New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-04


:.t~s ALGER ADVOCATED BY MOSES
W. FIELD-oTHER CALLERS
WE'RE II. A. HAWKINS, OF
TENNESSEE AND MRS.
J. ELLEN FOSTER, OF
- IOWA.
fey TELEGRAPH TO TRmUNE.l
indianapolis Jan. 3.-To-day here has almost
broken the record since the close OF the campaign
in the number and importance OF General iiarri-
com. nolj.ical visitors Two United States Sena-
tors have been here the same day out once
before, and the two who reached town this morn
ine. Senators Hiscocl, of New-York, and Plumb,
Of Kansas were soon followed by enough minor
politicians to make of themselves ordinary day
hard work for the President elect shaking hands
and listening to suggestions BESIDES the owe
Senator'S the people who took up most OF Gencral
Harrson's time were S. W. Hawkins, OF tennessee,
who ran for Governor in November against the
celebrated Tennessee fiddler, Bob Taylor;
Uncle Dick Thompson, the ancient mariner OF
the Wabash, who was Secretary OF the Navy under
President Hayes and headed the Indiana delega-
ton to Chicago in June; w. r. Mckeen, the presi-
dent of the Vsndalia Railroad; Moses W. Field, OF
Detroit an original Grecnbacker who did hard
work for the Republican ticket in Michigan In the
last campaign, and Mrs J. Ellen Foster the head
OF inc organization VI lSpuoiiOoh "'N'A '--'S
gave active support all the country to General
Harrison.
Senator Plumb got here first but his call on
the President-elect was a short one. senator
Hiscock did not arrive until nearly noon bnt
all the time between that and o'clock, when
he started back for Washington, was spent with
the General He registered at the New benson
Hotel and left word there TO have any kilograms
bi,,,c o,ffn trpnpralS
house On his way back he stopped at the
hotel only minute to get his valse. At the
railroad station however, he found few minutes
TO tell about his visit to the General.
u have just had long and very pleasing
interview he said, with General Harrison
I had not seen him for two years and think
he looks younger and better than he did then
"You came to talk about the Senate Tariff
BILL presumably"
"Yes, we talked about that subject very eX-
haustively. General Harrison is well pleased with
the Senate bill There will be some modIiica-
tons in it before it.passes. A clause putting
bounty on sugar will be inserted, and there will
be minor changes"
Did you talk with the General about an
extra session of Congress-"
There was no conversation about that
do not know what the Generals opinion IS
? rsonally / am in favor of an extra session,
h; everybody in Washington is disposed TO
leays the matter to General Harrisons Judgment
Senator Hiscock laughed when he was asked II
everything was harmonious in New-York. lie
said, however. in reply: ! think that General
Harrison has about the same opinion as have
that the differences in New-Yorls not so ex-
tensive as newspaper talk would Indicate
Nobody here tonight is willing to wager his
political reputation just what the New-York
Senator said to General Harrison about the place
the Empire State is likely to have in the next
Cabinet 1t is suspected of course, that he said
good word for Thomas c. Platt Senator His
cock had come here directly from Washington.
Senator Plumb was on his way back to the
capital from his home in Kansas. He stopped
of to meet a business appointment he had made
with Congressman CaiSns, with whom he is in
terested in some Leadville mining property. Be-
fore attacking his business he started out to Cen
cral Harrison's for talk of a quarter of an hour
or more On his return TO Major Callxins's law
Office, he said that he had not come to Indian
apolis on politics especially. lie had no to
urge for Cabinet position and his State, Kansas,
had none His only observation about the Cabi-
net was that he felt, as everybody in the great
West felt, that Mr.. Blaine could not 10 left out
of the Department of State. The Senator
turned eff some other inquiries, and then
admitted that he was not himself in favor
of an extra session of the new Congress. He
was also highly satisfied with the Senate Tariff
bill and expected it to pass without MANY further
notifications.
Then your talk with General Harrison was
on general questions?"
Yes, / talked with him chiefly on party
policy and not on the Cabinet"
Senator Plumb took the same train for Wash
ington as Senator Hiscock.
S. W. Hawkins, the Tennessee Republican, who
called on the General in the afternoon. is cousin
of Alvah w. Hawkins, who was elected Governor
of the State in $50. He himself beaten last
November by Governor Taylor who is now serving
his second term. Mr.. Hawkins said that Tennessee
had three good Republicans for Cabinet places.
His cousin, the Ex-Governor, would be satisfied
with the Postmaster cneralship. Judge w. w.
Murray, of Knoxville, chairman of the Republican
State Committee and member of the Republican
National Committee. and Judge Baxter Of Hunt
ington will take the Secretaryshp of the Interior
or anything else that comes along
Mr.. Hawldns's mission here, apart from the
question of Cabinet appointments to ask Gen
cral Harrison 70 favor in his first message to
Congress, National Election law. The lack OF
such law Mr. Hawkins told General Harrison,
lost the Republicans the State of Tennessee in
November Ten days before the election an aci
curate canvass showed that the Republican ticket
would win easily. Senator Harris, who WAS keep
ing close watch the fight in the interest
Of his own legislative canvass against Congress
Atkins, who was trying TO be elected Senator,
dscoveredlthe chance the Republicans had Of win
ming and set TO work to corrupt the ballot in the
back counties. The law requires that each party
shall be represented an the polls by at least one
inspector, but in many of the counties all the
inspectors were Democrats. Tho result
that in six counties which in ss4 gave 5000
Republican majority, the Democratic majority in