The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-25
HARRISON HAS NO FEAR.
TIE TALK OF THE BLAINE MEN
FAILS TO SCARE BIN.

rbe President Confident That His Sec
re.arv of State Would Not Accept a
Nomination on Account of the Pre-
oar,ous Condition Of His Health-No
Word Passed Between Them.
WASHINGTON, May 24.-If Secretary
PIaine is nominated at Minneapolis Presi-
dent Harrison will be very much surprised,
and President Harrison is at least as shrewd
spolitician as any Of the men who are
booming Secretary Blaine against him,
He is not SO easily carried away. either,
rs most of them. He has studied the situa-
ton thoroughly, with as much knowledge Of
what is going on as most of his opponents,
and has come to his conclusion about 1T
canly and deliberately. That conclusion
is that Secretary Blaine will not be nomi-
mated and that he himself probably
will be- In the first place, he does not
think. from what he knows of Secretary
Blaine and Secretary Blaine's condition, that
he will at the last consent to be a candidate.
however ambiZuously he may now talk.
He does not get this from Secretary Blaine's
Nps The story circulated to-day as being
told by a near friend of President Harrison g,
who was also friend of Secretary Blaine,
that secretary Dldlu6 uhu LO4O t1o ITSSl-
dent fifty times" that he would not accept
nomination, was promptly denied.
BLAINE HAS SAID NOTHING.
The fact is, Of course, as was stated last
night in these dispatches, that Secretary
Blaine has carefully avoided speaking to the
President on this subject. Beyond the
la.ter to Chairman Clarkson the President
has had no direct staten nent from Secretary
Blaine, although the latter has doubtless
said fifty times to other men here that he
would not accept nomination. But the
President thinks Secretary Blaine sees that
it would be almost certain personal and
party suicide for him to take the nomina-
tion under the circumstances. Besides, the
President thinks Secretary Blaine will not
be offered a chance to take the nomination.
As was stated last night, he mas no intention
of Withdrawing. His blood is up.
He is in the fight to stay,
and. be believes, to win. He
is riding at the head Of his forces and
planning for the battle crisis. He is leading,
as he has often lead before in times of stress
in state politics, cautiously but confidently.
He thinks the Blaine boomers will have to
fight for Secretary Blaines nomination. He
thinks they might have stampeded the con-
vention if they had not sprung the Blaine
boom so soou. Next week instead of last
week might have proved more Opportune.
As il is, President Harrison and his friends
being forewarned are forearmed and do
not fear the contest. It is not strange that
President Harrison has no apprehe lsion as
to any other candidate except Secretary
Blaine, since the anti-Harrison men them
selves rejected all the others ons by one
when trying to find the man 60 beat Presi-
dent Harrison with aud fell back on
Secretary Blaine. who, 1T must be again re-
peated, has given them no positive asSur-
ance that he will accept if nominated.
CLARKsoN's CONFERENCES.
Chairman Clarkson did not get through
his talks with the auti-Harrison men last
night until after midnight, yet he was up
bright and early and busy all day long.
Most Of the men who saw him to-day we're
not especially opposed to President Har-
risoH, for he had seen all of those who
were in town last night. Ex-Speaker
Reed whom he wanted to see and who
wanted to see him, was over in New York,
where he is trying to further his scheme
for making himself the second choice of the
anti-Harrison men, and especially of Boss
Platt, when the bottom falls out Of the
Blaine boom, as Representative Reed be-
lieyes privately it will before it gets to the
nominating point This evening Gen.
CIarkson dined with Secretary Elkins, who
Is supposed to have been looking for inV
formation rather than for q conversion, al
though be may have tried bis blandish-
ments on the susceptible Clarkson. After
dinner Gen. Clarkson talked Blaine or q
dark horse as vigorously as ever.
CONSUL NEW GOING TO INDIANA.
Consul General New arrived this morn-
Ing, went directly to the white house to re-
port to his chief and dined with the Presi-
dent Tonight, when the plan Of the CAM
palgn " as thoroughly discussed. Other
friends Of the President came in after din
ner to talk about the burning subject. To-
morrow Gen. New will see the Presidents
friends at the capitol and on Thursday will
start for Minneapolis, stopping en- route at
Indianapolis to consult the leaders of the
Indiana delegation. Gen. New is confident
mat there will be no stampede in the con-
Vyentlon, that without stampede Secretary
Blaine cannot be nominated, and that Sec
TTeFary Blaine being out of the question
resident Harrison will be nominated.