Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-11
that he will go abroad and remain for tile

that he will go abroad and remain for tile
rest of mis- life.
After discussion of the exciting, and one
might say.tragic events of the day at Mime
upon the party of the nomination of Harrt
son. VIII there be truce between him and
Quay Platt, Clarkson, the majority OF the the
aggregation of national, State and local
managers, who, while they have failed to
defeat Harrison in convention, may
not raise a single hand to save w h. him
ago one of these great managers
said to me that Harrison might win at Min.
neapolis against all their opposition, as they
could not concentrate their forces, but that
without their assistance he could not sue.
ceed in November. What may be done "a
conoiliate them is problematio, but that
Harrison will attempt to gain their good
will and hearty support may be confidently
predicted.
In No Danger Of q sweIled Head -
Harrison is in no danger of getting the
swelled head. While he may be as harmless
as a dove. he is also as wise as serpent. 1t
may be found that he Is quite enough Of a
practical politician for this difficulty, as he
was for the difficulty Of the convention. If
he cannot win them, he will take the shrewd-
est possible steps to win without them. He
has powerful friends. and his brilliant
no former President ever had to
fight will add immensely to his
strength. Shrewd men who have opposed
him predict that the reaction in his favor on
account OF his unprecedented victory will
make him within few weeks by all odds
the strongest candidate the Republicans
could have If. with this added entimental
strength, he can also bring to his assistance
all the now disaffected element, there is no
telling what may be effected in the way Of
national enthusiasm. and the more especial
ly If the Democratic factions remain at war
In New York, as it is predicted they will.
Harrison 10 q firm believer in himself and
his destiny. He believes he is destined by
Divine Providence to enact great role, and
statesman put it to-day, and not at all in
tending to be irreverent: Harrison believes
that God Almighty intended him to do great
things, and he constantly says to himself,
What can any enemy do against me and
God Almighty?'"
An administration That Wears Well.
1t cannot be otherwise than that Har-
rtson's administration will grow upon the
public. 1t has been full of exciting and
threatening events No other administra-
tion since the war has had to deal with so
many delicate and dangerous questions. He
has handled all of them with as fine judg-
ment as probably any man of this age could
have done. l saw "he," because he has done
1t all himself. Never in this republic has
istration. He has kept his hand on the
lever in every department. His Cabinet
Ministers have been his clerks. While treat
ing them courteously. he has used his own
Judgment in all matters outside of mere
routine. In trivial or important affairs he
has maintained that some unrutfied i'm
perturbability and confidence which mark
his demeanor at cherch, in his carriage: in
his walks or at his ordinary receptions. His
calmness his mental ntert his certainty of
himself. under all circumstances make him
not only an exceptional man, but one dis
tfnctively exceptional among exceptional
men. While there is no personal magnetism
in this cold, interpretive, almost insuffer-
ably self-reliant human creation, there is a
wonderful magnetism in his strong,
and things, and this. with the Waterloo to-
day OF the many Napoleons who opposed
him, may lead him to victory against even
the mighty force which will be brought
against him in November.
The Hoodoo on Blalne's House.
OF course, It was inevitable that the old
story Of the haunted Blaine mansion, and
the ill-luck that attends all who inhabit it.
should come to the surface again, since the
latest owner has been sent from it to his
political grave. Its story Is well known and
need only be referred to. 1t was club
house when Barton s. Key had his intrigue
with Mrs. sickles, wife of General
Sickles. = From window in it
Key and Mrs. sickles, who lived
across the square, were won't to
signal to each other. In front of it General
Sickles shot Key to death. In the same
room where Blaine has been sleeping and
also often languishing an invalid, lay Will
lam H. Seward when he was stabbe by the
assassin Payne, and there Frederick
Seward was beaten half to death, and
United States army officer was stabbed,
while attempting to intercept Payne.
From that time to the date OF Blaine's
purchase and occupation of the place it has
been inhabited by no prominent person,
and for some reason no housekeeper could
be induced to remain for very long, rent
free. Since Blaine's advent there he has
lost his health. His favorite son, Walker,
slipped while alighting from q carriage in
front of it, broke his leg, and died from the
effects of the injury. Mrs. Coppinger, the
daughter, died suddenly, a grand.
child followed her, and several other near
relatives went to their graves Young Jim
Blaine had runaway match with Marie
Nevin, q divorce and scandal upon scandal
ensued, and now the Secretary resigns his
office in most unaccountable manner and
leaves the city only to hear that his latest
political hope is laid in the grave. Only Mrs.
Blaine and her sister, 'Gail Hamilton" seem
to be impervious to the evil influences of
the place.
OF course these are mere condolences but
they are condolences that are sure to make
the ignorant and superstitious believe that
The house is given up to baleful spirits.
Doubtless the property will now be for rent
Dr. sale at a low price. Who will occupy or
0uy? LIGHrNER