Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-18
BLAINE NOT A CANDIDATE.
The Piumed knight Heart and Soul for
Harrison Again.
tFrun our Regular Correspondent

QfroIn Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 17.-There has been
much gossip here to-day in political circles
over q lengthy interview with the Presi;
dent printed in tine New York Tribune and
written by Mr.. L. G.. Crawford, the we'll
known correspondent who for the past
few months has been sending letters to
that paper over his own signature. Mr;
Crawford is close political and personal
friend of Secretary Blaine. and in the
campaign of 1884. when Mr.. Blaine was
the candidate of his party for the presi-
dency, Mr.. Crawford accompanied him
on his speech-making tour through
the country. and prepared carefully the
accounts Of that memorable journey, pay
ing particular pains TO havlngt the speeches
written up so that they would do the
most good. In the long article in to-day's
Tribune the significant thing IS the I'M
qualified statement that MIR. Blame Will IN
no sense be a candidate in 1892. ms has
before been stated, though it has been re-
garded as mere rumor. but now Mr.. Craw-
ford comes out and says that Mr.. Blaine
will be heart and soul for the denomination
of the present occupant of the Executive
Mansion. Also he makes the point that
Secretary Blaine will be content to remain
in the Cabinet and carry out the work that
he has commenced in regard to the reel
procity of trade with foreign nations.
DISCLAIMER.
The Tribune is generally conceded to be
Blaine-or-bust " organ, and 1t is fact
worthy of special attention that IN the
editorial columns to-day there IS q para
graph TO the effect that the paper is not re-
sponsible for the expressions of lts special
correspondent. In other words the Tribune
seems to think that in spite of the reports
that he will not be candidate Blaine IL
the most popular Republican living and
that he is likely to be nominated if he will
accept.
WANTS TO KEEP THE HAT.
Beyond any shadow of doubt President
Harrison is a candidate for denomination,
and he will bend every effort and use all
the power of the Administration TO bring
about that result. He cannot discover that
he is unpopular in his own State and that
in other portions of the country he ls not
regarded with much favor by the rank and
file of the Republican party. He imagines
that he can sweep the country, and shuts
his ewes to the fact that his Administration
and the Republican Congress received last
year the most crushing defeat that has
been recorded in the political history OF
the nation.
WILL BE VERIFIED.
The talk here Is that If Blaine keeps out
of the way Harrison will force his own re-
nomination upon his party Just a. Cleve-
land did on his party. and predictions are
made that Harrison will most assdredly be
defeated if he is again made the standard
bearer of the Republican hosts.
Congressman-elect Jerry Simpson has
accented an invitation TO speak at big
free-trade meeting to be held IN Cooper
Institute in New York the evening of the
2d of April, which will be the anniversary
of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. Henry
George will also be one OF the speakers,
and ii promises to be one Of the most sig
nificant meetings Of the third-party men
held in some time.
ALLIANCE PosTMAsTERS TO 60.
Word comes from Kansas that the Ad-
ministration people are preparing to turn
ont All of the Alliance postmasters and TO
put in their places the old fashioned stall
wart Republicans. The decapitation will
soon commence and any former Republi-
cans who have affiliated with the farmer
movement will have u go. Jerry
Simpson saws that he is glad that
such o course is to be pursued.
as it will make the Alliance sentiment all
the stronger, and that when the next cleo
tons occur the Republican party IN Kansas
will literally be wiped from the face of the
earth In that State the Alliance now mas
control of about half the counties. and at
the county elections next fall they expect
to pick up everything else that is worth
having. Then when they get another
chance at the Legislature they will capture
the State Senate. That body on account
of the hold-overs is at present Republican.
Ex-Governor Osborne, of Kansas, is here
and he had an interview in the Post OF to-
day in which he expressed confidence that
his State would swing back into line, but
Jerry Simpson and others are laughing at
his predictions. They claim that Kansas
has forever shaken of the old crowd.
THE NEW YORK COUNTY ALLIANCES.
II is learned here that county alliances
are to be organized in the near future ali
over Western New York, in Pennsylvania,
and OHIO, and that in the approaching
contests the farmers will attempt to take
a lively hand IN political matters Just as
they have done in Kansas, Nebraska, Min
nesota, and other States. The outlook IS
yery discouraging TO the Republicans in
Ohio. and New York, for while tins move
ment will hurt both of the old parties 1t
will probably On the whole enable the
Democrats to carry both States for the
reason that in Ohio and New York two
men will quit the Republican party where
one will quit the Democratic.
PATENTS.
Patents were issued to North Carolina
inventors to-day as follows: Thomas b.
Ashford, Kingston, trousers protector;
Jacob Is. Bisaner, Lincolnton, separator.
THY WORE THE GREEN.
There was no ST. Patriek's day parade in
this city to-day because there are not
enough Irish-Americans in Washington TO
make a large enough street demonstration,
lint the societies celebrated at the halls,
and the green ribbon was visible on many
Fx-Congressman Ewart. of North Caro-
lima. has returned from New York and
will remain here for about two weeks be-
fore going home.