St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-05
LOSING NO POINTS.
Both Sides Have Plenty Of Ar
guments to Use on the
Opposition.
The Old StalwartS Are Now
the Heads of the Blaine
Procession.
They Have Been Out Of Jobs
for Some Time, and Want
Something.
Federal Officials a Source Of
Weakness to the Admin
istration Leaders.

No faith of partnership the minion owns;
And discord hoverS DER divided thrones.
The fight between the adherents OF
the eX-SecretaIy of state and the pres
ident of the United States was waged
with increasing bitterness all day yes
lerday, the only difference being that
the Blaine leaders wore more con-
fident look, and the Harrison men
fought more desperately. All doubt
in regard to Mr.. Blaine'S Willingness
TO accept the nomination has ROW been
removed, and this being the fact, they
claim that he will be given the nOmlna,
ton by an overwhelming majority on
the first ballot if the followers of the
president insist upon Sublectlng theiI
leader to TIE humiliation of defeat III
the convention. Thus far the battle has
been fought by two elements of the
party almost entirely. They are:
First-The men who are in the offices and
their friends. called by the Blaine men the
ofliceholders; ard.
Second-The men who formerly held al
the federal offices and who still have control
OF goodly portion of the party machine.
down with the federal Officials!" say
the Blaine men. disappointed office
seekers are not going to control this
convention" declare the Harrison lead
erS. And so the battle goes on, each
side, by the men who are allied with
it, furnishing the opposition with its
best and most powerful arguments.
There is no denying the fact
that many Republicans who would
naturally be for tie administration
nave been diSgusted by the influx OF
ihe hordes of federal officers who have
come from every part of the country,
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canada
line and from the farthcst Eastern
states to California on the west.
But these men find little comfort in
the ranks of the opposition. There they
find the men who were in control twelve
years ago. when they filled all the
offices and vainly tried to force Gen.
Grant upon the party as a candidate fol
a third term. They are, too, the same
men largely who shouted and worked
for President Arthur in 1884. The old
stalwarts are all against President Har
riSOn and shouting for the man they
fought for twenty years. This Is strong
point for the administratiOnistS, and
they are using 1t for all it is worth.
All the original Blaine men are now
for President Harrison, is the claim ot
the administration people.
This is only partly true. 1t is fact
that Charles Emory Smith, of the Phila
delphia Press; Whitelaw Reid, of the
New York Tribune. and number Ol
other old Blaine workers, are Tor Mr..
Harrison, but they are but small pOr
tion of the Blaine worshipers of tht
country, and are so situated that they
cannot in honor favor any one eXcep
Mr. Harrison.
WhiteIaw Reed was sent to France by
President Harrison; Charles Emory
Smith, to Russia; Ellis Ii. Smith, O
New York, received fat office; JohI
Wanamaker was made postmaster gen
eral; Il. G. Kerins. of Missouri, helpet
John w. Noble pencil out th'
federal offices in that state
Jerry" Rusk, of Wisconsin, is
cabinet officer, and ex-senator Spoonel
is close to the administration and wa
able TO provide for his friends. Thi
list might be amplified TO any eXten
with the result of showing that Wher
ever an old Blaine man is now for Har
rison it is because lie has had his re
ward in the way Of influence or posi-
ton.
The strength of the men who art
leading the Blaine movement at Min
neapOlis is found in the fact that to ;hC
old stalwart strength which holds tha
the Offices are party spoil to be divided
out among the workers who have tht
machine in hand, they have by severa
mastery strokes added that great pop
ular strength of James G. Blaine. III,
officeholders may be numerous, the ad
ministration campaign well managed
but it will be.strange indeed if Quay
CIarksOn, Platt, FasSett, Filley, Alger
Foraker. Washburn. Malone aud thei
friends and followers, reinforced an(
strengthened by the Blaine enthusiasts
do not win the daY.