The morning news., 1889-02-06
HARRIS0N'S BIG SECRET.
r WASHINGTON GOssIPs ALL
MIXED UP AGAIN.

Jobn C. New and Thomas c. Platt Ex-
.acted to Take a Hand in the Wire
P,,r,ng at the Capital-No Secretary
- +na Treasury Yet Decided On
Tran Blaine Not Certainty.
7v.survGToN, FEB. 5-Cabinet stories
mare thicker at the Capital to-day than on
w., dav since the arrival Of Mr.. Blaine.
o. ,,bicb was told by several republican
e...otors as a great secret and with much
90, was to the effect that John C.
w5-y ~, and Charles c. Platt had arrived and
hod had a conference with Senator Allison
abont tbe treasury department.
Tbo senators who told the story claimed
N know the result of the conference, but
sl.o claimed not to be able to reveal them.
Tho story gradually spread all over both
Houses and was generally believed. An in
rostigstion showed, however, after
= faw hours that neither Mr.. Platt nor Mr..
New was in town.
BOTH EXPECTED.
II seems. however, that the storytelling
Il ,,nators only anticipated what was to
4 ooI,e To mass. Messrs. New and Plat5 were
hotb expected here. They may arrive to-
8 right and are coming together, undoubt-
atIv 10 have conference with Senators
q 6Ilson. Spooner ami other friends of Gen.
q Harrison. who has not as vet secured a sec
4 refary of the treasury. He wants western
n man but none of the western men who are
4 available seem eligible. If he cannot get a
eastern man he wants New York man.
This is the problem. John G. New and his
friends are trying to help him solve.
sABIN AND MILLER RETURN.
the return of Senator Sabin and the ar
rival of ex-senator Warner Miller, both of
whom attracted a greae deal of hands ak
ipg in the Senate chamber, started great
q deal of talk about the secretarys lip of agri-
cnlture. should the bill establishing that
office become a law, which ls doubtful
81 Ex-senator Miller, who is here as the guest
Il Of Senator Palmer, quite il dependently of
q the other New York statesmen, probably
81 would be glad to get this place if he
n couldn't get anything else, and talked with
his fliends about his chances generally.
sABEN's CLAIMS.
Meanwhile ex-senator Sabin's friends
81 were giving ou1 the interesting information
4. that Senator Saoin had already been de-
81 termined upon as the coming secretary of
81 agriculture at the urgent request of Sena-
81 t0r-elect William Drew Washburn, and
II that this explained ox-SentOr Savin's acqul-
81 essence in the re ult Of the senatorial cleo
1 ton IN Minnesota.
The story that Mr.. Mckinley was con-
III siderng an offer of the treasury protfolio
nj rec ived a quietus from Mr.. Mckinley, W o
81 said promptly II have received no such
offer"
BLAINE NOT a CERTAINTY.
81 The Ohio men all said that Mr.. Mckinley
& was out If tie question and that if any
Ri Ohio man went in now, it would probably
ii be Charles Fos or. The feeling that no one
ri but Mr.. Wannamaker is absolutely certain
81 to 60 in grows stronger as Mr.. Blaines
E friends fail to substantiate their assertions
q that Mr.. Blaine has been offered and has
8 accepted the secret tIryship of state Mr.
III Blaine may have been asked whether he
would take the place if it should be offered,
but that seems all that the Blaine men can
FL prove.
INDIANAPOLIS RUMORs.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. $50 far as can be
learned here ex-senator Window for the
treasury seems to be fixture. That he
haS been or will be rendered the place is ac-
cepted on all sides. There is diversity of
Z pinon as to the advisabilty of such an
I'll appointment, but, on the whole, the senti-
nent among republicans here seems to
laVoF IT, OG the other cabinet places moth
ing ne" has developed, and while it can be
Traced to no certain source, all agree that
s5-Goy Busk will be the next Secretary Of
war: There was rumor this evening that
"ord had been received from Mr. Blaine
nat ne would not accept the state depart
hent, but 1t could not be verified.