The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-17
BLAINE To STAND UP.

The New York Press, which is Census
Superintendent PoRTER's newspaper, is
authority for the statement which appears
in our telegraphic columns this morning
regarding Secretary BLAINE. The Press
says that the passage of the MCKINLEY
tariff bill will be the signal for the retire
ment of the man from Maine from the
cabinet, and the announcement of his break
with the administration The paper goes
on to say that Mr.. BLAINE will enter the
campaign of 1892 armed from head to foot
Tor the scaips of both HARRISON and REED.
The ti'css stands very close to the admins
tration AMI should know whereof it speaks
in such MATTERS. and it ought not to speak
without something more than an idle
rumor as foundation for It's talk In this
instance 1t is hardly talking at random
Everybody was astonished and many were
astouuded when JAMES G. BLAINE accepted a
place in General HARRIsoN's cabinet, and
not few of the friends and admirers of
the Maine statesman were Disguised. Mr..
BLAINE was the foremost Republican and
the greatest statesman in his party; lie
could have had the nomination which fell to
HARRISON because the really big men could
not agree to let one Of their number enjoy
the honor and triumph, and the party was
ready and eager to follow him in the battle
but he declined, and instead of retiring to
private life which he professed to crave,
went into the cabinet and became subordi-
nate TO man who could not be compared
to him in any of the things which make
men great 1t was inexplicable that Mr..
BLAINE should subject himself to the
humiliation and give his admirers
cause to blush for him; and the
prediction was made that he would
not continue in the cabinet year. He has
remained nearly year and half, and all
the time has been held into the back
ground and dwarfed, until he has lost caste
among his friends. 1t seems that at last,
however, he has come to his senses and
obtained the courage TO make the break
and once again stand before the American
people mighty character, a leader and
not follower, imperious and commanding
Whether or not the error of 1889 was not
too great to be overcome by heroic stand
now remains to be seen; whether or not he
has not permitted the blunder to go too
lOuS WlbHUuG cOrrecUlOn J1Qle VIII nave to
decide; hut whatever will be the fate of
BLAINE personally in the event of quar-
rel with the administration, nobody will
doubt his ability TO crush the aspirations of
HARRISON for denomination, or that he
will put the bulldozer REED out of the
ranks OF the Presidential possibilities
BLAINE's party may not accept him as a
standard bearer, but it will listen to him as
a counselor, and be governed by his advice.
1t viii do these things, or it will bring ON a
split that will prove disastrous to the or
ganization.
The people will be interested readers of
the news from Washington for the next
few days and men of all parties will anx-
iously await the announcement of Mr..
BTAINE's withdrawal from a position the
acceptance Of which was the occasion of
annoyance to his friends Republicans
who admire brilliancy and craftsmanship
will welcome the coming break, for they
viii see in it possibility of recovering
some of the prestige of the party which has
been lost through giving the organization
into the hands of the mediocre element.