The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-07
GOOD THINGS TO COME.
Quay and Dudley Have Both Been
Assured Of Them by
Blaine.
Not Chasing the Nomination, but
Will Meet 1t at the
Front Door.
Harrison Alone Excepted, tho A~dministrn-
ton Has "Res~iEned"--The Lesson
to BE Drawn ThercfroG.

WASHINGTON, AuS. 6.-Harrison conld no
have done 1t: the independent and kicking
republicans in Pennsylvania could not nav.
lone it; no one could have gotten Quay anl
Dudley entirely out of the national com,
mittee against their will. But Blaine could
and did persuade them that it would beneft
them, az it certainly will benefit their party
for them to retire. l do not know how he
did it yet, nor what he promised. Such Sc.
orets do not leak out at once. But that
Quay and Dudley Gas 'opes." and high
hopes at that, was apparent to everybody
who saw them on Wednesday,. They are
seasoned soldiers, and did not owe their
bright eyes and happy laughter to the
melting eloquencs of Secretary Fassett's
resolutions of regret. They expect to see
Blaine nominated; they hope he will be
elected, and they expect to feast on the fat
things of victory.
In itself the strong assurance all the
members of the national executive COM
mittee expressed that Blaine would be the
next nominee, with Alger or Morton as his
running mate, amounts to very little moro
than an opinion from so many shrewa poll
ticians who are inclined that way by disap-
pointment with Harrison. But the fact that
these men undoubtedly expressed the opin-
ions of the great majority of their constitu-
ents is significant to the highest degree.
Only less significant is the fact that Blaine
was really a participant in their dsliber-
atoms through the advice which he sent by
Conger and Fessendsn, h had been to
Bar Harbor for the express purpose Of con-
sulting him. Thoy brought to the commit
tee Blaine's personal assurance, and the
testimony OF their own observation, that
he was growing better. and that he would
be able to take the nomination if it was
offered to him next year, and they brought
what was practically a promise from Blaine
that he would not interfere with the move
ment to nominate him by letter or inter
view or otherwise. They also brought his
wish that the convention might be held
early. y
Hsnceforth it will be idle to try to per
suads the Blaine and auti-Harrison men
that Blaine is not a candidate for the pres 4
iaency, although it is perfectly true that he
is not q candidate for the presidential nom
ination. He is too great a man to seek the
Nominations; but if the nomination seeks
him it will find him waiting for it on his
front doorstep.
Sc the Blaine men and all Who consort
with than have nc obstacle in the way of
nomination, except President Harrison and
the cohorts Of his office holders-a large ex-
ception? 1t seems so. but it is not. If
Harrison were Blaine and Blaine were Har-
rison, it would be insuperable, | grant you.
But Harrison is not Blaine and Blaine is
not Harrison. and really it all turns on this
point. Unlike Arthur, Harrison has not
grown in the presidency-so his critics say
and consequently has NOT grown upon the
country. lilo is no more popular now than
when he was elected. He is the same ION
est, respectable, industrious character-yes,
nlnR q rNDntntipn aS nm ohGaryntiOu-ra or
ater. Nothing that he has done or said has
warmed the heart of the country to him.
Wolcott's remark that Harrison's admin
istration sis a burlesque OF the Hayes ad-
ministration" expresses inlwestern eNagger-
ation the general feeling that it has been
deccrous-and dull. Enthusiasm over it,
except as to what Blaine has done in il in |
the face of bitter opposition from Harrison, |
is simply out of the question. VIZ of it's
great measures, the force bill and the bill
to promote mendicancy" by pauperizing
the education of the south, were knocked
on the head III congress.
The Mckinley tariff act was made palat- |
able to the party only by the adoption. in
distorted form, of Blaine's reciprocity sug- |
gestion-the only popular thing the people
know about the administration-and that |
known to have been extorted from the
Clinched fist of Harrison! f!
Why. if Harrison should be renominated
by any accident, his adherents would have |
TO man tne pumps the whole campaign |
through to keep the ship from sinking of
its own weight. AS for the ofticeholdera,
they have always proved q source of weak
nsss to every candidate who trusted in
them. Witness Sherman, who had a better
organization under HAYES than Harrison
will huve; witness Arthur, with Dudlev's
splendid pension Office corps of workers
scattered all over the country. Oficeholders
in the south or north are very much alike
in their desire to be on the winning side, |
having a stronger personal interest in be-
ing there than other men. and they spend
their time largely in shifting the air, to see |
where their best prospects are.
Undoubtedly Harrison will do his best to
get the nom nation. Undoubtedly he is Ii
good politician and will fight ~craftily and
warily. He has made a brave stroke in get |
ting Erhardt out of the hest Office in the !
country and putting Fassett in.
Undoubtedly Platt is 80 far pleased.
But even if Harrison should buy the sun |
pert Of every political boss in the country, !
QUAY, Clatkson and Dudley included, it
would not insure him the nomination. for
the masses of his party want Blaine, and
they will have him!
Every member of the administration has !
n u 'sragJrna1' avna@t Drn,,Io-t T.x.--