, 1881-02-13
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Blaine and Garfield Have Agreed
to Offer the State Depart.
nnent to conkling.
# Conkling Doesn't Take It, He Can
Be Passed Over with Good
Grace.
Il He Takes It, the Bother About the
Treasury VIII Be 0yer.
Ten. hogan's Visit to Mentor Said to Be
in oonklings Interest.
sae Usual Daily Ballot Without choits In tho
Pennsylvania Legislature.
NEW TALK


Special Dtspotch to Tns chteaoo I5iaunx*
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. IA report comes from
"n8t ls said 10 be lnsldc sources in New York to
eno eject tnat the State Department has actuof-
~ oeen odered to Senator Conkliug. It Ia said
that some time since, when Gen. Garfield was in
washington. be had a long conference with SEN
ator Blaine, and made q suppositious case to the
erect that 1t might come to the point when the
position Ut Secretary OF State would be offered
to the Maine Senator. The latter was requested
to look the whole matter carefully
over and consider the tact that Ftyo
and Hale could both be well provided
for In case Of Baine's removal from the State.
and q certain element Of the party there which
has been clamorinK against
TOO MUCH BLAINE"
for some time past would be satisfied. Mr..
Blaine wns usked to write to Gen. Garfield at his
leisure whether he would accept the pastaon
In Que tftne 1t Is said Blaine sent on his accep-
tance IL c,lse everything turned out properly.
This was the origin OF the report that Blaine
was going into the Cab:net. But it is now said
that things assumed such shape
that 1t was thought best By Gar:
field and Blaine both to drop this
arrangement FOR the timebe.ng, at least, and
otter the State Department to Conkling. II the
latter should refuse 1t would leave Garfield nj
liberty to do as he saw Tt In regard to other
appointments, and
MR. coSKISG WOULD PRACTICALLY He
IF Mr.. con,<,,no sh,nd occa-+ he world - 1.
~ w: >onHa'nf sao"1u accept ne "ou!a. II Is
alleged, make IN excellent Secretary OF State,
and the unpleasant position in regnrd to the
demand for the Treasury Department for New
York would be solved. Frou Ill the investi1a.
tion l have ,laeen able to make hero I have
gaiucd little that would contribute to the espe~
cal strengthening Of the report, but am led to
m,T.. ~. . -, - so.'s r,. ~ ~: -. east
- oAs<GtA oR o1"' AotA':s 'AsAI
w -Aeneo1 - mystery "a'cn oeltnee CORE
sponocats nor po''t'c'ans can satisfactorily
solve, and his coming hus created Us great con.
ncarnnco or cotnar II tt,a hearens. n rha
l',a G e "a s.,a,,.l .na neassns u tne
r. p.aie, ., & ne Luxat ha NV, was @ a!seove.ea
~ .ue s nas .tk ~. Aia W ueo1x
M lntels .e"Gu ue''se'i uppattcaiy tlut ne Was
Rons ~ metot: ne va nele on purely
p ptr ~ nuYtless sa teAt nuEui.lg ne taruca ~
u. IT, - H. "nss9 s; 10 TX 9essfrea ae.'caoas
tntne a ~ LIZ uu.... aAo uur!uE tu6 oay
1cn',sts oe ,,,arra,I Nh, 'urtnee a.e T. u!
eifectual. Il ~ tho opi:,tor of some ..e-s1ns
who are supposed to keep rhe run of things af
Mentor that
aES. LOGAN HAS COME IN r1,E 1yrE.vrsrs
~'' ~ coyE1,1n 1919 A
c... c,ou ~ sa..aH.I,''. -,,,>
remembered, visited Gen Garfield TWO weeks
ni.ot anu IN = IL" uavs we're followed oy Con
gressman HutscrWottn, OF Clncihnat1. "a nn
1n1ersieW OIL MS return 10 washington, uuttef-
" w9rtn .sfeporteu 70 nase Eaaue tne spfnara toaE
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