Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-02
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From oar Regular Correspondent. J
WASHINGTON, Dec. &c. 1881

Christmas day;lenga IN perfect
ing the several amendments which
the committee on fnance has de,
eided to add to the Senate tariff bill
before;,irs ANAL passage, Jan, 2l.
# Senator Stanford spent his Christ
mas in Now York, hut before laay-s
ing Washington he made the pages
Of the sena1e happy by presenting
each Of them five dollar bill, This
has been q regular Christmas custom
Of Mr.. Stanford since he became
senator. Chairman A. T. Britton,
Of the Inaugural Committee, has, by
request Of Gen. Harrison, engaged a
suite of rooms at one Of our most
prominent hotelsEfor the accommoda~
ton of the Presidential party, which
is expected to consist Of Gen. Harri-
son and wife; Russell Harrison
and wife; j. H.. Mckee, wife and
children; ex-senator Saunders and
wife: E. W. EI4ltofd, wife and daugh-
ter. The date Of their arrival here
has not yet osen definitely determin-
ed, but they are expected about
week before Inauguration DAY, 1t
IS expected that Mr.. Cleveland, ia
accordance with the precedence es,aa.!>-
iishel ~ Andrew Jackson, and t2ith-
fully observed by all ct his predccess-
ors except two, will call at General
11arrlson's hotel for the purpose of
cscorting him to the Capitol to be
sworn in. The talk for and against
Mr. Blaine as the next Secretary Of
State is rapidly assuming q vicious
tone thar does not promise we'll for
harmony in the Republican party
for the next four years. The sooner
zen. Harrison puts stop to the
whcle business by announcing the
Cabinet, the better it will be.
This state Of affairs is deep]y re-
gretted by conservative Republicans
who are neither for nor against Mr..
Blaine. I had long and interest
,ng conyersatioa' with prominent
kepubIican Senator on this subject
last night. After exacting a premise
that | would not use his name, this
gentleman said: The Blaine and
antl~Hlalne talk that many Rep1 b.
!lcans are now lndulg;ng in 1s bound
70 pc injurious to the Republican
party, and9fos that reason alone Am
extremely sorry TO see it. You know
that have never been what is known
as Blaine man, that is, ! have aey-
er been one O. those who refused to
see an: faults in the statesman from
Maine. But at the same time have
recognized Dir Blaine's great ability.
as well as his eu,inent services to
the Republican party. Personally,
l should prefer TO see Senator Sher-
man made Secretary Of State, but
locking at the matter strictly from q
part. standpoint, ] think Gen. Har.
r1son Will foake great mistake if he
Goes not invite Mr. Blaine to accept
the position, Ny reason for this
opinion is, first, Mr.. .Blaine's high
qualifications for the position; sec
ond, and principally, Mr.. Blaine'>
large personal following in the pert
No other man in this country has
| 50 large or 90 influential followins
as Mr. Blaine mas in the Republicar
party, and to refuse recognit,on t.:
euoh a great number of infiuentia
Republicans would,'in my opinion
be very injudicious to say che leas
of it, and cannot believe shat a. ma,
Of Gen. Harrison's experience ant
| knowledge Of politics will make sucl
| a mistake. Mr. Cleyelana furnis1e
q warning in that respect. He at
tempted, and III fact did make up hi
cabinet without consulting the wishe
! of his party, and the result was, tha
when he needed the help of his pert
many Of them deserted him and b
gas defeated. Other precedent
might be mentioned showing th
disaster which always overtakes tn
President who attempts to go againe
the wishes Of a majority Of hi
party, but cannot think that the
are needed, ] know Gen. Harriso
we'll, and know him to be a clos
student Of political history, and nc
likely to make any glar1ng mistake
in selecting his cabinet. MY onl
reason for not wishing my name use
IN connection with these views
that have fully made up nv min
not to intrude my opinion upon Ger
Harrison while he ~ engaged /
making up his cabinet, unless b
shall hitnaelf ask for ii.
. The Congressional recess an
Christmas, have not stopped til
active canvass for the Speaker-shi
!. OF the next House. On the contra.
It seems to grow warmer and warn,
er every day Until this week Il,
= Vast las had only one oanisidat
DIR, Reed, Of Maine : but lately
lis announced IN q quiet way tha
Mr.. Henry Cabot Lodge, OF Mass
IS q candidate. Mr., Reeds friend