The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-31
THE POLITICAL POT
It Continues to Boil, Bubble
and Simmer.
PREDICAMENT OF REPUBLICANS
Can They Induce Blaine to Accept the Nomi.
nation-PrOminent Politicians Think
He VIII Not Refuse.

Especial to TIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatchl
WASHINGTON, May 30:-A World special
says some highly interesting rumors are
atloat here, growing out of Mr.. Blaines
return to Washington. Much Importance
is attached to this step. 1t is accepted by
the politicians to mean one of two things
either that Mr.. Blaine will retire from the
cabinet in the next seventy-two hours, or
else that the president and his friends will
within that period receive some fresh as
surance from him on the subject of the
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION AT MINNEAP-
OILS.
1t is point ted out that if Mr.. Blaine in
tends to stand for the nomination it would
relieve both him and the president of great
embarrassment for him to retire from the
cabinet at once. Such step would be sn
open declaration of candidacy on his part,
but one which, if he really is candidate,
would do him no harm. In any circum.
stances his retirement from the cabinet
would follow his nomination at Minneap-
OILS. He and the president would be likely
to part company from that very day. On
the other hand, it is urged that if he does
not intend to allow his name 10 be used at
Minneapolis the time has come for the
country to have indisputable evidence of
that fact
President Harrison is indirectly calling
Tor information on the point, and it is diff
cult to conceive how ne and Mr.. Blaine
could meet now with any comfort to either
with that still an open question.
Nobody is willing to be quoted by name
as authority for either of these rumors, but
both emanate from men of prominence,
deeply Interested in the matter and anxious
to see it
SETTLED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
The Maine members of the house are the
most enthusiastic Of the plumed knights
supporters. Chief among them is Seth l..
Milliken, who may claim to be, at least in
the present campaign, the original Blaine
man. Several friends of the admiuistra-
ton have asked MIR. Milliken today if he
did not think MIR. Blaine would write a
letter of withdrawal
Most certainly not" he said, with some
Impotence. why should he, pray9 peo-
pie do not seem to understand the situation
so far as MIR. Blaine is concerned 81 all.
Mr.. Blaine is not seeking the nomination.
He has not sought it at any time since the
presidency began to be the topic of discus
sion. Some time ago, in obedience to q
popular demand that he should say some
thing on the subject, he defined his posi-
ton accurately and concisely IN q short
letter to General Clarkson. He said he
was not a candidate, and he said what he
meant. He cannot prevent his friends
from nominating him. The matter so far
as Mr.. Blaine is concerned, is entirely out
of his hards. If he were 10 write a letter
declaring himself candidate he would, of
course, oe accused Of inconsistency, and
nothing would be gained in any direction,
as the Blaine movement is sc strong that
nothing can now stop it, Mr.. Blaines
health is all right. He has always been
disturbed about his physical condition, but
he is equal to any amount of hard work"