The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-03
BLAINE AS A BOLTER.
HARRISON ORDBEs HIM TO CAPE
MAY TO BE DISCIPLINED,

He VIII Be Given the Alternative OF
Stopping His Fight Against the Tar
iff Bill or Leaving the Cabinet-The
Party Leaders Afraid of the West.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Secretary Blaine
did not leave his cool retreat at Bar Harbor
and make the hot journey to warm Cape
May Point of his own free will. He went
because he was sent for by the President
land thought he could not afford TO disobey
an invitation, which is equivalent to a com
mand. This shows of itself that Secretary
Blaine proposes to stay in the cabinet in
spite of all effects TO put him out If he
had intended to leave this year, he could
have had no better opportunity to begin
the operation than was offered by this invi-
tation to Cape May Point
A CONFERENCE HELD.
When Secretary Blaine's reply to Senator
Frye appeared, almost simultaneously with
the action of the Western republican con-
ventions in favor Of Secretary Blaine's re-
ciprocity scheme President Harrison,
Speaker Reed, Chairman Mckinley and
Senator Aldrich held conference, and
agreed that Secretary Blaine must be
checked or that the party would be
divided beyond the hope of reunion.
They determined that Secretary Blaine
should be given the alternative of
ceasing to fight. the Mckinley bill or leav-
ing the cabinet, and President Harrison,
who was held responsible for Secretary
Blaine as his Secretary of State. in spite of
his disavowal of Secretary Blaine's reci-
procity scheme, was selected to discipline
Secretary Blaine and save the solidity of
the party. Accordingly the President ar
ranged his affairs for weeks absence at
Cape May Point and summoned Secretary
Blaine to appear before him there.
BREATHING MORE FREELY.
The other members of the Harrison Reed
alliance breathed more freely when they
learned that Secretary Blaine had obeyed
the summons, for his refusal would have
been under the circumstances tantamont to
a declaration of war. They are now on the
tiptoe of anxiety about the outcome of this
conference, upon which the party's pros
perity seems to them to hang. What
they hope for is that President Harrison
may by promises or threats induce Secre-
tary Blaine to "let up" as one of them put
it bluntly. They would like to have him
agree with President Harrison upon some
scheme resembling reciprocity, like that
prepared by Senator Aldrich, giving to the
President discretionary power to apply
discriminating duties or anything else that
will let them out of the dilemma Secretary
Blaine has put them in, without compelling
them to do what Secretary Baine wants
them to do.
MUST SATISFY THE WEST.
They do not intend to do this, but they
feel that the popular demand which Secre-
tary Blaine has awakened IN the west must
be met some way. They want Secretary
Blaine to save the party by helping them to
allay the demand with some project which
will satisfy without gratifying it. They
would like to have Secretary Blaine come
out in an interview or letter in the line of
their desires and then come down here and
tell his friends in the Senate that he means
it, so as to secure their obedience to it.
They fear the rising tide of tariff reform in
the west which Secretary Blaine Is drawing
into shape. They want no more Plumbs
and Paddocks developed in the Senate.