Show STEPHEN BOUARDU8 ELEtlNS It is a curious commentary upon the popular pop-ular estimate of the way in which President Presi-dent HARRISON makes his appointments that any credence at all is given to the statement that he is likely to appoint STEPHEN BOGAKDUS ELKINS to the place in the cabinet to be vacated by Secretary PROCTOR And yet the statement is made and thousands will believe it With the exception of BLAINE tho cabinet is made up of nobodies FOSTER who is known at home in Ohio as Calico CHARLET II is a mere mouthpiece of SHERMAN and representative repre-sentative ot Wall street TRACT and PROCTOR PROC-TOR were hardly known outside of New York and Vermont when they were appointed ap-pointed NOBLE got his place by having been the Presidents schoolmate and MILLER by having been his law partner part-ner W A = A tAKER was tho creature of QuAy running a Philadelphia mercantile bazaar RUSK is a Wisconsin yahoo None of these people except BLAINE ever did so much for HARRISON as ELKINS He was ELAINES right bower and in almost hourly telegraphic correspondence with him HARRISONS star in the Chicago convention had risen and waned as had the stars of GRESUAM ALLISON ALGER and DEPEW but it was In the power of BLAIN and EL KIXS to reDlnca It in Its orbit and nut it nf u n v I its perihelion This was done and General HARRISON passed into possession of his now owners But STEVE ELKINS will not accept a place in the Presidents cabinet mush less I ask for it That sort of thing runs not parallel par-allel with iis ambition There has to be money in anything that ELKINS handles and he would not chain hinself to department depart-ment duties Ho Is very well satisfied with his present political position Ho is the power behind the throne |