Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-19
MR.. MORTON In WASHINGTON
The Vice President Getting Ac-
quainted With the Congressman.
THE CABINET ALL BUT CHOSEN.
Blaine Said TO BE One of the Elect,
While Neither Platte Nor
Miller Are on the
Slate.
WASHINGTON BUREAU The OMAHA BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,
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DlO FOURTEENTH DIRECT,
WAsHISGToN, d. c., Jan, Is. J
Vice President elect Morton spent this
afternoon on the floor of the two houses Of
congress. He was escorted about and intro
duced by Representative William Walter
Phelps, of New Jersey. MIR Morton looked
well and seemed very happy in his work of
meeting the Legislators, and frankly told the
statesmen as they were introduced that he
was getting the hang of the barn. so that
he might be competent TO take the chair of
the president of the senate on the 4th of
March. He occupied lounge on the repub
lican side of the seuatC for an hour or more,
during which time Mr. Phelps brought to
him and presented the various republican
and democl attic senators who were not en-
crossed in the tariff debate. The last man Mr.
Morton talked to IN the senate was
Mr.. Quay. The chairman of the republican
national committee was writing at his desk
when MIR Morton called TO him familtarly,
and he went over and sat down beside the
distinguished New Yorker. For fifteen
minutes the future ranking officer of the
senate and the head of the republican ma
tional committee mad their heads together.
Mr. Quay explained the formation of the
committees and the reorganization of the
senate generally, and added little political
information. In the house Mr.. Morton also
fingered on the republican side, and held
quite lcvee. At one time there was large
crowd of republican and democratic mem
bers clustered about him, and they were
greeted as warmly as if they were old
friends. Mrs. Morton accompanies her hus-
band, and they will remain in the city until
the vice president-elect feels that he
has acquired all the information
he desires in relation to the duties OF the
presiding officer of the senate, and rented a
residence, Those who met Mr. Morton this
afternoon were impressed with his eminent
executive ability, ana predict that he will be
success in the Office he is to occupy after
the presidential Inauguration. Mr. and Mrs.
Morton are stopping at the same hotel at
which are Mr. and Mrs Blaine, Tomorrow
night Senator HiScoCk will give dinner
in honor of Mr.. Morton, and among his
guests will be Mr.. Blaine and Mr. Phelps.
CABINET sPECuLATIONs.
Since the meeting of the electors on last
Monday Presidcntelect Harrison has accom-
plished something in the way of formulating
ideas as to the makeup of his cabinet. He
has come to the conclusion that it would be
unwise to take any man from the
senate, and points to the fact that
President Cleveland in calling three
senators to cabinet positions weakened his
party representation in the upper house of
congress to such an extent that he labored
under great disadvantages from the very
outset to the present time. President Harri-
son does not want to give the treasury port
folio to New York, and if he were inclined to
tender q position in his cabinet to his own
state, it would be to Colonel John G.. New,
who has given him to understand that he
neither expects nor desires a cabinet place
If the New York demands and complica
tions were settled, the cabinet could be filed
within tweuty-four hours at any time now,
although no man has been selected or given
the slightest intimation that he will be Of
fered place in the cabinet There are TO
be no positions in the cabinet rendered under
four or five weeks, and then they will all pc
extended to the men desired, at one time.
MIR. Blaine will be one of the chosen
few. There can be no doubt now
of that, barring accidents, incidents and un
natural changes of mind. Mr. WannamalIer
is another who will have position rendered
TO him. just at this time neither Platt nor
Miller is on the slate, and unless there is a
consolidation on one or the other, neither
will be chosen. If the bill creating a depart
ment out of the bureau of agriculture be-
comes law, Ex-Governor Rusk, of WiscOn-
sin, will likely be asked to take that place.
CURIOUS COINCIDENCE
The practical election of Mr.. ID. w. Wash
burn to succeed Senator Sabin recalls the
famous contested election case of Iguatius
Donnelly against Mr.. Washburn in the
Forty sixth congress- Donnelly having con-
tested for the election of United States SEN
ator in the caucuses Of the Minnesota legis-
lature yesterday. MIR. Washburn was
elected to the Forty-siXth congress, and Mr..
Donnely claimed that he had been deprived
VI cltCIlOu Dy SeNtTdl IUOuSdnu VUtcS ScCuTSu
by the liberal use of Mr.. Washburn's money.
MIR. DonncLy's attorney in Washington was
the famous Big Finley, the confidential
agent of Samuel J: Tilden during
that gentlemau's life time. Mr..
Springer was chairman of the commit.
tee on elections One night when Mr.
Springer was hastily summoned to New
York, messenger called at his house and
delivered mysterious package, which, on
being opened, proved to be Il letter rintimating
that if Mr. Springer would throw his nflu-
ence, as chairman of the committee, in favor
of Donnelly, it would prove greatly to his
learned of this attempt to bribe him he
turned against Donnelly and supported
Washburn. The matter was promptly
brought before the house, but as Mrs
Springer was unable to identify the messen-
ger who brought the package, and as moth
ing could be proved against Mr.. DoEnelly or
MIR. Finley, the investigation had to end. IL
Is striking coincidence that Donnely
should again, after the lapse OF more than a
decade, turn up as Mr.. Washburns contest,
ant to a seat IN congress-
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
The republicans of Nebraska and Wiscon-
Sin have set a good example to their neigh
bors in New York state by concluding the
controversy over the cabinet appointments
and reaching satisfactory agreement In
Wisconsin 1t is understood that the names of
Governor Rusk anu Henry &. Payne shall
be presented TO the president elect, who will
he Informed that iusk will not accept any
position but that of secretary of war or secre-
tary OF agriculture and that Payne will
not accept any position but that Of post
master general If General Harrison desires
postmaster general, or secretary of war, or
secretary of agriculture from Wisconsin, he
will not have to look any further In
Nebraska the situation is similar, Governor
Furnas desires TO be secretary OF agriculture,
but wants nothing else, and John NJ. Thurs
ton would like 10 be secretary of the inte-
rior. Their friends have simply said TO Gen
eral Harrison that if he is willing to give the
interior department TO Nebraska, Thurstou
wants II, and if he wants TO give Nebraska
the agricultural department, Furnas is the
man. just who these solictous friends are
is not stated.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mrs j. Allen Foster, of Iowa, president OF
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
made an argument to-day before the senate
committee 'on the District Of Columbia, IN
favor of Senator Platt's bill providing for
prohibition within this district. Mrs. Foster
talked at great length of the efficiency OF the
prohibition law in Iowa and Kansas, aud
quoted Governors Larrabee and Martin, of
those states, respectively, as 10 the success
OF prohibition there.
This evenings Critic says: sowing TO the
illness of Representative Laird, the Laird
pure food bill, which was reported favoraby
TO the house last session. Il is understood