The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-02-01
Blaine rs Premier.

II may now be accepted that MI.
/ Blaine viii be the Premier OF the new
I administration. unless the present pur-
pose OF the President-elect shall be
| changed by Republican murmurs before
/ the of March The confidence with
/ which Mr.. Il aine's immediate friends
/ assert the certainty of his selection and
/ the public declarations and explanations
| which have come from such leaders as
/ Halstead. whn speak as much for Har-
/ risnn as for Blaine. leave no room to
/ doubt that Mr.. Blaine is slated for
! Secretary of State.
II is well known that Harrison nom
/ inatIon was family decided at Chicago
I by the friends OF B sine, aud it is an
l open secret that. Immediately after the
/ nomination, Harrison wrote to Blaine
/ IN Eupope, ackno o~ledging his ooliga-
/ tioD and urging Blaine to return and
B lead the campaign. Thus recognized
hv Harrison himself as the author OF
HArrison's candidacy, Blaine returned
and devoted all his time and his best
ffOr,s in the forefront OF the battle.
! H did so with the ass urance from HaTs
TisOn that he was the acknowledged
source Of HArrison's nomination, and
he led the tight in tireless energy with
the assurance that he could command
any honor within the gift of the new
President. He could go to England as
MInisrer. but he doesn't want il and
won't have ~. He could put either OF
the h tine Senator'S in the Cabinet and
Teturn tn the Senate with practically a
I life tenure. hut ne won't have divided
Senatorial honors with such uusympI-
thetic partners as Edmurds. Sherman
and others and there is nothing left
but the Premiership. II is that or
I nothing. aud as il must be something.
Blaine will be Premier.
That the selection OF Blaine will be a
sore disappointm TO a very large
proportion of the more conservative Re
pubiicaus who voted for Harrison, is
obvious from the empha'ic protests
which have reached the snrface in every
section of the country. While mary of
the conservative Republicans who
voted against Blaine in 1854 were more
or less disappointed in Cleveland. none
OF them have become supporters or al
mirers of Blaine, and even among the
scores OF thousands who voted for
Blaine with reluctance in 1854. none of
them are more friendly To him now
ban they were then. Especially will
his appoint ment chill Confidence in the
new administration among business and
financial circles. and with those circles.
haltIng in their trust At the OuJset of
Hsrrisnn's rule, countless embarass-
ments are likely to follow.
Blaine is the Clay of Rapublicanism
H can't be President aud he won't be
the friend of Republican administra-
zion that is not in the closest sympathy
with himself and friends. Clay drove
TYLER out of the party and divided the
Wings by leading the opposition to
Taylor. and b sine hedged HAYES and
Arthur around with bitterness and rent
tn party in twain in three months as
Premier OF Garfield. But Harrison
won't he dOminated' is the ready ans
swer of AL who desire Blaine as Pre-
mier vt excuse his appointment. Well,
| II Harrison can't be dominated, be will
| speedily dominate Blaine out OF the
! Cabinet, and what then Blaine has a
hundred friends to reward for every one
that Harrison has {: he has hundred
enemies to punish for every one that
/ Harrison has, and his friends have
! horne the heat OF the cor fict for wears.
while his enemies have been t.reless and
malignant. With presumed power TO
[ reward friends and TO punish foes, and
/ wi'h the President free OF either, how
D
I The sppoin: m~nt of Blaine will pre-
I cipitare lively and bitter war OF fac
tions in Pennsylvania Smith Of the
/ Press Mcgee of the PirtshuTg Times
/ Cpup-r OF the Media american, with
/ Cochran, Losch and th-Ir following,
/ will spae dily unFurl the Blaine q tg and
/ sound the long roll all along the line for
| battl- against Quay. y -ither Blame
/ nor Quay will seek or desire such a
cor a 81 bur the lugic OF events is
! often stronger than the irclinatIons o.
/ men ; sud the prestige Of Blalne's name
+ strengl hrned by ever growing disAp-
point ments will force Blaine organ
'Zttinn against Qnay with the GubFr-
f nStoTial nomination or next year as the
objective point. QuAy's intimate cen
b nrctiOn with Delamater precludes hit
support of CoOp-r for Governor. and
that will force CO"ps- into ihe B aiDe
/ whirl and Smith OF the Press and
NJ gee OF the PIrtsburg Times. are
painting for Quty's scalp as sedative
! I" real or Imaginary wrongs OF the past
Wanamak-I VIII ba in the G bInet and
I Will sraTr in sy sympa-hy with . lay, but
he will logically sex TO avoid such q
/ maalsirom OF faction. The new and
/ progressive party journal that is &C
1 spring from he lOIns of the Inqtirei
/ under the master political hand ot
/ L,mbert, will cnms TO the front mos'
/ timelv to give Quay a helping hand
and lively times may Se expected with
cnuhdsnce in the Keystone State
Vel, b aine would probably smash the
party windows f-om the out side il
pushed out nf the Cabinet he can't dC
much more smashing from the inside
and Harrison has decided to let tn,
smash come under Lis own eye. Their,
won't be any mnnotony or stupidity IN
I der Blaine a. Premier. and let the band
/ pl&y.-Pbild. Times.