New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-05
VISITORS FROM THE SOUTH.
TWO MISSISSIPPIANS HEAR A SHORT SPEECH
FROM GENERAL HARRISON.
THE GENERAL HAS CALLERS ALSO FROM
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Indiana polis Jan 4-To-day brought Generai
Harrison almost as great number and variety
of callers as yesterday did, and there seems 10
be little chance that the General VIII again oc
able TO take up his quiet reading IN MS COSBY
library In spite of the fact that even afternoon
recen,,ons are still suspended the electric bell
at the Generals front door is kept ringing pretty
constantly from 10 a. m. until p m ana 'hefe
is always some visitor on hand making his irlchuiy
cali of congratulation, dropping his word OF
advice in his own behalf or in that some oil some
brother politician To-day the hours for visitors
nero emit short nv an afternoon concert given at
,ho ceneral,s house by members of the American
Onera Company which is singing tins week In
Indianapoljs but. in the time between noon ana
the beginning of the music at Ieast hieeh VI
twenty visitors from out OF town hia eoisui'"-
tjons of various sorts with the Prcsdent-eiect
Two Mississippi Republicans, for instance, called
10 urge General Harrison TO be cautious ana con-
servativc in his Federal appointments IN the ooutl.
Tben a former commander-in-c of the Grand
Army of the Republic came in 10 talk about q
General Service Pension bill The editor OF
Chicago newspaper made visit of congratua-
ton. and was invited to stay for luncheon lie
was followed by an ex-Unted States Minister to
Snain and Russia. Then the end was the
chairman of the Republican State Committee OF
Dakota who came to talk about the prospect OF
the division and admission of that big Territory
This is a picture in hrief. of almost any day at
General IIarrisOn's house
The two Mississippi men were ex-,Judge Simrall
and ex-Judge Vassar. Judge Simrall was
the Chef-Justice of the Supreme Court of Mlssis-
nd haSSaP.
besides being on the bench, served one term IN
reconstruction times as treasurer of the state
Both men are native Republicans. They told
General Harrison that Mississippi had no candi-
date for a Cabinet place. and that they them
selves had no desire for offices. Following the
lead of the Birmingham delegation, they urged
uron the General the necessity OF making iirs'-
class appointments to the Federal offices IN Inc
South. Whatever influence Democratic Senators
and Representatives could exert, they SAID, would
he thrown in favor of men who'h no standing
in the community where they lived, in order
10 terpetbate the prejudice in the South against
the Republican party. The President, they sug
gested Should appoint Republicans OF good char
acter as far as possible If such Republicans
could not be obtained, they favored the selection
of women, at least for the post-oihces. For
other offices they hoped that, in deiault of Re
npblieans of high character, General Harrison
would choose business men, even II they were
Democrats: progressive policy in the South
and a clean administration of the local Federal
offices taev thought would give a fresh i'm
petus TO Southern Republcanism, and would
helm to break the solid South in 1872. The
Southern people were confident that the new
Administration would treat the South as gener-
ously as il deserved, and by a conclatory policy
treat inroads could be made in the ranks of
the Bourbon Democracy Once the Republi-
can party in the South became thoroughly re-
spected it would regain control of several South
crn States General Harrison listened atten-
lively to the Mississippi men and made them
what he afterward referred to joculary as :"
little Grafton" The Southerners went away as
highly pleased with their visit and It's apparent
results as did the Birmingham delegation
The ex-commander of the Grand Army of the
RepubIic was General Paul Vandervoort of
Omaha He came here from Nebraska on the
same train with John NJ Thnrston, the tenn
porarv chairman Of the Chicago Convention, who
has been spoken of several times recently as a
candidate for the Secretaryship of the Interior.
Mr.. .Thurston had an engagement TO meet Charles
Francis Adams tomorrow morning in New-forlS
on some Union Pacific Railroad business and
could not stop here long enough to
go out TO see General Harrison. General Wander
WORT made Mr. Thurston's excuses for him and
then talked to the General for awhile about pen
sion legislation The Grand Army of the Re
pubic, he said favored the passage of general
service pension bill, something like the Per Diem
bill which was introduced in Congress at the last
session This gives every soldier who served three
months and was honorably discharged certain
rate of pension, to which is added cent day
for every day beyond the three months.
General Harrison is warm friend of the
Grand Army" General Vanderyoort said, after he
came back TO the hotel " l think he will favor
any reasonable pension legislation"
Did you come here to urge the claims of
Nebraska on the next Administration"
Nebraska is not making much trouble for
General Harrison. We are not asking much from
him now, but after his ina uguration, he may hear
from occasionally"
Is il expected in your State that Senator Man.
derson or Mr.. Thurston will be taken into the
Cabinet ?"
Senator Henderson will he reelected to the
Senate unanimously, Thurston having come out
and promised his support TO him, which leaves
him clear field lie will be the first Senator
from our State who has succeeded himself There
has been a strong sentiment heretofore for a
change every six years. Patrick was elected
for a second term after he had been out six
years, but none of the other Senator's ever re-
turned. Henderson is popular in Nebraska
Thurston is his only formidable opponent Thurs
ton is the greatest politician in the State, and
he can get most anything he wants from the
people of Nebraska. There is great deal of
talk about him for a Cabinet position, know;
but he is making effort himself to get It, He
probably wouldn't decline it, but ] know he
wouldn't try to get it,"
General Vandervoort was once in the Post
Office Department. lie told few friends here
that he wonld like TO be the next Superin-
tendent of the Railway Mail Service
The editor of the Chicago newspaper was
Joseph Medill. lie came here with his daugh-
ter Josephine at the invitation OF General IIar-
rison His CALL he said, was purely a social
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