Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-22
HARR1soN.s EYES OPEN.
Quay's Resignation Not at His Request.
President Is Curious.

Quay'g Resignation Not at HIS Request.
President Is Curious.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-Whatever the
private views of President 5errison may
be with regard to Senator Quay's pres
ence at the head of the National Com
mittee. it can be stated positively that
the President has never ASKED the Sem
ator to retire from that position, and
that if he does retire 1t will not be be-
cause Of pressure from the White House.
At the interview between Harrison
and Quay several weeks ago the only
question was whether Quay would sup
port Harrison for denomination. To
this question, propounded by the Presi-
dent, Quay responded that he would II
he was properly treated, but that he
must wait to see how he would be
treated by the President. or course,
he meant that he would wait to see
what patronage he would get. The
President Immediately appointed VIM.
Fl. Brooks Collector of Internal Revenue
for Philadelphia at Quay's request. But
he has made no other appointments.
Quay's request that Second Comptroller
Gilkeson should be made Scofeld's sue
cessor on the Court OF Claims Bench
has not as yet been needed, but that is
said to be because Harrison wants the
appointee confirmed by the Senate, and
he will wait until Congress meets.
The fact probably is that Harrison Is
waiting to see how Quay will treat him.
Quay's hesitation about his retirement
is due, it is said, to his desire to get
from Harrison a letter Of thanks for his
services as Chairman OF the committee
that elected him. Quay suspects that
Harrison would like TO have him retire
and that Harrison might be willing to
issue it by promising him such letter
as would be clean bill Of health.
Again, it is said that he hesitates only
lest Harrison might make it impractic-
able to elect Clarkson or Dudley Chair
man. In that event Quay would stick.
Ex-Congressman Tom" Carter, of
Montana, Secretary of the National
Committee, now Commissioner Of Pub
lie Lands, says that if Quay retres
Clarkson will succeed him. Carter says
he sees no reason why the President OF
the National League of Republican
Clubs should not also be the Chairman
of the Republican National Committee.
Now that the attempt to make Blaine
out an invalid at deaths door has failed,
the friends of Harrison here are more
than ever afraid that Blaine will be no.
mated. They see that the attempt to
discourage his friends by represent
ing that he was physically and men
tally incapacitated was serious blum
der in volving a strong reaction in favor
of nominating Blaine. They fear now
that nothing but Blaine's own word can
prevent his nomination, and that per-
haps even Blaine's word would fail.
They are talking about an attempt
which the President is to make as soon
as Blaine returns Of the President does
not in the meantime go to Bar Harsor
for the purpose) to MAKE Blaine come
out and declare himself.
This Is what the President would
have done on Lis return from the West,
they say, if Blaine had rot gone off to
New York to the Presidents great dis
appointment, for he had hoped then to
reach an understanding with Blaine.
So far as Harrisons friends admit, Har-
rison has no assurances from Blaine
that he would not accept the nomina-
ton next year if it should be rendered
him.