St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-05

ClarkSOn letter rather as a matter of
spite. that neither EikinS, Tracey nor
any of them might take it as Blaine's
scalp over to the White house, and get
the premium on SeaipS to be paid there
for it 1t was further believed in the
Blaine household that had he not writ
ten some such letter at the time he
cabinet, and he had previously
been deprived of his official
function and residence in Washington.
by Arthur. who was working out the
second term programme also. After
| the ClarkS0n letter Was written Blaine
was so much let alone that his health
picked up, and with health returned the
question: "What am | here for?
| Though | have been the fayorite of my
party since 1876, l have let Hayes, Gar
field, Arthur and Harrison fatten upon.
my preserves. HAYES owed his nomlua-
ton to me, and yet he allowed Sherman
to absorb that whole term in working
I'D the patronage against HIM. From
the moment Garfield became president
every sort of insidi0uS whisper was
made to him to. beware of me, because l
was too popular with the people. Mr..
Arthur made my home which | had built
at a great sacrifice i'll Washington the
home of stranger, and dismissed all
his cabinet but Bob Lincoln for fear
if | stayed in Office that my popularity
might increase. At the same time he
created Gresham i'll his cabinet in order
to kill off Harrison. Nevertheless, l
was nominated, and when beaten by
Arthur's men l stood away from the
nomination a second time and yielded
TO Harrison. Is my life TO terminate
just al its maturity because Mr.. Harri-
son
Wants Second Term
and the people want me for the first
term? He is not strong enough to nom
mate himself even with his officehOld-
els, ana l am expected to keep on writ
ing destinations after have given him
the full benefit of one SUCH" This is
the Blaine reasoning. which l deduce
from a knowledge of the man and from
recent expressions of his friends. When
| left Washington | knew that only
something extraordinary would pull
Blaine out of this race. He is subject to
infirmitieS of health and of concession.
and the administration is now hard
pushed to fiIId another WhItelaw Reid
TO whom he can write second letter.
With Blaine people there is q want of
faith in HarriSon'S magnanimIty and
largeneSS of mind to treat Mr.. Blaine
with any justice after he shall receive a
second term. 1t is with Blaine the Ques-
ton Of closing up the shop and going
out of public business, while OH the
other hand a convention 1,3O0 miles
from him with which he maintains no
maintains no communication is
voluntarily running him. If it be
said that the former Blaine men
are now for Harrison, so it can be said
that the former Harrison men are now
for Blaine. Those who followed Blaine
as a great eXpeetant for years and failed
in their expectations, have now made
their home with Harrison, while the
hostile politicians like Cameron, Plat
and Quay, who never gave Blaine any
help, have come TO his support because
he is necessary to them. The federal
patronage in New York is important
enough not to lose. They believe that
Blaine can save it.
Seeing MI. BOardman, the president
of the park commission of Minneapolis,
wearing a Blaine badge, | said: rs
came from Maine, as did a great many
in these perts. If Blaine we're nom
mated the effect would be salutary
upon ourselves. The government of
Minneapolis is Eow Democratic. The
legislature is controlled by the Alliance
and the Democrats together. Blaine's
nomination would undoubtedly i'll Mill
neSota send Cush Davis back to the
senate. Give US the legislature and turn
the city over to us. That is why | am
for Blaine. We need the use of his
name for our local ends" said Mr..
Boardman. ut would be great help
| to us in the Northwest to have Jerry
RuSk behind Blaine on the ticket. Rusk
can get up on a threShing machine,
wherever the farmers are, and do his
hours work; he IS typical of the
country, good-natured fellow, and
Blaine and Rusk could captivate this
region and be good politics, unQuestiOn-
| ably" If Alger is being worked to run
behind Blaine. of course, Mr.. Rusk
| cannot threSh out his days work.
Scenes in Minneapolis.
This Saturday the wealthy men of
| Minneapolis have been entertaining a
good deal. MIR. Lowry, president of the
| 500 railroad, which cost S2l ,000, 900, and
was shouldered by fifteen men of Min
| neapolis, took some of us through the
| fine parks aud lakes. which are worth
| 5000. 600, and. by the liberality of the
| donnors, cost the city only 100000. Mr..
| Pillsbury, the miller, accompanied
us, who sold his mills for
SS,0OO.0OO to the foreign syn
| dicate, retaining much stock, and says
| that they pay per cent, and the sellers
regret that they parted with what they
had; he says that farm lands have gone
| up 30 per cent in the last year through
out Minnesota; that Manitoba is not
worth having nor her wheat good for
| -four, and that it costs but SO cents to
send barrel of -four to New York. and
he can send barrel fifty miles from
town cheaper than he can deliver it in
| Minneapolis. Opinion is still divided
| as to whether Harrison can accomplish
| his nomination or not. His opponents
are now declaiming against the South
| ern states. which will net give him an
| electoral vote, having the impudence to
| put him in nomination. Hitherto the
| Blaine men have had no effective lead
erS, and no doubt some impression has
| been made against their candidate by
| the versatile exertiOnS of HarriSOn'S S
| guard. Not much is SAID against bar
| rison by the higher class of Blaine men !;
| they admit that he has ability,
! but do not consider it fair play
! for a president to use his rotten
| boroughs and otfiee-holding staff to ac-
complish his nomination. The Harri-
son men might be able to poll 400 votes,
if Blaine showed his hand no further.
! but changes are constantly taking place /;
Alger has some votes positively assured.
| The need of some supervising Repub-
| lican hand is much felt to complete a
| ticket at both ends for the best interests
| of the party. The vice presidency is
liable to be traded off for votes upon the
| presidency. GATH.
BETWEEN TWO MEN.