The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-06
HARRISON IN 1T TO STAY.
No Probability OF Letter of With
drawAl


drawal.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-The resignation
OF Secretary Blaine has led his friends and
those Of the President to throw off disguise
and openly prepare for battle. Attorney
General Miller said to-day to the MORNING
News correspondent that the President
would not withdraw from the fight for the
nomination. He is not the sort of man."
said he. ito go into fight and withdraw.
He will remain in the fight as long as there
is any probability Of his being nominated. !"
A Sabbath quiet prevailed even In the
haunts of the politicians here to-
day. So many of the most active
of the republican workers had
gone to Minneapolis that the discussion of
Mr.. Blaines resignation and of the presi-
Dental outlook was chiefly confined to the
department clerks and the regular hotel
loungers.
BLAINE TALKING FREELY.
Mr.. Blaine talks freely with personal
friends about the events which have led up
TO his resignation, and they are by no means
ell Of them connected with the contest for
the nomination at Minneapolis. There has
been friction between the President and
dent did not want Mr. Blaine in bis cabinet
and finally decided to put him in be-
cause he might do less harm
there than as malcontent
on the outside. Mr.. Blaine came TO Wash
ington early in the winter after President
Harrison's election and took q suite Of
rooms at the Normaudie. II was evident
that he meant either to hold a high place in
the cabinet or to form a nucleus Tor an
mi \ ,{pta afr rty
HARRISON AFRAID OF HIM. ..f.
Mr.. Blaine enjoys giving good dinners.
and the amount of caustio criticism which
might be passed on the administration
around the Blaine dinner table and
scattered among members of congress
and over the country was something
which Gen. Harrison could not CON
template with eQuanimity. John G.
New had been one OF Mr.. Harrison's
closest advisers, and he had no love for Mr.,
Blaine. The President hesitated long to in
vite the Maine leader into the cabinet, but
he finally decided that he could do nothing
else with safety.
BLAINE's FUTURE PLANS.
What Mr.. Blaine will do next no one pre-
tends TO know. If his health is good he may
allow himself to be nominated at Mime
apolis. If he should have another attack OF
indigestion or q case of vertigo as severe as
that which prostrated him on the floor of
the marble room of the Senate on the day
Of Senator Barbour's funeral he may come
out with final letter of withdrawal from
the presidential race. ,.zt
AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
The question is beginning to be seriously
discussed what would happen If Mr. Blaine
should become too ill to aot as President
after the November election. II he should
be wholly disabled before the meeting of
the electors the candidate for Vice Prest-
dent might be voted for President and a
new man substituted for Vice President II
the republican candidates should be elected
and complete disability should come upon
Mr.. Blaine after the meeting of the
electors, the country would be in
an embarrassing position without precedent
in its history. Such possibilities are caus-
ing uneasiness among active republicans
and they are beginning to appreciate the
fact that it will be severe handicap to
their cause to have candidate who must
be constantly defended against the charge
that he is not physically and mentally able
of performing the duties OF his high Office.
BLAINE SPENDS THE DAT AT HOME.
Mr.. Blaine spent the whole day quietly
at his home, except that toward evening he
took drive into the country with Mrs.
Blaine. He received few calls from per-
sonal friends, but admittance was refused
to all other persons. All effors to "inter-
view'' him were equally unsuccessful the
ex-secretary adhering to the determination
which he announced immediately after his
resignation yesterday, that he would let the
published correspondence speak for itself,
without a word Of explanation from him.
Mr.. Blaine has, however, sent to the aAsso-
ciated Press this evening for publication
the following (autograDhici' comwunica-
ton:
A CARD.
Il MADISON PLACE,
WASHINGTON. June 5, 1892. (
The United Press yesterday sent out an alleged
interview with me land also with Mrs. Blaine)
for which there was not the slightest founda-
tion in truth. II was a forgery from first to
last 1 warn my friends that similar falsehoods
may be expected again. JAMES G. BLAINE.
THE DUCEY LETTER.
Father Cronin, editor of the Buffalo
Catholic Union and Times. denies emphat-
ically the published statement that Mr..
Blaine sent for him to obtain his views as
to the effect of the Ducey letter upon
Catholic voters. He declares his visit to
Mr.. Blaine was purely accidental. and had
no political purpose. He merely called to
pay his respects aud in the interview the
mama of Father Ducav was not even man.