The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-25
TIE BLAINE BOOM
Congressman Milliken of Maine
Starts it Again.
HE FED THE SECRETARY TAFFY
The Sentiment of the Country is Pouring
Toward You with the Force of Niagara"
This Alarms Harrison.
Especial to THE HERALD-Examtner Dispatch. I

Especial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch. I
BANGOR, Me-, Oct 24.-Seth Milliken,
Congressman from the Third district, re-
turned home Cd Saturday from visit to
Augusta. While there he called on Mr.
Blaine and spent some time in his COM
pany. MIR. Miiliken says that Mr.. Blaine
has fully recovered; he never saw him
looking better, his eyes are bright and the
old color has returned and he presented his
old time appearance. Mr.. Milliken referred
TO the presidential question and told Blaine
the country was for him and that all he
mad to do was to keep well, and the boys
would do the fighting. do you think so?''
said Blaine. "Yes," said Mr.. Miliken,
the sentiment of the country is pouring
towards you with the force of the Mag
ara"
Whlle MIR. Blaine did not say so, Mr..
Mitilken is OF the opinion, based upon &C
tual observation, that Mr. Blaine will do
nothlng IN the matter. II q nomination
comes TO him he will accept. Mr. Mlliken
also learns that Mr.. Blaine's family is not
opposed 10 MS taking nomination as has
been announced.
The SUMS special from Washington saws:
NO one In Washington is awaiting the ar
rival OF the secretary of state with more
anxiety That benjamin Harrison. Ii is quite
PROBABLE that ne will be the first person to
welcome Mr.. Blaine back to the CAPITAL.
ana While grasping HIS hand make a care
Iul examination of his physical condition
MIR. BIalne's friend Joe Manley said in
washington two days ago that MIR. Blaine
was Well, that he Is not presidential can
dldate, but that he might become one ''ir
the people" showed a unanimous iuclina-
tlon TO place him in nomination. There is
no indication IN Washington that the
masses of the Republican party are not
now fully as enthusiastic for Mr.. Blaine
as they have been for the past year. 1t is
true tnat early in the summer when reports
tnat ne was In dying state were sent
broadcast over the country, many of the
men who had been the loudest shouters for
Blaine were compelled to admit they could
not make 4 candidate of physical wreck,
ana for the past two months there has heen
as q consequence less Blaine talk than be-
fore. Now, however, if Mr.. Blaine. bv re-
turning to Washington and taking up the
state department work with will to show
the country that he is again his old self and
ready TO assume the premiership Of the
Harrison administration, in fact as well
as In name, the Blaine fire will be-
reklndled IN day. and Blaine's
ttoLAO w Ii again Dc On bne lips or all R6Dub-
| llcans. 1t Is this state of things that gives
alarm to benjamin Harrison. He knows
! that he has chance for denomination if
the secretary of state is out of the way.
and that otherwise he has no chance. There
mas been Tor year the utmost jealousy of
the state department exhibited bv the IN.
mates or the White House, and everybody
there, from the President down to the non
ular typewriter, knows that the shadow of
Blaine Is the cloud that overhangs the han
plness of the Harrison family. and that
sooner or later the storm will burst The
President,of course, has been very clrcum-
spect In his treatment of Mr.. Blaine and
as lar as outward appearances 90, the
relationship between the state department
and the White House are of the most amic-
able character. President Harrison is a
shreWd man in many ways, and he is fully
aware OF all the phases of the uoIitIcaI
situation. and knows exactly what effect
upon his aspirations the desires of Mr..
Blaine will have. He knows that if Blaine
is candidate before the next Republican
convention he will not be, and he knows
moreover that if Blaine is out of it and is
inclined to turn over what strength he can
to him, there is fighting chance for his
| denomination.