New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-12-16

Mr.. Blaine does not need to be a can
didate ard will not be; the only question
is, will he accept the nomination and
can he do so honorably and remain in
the Cabinet of Mr.. Harrison.
Everyone familiar with the last Ma
tional Republican Convention knows
that the friends of Mr., Blaine nominated
Mr.. Harrison. Early after his nomina-
tion, Harrison, we assume, expressed
to Mr.. Blaine (then in Europe) his ar
dent appreciation of the action of his
friends, and desired that Mr.. Blaine
should|take active part in the campaign
Mr.. Blaine returned home in August
and made that wonderful campaign for
the Republican enominee. It is appa-.
rent to even casual observer. thai the
Republicans elected Blaine tothe posi-
ton of Secretary Of State, just as much
as they elected Mr.. Harrison president,
and when MI. Harrison called him to
the Cabinet he only ratified what the
people had already done.
Suppose MIR. Harrison, for any reason.
had refused or had not offered the port
folio of Secretary of State to Mr.. Blaine,
how long would his administration
have lasted? He would have been in,
trouble before the machinery had
fairly begun to move. OF course if he
had offered the position to Mr.. Blaine
and Mr.. Blaine had declined to accept,
that would have been different; but Mr..
Harrison could not have ignored Mr.,
Blaine in the making up of his Cabinet
and had had his administration a sue
cess. This, then, being the manner in
which Mr.. Blaine comes into the Cabi-
net of Mr.. Harrison, his position is en-
tirelY different from any other member
of Mr.. Harrison's official family. Every
other member Of the Cabinet owes his
position to Mr.. Harrison; MIR. Blame
does not,
Therefore, while it mi ght be improp-
er for other members of the Cabinet to
be q candidate while Mr., Harrison was
likewise q candidate, this reasoning does
not apply to Mr.. Blame. The: early
custom in American politics was, that
the secretary of state was in the line of
promotion to the presidency. John
Quincy Adams, Monroe and Madison,
while occupying the position of Secre-
tary of State in the Cabinet of his predi-
cessor, were each nominated for the
presidency. Pres. Polk when he called
Mr.. Buchanan to his Cabinet
laid down the rule that Cabinet
officer should not be candidate
for the Office of president or vice-presi-
dent. and required Mr.. Buchanan to
agree to this condition before accepting
the offer of the portfolio of State. No
such conditions exist in the present ms
tance.
Mr.. Blaine's health, then. being suf-
ficient and the party calling him as
with one voice to accept the nomina-
ton, there is no reason in honor or
courtesy why he should not continue to
occupy with dignity the position to
which the people have called him, un-
til in convention assembled they shall
nominate him for the highest Office in
the gift of a free people.
The impression that certain parties
wish to convey, that Mr.. Blaine will
not accept the nomination and declare
for Mr.. Harrison, is in my judgment
without foundation.
The Republican party, representing
great principles, is under obligations to
no man. The election 10 one term of the
presidency of any member of that party
implies no claim to a second term.
There is to-day but one unbiased judg
ment among republicans in all the land
and that is that if Mr., .Blaine's nomina'
ton be not essential to our success in
1892 it is by all odds the safest and best
| ga- g !. 7.
That judgment should have its action
Modern practical politics is being re-
versed and to-day we behold the sub,
lime and the ideal spectical of the high
est office seeking the man. May twin
Let US rally around the flag and tn
Plumed knight OF Reciproc ocity.
VIM. II. Eustis.
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!. ing to New Ulm, and leave their farn
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, neighbors, industrious and prosperou
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