The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-01-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

SaVAVfANs N''oi P"'o"6S, """NJ 80
Senator Stanford spent his Christ
mas in New York, but before
leaving Washington he made the
pages of the Senate happy by pre-
senting each of them a five dollar
bill. This has been a regular
Christmas custom of Mr.. Stanford
since he became Senator.
Chairman A. 7. Britton, of the
Inaugural Committee, has, by
request of Gen. Harrison, engaged
a suite of rooms at one of our most
prominent hotels for the accomOda-
ton of the Presidential party,
which is expected to consist of
Gen. Harrison and wife; Russell!
Harrison and wife; J. r. Mckee,
wife and children; ex-senator
Saunders and wife; f. w. Halford,
wife and daughter. The date of
their arrival here has not yet been
definitely determined, but they are
expected about week before Inau-
guration day. 1t is expected that
Mr.. Cleveland, in accordance with
the precedent established by
Andrew Jackson, and faithfully
observed by all Of his predecessors
except two, will call at Gen. Harri-
sons hotel for the purpose of es-
corting him to the Capitol to be
sworn in.
The talk for and against Mr..
Blaine as the next Secretary Of
State is rapidly assuming vicious
tone that does not promise well
for harmony IN the republican
party for the next four years. The
sooner Gen. Harrison puts stop
to the whole business by ANNOUNCE
ing the Cabinet, the better it will
be. This state Of affair is deeply
regretted by conservative republi-
lcans, whe axessslthss fos a. agsinst
Mr.. Blaine. / had . long and in
teresting conversation with a prom.
inent republican Senator on this
subject last night. After enacting
a promise that | would not use his
name, this gentleman said: "The
Blaine and anti Blaine talk that
many republicans are now lndulg.
ing in is bound to be injurious tC
the republican party, and for that
reason alone l am extremely sorry
to see it. You know that / have
never been what is known as {
Blaine man, that is, l have never
been one of those who refused tt
see any faults in the Statesman
from Maine. But at the same time
: l have recognized Mr.. Blaine'
great ability, as well as his eminen
. services to the republican party
: Personally, should prefer to SCI
] Senator Sherman made Secretar.
| of State, but looking at the matte
strictly from party standpoint,
think Gen. Harrison will make
, great mistake if he does not invit
Mr.. Blaine to accept the position
.. My reason for this opinion is, first
, Mr.. Blaine's high qualifications fo
: the positions; Second, and princi
3 pally, Mr.. Blaine's large persona
| following in the party. No othe
man il this country has so larg
or so influential Il following as Nj
Blaine has in the republican party
r and to refuse recognition to such
y great number of influential republ
: cans would, in my opinion, be YER
a injudicious to say the least of i
h and l cannot believe that a man c
Gen. Harrison's experience an
Il knowledge of politics will max
such a mistake. Mr.. Clevelan
a furnishes warning in that respec
Il He attempted, and in fact did max
|, up his cabinet without consultin
y the wishes of his party, and tn
: result was, that when he needle
: the help of his party many of theI
r deserted him and he was defeate,
Other precedents might be mer
toned showing the disaster whic
always overtakes the Presider
. who attempts to go against tn
wishes of a majority of his part.
!, but / cannot think that they al
;, needed. l know Gen. Harriso
well, and know him to be a clos
0 student of political history, and M
d likely to make any glaring mi;
= takes in selecting his cabinet. NJ
only reason for not wishing m
name used in connection with thes
q views is that have fully made u
my mind not to intrude my opinio