The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-25
BLAINE SETS THE PACE.
EVERYTHING POINTS TO BIS NoMI.
NATION.

own Cause.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-The first actual
skirmish for delegates to the next republican
national convention was fought here yes
terday and to-day, and resulted in a de-
cided victory for James G.. Blaine The
District of Columbia sends two representa-
tives to the national convention, and as it
is the only fun, in a political way, which
the residents here ever have, they always
make the most of IL. The selection of the
delegates here two years ago to the republI-
can national convention brought on the
biggest kind of a row between different fac
tions, and resulted in two sets Of delegates
going to Chicago. The same kind of a
fight has been brooding here almost ever
since the last convention, and the national
committee when IL met here was to act as
arbitrator in the dispute as to how the dele
gates shall be elected TO the convention Of
1892. A subcommittee appointed by the
national committee yesterday decided to-
day in favor OF mass meeting for the selec-
tion Of the delegates and against primary
elections. This means that Perry II. Car
son and Andrew Gleason, both prominent
Blaine men, will go TO the convention. Car
son is a colored man and member of the
national committee, and was q delegate to
the last republican national convention, as
was also Andrew Gleason, they being noted
Blaine men, in preference to Frederick
Douglass and Samuel Shellaberger, who
were for Sherman.
HARRISON'S BURST BOOM.
The bobtailed flag which the storm left
flying over the white house seems to two
thirds, If not three-fourths of the national
committeeman, as emblematic of the Harri-
son boom as 1t appears after having been
struck by the Blaine cyclone. Secretary
Blaine is already as good as nominated. il
not as good as elected, according to these
men. Minneapolis was selected because
Secretary Blaine preferred it to Cincinnati,
fearing the fatal Foraker. The great
Blame northwest will rally at the Twin
cities, as they are universally called, and
Secretary Blaine will inevitably be nomi-
mated. They have no doubt that he will
accept. If be would not they say he would
tens us so now; he has
dozen or more to-day. Two of
them were semi-public, when a declaration
for President Harrison, or even decIara-
tion that he himself could not think of ac-
cepting the nomination, would have been
appropriate, and would have been certain
to get prompt and continental publicity.
The first occasion was when the triumphant
uluu6SOld uel6&dblOu, 6ACeDb lila DOkGiudS-
ter and ex-senator "Gil" Pierce, editor of
the Minneapolis Tribune. the only Harri-
son paper in Minnesota, refused to go,
called to tell him, as plainly as they could
without embarrassing him, that they ex-
pected to follow him as the party oandi-
date in the next presidential campaign.
BLAINE AFFECTS IGNORANCE.
There were newspaper men present, so
Secretary Blaine. with customary caution,
affected ignorance of the details of the COM
mittees action last night, although he had
waited up till after midnight to get the
news and asked when the convention would
be called. June T." said half a dozen men
at once. SWELL" said Secretary Blaine
laughing his old time laugh, 81 hope Min
neapolis will be thawed out by that time"
20, Mr.. Secretary" said Mr.. Eustin,
you have no reason to imagine that there
Is any GOODNESS in Minnesota toward you"
81 know that" said Secretary Blaine
heartily, whereupon Mr.. Blethen said:
Before the convention meets, Mr.. Blaine,
you will receive indubitable testimony as
to the increase in the warmth Of feeling the
people have for you,n to which MIR. Blaine
responded only with his significant smile.
That significant smile did duty little
later when the entire national
formal cali at the white house, came over
to pay Its respects to Secretary Blaine and
several of it's members reminded him of
the desire of his party that he should lead II
once more. Then was his chance to say
that his health, or his "loyalty" to bis
Official chief or something else would pre-
vent bis accepting that honon President
Harrison thinks he ought to have refused il
IN some emphatic way. So do other Har-
llson men in and out of the cabinet. But
Instead OF doing so Secretary Blaine re-
sponded with that encouraging smile which
his visitors all read as meaning; "go ahead
and when the tune comes / will be found
ready"
BLAINE VERY COMPLIMENTARY.
Secretary Blaine was very complimentary
20 the committeeman. After congratu-
iating them upon the selection that they
mad made of a convention city and of ar
early date he said he thought they
would manage the next campaign ad-
mlrably. Chairman Clarkson reminded him
onat their powers expired when their sue
cessors were chosen by the convention il
June. YES" said Secretary Blaine, "but
paign"
After the committee left Gov.-elec Nc
Rn,uley paid his respects to Secretary
Blaine, and afterward walked over to the
whiee house arm in arm with him, where
secretary Blaine left him to go into the
eaolnet meeting. White-haired Blaine and
utaGE-halred Mckinley looked very well
malklng together, but neither their walk
ro nor lalk had any political significance Sec
iielary Blaine does not want Gov. McKin
Ty on the ticket with him and Gov. Nc
1nil.uuley does not want second place
,one se any one. He will wait til
doSo. feeling that either President Harrison
Ut NJ secretary Blaine will be nominated next
nne great majority of the visiting states
..,en, rn4, VINO 60 to work at once to elect dele
%S SS'es 70 the convention under Chairman
,s1, kson's call, expect to elect delegates WHIT
fs n nominate Secretary Blaine and have III
Iear Oh being embarrassed by any dis
oouragement from him.
HARRISON IRRITATEs THE COMMITTEE.
tile ~ leaked out tonight that President Har
,.;.h en narrowly escaped an open ruptur
a. .L ..a sne national committee when it calle'
r ~ .ne Whlte house to pay its respects thi
nonasnis. Wnen all the members of tn
thlteee tha had been ushered upstairs int
oaoiuet room word was sent into th
rhsn rhesuents room that they we're there
asIs9y, ey were not invited in, however, but wer
Ss1ed to wait. They waited five minutes
NOBODY came to aslr them in
iney waited ten minutes and nobody cam
minntas .nem In. They waited fifteel
Soma % anu no one came to ask them in
fo fana as..s VI them 1nem became restive, some pre-
raasLa ano several started for the door, re
ne. ing nln9 .nas II Benjamin Harrison haI
tha., eLho1Rn respect for them 10 admit them
10y 1ae 1aun enough for him to wait. Chair
b. S1arSson begged them to wait Will