, 1891-05-10
BLAINE is MAD.
He Does Not Like Being Die
tated to by Prince Russell.
Pledges Made by Harrison at
the Chicago Convention.
IGen. Swain Sues the Govern
ment for 1888

4 BIaine Angry at the ''Son of Hi Pa"
q New YORK. May 9.-There are three
or four men in New York tonight who
gcould tell great tales Of political events if
their tongues could be set to wageiug,
They belong, however. to secretive, ambi-
: tious aud interested men-Secretary
!, Blaine, Gen. r. A. Alger, j. s. Clarkson,
ex-senator T. j. Plat and Senator His
cock. One of the first disclosures of the
day has been that Alger is willing to keep
out of the presidential race for Blaine but
not for Harrison. The other is that Mr..
Blaine is wrathy at the manner IN which
Russell Harrison's paper here has been
assuming to patronize him, speak for him
and even to dictate to him. He is quoted
as saying that the time had not come
when he could be traduced by a youth
tnl scion OF would be ROYALTY without his
friends resenting it.
When he was drawn into conversation
about the Italian affair he said: Il pre-
sumo Russell Harrison's paper will say
that pa wrote the cable | sent to Porter
last night An obvious and strenuous
effort has been made on the part of Har
rlson ~othcehoiders and newspaper organs
Tor several DAYS to make the public be
lieve that Mr.. Blaine will write
taking himself entirely out of the
field as against Mr.. Harrison. Mr..
Blaine recognizes in this movement an eff
fort to force his hand, and, from the way
his friends speak of it. he will ignore it
entirely, although he will resign rather
than be compelled to axe such a step.
There has been much talk here today
about the pledges made by Harrison to
the Blaine delegates in the Chicago con
vention, by which he secured their votes
and the nomination. They understood
from persons who claimed to speak by au-
thority of Gen. Harrison that he would,
II elected. insist on retiring at the end
of a single term and would make way for
Mr.. Blaine. They understood that he
would tender the portfolio of state to Mr..
Blaine promptly after his election. They
o declare that he did not offer Mr..
Blaine the state department until it had
been refused by other Republican states
men, who did not dare to ~antagonIze
Blaine by accepting it, and he now pur-
poses to further violate his pledges by
forcing his own denomination, il possible.
AhCN akItth luhl tie ChuuOl DC Te-eleClcu,
but they are not agreed as to how to de
feat his denomination. and all the counsel
ing here today has produced no definite
plan beyond letting things drift. MIR.
Olarkson, while he is abroad, will see
Whitelaw Reid. William Walter Phelps,
and probably Charles Emory Smith, all
old-time aud efficient Blaine lieutenants,
and will counsel with them respecting the
situation. Clarkson's first choice is be-
heved to be Alger, but he is willing to
enter upou any plan that will defeat Har-
rIson denomination. and Just now the
anti Harrison Republicans think that
Blaine is the name to %coniure with.
Chauncey NJ. Depew's recent utter
ances in favor of Harrison have had rot a
little weight among the politicians who
have been debating Republican national
politics here. In talking with Gen. Alger
today he expressed his purpose to sup
port the Republican nominee cheerfully,
whoever he might be, but was silent as to
his judgment who he would he. When
asked II be thought Mr.. Blame shollt
write a letter tai isg himself out Of Harrt-
sons waY. be responded that that was a
matter for Mr.. Blaine himself to deter
mine.
III he does write such a letter. he
G'ANhhN'Nf hhh say laAhA ne HduuOl uu-
der any circumstances accept the nomina
ton, while at the same time he urges his
friends to stand by the president, l should
think that would settle the whole matter
of our presidential nomination next year.
Mr.. Harrison would then undoubtedly be
nominated without any vital opposition. "
One of Blaine's close friends said to-
night that IN spite of the annoyance to
which he is being subjected because he
does not speak out about the president
and his " position, he is firmly decided
to say nothing now or later. If he says
nothing, the gentleman concluded, his
friends will consider themselves at liberty
te use his name in the convention.
Chris Magee is o~utspoken on the presl-
dental situation. He says: There is
one mar in the party who can carry the
country. His name is James G. Blaine.
There may be others, but [ doubt 1t. 1t
will be a hard fight in any event. II
Harrison is renomInated he will be de-
feated, and any Republican who has
studied the situation knows he will. If
there are no candidates against him it
will be because everybody in the line of
the presidency will believe we are going
to be defeated anyway"