Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-15
A NEW YORK DAY.
Gen. Harrison Listens to the Claims of
Both Miller and Plat.

Both Miller and Plat.
NEITHER DELEGATION GETS MUCH CoMFoRT-A
| COMPROMISE MAY BE MADE ON CORNELIUS
BLISS FOR THE NAVY pEPARTMENT-REPREsES
TATIvE BoUTE LIES VIEWS
| Gen. Harrison certainly had an opportunity
yesterday to learn as to the respective merits
OF Hon. Warner Miller and Hon. Thomas C.
Plat, for his principal visitors were from New
York, and the condition of the factional con-
test in the Empire state was very fully ex-
planned. Mr.. John F. Plummer, president of
the New York dry goods campaign club and
vice-president of the Union League club, went
to Indianapolis at the invitation of the Presi-
dent-elect, and first had an interview ON Sun
day night. Yesterday he spent some time
again with Gen. Harrison, in company with
Mr.. A. E. Bateman. Both these gentlemen are
| warm friends of Warner Miller, and it is safe to
presume that they presented his claims in the
strongest and most favorable light.
| The Times says that Gen. Harrison asked one
| significant question: Whom did MIR. Plummer
| regard as the fittest man for q. compromise in
case he should consider it best not to anger Mr..
Platt and his friends by taking Mr.. Miller.
Cornelius N. Bliss" promptly replied MIR.
! Plummer. Gen. Harrison inquired particu-
\ larly about Mr.. Bliss, and Mr.. Plummer de-
scribed his services as chairma,iof the Repub-
| llcan State Committee. as a vice-president OF
! the Union League club, and as an active men,
| Der of the Dry Goods Harrison and Morton
club and his ability and standing as mer-
chant.
| THE SOUTHERN QUESTION.
| The Tribune says that Mr.. Bateman also
| talked to Gen. Harrison upon the southern
question, and quotes him as follows:
1.-THE south has just had its first taste of ma
terial prosperity, and that taste has acted as a
wonderful stimulus to the growth of republic
can, and more especially protectionist, ideas.
| The whole business element in the south is
| turally attracted to republican doctrines. 1t
has nothing in common with the old Bourbon
democracy except prejudice but that is disap
pearing before the industrial progress of
the south in recent years, and all
that Is necessary to attach the business
and manufacturing interest permanently
to the republican party is liberal and
conciliatory policy in the distribution of fede-
raj patronage. l told Gen. Harrison that if the
offices were given to republicans of high char
acter and responsibility all over the south, and
the race question thus forced in the back
ground. the solid south could easily be broken
under his administration. The Birmingham
movement Is an opening wedge, and if it is
guided wisely it will make disastrous break
in the ranks of the southern bourbonsm. l
look for new and invigorated republicanism
In the south in the next four years. The stu
alton there Is ripe for it.
IN BEHALF OF MR.. PLATr.
Scarcely had Messrs. Plummer and Bateman
left Gen. Harrison's house when delegation
in favor of Mr.. Platt arrived. 1t consisted of
ex-State Senator Arkell. his son, w. J. Arkell,
owner of Judge. and John A. Sleicher, editor
of the Albany Journal. With them also was
Gillian, the cartoonist of Judge. To the Times
correspondent after the interview Mr.. Arkell
said: you can say that we are satisfied. We
have nothing to say about case. What
we said to Gen. Harrison and what he said to
us in confidence"
Mr.. Sleicher told the Times correspondent
that he was convinced from what Gen. Harri
son said that New York would not have the
Secretaryship of the Treasury, although she
might have some other place in the cabinet
of the Navy, for instance. He believed that
Gen. Harrison had made up his mind to give
the Secretaryship of the Treasury to the west.
REPRESENTATIVE BoUTELLE's VIEWS.
The Worlds Washington correspondent has
interviewed Representative Boutelle upon the
cabinet rumors and quotes that gentleman as
saying: There is nothing more certain than
that James g. Blaine will be Secretary of State
i'll Harrison's cabinet. | don't think Mr.. Blaine
is looking for job of any kind, His friends
have not yet begun to think of taking up a col
lection for him, but, whether he is DESTROYS of
having it or not. / have no doubt that Mr..
Blaine's position during the next four
years will be that of Secretary of State.
There is nothing remarkable i'll the fact that
Mr.. Harrison mas not yet made known his
choice for any of the positions in his cabinet.
You must remember that Mr.. Harrison has not
yet been formally elected The electoral col
leges meet to-day, but month has yet to
elapse before the votes are received and counted
by Congress and before the election of Harri-
son and Morton is officially announced. No
announcement of cabinet selections has
yet been made until after the meeting of the
.l.>4 L
makes any public announcement of his selec-
tions until he communicates the names to the
Senate. but of course some of them leak out be-
forehand. Before reaching his conclusions the
President-elect requires to consult some people,
and as promptly as consultations are held the
newspapers will find out what they mean
For some time before the 5th of March. 1881,
it was understood III general way that Blaine
was to be Secretary Of State, but even on the
day before Garticlds inauguration it was not
known positively by anybody how Garfield's
cabinet would be composed Indeed, there
were places i'll the cabinet for which Garfield
himself had not definitely made his selection.
SO the present state of public uncertainty about
Mr. Harrison's cabinet selections is only in
cOrdance with experience in previous cases.
There is just much reason now for believing
that Blaine will be Harrson's Secretary of
State as in January or February. 1881, there
was for believing that he would accupy the
first position in Garfeld's cabinet"
NOTES.
At the Inauguration ceremonies of Gov.
Hovey in Englishs opera house the lower left
hand box was occupied by Gen. Harrison, who
attracted more attention than any one else
With him were Gen. Lew Wallace, Judge Mar
tindale, Private Secretary HalfOrd and Son-in-
Law Mckee. At the conclusion of the exer-
cises Gen. Harrison was one of the first to con-
graduate Gov Hovey.
Prof. David Swing. the Chicago preacher,
also called to see the President-elect yesterday.
Prof. Swing was a classmate of Gen. Harrisons
at Oxford, Ohio, and they have been friends
since boyhood. He insists that he called as a
friend and not as politician and that his
visit has no political significance.
Walker Evans, of Kentucky, formerly COM
missioner of internal revenue, is in Indianap-
oils at the invitation of Gen. Harrison.
Representatives from Nebraska, Kansas and
Dakota called in regard to the Secretaryshp of
the Interior yesterday. 1t is believed they ad-
vocated Mr.. Thurston, of Nebraska.
The opposition of the Methodist ministers to
the Inauguration ball has finally disappeared,
and yesterday an address of greeting to the
President-elect was adopted. :,