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BLAINE ONLY THEIR TOOL
HIS BOOMERS ONLY PICKED HIM
UP TO BEAT HARRISON.

Senator Hale Tries to Throw Cold
Water on the Boom-The Opposition
Waiting Anxlously for Clarkson's
Return-A claim That There is Much
More Harmony Among Them.
WASHINGTON, May 2o.-"This Blaine
boom, so-called," )" declared Senator Eugene
Hale of Maine to-day, Originates with
people who care nothing for Mr.. Blaine"
He smiled pleasantly, as though he thor-
oughly understood the subject. and said;
"Yes, that is all the work of the anti adj
ministration people. With them 1t is any
thing to beat President Harrison, and they
think that Secretary Bleiue's name is a bet
ter one to use than any other. No friend of
Secretary Blaine Is urging him to accept
the nomination. This Blaine boom, so-
called, originates with people who care
nothing for Mr.. Blaine, but simply want to
use him to break down the President.
WOULD BE ACCUSED OF INsINCERITY.
''If Mr.. Blaine should accept the nominal
tion at the request OF these people. half Of
the country would believe that he was not
sincere In his letter OF declination; that it
was a mere subterfuge on his part and that
he did not mean it. know that Mr.. Blaine
was sincere when he wrote it, for he is not
a candidate and does not want to accept the
nomination.
"If Mr.. Blaine should be nominated in
spite of himself )" asked the MORNING NEWS
correspondent, would he acceptp
II cannot answer that question: was the
reply. ~ only know that Mr.. Blaine does
not want the nomination, and that he
meant what he said when he said he would
not be candidate"
WAITING FOR CLARKsoN.
The anti Harrison republican leaders
for
rival of Chairman Clarkson, who was ex-
pected to bring them not only full report OF
the Detroit conference, but the latest word
from Boss Platt. They have been in tele-
graphic communication with Boss Platt,
Chairman Clarkson and other anti-Harri-
son republicans away from here, but they
want fuller details than they have had by
telegraph. They made three repeated and
persistent onslaughts on Secretary Blaine,
| which developed what they regard as his
willingness to at least let them 20 ahead
and try to nominate him without
interference on his part, and with
an intimation that he will accept upon the
urgent advice OF Mr.. Platt, and have all
ready gratified him with q report of what
they regard as thei- success. There is no
doubt that they are more confident OF beat
ing President Harrison than they ever were
| before and that this confidence is stimulat-
| ing their efforts so that they are working
more zealously than ever before.
THE ANTS MORE HARMONIOUS.
They have accomplished much In the di-
rection OF harmony and unity Of action
among themselves, for even ex-Speaker
| Reed has been brought, they
| claim, to agree to support the
| attempt to nominate Secretary Blaine.
and even to sen d friendly communication
TO Secretary Blaine in spite Of their long
| estrangement. Mr.. Reed. they say, when
| forced to choose, prefers his old enemy,
| Blaine, TO his new enemy, Harrison, aud
will lend his strength to the Blaine move
| ment, which the anti. Harrison leaders seem
to think is the only one with which they
| can defeat President Harrison. If Secre-
! tary Blaine, as they think, has determined
| not to interfere, they think they can pres
vent the nomination of President Harrison,
unless he should be nominoted on the first
ballot. by telling the delegates
| that Secretary Blaine will accept
| it after the first ballos
or two the convention turns to him as ITS
| general choice. They admit practically
that there is no other way Of preventing
| President Harrison's nomination. The Har-
rlson men say that this programme cannot
| be carried out for the simple reason that II
| President Harrison's nomination is pres
vented by these tactics President Harrison
| will have enough stanch delegates in the
| convention to prevent the unanimous nom-
ination Of Secretary Blaine or any other
nomination which he can afford to accept.
ELKINs' ESTIMATE.
| Secretary Elkins hos gotten his estimate
! of the Harrison strength in the Minneapolis
convention down to such a fine point that he
| states it at from COS to 610 delegates. He
admits, however, that this estimate does not
| take into account the possible use OF Secre-
| tary Blaines name in the convention.