The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-13
BLAINE.
SAID TO BE FIGURING TO KEEP HIS
PLACE.

SAID TO BE FIGURING TO KEEP HIS
PLACE.
According to good authority, Sec
retary Blaine is using all the influence
that he can bring to bear upon Presi-
dent Arthur to retain his place in the
Cabinet. An administration official,
in speaking of Mr.. Blaine's efforts in
this direction, said to-day: at will
doubtless appear impossible for the
general public to believe that Mr..
Blaine would allow himself to be
placed in so humiliating a position
but such is nevertheless a fact"
HAS it not been said that Mr..
Blaine thought it a stronger policy
to retiIe for a time to private life ?"
asked the correspondent.
''Yes, it has been so said," was the
reply; ''but the assurance has come
from Mr.. Blaine's friends. He has
never committed himself in that re-
gard. Why, from the day Garfield
was shot Mr.. Blaine has done every
thing in his power to make alliances
with Mr.. Arthur and his friends.
while up to the day of the assassina-
ton Mr.. Blaine was perhaps the only
member of the administration who
was out and out opposed to every
friend Arthur had in New York.
Now that Gen. Garfield is dead and
gone, it is revealing what is perhaps
no secret to be politicians when l say
that Blaine alone was responsible for
the Robertson nomination and the war
upon ConkIing. The strangest thing
to understand is Blaine's confidence
that he Will not be recognized in the
matter, and that he can in moment
become the principal adviser and con-
tidemt of a man whom he has so bit
terly opposed. He does not recognize
the established cOurtesies of public
life. How can he expect to embarrass
the President with any claim Of his
when there are several of Mr.. Arthur's
friends to whom he does not speak
Suppose that Mr.. Blaine should be re-
tanned, and that upon some fine Occa-
sion he should walk in upon the
President and find him clOseted with
General Grant and Roscoe COnkling?
Here are two of the most intimate
friends of the President, and yet his
Secretary of State is not on speaking
terms with them. His presence in the
Cabinet would lead to constant en-
barrassment. Why, when the Presi-
dent died at Long Branch we were
treated to a few incidents that will
illustrate what 1 mean. You know
that Grant will not speak to Blaine OF
recognize him, no matter what the oc-
casion. You will remember that at
ElberOn Mr.. Blaine was always with
Mr.. Arthur unless General Grant
came around, and then he had to
make way. When Mr.. Arthur re-
turned to New York after the first
visit to Long Branch, a carriage was
brought around for him. Mr.. Blaine
was going to ride down with Mr..
Arthur, but General Grant got into
the carriage first, and then Mr.. Blaine
was obliged to excuse himself. Al
various pt ints these two men kept
coming together that day, with en-
barrassing results for Mr.. Arthur,
who is very sensitive to the amenities
of life. Upon the funeral train to
Washington there were repetitiOns of
these little scenes. I would never
have believed that Mr.. Blaine would
try to make place for himself with
this administration, but the proofs of
his Intriguing in that direction are
overwhelming. When at Cleveland,
after the funeral, he said he was going
direct to Augusta, but instead of that
quietly dropped down in New York,
only because lie had learned some
where that Arthur was due there
tLen. You will see good deal more
of this before the Cabinet question is
settled. If Mr.. Blaine should succeed
in securing his retention, his position
would be stripped of all influence and
reduced to one he could not afford to
occupy. 1t is against common sense
and the very nature of things for Mr..
Blaine to hope to become an influen-
! tial adviser of General Arthur"
WdShiHgtOn DiSpdtch TO Chicago
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