The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-22
THAT he Is TO BE' SECRETARY OF
STATE BETTLED,
According 10 the LaIeat DeeIHIOn OF ThOSt
Who KHOW NOIhIug About II, Rut
Are GOod NJ GusaSlnE, And
Proving Their Cod.
JeetuFes True.
spsel.l to the cIr eInn.,i comnor,i,I.

~ Iue nbRu OF ln6 bIMe Department
the request Of his old friend, Genera
Garfield, Mr.. Blaine seems to fee
that his mission In the Senate i
accomplished that Is, he has reached a
high q point In that budy 20 he ever can
point pretty well up towards the top
and, In the estimation Of many, the very
head, Certainly as q rough and.ready de
batter he has no superior 10 that body IL
finished oratcry, however, 1t 10 generally
| conceded that he has ono superior, Rnd
that 10 Senator COnkling,
Blaine's friends further say that he
practically has lie position In the Sen.
atei that the people Of Maine will return
him again aud again As long % he desires,
and that this very fsOt makea him desire
. "Change." Tney say that he can return
10 the Senate after the expiration OF hiu
tRrm In Garheld's Cabinet, II he 40 do.
sires, go that he really has nothing
10 lOse by the change but much
to gain. He Is still regarded az a candi.
date for the Presidency, and The State De
partment will afford better base Of oper.
attons Tor the exalted office than will the
Senate. Besides be has enemies 10 pun.
ish and friends to reward, and position
In the Cabinet is the very best for doing
that sort Of thing Blaine has many and
ardent friends, who lab,red for him &C
Cincinnati and at Chicago, and who
He ready to labor iIr him
ag+in, but he has never been able to assist
thtm as he would like. II 10 no sec ct
that his relations with the present Ad.
mtnlstTatipp are the TevenR of cordial,
AID he has not been able 10 control pairon.
sRe except In his own State, and not
entirely there. Besides, the amount Of
Federal patronage In Maine is smaIl-ess,
tn faGt, than in single counties that could
be mentioned 10 the Middle and
Central Western States. When he steps
10 the head OF the State Department and
becomes the confidential advisor OF the
President, oil this will be changed, He
will be IN the midst OF things, having the
full confidence OF the President, and his
old tienda Can step up to the Captain's q
Office with resonAble ass urauce that settle.
ment will be made.
Be a. powerful as man may outside
the Cabinet, be cannot control matters
Ike sOAhtne' Miuister, WIN az all imes has
the confidential ear Of the President, This
has been illustrated again and again.
Blaine a. the head 0l the y ate Dspartmen
will be ave times as powerful 10 directing
public affairs and looking alter the inter
esls OF bis friends as Blaine 10 the Senate,
even though In the latter posi- ion, ha b..
IN full accord" with the administration
which he IL not now.
II 10 expected here that Blaine will be
what Is sometimes called "tha leading
man in GaItield's administration, for ihrpe
reasoDs-lhe pre- eminent ability OF the
man, the high rank VI the position Of SEC.
retary Of State, and his ClOse and conf.
DENTAL RELATIONS With Garfield, re.ching
back many years. They have al way heen
friends. There Ia only about twelve
months difference Id their apesl
they were both swotn into Congress
the same day; thev have occupied seats
near esch other; they have served on the
same committees, and when Blaine was
candidate ior speaker, he bad an ardent
friend and supporter 10 Garfield, Chair.
nan Of the Committee on Banking and
Currency, aud on Appfoprlstiors-tvo Of
the most important committees 10
the Houte Although both are near the
same rye and both were sworn Into C1n.
grese the same day, yet Baiue seemed
TO "develop" more rspidly than Garfield,
and was sooher known to fame. Sume Of
Blaines friends 90 go far as TO gay that II
was he who gave the o lio member his
start" BY plAclog him OF the head Of
important committees, etc. Looking
back at these facts, and remem.
bvrirE that Blaine came 30 very
ueAr being nominated both at Oincin.
natl, and Chicago, and that at the lat.
ter convention his friends are smonR the
those who frat "broke" In Garfield. and
secured his nomination, when they could
have defeated Unlocking oyer oil this,
there 10 really nothing Rtrsnga in the fact
thst Blaine 10 70 occupy the fret position
in Cat aeld's Cabinet. fT
Blaine has enemies. They are riumer.
ous aud 90 i've, aud Distributed over the
country something ''in proportion 10 pop.
ulation," 10 census men would say. |,
can he stated, on good authority, that O
very strong effort has been made 10 get
General G hfeld 10 reconsider hiS offer Ola
Cabinet position 10 the Maine Senator
This effort has taken the shape VI
personal appeals and correspondence
by letters. Some Of the Ohio delegation are
credited with having hand Ia this. Il
is said that onb, at lpABt, Atd not believe
the story that Blaine had besh fsfbd tHe
secretatyship Of State until be had up.
piled to the fountatnhead OF inform .tiou
and had the news col Il med. Probably
what might by lied the anti Blaine feel.
lug 10 % stFohg 10 0hiQ 90 anywhere, but
General Garfield seems not 1t all In.
1uenced by II. Certainly the pressure
agairat the appointment oil Blaine has had
no effect up to date.
Lately Blaine has seemed 10 take little
interest Ia Senate proceedings. He 10
Oitener seen out of lis seat than In II,
When pre,ent At the Capitol be is Ia con.
sultatlbn With friends In the retiring room
much OF he tine, no doubt tAlEinR over
the situation 90 lar as developed. The
TACT that he had call TO the Oabine, htst
leaked uut through his friends, tn whom
he ConRhed and whn fell too good To hold
| H. Al frat Senator B aine was disp eased
that the rumot had got abroad, az be
feared II would cause General Gar.
Geld annoyance, but General Ga,fieid has
given no sign that he cared whether IL
was made public or tiot. AZ ID l. g iact
that Sta,e secrets leak out, Garfield brJb.
ably cateS "a little 20 Hayes. ~ haye
noticed Ia my oficlal career, y said the
President ore day, THAT lmpattant items
oil news will leak nut 10 spite Of oil that
can be done, aud never worry about II. 4"
Though for that matter President Hayes
worries little about anything, taklbg life
like a philosopher whose debts are paid
and digestion good.
There are 60 many email dislikes among
public men here, aud what appears 10 he
cultivation oil displeasute when good
luck abldes with one and mot With anoth.
or, that yOu can never tell hoy the
offering will strike the rest. IL
was reported thai Secretary Fsvafts
was dIspleased that M Blaine