The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-08

ments. At this late day we find that Mr..
Piatt has not forgiven Mr.. Harrison for
not takin him into the cabinet, and that
was what Harrison especially meant wnen
he said recently that he did not believe
Republican national convention would De
run by its disappointed men"
Said an Indiana man to me today: "Ben
Harrison is the ablest living man of pubic
affails excepting Gladstone. He is the
ablest living man on his feet IN any of the
parllaments of the world. You go and ask
Lew Wallace if that is not So"
/ stood dumfounded at the Indiana
mans devotion, and for some moments
could not raise my eyeiids. Ny mentor,
however, had a wife and children some
what dependent upon his considerable
emoluments in Office, and reflected that
his motives to support his friend were bet
ter than anybodv's who had merely the
interest of criticism.
Mr.. Clarkson is understood here not to
be in any event in favor OF Senator Allison
for president. This / got from Indiana
circles 1t seems that Garrison. who is
now being petted by the New York ele-
ment. had flied a place for Harrison's cabi-
net and attributed his dlsappoint-
ment partly to Mr.. Allison not
promptly Withdrawing when his
name was mentioned for secre-
tary of the treasury. Allison told me not
long ago in the privacy of his house that
he never regretted being left out of the
cabinet; that his senatorial functions
were to his taste. He described how he
had endeavored in years past to get either
his colleague, Wilson, or Governor Kirk
wood into Gariield's cabinet, and he said ::
II expect that Clarkson thinks that
did not do my duty in failing TO get him
into Harrison's cabinet, but | found an
obstacle in the presidents mind"
OF the alleged Blaine leaders probably
more respect is felt for Don Cameron than
any other. In business affairs he is able
and bold. He and Washburne and some
other senators refused to go into the
Southern question again. The Wanna
maker appointment turns out to be OBJ
noxious to the political managers in Penn
syivania.
The postmaster general is mercantile
doctrinaire. He did not believe that he
ought to be taken from business of mil
lion dollars month TO spend three hours
every day discussing the postmasters OF
the country. Besides, he did not drink,
smoke, nor attend more hilarious clubs
than prayer meetings. The Pennsylvania
shark had taken Jonah into his belly,
and was very anxious TO land him some
where and let him dispense his prophecies
on dry land.
Cameron has never been for Blaine, and
yet, having himself lost sight of presiden-
tial honors, he might expect in Blaine a
reciprocal giver, one politically reliable.
John Sherman, the uncle of Mrs. Cam
eron, has been presidential candidate
since 1884. and if Blaine could clear the
way of Harrison the storming party
might raise the banner Of Sherman with
success.
1t is generally believed here that Quay
is both friend and debtor of Cameron
and that ever since his failure to be a sue
cessful Spectator he has been indebted to
his colleague. When he said in the Sem
ate that Mr.. Quay had long since paid him
what he gave Mr.. Quay at a critical time
he may have had reference to the we'll
known Micawber method of paying bills
by issuing one note in place of another
and remarking, Thank God that note Is
paid
Everybody in the presidency wants a
second term of it, and everybody outside
fit for the place is demurring to four years
more passing by without beholding the
glory of their eyes. The best want it and
the worst try to embarrass them. The
Office stands between the dying statesman
and his God, and between the young favor
lite of politics and his business and house
hold affections.