Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28
ADMIRAL.
i. "Details Of a Pretty Blaine Scheme
:" Il 1884 Never Before Given
the Public.
al the Great Eastern Newspapers
~ ,ruittlngIy Blew BIaine's Horn
Ills Eye on 'sS.
4. story About Secretary whitney
historian MoMaster iil-'Me
,hanicnI FIotation.n

gan,prtPnIA, PA, March 2f--Just
n have been telling the readers OF
4 ,ssG,zErrE would happen has already
n 10 pass. About the holidays last
n, outlined IN TUE GAZETTE the
Il vlmeal tactics likely TO be pursued by
s.ne and his henchmen in their efforts
a capture the Republican national con.
-,.Iop Of 1858 as they did that Of 1884.
~ statements made in The GAZETTE
~ extensively copied, but were not,
.xeyer, as widely believed. one of the
tIcago papers laughed at the ideas put
nm aud declared they were due to the
/ ,t0e Imagination of "a certain cor.
u ,spondent.r 1t was the Tribune, which
lands 10 much the same relation TO Mr..
aIne as the Boston Journal You re-
tnber said the Augusta statesman was
aldle. Well, neither were his friends,
n whom he still has not few. Blaine
\ now through with the second volume
his book, and has taken personal
<Arre Of his political forces. He will
3 nain Ia Augusta and pretend, as he did
1884, that he is not Il candidate
anWhle he has sentinels posted In
Epry considerable town in the country.
hose duty 1t is to keep mot Blaine him.
III, as that would be too open trans.
&.lon, buta confidential committee, com
ned OF cx-Postmaster Manley OF Au-
sa, Congressman Bayne of Pennsyl-
tlna, William Walter Phelps of New
rey, and the famous Stephen b. Elkins
uOwhere IN PARTICULAR fully Informed
what Is going on. How do know
M! Why, my brother Is one OF these
nilnels. ] suppose | shouldn't give the |
hgaway, so you will promise TO not |
Jtnythng about IL, won't you?
EDuring'the past week-now this is con-
ntial--a meeting of Blaine supporters
sheen held in Washington TO perfect
permanent organization, and to lay
ns how best to serve the interests Of
msn from Maine. A good many peo-
u Wonder why the Blaine sentiment re-
asits staying qualities so we'll The
eon is Just this MIR. Blaine is In
ely loyal TO his friends. Surround
him there has been for years clique
Kindred spirits whose ambition Is,
that of their chief, personal and not
tical ends. Let Blaine once become
sldent, and his friends would live off
fiat OF the land, and the land, too,
ma be powerless to help itself. With
Enitls the Blaine crowd first and the
pix, as Vanderbilt once said, abe
hned' This is the ihimus that binds
n Blaine clique together. Moreover
Blaine Is as bitter towards his enc
sss he is loyal to his friends. The
#ner know this, and that is the secret
be determined Opposition TO him. II
Hso in 1884. 1t is so now. 1t win be
nd so in 1888.
course you understand that Blaine
8stll isn't doing anything. That is
name by which they always call
lSterly inactivity" in politics. All the
8e, this Washington conference was
HStly under his control. The primary |
MsHor discussed was what course to |
&spe in the congressional contests this
~ Nearly every congressional district |
carefully canvaSsed, 20 see what |
the chances OF carrying it, |
L carried, whether the success
b nan would be one of their own fol- |
ms. Big subject, wasn't it? And a
Hway ahead TO enter upon its consid-
&lon. But then, that Is the way these
NJ teal wire pullers succeed. The friends
Monest government will learn this les
After awhile.
another important matter there
Loo to be some action taken. The
ads Of several Western candidates
M hpUtnRfV IN ohnuu anfiafitu
Blaine's adherents thought advisable
&Nlmlt to 90 unnoticed. Checkmate
a iae idea, provided it was thought to
best interests of the Maine man.
/ III however, the conference decided
y touch at present. Blaine isn't
idste, you know. Then there are
or three state contests in the East
Needed and got attention. They are
nont and New Jersey. There has
20 good deal Of talk OF late about
mes friends in Vermont being asked
slcat the reelection OF Senator Ed
Pas Some Of Blaine's more indis-
and vindictiye adherents actually
fed this course, but the wiser ones
I II soetter, and the conferencepromptly
sown upon so ill-advised plan, II
I ssen TO be a dangerous gun to lire
ght kick, you know. There viii be
y n opposition TO Senator Edmdnds'
!. echon, but, mark my prediction, ~
n not succeed Edmunds in the senate
! hcFe formidable opponent to Blaine's
(: W'ssts than Edmunds out of it, and IL
WET TO be in position to join forces
Y be open enc mics
: y new Jersey, Senator Sewe!l, whose
expires next year, has not suited the
4 Y clique for some time, besides, Mr..
4 ~ VINO has sacrificed good deal
< 81 ee aud hard cash IN Blaine's inter
= me past, is ambitious for sena-
s non0rs, aud II was thought that II
= saucement could be effected with
4 abling too great risk, II ought 70
I, II This matter ~ 10 be pushed
w not succeed II Is possible the
4 Y interest may itself sit down on II,
y 81 Aings look now 1t is deemed safe
= 0Na Mr. Phelps forward.
" III uelau was definitely decided upon.
% h saily part Of 1884 young newspa-
y VA Railing flom Pennsylvania, who
VI tseNsht acquaintance with Congress-
q 81 payne and was at that time 10 con-
= one OF the interior newspapers,
.i,ea 10 Washington and there, in
4 S'alnes back parlor, was cooked up
49, which this young chap, Ia the
IA NJ newspaper, was 10 canvass
a n M states OF New York, Pennsylvania,
'naiana and Illinois by counties, In
N M y I. e,slensibly, 10 ascertain the poliu-
~ H ,ss,slences OF the people on the sub
Presidential candidate. The
rs ~ nHoW was both shreWd and able,