Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-07
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AT the Bumptuous Action of Young Har-
rison--His Editorial Piece of Monu-
mental lmpertinence.
New 70 Herald special.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-"Bumptious,"
"vulgar,n "impudent," are few Of the
choice terms which Blaine's friends use
in characterizing the recent pronuncia-
mento of Mr.. Russell Harrison. They
are the angrier, because they believe in
their hearts that Blaine will not accept
a nomination, and to that extent Russell
Harrison spoke truly.
To an unbiased observer nothing
could be more amusing than the politi-
cal jockeying between the small but
resolute and compact forces of Harrison
and the bowling, enthusiastic, morgan
lied mob of Blaine shouters. Out
wardly all is calm and serene. The Re-
publicans who are "inn and the Repub-
licans who hope to get in, the manufac-
turers and trusts and other beneficiaries
of war times in time Of peace, are max
ing brave show of harmony for "the
party's sake" but they are not success
full at it.
Perhaps they talk too much, and in
thus freeing their minds say more than
they ought to. Certain it is that the
gap between the Harrison and Blaine
forces was never SO wide as at present,
and appearances indicate that instead
Of narrowing it will steadily grow
wider.
The Blaine men dread another term
of Harrison, He has, they say, re-
peatedly snubbed their idol. He has
grudged him the honors he has gained
out of his reciprocity treaties, and is so
| Jealous of him that he cannot sleep at
nights. All of which, like sweeping
CONGRATULATIONS usually, is partly true
and partly untrue.
The Harrison men, on the other hand,
are careful not to abuse Blaine. They
are too clever for that. But they ask,
with most ingenious air, how Mr..
Blaine can remain in Harrison's cabinet
and permit his friends TO project the
boom for his nomination. He must
either get out of the cabinet and an
nounce his candidacy or he must write
letter, as he did three years ago, de-
claring himself out of the race. They
say he will do this. But Blaine does
not do it, and that's where the trouble
lies. His friends are urging him not to
do it, and those who are closest to him
say that he will be guided by their
wishes.
The advice they have given the pre-
mier, as one of them repeated it to me
to-day, is to SAY nothing and saw
wood" Such an injunction would be
mystifying to most men, but Mr.. Blaine
understands it to mean that he is to
preserve strict silence, and his friends,
like the nickel in the slot machine, will
do the rest.
Mr.. Blaine, these gentlemen contend,
was never so popular. He has they
will tell you, twenty supporters
throughout the country where President
Harrison has one. He could be nomi-
mated, they add, without enough oppo-
sition to make the contest interesting,
and he could be elected over any Demo-
crat who might be pitted against him.
Reasoning thus they ask you what
right Mr.. Blaine has to set his personal
wishes against those of his party. He
owes what he has to the Republican
party. If the party demands him as
its leader he ought not to refuse. He
cannot refuse.
Following this reasoning to its logical
end, they ask what Harrison has done
for the party that he should force him
self upon it, If the party wants him,
all right. If it wants Blaine, then the
President ought 10 stand aside.
But the President will not stand aside,
and that is What distresses them. The
cordial reception which the President is
receiving on his western trip is another
source of discomfort to them. They say
and with apparent good reason, that
the ovations accorded him signify
nothing in political way, That in ne
section has he been more enthusiastic
ally received than in the south, where
as it is well known, he could not secure
an electoral vote. Asked what they
think of the receptions in California
they scornfully reply that the Pacific
coasters are a tlamboyant and enthus
iastic people who see SO little of nationa
celebrities that when one appears among
them they are inclined to overdo mat
tiers. And then they add that if Blain,
were out there the cordially of his re
ception would discount that of his chief
Still they are not happy at the evi
IDENTIFY good impression that the Presi
dent is making out there, and viii
breathe easier when he returns to tn,
White House and resumes again thu
unattractive and routine duties of hi
office.
The Harrison people, however, cal
afford to be complaisant. They havt
no one to fear but Mr., Blaine, and he is
as I. have pointed out in these dis
patches, not in any sense candidate
no matter what his followers may say