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Harrison Blaine cabinet talk and Central American trade plan
A New York letter argues Benjamin Harrison will offer the Secretary of State post to Blaine to advance a Blaine backed plan for closer Central and South American ties. It suggests a broad scheme of mail subsidies and dockside commerce to boost US control, with Ohio figures like Butterworth and McKinley in key roles and New York pushing for the Treasury post.
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New York
Indiana
Ben Harrison
Benjamin
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harrison
Blaine
Garfield
Arthur
Freelinghuysen
New Jersey
James Monroe
Central
South America
United States
South American
Liverpool
Rio
Buenos Ayres
Central and South American
Washington
England
Bourbon Democrat
Mr. Blainef
Republic
U. S
Whch
McKinley
House
Ben Butterworth
Ken
Patent Office
Commissioner of Patents
Butterworth
Hamilton County
Treasury
Coae
Union