The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-13
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.
The President Likely to Pay the
Penalty for Appropriating
Blaine's Thunder.
Resentment Of tho Premier En-
gendered by Harrison's
Speeches in the West.
Senators Opposed to HarrisOn's Renomi-
nation-Cameron and Cullom Out
for Themselves-Not for Ben.

WASHINGTON. June 12.-"Van" sends the
following to the Minneapolis journal:
President Harrison will not have smooth
sailing in securing Il r~enomination, even if
James G. Blaine is declared entirely out of
the range of presidential possibilities. It
is evident that there are many determined
politicians in the republican party that will
work tooth and nail' next year to defeat
Mr.. Harrison at the republican national
convention. The claim of the Harrison
mel that MIR. Blaine and his followers are
friendly to Mr.. Harrison's candidacy is not
borne out by facts. The developments of
the next year will prove oonolusively that
Harrison and Blaine are estranged;
also that they have not been on
friendly terms during the last sixty
days. James G. Blaine is not the
kind of q man to allow some one else to
steal his thunder without resenting
zach action. And any man with any
Xasight into diplomatic or political at
fairs can easily see that a determined at
tempt has recently betn made to give Mr..
Harrison the credit for the shrewd political
and diplomatic maneuyres that the secretary
of state Las carried out during the last year,
both at home and abroad. 1t ia but natural
that Blaine should resent the carrying out
of any such scheme. That his friends do
will certainly be made manifest before the
national republican convention of 1892 nd
lourns sine die.
As has boon reviously stated. there are
forces at work to head MIR. Harrison off in
various sections of the country, These
forces arc led by several distinguished men.
In tha lInitaI Stafau pan,tat t,,rn a 80, ,,,,.
GUS distinguished members who are deter
mined to ''urhorse" Mr.. Harrison. 1t can be
said without fe r OF contradictio that
Matthew Stanley Quay, the junior senator
from pennsylvania, and chairman of the
national republican campaign committee,
will be found working sgalnst the renomi-
nation of the present chief executive. lie
Will he aided and Allotted by his colleague,
Don Cameron, who will go even farther
than MIR. Quay i'll his opposition. There
are several republican members of the
Znnte representing western states who will
bppose Mr.. Harrigon's enaniination, unless
their views are changed very materially be-
fore the delegations in their states to tho
national republican convention Rre chosen.
In this little list arc Senators Wolcott md
Teller, Of Colorado; Stewalt and Jones, of
Nevada; Pettlgrew, of South Dakota; Hans-
brough, OF North Dakota, and. perhaps,
Washburn, of Minnesota. 1t il barely nos
sible thnt Mitchell, of Oregon, may also op-
pose MIR. Harrison. And it in claimed, too,
that there are numerous congressman in
some OF the far western states who will
be found 10 DO among the anti Harrison
campaignerB.
II Blaine should not be 4 candidate, il
looks to-day Nv though.a portion OF the
Blaineites and the entire conplomeration of
-Harrisonitos would rally TO tho sup
port OF Gen. Algcr. of Michigan. in the
next convention. Con. Alger seems to DO
she strongest man that tho opposition can