Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-11
HARRlSON'S QUIET MIND.
A TIP on HIS CABINET FROM HIGH
SENATORIAL AUTHORITY.
THE FIGHT IN VEST VIRGINIA.


Senators Hiscock and Plumb,
have not beeu prolific, when ap.
preached by their associates. in
dispensing information as to the
intentions Of the President elect
They have been persistently
pumped, but the pumping has
been absolutely useless. One of
the warmest friends that Senator
IIiscOck has in the Senate said this
afternoon that neither he nor any
one else had been able to get a
word out OF the junior Senator
from the Empire State concerning
the probabilities of Cabinet ap-
poinLments, and he added that IL
had come to be the firm conviction
Of the Senators as body that
General Harrison il disposed to
listen to all that they may have to
say in the way of suggestion, but
that he has also determined to
keep his own counsel, and beyond
this the President elect proposes
to keep all his intentions to him
self. Then this Senator said:
"Come into the clerks office with
me moment, | want to show you
something which may be sugges-
tive.p On entering the Office of the
clerk he asked for the volume, pre-
pared q short time ago, in which
are bound together executive
papers sent to the Senate ny all
the Presidents from Washington
to Cleveland. Turning to page
in the volume toward the end he
said: "LoOk at this 1t was a
sheet of ordinary executive paper
on which was written 81 hereby
nominate the following officers
and it was signed by Z. S. Grant.
The date was March ., 1869, and
the officers nominated were the
proposed members of his Cabinet.
The paper was peculiar in that the
places were written by one OF the
clerks in the White House, but the
names were filled in in the hand.
writing of General Grant himself.
| 1t showed that not even the clerk
was made aware of the names
selected tor Cabinet positions until
| they had been transmitted to the
/ Senate.
"NOw," said the Senator, 81
called in to see this, because | think
it is about what will happen again.
There are a great many points OF
resemblance between General
Grant and General Harrison, the
chief of which is that the Presl-
dent elect is DIS successful in con
cealing his intentions as his illus
trious predecessor. | am convinced
that there is not man in the
country today who has any posi-
tive knowledge of the intentions OF
the President elect in the matter
of selecting his advisers. 1t IS
certain that not one OF his Sena-
torlal visitors has been able to dis
cover his intentions, nor do | think
that the names Of the Cabinet Will
be known until General Harrison
gets ready to announce his con-
clnsions to the public"
GLOW about New York, Senator.
Do YOU think the State will be left
out -
81 iall to see any reason why 1t
should be. On the contrary, there
is every reason why New York
man should be asked 10 accept a
portfolio, and | think there can be
little question but that Thomas &.
Platt viii be the man.
If President Harrison should
conclude TO be guided by the ma
iorifv of the New York members
lin Congress there il no doubt
about the result. Not more than
three or four, at the outside, OF the
entire delegation have an idea that
any other man than Mr.. Platt
should be thought of for a moment
1t is the predominant opinion
among the New York members
that Mr.. Miller ought not to think
of a Cabinet position. 1t IL urged
that he had the nomination for
Governor and that it is greedy, to
say the least, for him to want the
Cabinet place, too. Platt, on the
other hand, seems to be warmly
supported by nearly every member
of the delegation, and it IS easy to
Judge from conversation with them
that they are practically unani
nous in the opinion that he should
be the Emplre States represen
tative in the Presidents oilicIa
family.
A letter has been received from
West Virginia stating that Genera
Goif, Republican, will be seated II
the Governors chair, and that his
Democratic opponent, recognizing
the fact, has entered contest. The
letter continues "The guberna
torIal contest cannot he definitely
settled until after March 4, anC
Gofi becomes Governor for the
time. On the face of the retnrn'
he is elected, and on March ! he
will assume Office and perform his
duties. Then there will he
shaking up of dry bones. Every
State institution is intensely Dem
ocratic, and the Legislature fol
years has been kept busy sup
pressing scandals arising from
their acknowledgement. This II
particularly true OF the STATE
insane asylum and the penlten
tiary. Senator Kenna will likely
he defeated Tor reelection, and 4
Republican chosen in his place.
He has been in Charleston iOl
weeks working up recalcltran
Democratic members of the Legis
laiure declare they will never vote
for him, and others are looking
around for an available candidate
Senator Robert Carr, independent
is sale in the Republican fold. lll'
vote gives a Republican majority
of tNO in the Senate. Two Demo
cratic Senators, Yeatter and
Sweeney, nave clearly no night to
their seats. They will be contest
I'd and pr0blly Hnseated. This
would give the Republicans a ma
jority Of six in the Senate and
three on joint ballot. Con will
then he sen 10 the United States