Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
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Premiership.
A PHILADELPHIA Lfdger special cant fyor,
- Washington Fiiday night ssyg a rsroSt
VAS given currency here Friday ia ia
ehec that Mr.. Blaine has bean tands,ai
the tSecretaryship Of State ~ Gans.a,
Harrison. The fact that tho ren9, w., ~, -
not be traced TO any authority wbntova,
casts n suspicion upon its reIiabilitv Tha
membesD OF the Naino delegation Il
Congress, In answer to question: toner
Ing It's correctness, cannot Give ang
definite Information. None OF tham M
beard OF 1t from any source othsr 49,,
the newspapers, All of them. howsve,
say that they fully expect that apch .
tender will be, II IL has not already b,sa
made. The report ia not cre1ite5 bera
and the statement OF Senator Hale thnt
he would DO likely to have learned ~ /,
from some reliable authority, IL ithad bee,,
made, tends to discredit the report r.,
order to test the accuracy Of tho rennr, !
dispatch was sont Friday night to Angua.s
to an intimate aud confidential frie,d n,
Mr.. Blaine by stanch friend of The
Maine statesman here, and rAnlv ,,as
received stating that the tender had not
been received up TO o'clock. to.nipbt
but that II WAS expected. II can. theyal
fore, be stated with reasonable oertainty
!. that Mr.. Blaine has not received from
q General Harrison an inyltationt TO beonme
I Secretary of State.
For some time past there has been an
apprehension among the opponents OF
Blaine that he would be selected for Tho
cabinet, but this apprehension sprinoq
from the fears Of those who don't wn8t
him IN the cabinet, just "a the report Of
his selection has sprnng from the homes
OF those who expect that he will be. On.
ponents OF the Maine statesman arc onits
outspoken In their opposition to him.
They say II Harrieon should make BIaina
seoretery OF State II would be virtual
abdioation OF his authority, and trans.
fer Of the Presidential Office to his pse.
mier.
HARRISON WILL NOT SAY.
A Philadelphia Times special saws that
as soon as the naws was received in
indianapolis reporter called al the Har.
rison domicile and handed the dispa,cb
10 private Secretary Haltord, with the re.
quest that he show il TO HARRISON The
dispatch was taken to Harrison, who was
seated in the library with Morton. ard
the general did not wait to peruse it
carefully before he came out into the hall
aud addressing the reporter said:
4 II thought that it was understood that
was not to be interviewed 2"
~ have no desire to interview YOU IL
you do not wish to talk" WAS the half
apologetio reply.
II have stated repeatedly to represen
tatives OF the press that would heye
nothing to say at any time in an inter
view. Special correspondents have come
to nue. with questions that in one or two
instances have not even permitted them
to ask, and have said time anG again that
would not talk upon any subject for
publication. supposed that it was un.
derstood, and, IL II is not, l want it
thoroughly understood all around that
cannot and Will not allow myself 10 DO
placed In the position Of eithor CONFIRM
ing or denying any reports that appear in
the newspapers. Even II they should be
true ! would have nothing 10 soy about
tbem.n
"But this report is Of such an extraor.
dinsry nature that---n
1t makes no difference what Il the
nature Of the report or through what
channel It comes. cannot allow myself
to DO troubled with questions about suoh
things. II ] should say anything once
would be expected TO do so again, and
you can see what IL would lead TO. /
might as well undertake to keep the pub.
lilo informed of what have 10 mind, and
Il would amount to that il l should take
up the newspaper reports every morning
and Hay this is true or that is not true.
fou gentlemen may so on with your
speculation as to what you think will be
done, but l must not he asked 70 confirm
or deny the reports that are put in cir
oulstion | ssy this in all kindness, but
Hope 1t will be understood all around
that will not allow myself to be placed
IN the position OF determining the trust
worthiness OF any report, no matter how
important or from what source II comes"
General HerEison's manner indicated
very clearly that he was surprised at the
report and considerably worried, and aa
he held the dispatch in his hand he
trembled with suppressed excitement.
During his talk Private Secretary Hal.
ford came out and looked az il he would
be glad for Harrison to subside, but the
fresident.eleot waa fairly under way ind
spoke his piece to the end.
BLAINE ONLY SMILED.
AUGUSTA, Dec, 14.-Janes G. Blaine
only smiled when reporter hunted him
up to-day and asked him If no had been
rendered the portfolio OF the State De-
partment. He acknowledged that he
was already In possession Of the rumor,
but he declined to talk on the subject.
Mr. Blaine's chief representative in
these parts is exPostmastsr Joe Marley,
who IL the chairman OF the Republican
state committee, and expects something
more lucrative when Gen. Harrison takes
possession OF the White House The
story WAS repeated to him and be listened
earnestly. Then tipping back in his chair
he remarked
II don't know anything about it, No
one hers does ard we should probably
know IL anybody did. think you might
safely say ii as an absolute tact that It il
not 80. While do now and always have
believed that the position will DO ten
deted to Mr.. Blaine and that he will ac-
cept, know that il has not been done.
This is simply my own private opinion,
and ls not based on anything that Mr..
Blaine has told me-"