The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-25
BLAINE, SHERMAN AND FORAKER.

According to the newspaper correspon-
Dents Messrs. BLAINE and FORAKER were
very attentive to one another whilst the
latter was visiting Washington lately, and
whilst the President was in Maryland
| shooting ducks. FOSTER, secretary Of the
treasury, and the administration generally,
are understood to favor the reelection of
SHERMAN to the Senate. BLAINE, on tho
other hand, has no love for SHERMAN, and
is well disposed towards FORAKER. These
relations can be traced at least as far back
as the Republican nominating convention
of 1855.
II has always been suspected that Mr..
BLAINE, after his defeat by CLEvE-
LAND, determined never to make
the presidential race again, but then as now
entertained a fond ambition for the state
department Believing that with his assist
ance SHERMAN could be nominated, it is
thought he notified the latter he would not
be candidate. Whether he went further
al that time is in doubt. At any rate, SHER-
MAN calculated on BLAINE's support or at
his least neutrality. When CLEVELAND
sent in his reform message, which made the
tariff the leading political issue, Mr..
BLAINE, who was abroad, foresaw, as he
thought, the opportunity for his party and
a rallying point for the protectionists,
whose material aid was necessary to
carry the approaching election. He
csbled letter which electrified the
Republican party, raising it from the
slough of dependency to the pinnacle of
hope and sauguine expectation. The nom
ination was BLAINE's if he would only say
the word. Reports as to the condition of
his health now became frequent, though of
varying character. When the convention
met the preponderance of the delegates
was with SHERMAN, if BLAINE were
scratched" Then began that game of
fnesse which is so well remembered oy pol
iticians-the effort to nominate BLAINE by
the process Of eliminating all the other as
pirants. ALGER seemed to possess a
curious magnetic influence over the
colored brethren from the south.
DEPEw stood in the way of New York
going to the Ohio statesman. HARRISON
and GRESHAM were buttiug at one another
in Indiana and Illinois. ALLISON was
holding Iowa and scattering sections of
the northwest WINDOW had ten or a
dozen steady votes. One after another of
the scattering was knocked over as fast
as he came up. HARRISON was left for
dead on the field when the friends of
BLAINE, after shaking him up consider
ably, resucitated him. One after another
had given the death rattle, except SHER-
MAN. The Ohio man would not surrender.
Bribery, corrupt bargaining, fslsehood and
treachery were making the air heavy with
foulness, but SHERMAN would not give up.
1t was at this heroic iuncture, when the
friends Of the Senator were rallying for the
titanic struggle, that Governor FORAKER
showed the white feather and deserted,
leading the stampede. The nomination had
been rendered to MCKINLEY, chairman OF
the Ohio delegation, but he scorned the
offer with manly indignation. So the repre-
sentstives of MIR. BLAINE in the conven-
ton, with HARRISON galvanized, swep,
down together on SHERMAN's forces, anG
wiped them out And of course RARRIsoN
, owed FORAKER nothing, as he was merely
one of BLAINE's instruments used in the
defeat of SHERMAN. The behavior of the
Ohio governor when he was candidate
l for reelection was not calculated
to heal over the wounds he had in
fiicted; for it will be remembered thai
it was FORAKER who furnished the Gin
: cinuati Commercial with the memorabl,
baltot-box forgery, in which SHERMAN
, and MckINLEY's names figured SO disrep-
utably, and the publication of which, act
ing like boomerang, was SO Injurious tx
the "hre- alarm candidate. And yet, witt
I al, it was only the day before yesterda,
that this hypocriticai politician, in a speed
at Washington, had the temerity to speak
Of SHERMAN in complimentary terms!
, The whirligig OF time has now brough
q SHERMAN and FORAKER into the same aren
J. as gladiators for the senatorial prize. TIL
HERALD, with no great liking for the view
of the former, hopes to see him thrash tn
r very earth with the political carcases o
q his audacious competitor.
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