The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-29
BLAINE'S B0ASTFULBAND
HE IS TOASTED AS THE NEXT SEC
RETARY OF STATE.

Senator Hale Entertairs Him at Break
fast in the Room of the Committee
on Naval Atfairs-He Keeps Out OF
Congress, it Is Said, to Avoid Max
ing Scene.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Mr Blaine was
toasted as the next Secretary of s state at the
breakfast party given ia his honor by Sea:
ator Hale in the room Of the Senate COM
mittee on naval affairs this morning. All
the Blaine leaders of both houses were
present. Mss Blaine and the wives Of
some OF the Blaine leaders were also pres
ent. Mr.. Hale, the host, could not stay
throughout the feast, having to go up stairs
to the Senate to take charge Of the diplo-
matte appropriation bill, but the rest of the
company enjoyed themselves thor ughly.
DON'T WANT TO MAKE A SCENE.
After the breakfast Mr. and Miss Blaine
went down town again, instead If acco n
paaylng some OF the ladies of the parry.
who went up to the Senate gallery NJ.
Blaine carefully avoids going into the Sen
ate and House. His friends say that he
does not wish to create a scene. They all
speak of his being Secretary of State as of
fact well known and widely recognized.
WHAT HE WILL DO.
They talk already of what he will do in
regard to differe matters row pending in
the state department or the Senate A new
Canadian treaty and n new extra ltiAn
treaty with Great Britain are among he
things which they predict he will at once
negotiate. He will, of course, settle the
Samoan difficulty speedily and will keep
Beh ing sea free from foreign seaers He
will promptly issue the invitations to the
prop )sed conference of American republics
at Washington next October Meanwhile
they cannot describe the character Of the
information from Indianapolis, which they
say has given them such good hope of Mr..
Blaine's selection.
NAMING THE CABINET.
The gossips generally have settled down
to the belief that Mr. Blaine will be Sccre-
tay y Of State, Senator Allison Secretary Of
the Treasury and Mr.. Wanamaker Sec
retary Of the Navy in the
next cabinet. After these three al
seems to be guess work Gen. Alger is
usually named for Secretary of War, but
the Michigan delegation in congres can
give no batter reason for this than that
Gen. Alger's name is On all the ne vspaper
cabinet ates and SO "He must be going in"
This is something like the reasoning of the
Blaine men, but IS even less salts actory.
ALGER SENT NO DEGEGATEs.
Only oae Michigan man has been to see
Gen. Harrison on cabinet business, it is
stated, and he did not go in Gen. Ayers in
terest, nor has any OF the Michigan men
here any information, official or semi
otticial, upon which to base the belief
that they all express that "a ger is all
right" If Gen. Harrison doss appoint Gen.
Alger in his cabinet he will d so in the
face of formal statements from the friends
Of Senator Sherman as to what Gen. Algers
men did b3fore and during the Chicago
convention in the attempt to secure the
nomination for Gen. Alger.
THE SLOPE ALL RIGHT.
The Pacific coast is certain to have a
representative in the cabinet. Gen. Har-
rison said 50 last week. 1t will probably
be either Mr.. Surtit or Mr. Stewart.
New York is likely to nave a man in one
OF the smaller places unless Gen. Harrison
waits for the enac ment by the republican
congress OF the bill making the head OF
the department OF agriculture
member Of the cabinet, when
he would appoint Warner Miller or an In
diana man to relieve him of the Indiana
office seekers. Cuarles Foster Ohio and
Senator Charles B. Farwell of Illinois, the
original Harrison man in that state, are
also mentioned. Gei. Harris is said to
be disposed to recognize the border states.
but not the cotton belt Ex-Sel tor Hen
derson is still most p ominently mentioned
as the coming Attorney General.
AN ENGLISH OPINION.
LONDON, Jan. %, 4 A. M.-The DdaH
NeWs says it does not suppose that Mr..
Blaine, if he becomes Secretary of State,
will feel him elf too closely bound by the
comments of the republican convention on
President Clevela DIS policy to attempt to
settle the fisheries question. 1t prefers to
believe that he will be guided by his knowl-
edge of the British people and a consciousness
that more is to be gain sd by set ling such
ugly questions than by keeping them open.