New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-04
GEN. HARRISON SERENE.
APPARENTLY UNTRoUBLED BY CABINET
GOSSIP.
THE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT SENATOR ALLISON
AND THE ADDITIONAL sEoRETAHfshlr
PERPLEx THE POLITICAL GUEssERs-
JOHN G. NEW TO VISIT NEwYoRK'


prRprEx THE POLITICAL GUEssERs-
JOHN G. NEW TO VISIT NEw.YoRK'
tRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRzBuSE.l
Indianapolis, Feb s-This has been the que1esV
day in the way Of political gossip and specuiation
that indianapolis has seen since Onristmhs wen
Tho politicians are nearly all out Of town, and the
,a.aI oorridors have been deserted since Saturday
evening The general feeling is that work on tle
Cabinet has come temporarily to standstln ana
,I NOT he resumed actively until there are luftne
deveIouments in New-York and washington ino
closer friends of the Presidentelect SUN profess
entire ignorance of Senator Allisons maj aecis'oh
about the Treasury Department Untii all ooupo
ahout Tho iowa statesman's attitude is cleared
mn. Cabinet Spectators here will be at sea-
7. - acknowledged on all sides that the DIS
nosaI Of the Treasury, if Senator Aihson oecnhes
70 accept it. will be the most dehcate ana uii"-
o,1. ,esl, now left to the President-elect. some
;nteresting questions win no doubt be raised py
,,;sit CoIoneI John c. New proposes to make
:. Nou,-yorh this week In the rather puzzlng
s,ate of things there, much significance might De
attached to Colonel News mission II 10 "ere
noltjeaI. but the Colonel says that ne is TO 20 on
only for few days and on purely PERSONAL Ousi-
ness. His presence in New-York, however may
lead to conferences with the politicians there anu
while Colonel New does not make the Journey do
General Harrison's representative In any capaci'y'
no man, perhaps, can give the RepupEcan reaue.o
in New-York a clearer idea of General Harrlson's
nresent feelings and wishes about the Empire
State. One week aeo the situation IN New-hork
seemed comparatively simple. Now. with doupt
ahont the disposition Of the Treasury ana inc
probability of General Harrison's having an eighth
Cabinet appointment to make, the solutions OF the
difficulty there are as numerous as they are PEI
picking.
Whatever perplexites the political experts mere
are in about the Cabinet, General Harrison seems
to be worrying little over the makeup oil MS
official Family. The last few days have ap-
parently brought him q remarkable amount Va
satisfaction of some sort Rarely has ne Deeh
So cheerful and gOod-humored. so willing 10 uiiK
and Joke with the friends who call at ms mousse
One of them, who spent two or three hours
with the General last evening" sald To-Day tfao
ne had not seen the Presidenteleot in such good
sprlts since the election The General toi stories
of the campaign and Of his experiences since
In his happiest vein, and seemed to feel as II ne
was at last rid Of the heaviest burden OF his
pre-inauguTation work,
There were no callers at the house to-day.
General Harrison went 10 church in the morning,
but was kept in the house most OF the day by
the threatening weather. Tie only visitor from
a distance who reached town to-day was
l. f. Parsons, jr,, railroad lawyer OF
Birmingham, Ala. He viii call on the Presi-
dent-elect tomorrow. He is native-born
Republican, and says he sympathizes with the
leaders Of the Birmingham movement that, he
thinks, will gave Alabapa chance for fair
vote, and on the protection issue finally make
her Republican. He will tell General Harrison
that Republicans in the South are not worrying
over having q representative in the Cabinet.
Mr. Parsons sees no reason why the South should
not be left out
Word has come here within day or two
That J. n Huston, the chairman OF the INDIANA
Republican State Committee, will he back from
Florida by February TO- Mr.. Huston is stili
a Cabinet candidate, and his friends have NOT
given up their hopes of success. Whether Mr..
Illusions return means a new movement IN DIS
interest is not known here.