New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-21
NEw-YoRK, MONDAY, JANUARY 81, 1889
SEWARD FOR THE CABINET.
A NAME NOW TALKED ABOUT IN ALBANY.
THE SON OF LINcoLN's SECRETARY OF STATE
SUGGESTED FOR THE TREASURY DEPART.
MENT-HIs CAREER AS A BANKER
CON sIDERED GOOD TRAINING.
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CON sIDERED GOOD TRAINING.
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Albany Jan 20.-Since the Port Orange CiuD
gave its reception to the Republican Presidential
Electors and one of them, Clinton d. McDougah
asked his associate electors to sign petition 40
dressed TO the President-eleet for the appointment
Of Thomas O. Platt as Secretary of the Treasury
there has been a good deal of ak here among
Republicans about that appointments Perhaps
that is the reason why an important bit of gossip
just now circulating in Auburn has so soon reacneo
here That gossip is to the effect that the frienus
Of Mr.. Plat, despairing of his appointment ar'
now quietly pushing William II. Seward, OF Au
burn, for Secretary OF the Treasury, as o com
promise candidate. Plainly, they say. neither hlf
Platt nor Warner Miller can receive the appoint-
ment of Secretary Of the treasury
without the friends OF the other beng
lSeenly disappointed. Why not com
promise upon Mr.. Seward? The friends OF Mr.
Miller have heard OF this movement and are IN
clined to believe that the news concerning 1t IS
true. They sag that Mr.. Platt clearly desires 70
retreat from his contest with MIR. Miller
gracefully by at least securing the post OF
Secretary OF the Treasury for personal
friend of his, as Mr.. Seward is, and that in any
case Mr. Platt would like 10 have Mr.. Sewards
friendship at this time, the latter having been at
the head of the Republican Presidential ticket
in this State 1t is well known here that MT.
Patt's friends expected last week that Mr. Seward
would shortly write letter 10 General Harrison
favoring the appointment OF Mr. Platt as Secre-
tnry of the Treasury. II Mr. Platt in the mean
while has changed his plans. ii would be natural
say Republican politicians here, that he sfouio
favor Mr. Seward for a Cabinet position, as
return favor for the letter.
Mr. Seward is a son OF Ex-Governor William
H. Seward, and lives in the Iitters old homestead
at Auburn. The homestead is filed with curoSi-
ties collected by Ex-Governor Seward in his journey
around the world. In the last political campaign,
Warner Miller, on going to Auburn to make
speech, became the guess Of Mr.. Seward in this
old homestead and was shown many
interesting historical articles belonging 20
the Ex-Governor. Mr.. Seward is the head
of one Of the leading banking firms
of Auburn. and, there fore, by virtue Of his pro-
fession. has had some training for the high posi-
tion OF Secretary OF the Treasury. Doing bust
ness as a banker in Auburn, as be has for many
years. Mr.. Seward must have long ago made the
acquaintance Of Thomas G. Platt, the latter being
president OF the Southern Central Railroad, which
runs from the Pennsylvania line northward
through Owego, Mr.. Patts home for many
wears. and then on 10 Auburn. still further north.
In 1895 Mr. Seward was a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for Governor. lie received
n large number of votes In the Republican State
Convention and may be said 10 have been next
TO the leading candidate when Ira Davenport
was nominated. lie IS quiet man. OF modest
bearing, and resembles strongly in features his
father. the proclaimer OF the lrrepressipie con-
dictS