The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-07
BLAINE PUT TO SHAME.
HARRISON HUMILIATEs HIM BE-
FORE THE CANADIANS.

The Secretary compelled to Ereak
His Eng cement With the Tupper
Psrty-HarrIson Says Hs Wants to
be Present at the Negotiations
snubbed at the White House.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-"Because l could
manage him better in than out, President
Harrison is reported to have said to a friend
who asked him why he had brought the
brilliant and dangerous Blaine into his
cabinent. Whether be used precisely those
words or not, the President has constantly
expressed that sentiment by his actions. He
has certainly tried his best to manage"
secret,ry Blaine and has lost no oppor-
tunity to tell the country that he was sue
ceeded.
BLAINE HARD TO STEAL FROM.
1t has proven a difficult task, however,
for the President to get the same personal
credit out Of the good things done by the
state department that he has gotten out of
the good things done by the other depart
ments, on account of Secretary Blaine's
personality and his peculiar modes, and
this difficulty has been enhanced by the fact
that in the & eatest undertaking Of the
state department, in the attempt to secure
free trade by recipra city agreements, the
President made the great mistake Of squarely
opposing the Secretary OF State.
BLAINE's VICTORY.
Secretary Blalnes victory over President
Harrison on his direct appeal to the people
last summer, tackei up though President
Harrison, was by Speaker Reed and Chair
man Mckinley, has made. 1t necessary for
the president 20 redouble his efforts to i'm
press the public with the belief that he di-
reefs the operations of the state department.
His organs have Gu iously Illustrated thi
by claiming for himeven the credit
for Secretary Blaine's reciprocity
movement carried to success by
Secretary Blains's patient per-
sistence and against President Harrison's
stubborn resistance.
to claim credit for President Harrison in
other negotiations, like that Ot the Bering
sea question, in which, as customary, Sec
retary Blaine acted ostensibly in his name
They have been aided by the fact that the
Secretary of State makes no individual re-
port to congress, being obliged TO content
himself with furnishing the facts for the
Presidents treatment IN his annual message
under the head of Foreign Relations"
A BOLD STROKE.
Candidate Harrison's jee lous care of Can
didste Blaine, shown by frequent interfer-
ing in former negotiations. appeared boldly
to-day when Secretary Blaine was com
pelled to tell the Canadian delegation, after
he had told Sir Charles Tupper on Thurs
day that he would confer with them to-
DAY that he could not keep his promise be-
cause the President mad directed him to
postpone the conference until the President
returned from his swing around the circle,
so that the President could guide the ne
rrOt1 1otV u i t., zI,1
retary Blaine had to admit that he had
reckoned without his host
MADE BLAINE HOT.
Secretary Blaine's proud spirit was never
more reused than when the President gave
him this order on Friday last, but he is not
ready to resign yet, so he bit his lips and
said as little as possible in reply, although
it Is said that his reply was a thinly yelled
piece Of bitter and scornful sarcasm Sec
retary Blaine notified the British minister
to stop the Canadian delegation by tele-
graph, hoping to avoid the humiliation of
having to announce publicly that the Presi-
dent he'd broken his engagement for him,
but the telegram missed the Canadians.
They came on and accepted Secretary
Blaine'S ex lanaJion with i'll concealed sur
prise.
A SNUB AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
They were even more surprised when
they called at the white house, not to be re-
ceived by the President, who apparently
included them in his condemnation of the
unauthorized arrangements ma ie by his
Secretary of State. They would not of
course talk for publication about it, but
privately expressed the opinion that it was
most extraordinary that the Presi-
dent In his anxiety to make
his Secretary of 8 ate 'keep his
place" should have treated the representa-
uves OF another country SO cavalierly. As
for Secretary Blaine, nothing, it is believed,
prevents him from resigning but the fact
that he has not made sufficient progress in
his reciprocity work TO justify his predic-
tons OF its value and enable him to appeal
TO the people again in more direct way
than ever.
NOT INVITED TO GO ON THE TRIP.
The President has invited the other men,
ners Of his cabinet to 60 with him to the
Pacific coast, but he Las not invited the
Secretary of State. President Barri-
son does not wait to see the contrast in the
popular greeting which he would have to
endure II Secretary Blaine and ne stood on
tne rear platform throughout the south and
west, but there is good reason for saying
that Secretary Blaine would not accept if
invited He would not relish being led
around the country by Harrison, even if
the crowd did C eer him.
hessrs. Foster and Thompson left Wash
lhgton at o'clock this afternoon for Otta-
wa and Sir Charles Tupper will go straight
70 London. He says that Sir Julian Paunce-
I9te T Wlll notify the party when to return to
masningtop, which will be as soon as the
resident can conveniently give his atten
uon to the negotiations.