Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-13
Harrison Blaine. &c.

BLAINE in the Cabinet is powerless as
against HARRISON Not that he could not
in that place II so disposed do more dam
age 10 his chief than he could do outside
OF the Cabinet, but because as an honora-
BILE man he could not use his official posi-
tion as member of Dir. HARRIsoS's political
family 10 forward the claims Of himself or
any other person competing with Mr.. HAIR
aIsoS for the nomination of the next Ma
tional Republican Convention for President
of the United Ststes. So we may set 1t
down as certain. as we have said hereto
fore, that whenever Mr.. BLAINE comes to
the determination TO seek that nomination
he will forthwith retire from MIR. HARRI-
soS's Cabinet.
And vet It is said that HARRISON does not
hesitate TO work against BLAINE. 1t is
charged against him that he put ex-Gov-
ernor FOSTER into the high Office he now
holds because FOSTER favors HARRISON for
President and is ready 10 use the influence
of his official position to promote the in
terests of HARRISON.
The vote OF Ohio in the next National
Republican Convention is the prize for
which HARRIsos is supposed to be making
fight in that State. Ohio always has one
or more candidates Of its own for Presi-
dent. OF course, SHERMAN, though he IS
largely over sixty years old. If one of these
aspirants. But he has enemies within his
own household. "Fussy FORAKER" is re-
ported 20 be foolish enough to expect TO
succeed SHERMAN in the United States Sem
ate, and Is credited with g serious purpose
to put his friends and supporters to work
in, behalf of his pretensions to that ex-
allied position. OF course. to beat SHEB-
MAN for senator is TO beat him for President.
But we do not believe that there is o
man in the Republican party in Ohio who
could defeat SHERMAN for United States
senator. He has served so long in that
place-and, in fact. made so much reputa-
ton in it-that even if he were man of
less ability than he is he would be almost
certain to be reelected. So we dismiss
FORAKER asamere pretender. Ex-Governor
FosTEB is. as we have said, reported to be
HARRISON man. But as SHERMAN cannot
be defeated for United States senator, so
BLAINE cannot be deprived of the vote of
Ohio in the next National Republican Con-
vention if his friends there shall decide to
make fight for him, or rather if he shall
decide TO allow them to make such fight.
We constantly hear that Mr.. BLAINE has
no intention to allow his name to go before
the next National Republican Convention,
but tie rumor is discredited as often as it
is put forth. We hear, too, that Mr. HAIR
RIsoY is jealous of Mr.. BLANE's reputation
as the champion of reciprocity" between
this and certain other countries, and that
young HARRISON is not at all pleased at
Mr. BLAINE's conspicuous position before
the world Of Europe and America as such
champion. Sundays issue of our paper
contained the announcement in effect that
the reciprocity treaty between Spain and
the United States was to be used as a con-
tributor to the popularity of blr. iBLANE,
who. poor fellow (say his friends, no
doubt, has to run the Government
whilst HARBIsoN and his ooterie Of adj
mirers are "junketing."
In conclusion, let us remind the reader
that the National Conventions of both
parties will be held not much more than
twelve months hence, and that when MIR.
BLAINE comes to decide whether he will run
TOR President or not next year he will vir-
tually decide whether or not he will ever
run again. II is not possible for him to be
. prominent aspirant after 1892.