas
Jury departments respectively, were
with Gen. Harrison longer than any
Ezof his other callers, and this fact served
Ito fasten them more deeply in the popu-
Eslar mind as sure for the places accorded
them. The general impression tonight
is that beyond two OF three places In
the cabinet. nothing is settled. A Pa
cific coast senator said he was satisfied
ten days ago that Gen. Harrison had
determined not to give the Western
slope representation in the cabinet:
now he was just as well satisfied that
a Pacific coast man was under consld-
Grafton. 1t might be either nj. M.
Estee or John F. Swift, of California. OF
Coy. Moody, of Oregon. The West wants
1.-the interior department. Nebraska men
interested in securing place In the
cabinet for John M. Thurston are COM
fpeIled to confess that it looks like John
w. Noble, of Missouri, for the place.
They are now urging Senator Palmer,
of Michigan, for secretary OF war, In the
hope that Robert w. FurnaS. OF Ne
braska, will be made secretary of agri-
culture. He is said to be qualified i'll an
eminent degree for the place.
A NEW POSSIBILITY
developed in the person of Congressman
Coggswell, of Massachusetts, who rep
resents the Salem district, where Secre-
tary Endicott resides. He is an old as
sociate of Gen. Harrison. having COM
manded a brigade with MIN in Gen.
Wards division. Mr.. Coggswell was a
caller upon the president-elect. in COM
pany with Senator Dawes, last night,
and to-day he had long conference
with Senator Dawes. The call of
ex-Attorney General Devens upon
Gen. Harrison to-day is thought by
some to have connection with the
CoggswelI boom. Vermont representa-
tives are urging eX-Goy. Redfleld
Proctor tor secretary OF war, and two
or three authorities agree in asserting
that Gov. Rusk, of Wisconsin,, is no
longer a possibility in this connection,
although Senator Spooner is said to be
men who called upon Gen. Harrison
and talked cabinet to him say that
Blaine and Window are the only GER
tainties; Wanamaker and Noble are
probabilities, although considerable op-
position to the former has been degel-
Oped: all else is chaos.
Naturally the chief interest centers
about New York. Rival delegations are
here working for
APLATT AND MILLER,
the one for the treasury, the other for
the agricultural department, and, it is
said, greatly harrassing Gen. Harrison.
The Union League club sent on Miller
delegation, and Granville P. Hawes
spoKe for them. He had two interviews
with Gen. Harrison in Indianapolis this
winter. A solution of the New York
difficulty is said to be imminent; prop
ositions are said to have passed which it
is reported will settle matters in forty
eight hours. In the meantime the fact
that neither Platt nor Miller is here is
taken by veteran observers to mean that
neither of them will go into the cabinet.
BY parity of reasoning the presence of
w. ii. II. Miller, of Indiana, would in
dicate that he is to be member of the
presidents official family. 1t was dis
agreeable day, and the ladies of the
party of President-elect Harrison did
not 20 ont of the hotel, with the excep-
ton of Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, who
was entertained at tea from to by
Mrs. Burke, wife of Capt. Burke, where
she met many prominent people i'll and
out of official life in Washington.