Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27

He Cast an Anchor to Windward and
Rode Out the storm.

BLAINE TILL BE BOSS.
He Cast an Anchor to Windward and |
Rode Out the Storm.
The Washington correspondent of |
the New York H.lald writcs:
A Republican leader whose avowed |
wish is to depose Mr.. Quay from the
national committee and to put MIR.
Blaine at the head Of the ticket In 1880
gave me to-day substantially hcf5llow
ing account Of Mr.. Blaine's conduct and
position toward his party. Mr. Blaine,
he said, was perfectly aware when he
took office in the present administration
that Mr.. Quay had put blanket mort
gage on the party for the benefit Of the
manufacturers who had supplied the
corruption fund for the election Of
General Harrison.
Mr.. Blaine could not control the acts
= or policy Of Mr.. Quay as manager Of
I the campaign, but he resolved 20 save
the party if he could from Its disastrous
consequences, and he entered the cabi-
net, carefully unpledged and uncom-
mitted, for that very purpose, 81 far
as he was able he played the Pan. Amer
lean Congress against the new Repuh-
lican dogma of protection, but found
Speaker Reed behind the Republican
majority of the ways and means com
mittee and was Obliged 10 confess to his
friends that he could effect nothing TO
stem the current of madness while the
bill was before the House. His equal
failure to accomplish anything with the
Senate committee was the cause of his
uncomfortable outhurst against the bill
before Senators Allison, Hale and Black
burn, which was exclusively reported in
the Herald at the time.
THE coUNTRY's VERDICT.
Defeated in both branches of Com
gress, Mr.. Blaine took an appeal to the
country and was not disappointed in
the result. The country, however,
could not prevent the attempted tying
of Mr., Blaine's handssby the Mckinley
bill, and the President, 50 my informant
says, was more than Il passive accessory
to the attempt 10 impose fetters on his
secretary of state.
What Mr.. Blaine is now doing he has
been consistently at work upon ever
since his reciprocity proposals were re-
iected at the Ehbitt House conferences
last February. He has never swcryed
from his original purpose 10 negotiate
the widest scheme Of reciprocity treaties
that would leave protceti6nism intact
for he is still, | am assured, AZ ardent .
protcctionist as he has eyer been. Tn,
only consequence of the emphatic popn
lar Reputation Of the Chinese policy q
the so-called stalwafts is to immensely
improve his chance Of having his recip
rocity policy officially recognized By
the Republican leaders. lle had no
hoped before tile recent election to hay,
the support Of the President, and hi
highest expectation was to get his re
M, ,rf inf gttYt O form "a
make them an issue within the party il
1899.
Now he will give the President tn
fullest opportunity to choose betweeI
his own tariff views, which have sur
yived the general wreck and thcreiuct6
policy Of Reed, Quay and Mckinley
BY the goth of the present month %
President will be in possession OF MI
Blatne's written exposition Of th
reciprocity situation. II he docs NJ
choose to incorporate II in his annua
message, it win find its way to the pull
lie in other ways through other char
nels. Before the end If the short Sc.
sion Of Congress Mr. Blaine expects
have progressed far enough with his in
pendingtr treaties 81 reciprocity toshnw I'll
country an attractive middle course b'
tween MrKiuleyism and absolute frc
trade. Legislation BY Congress, how
ever, would ne necessary To give prat
teal operation to reciprocity treatie
and the term If the present Cungrel
viii expire before much, if any, legisli
ton Of THAT sort can be effected,
FREE TRADE CONGRESS.
The next House Of Representatives
not expected TO be tolerant toward Il
GipIecily as All economic system NJ
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