Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-04-18

Mr.. Mckinley, for whose special ben.
eft the Canadian reciprocity talk has
been postponed until after the Ohio
election in October, would have made
a star attraction for the party, but his
own presidential aspirations are so
fully developed, and he has such an
exaggerated idea Of his political inns
portance, that he would not consent
to play second fiddle to Mr.. Harri-
son.
But, perhaps, what worries Mr..
Harrison more than all other causes,
is his overwhelming jealousy of Mr..
Blaine, who he thinks has already
/ gained more notoriety than he is ems
titled to through his connection with
the administration. He fears that
Mr.. Blaine will do something while
he is away to increase that notoriety,
and although he has Mr.. Blaine's
promise to stand aside and allow him
to be renominated if he can be, he
doubts his sincerity and is afraid of
him. 1t is believed that Mr.. Blaine
is fully aware of the state of Mr.. Har-
rison's mind, and that he enjoys it.
The evidentintentiOn of Mr.. Blaine
to surround the present condition of
the Italian question with an inpene>
trable air Of mystery is having bad
effect. He refused to give out any
information, even to state whether
he had sent the answer to Rudini's
last dispatch. From other sources it
is learned that draft of that answer
was read at a cabinet meeting last
week and approved by those present,
but if it has been sent it went to our
minister at Rome, because, if it had
been cabled over the italian papers
would not persist in saying that Ru-
DIM had notified Mr.. Blaine of his
attention to break off all diplomatic
relations with the United States if he
did not get satisfactory answer by
Tuesday of this week. This last of
course is q bit of buncomb that is
feared by nobody.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Blaine's refusal
to make public that dispatch of Ru-
dini's has caused many people to be-
lieve that it was not of such a con,
ciliatory nature as we had been led
to believe it was by the cable synop-
sis of it that came from Rome, and
which, by the way is all the infor>
nation we ever got concerning it.
Americans are not fond of mysteries,
either in their public or private af-
fairs, and Mr.. Blaine would better
take them into his confidence.
Mr.. Harrison's attempt to placate
the disgruntel negroes is not a bril-
liant success. He appointed negro,
H. G. Parker, of Missouri, to be al
ternate Commissioner at large for the
Columbian exposition, but the me-
groes are worse than ever, because, al
the same time, he appointed a white
. man, r. w. Furnas, of Nebraska, tC
: be a Commissioner at large. They
say that if Mr.. Harrison wished tC
recognize the negro he should have
appointed him Commissioner and the
white man alternate, as the negroe:
had no representative on the COM
mission, and the alternate is simply
a fifth wheel, unless for some reason
+, the Commissioner for whom he il
alternate becomes unable to serve.
|, Secretary Foster has gone to New
York to take hand personally ir
making Harrison machine of thu
Federal Office holders in that city
That's one of the things he wen
into the cabinet to do.
, Again it is thought that a success
sor to U. S. Treasurer Huston ha
. been corralled. This time it is Mr.
e E. N. Nedecker, of Indiana, a gentle
! man supposed to be influential will
+ the Germans in that State and abb
h. to Offset any adverse influences whicl
D Mr.. Huston may be disposed to at
e tempt to use against Mr.. Harrison
denomination.