Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-10
ELKINS AND BLAINE.
Both Are Said to Be Virtually
 Slated.
THEIR LONGINGs FOR OFFICE.

Gen. Harrison Reported As Greatly vexed
 Over Blaine, but Cheerful About FL
 kins-His Tongue Said to Have Been
 Momentarily Embossed.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 1a-Fate smiled on Stephen B. Elkins and he probably had no notion last night how good his chances are to become one of President Harrison's ad- visory board. His envoy plenipotentiary, Judge Ralph L. Berkshire, of Morgantown, is still in town, and is more than satisfied with the results of his visit, although he maintains discreet silence in the presence of every one through whom he thinks his utter ances could leak into the newspapers. He has had long confab with Gen. Harrison, and has delivered the letter from Mr. Golf abdicating his cabinet chances in Mir. Eikins favor.
 Congressman John E. Lamb, who is a warm personal friend of MT, Blaine, came to town last evening. He said:
 "Yes, believe Mir. Blaine will be in the cabinet, and my reason may seem trivial l think he will be in the cabinet because he wants to be thera. He told me himself it was the source of the deepest regret to him that he was forced to surrender the duties of premiership before the term was completed know that he would rather be secretary of Sttlle than pTeSluenU, ana ms "1Ie WOulQ prefer it, too. He has told me so.'
 This statement predicts what Indianians in the main beleve--that MT. Blaine, if he goes into the cabinet, will go with the firm in tention of having his reach on the admins tration. Gen. Harrison's term so far as Gen. Harrison is concerned, will have self confidence for keynote; and if he appoints MT. Blaine it will be because he thinks he can overshadow Blaine in the administration If he omits him it will be because he believes he can so successfully conduct the office with out him that at the end of four years popular sentiment will say, a greater than Blaine is here
 An Arkansas crowd came up telling Gen. Harrison that Powell Clayton ought to be in the cabinet They were Judge W illams, of Pine Bluff; Judge L. Gregg, of Fayetteville, and Henry M. Cooper, of Little Rock | From the talk Judge Berkshire had with Gen. Harrison upon the subject of Blaine, he l gleaned the impression that the question of 1 Blanes appointment is still unsettled by Gen. Harrison, and is vexing him. The belief grows gradually here that Blaine will be secretary of state The reasons for the be- lief vary widely. Perhaps the most popular Is that Harrison dare not be deaf to the clamor of the party.
 Judge Berkshire disabused Gen. Harrison's mind of the arguments against Elkins which the Wheeling delegation, Nationa! Committeeman N. B. Scott and others were 1 believed to have urged on the occasion o1 their visit here, and this is what Gen. Har rison said to the Elkins emissary when he bade him good-by yesterday afternoon: Judge, am very glad to have seen you. You have given me a great deal of light on the situa tion in West Virginia. When you get home l wish you would go to work and get to gether any other papers and petitions yoy can in favor of MT. Elkins and have then sent to me"
 This is about the first of Gen. Harrison' remarks upon matter of the kind that ha. been made public. Judge Berkshire vii start back to West Virginia to amass ex pressions of Republican sentiment in favo 1 of Elkins