Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-13
tachmeni TO tariff reiorml what blunder,
ana bow Intellectually DO endeavors to ex.
plsin It away.
Mn nlni,,a

Mr.. BLAINE bss The right 10 claim that he
elected Mr.. HlRRrsox~-that Is, on the
theory that the tariff question was the
ono that caused DIR. CLEvRLAsp's de-
feat. Though in Europe when the
Presidents message appeared which made
the tariff the only subject Of presidential
recommendations 70 Congress, Mr.. BLAME
answered II by tho Atlantic cable; and as
soon a. he got back to the United States ne
took the stump for HARRISON aud protection.
viii Mr. BLAINE be IN the new CabinetY
Mr.. HkRKfsoN's law-partner has said that ne
does not suppose Mr.. BLAisE will be; ana
the lsw-partner is night II Dir. HARRI-
son is the man we take him 10 be. To give
Mr. BLAINE q place in the Cabinet would be
10 reduce himself 10 the dimensions OF LII
i2ullan as compared with those the Maine
BTobdgnaeIsn, The sunday World has
cartoon representing Mr.. BLAINE as huge
elephant much larger than The little log.caoin
IN whose door HARRISON stands watching The
movements OF the gigantic qusdruped. the
lesson taught by this cartoon IL that MT.
BLAINE ~ too large & man 10 be crowded into
Mr.. HARRfsON's Cabinet. This lesson Mr..
IlAgR1soS did not need 10 learn. lie has
known for a long time that the people OF this
country had made up their minds that II
BLAINE was 10 the next Cabinet be (HARRI-
s00 would disappear from the public view IN
a short time. and the Office OF President be-
como a mere Appondage to tho Office Of
Secretary Of state.
Mr.. BLAINE has held tho office OF Secretary
o. S,aie-the highest in the Cabinet. lie
cannot add to his honOrs by accepting that
Office, unless indeed he i3 ambitious OF set
thing the fisheries question. But it Is TO be
hoped thot the present Administration VIII
settle that question aud not allow Ito remain
afesterlng sore 10 be made worse by BLAISES
unskliu doctoring. However, even II Mt
BLAINE desires to be Secretary OF st'te-the
only Office in the Cabinet which he would ac-
cept II be were willing TO accept any-the
new President will, ss we have already said,
be unwilling to crafty his ambition.
One forecast f. that Mr. FRYE will 90 into
the Cablnct-not as Secretary OF state, hut
in some lower pl2ce-anfMr BLAINE, going
into the Senate. become the leader Of The
Administration forces in Congress. lie
would become q dashing leader and would
make things lively in the dull old senate oc-
casiouany. But Mr. BLAINE haI served in
the Senate and learned there that none but a
LAWYER, aud great lawyer at that, can
achieve 4 worldwide reputation in that
body or hope TO lead 1t except upon Ques-
tons purely partisan. Why should Mr..
BLAINE desire to play secoud-GddIe te The
distinguished Republican lawyers IN the
United states senator
What remains for Mr.. BLaNEY A foreign
mission. lie has never served as a foreign
minister, and DE has q talent for diplomacy,
or pt any rate De thinks he bos. lie would
be ont Of the country Tor four years and free
TO avail himself OF all the advantages which
might result from studying the situation
from distance before committing himself
10 any given measure proposed By The new
Administration. lie might become in 1892
the only available Republican aspi act to
the P.e+dency. Tho remembrance OF bus
bad deeds might fade away during his absence
from the country, and his reputation become
SO sayory tbatIl would De safe 20 nominate
him once more for the office OF President Of
the United States.