St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-29
Ingersoll, Who Dubbed Jim
Blaine Knight, Is for
Gresham.
The Secretary Would Lose
Votes and the Judge
Would Gain.
Benny-Under-the-Hat Has No
Show at All, Says Sill
YER Tongue.
Flying From Politics, Mr.. In
gersoll Is Death on
HereticS.


CHICAGO, May 2S.-Col. Robert g.
Ingersoll arrived today at the Grand
Pacific, and in an authorized interview
gave a full expression of his views upon
the present political situation. He de-
clared himself to be in favor or the
nomination of Gresham, expressed the
belief that Harrison, if nominated, cannot
be elected, and dwelt at length upon the
pernlcious political system Indicated by
the rumor teIegraphed last night from
Washington that Blaine will resign from
the cabinet within twenty-four hours,
Asked first if he considered Mr.. Blaine
a candidate, ana if he thought, this be-
ing the case, that he would be nomi-
mated, Col. 1ngersOll said:
Il suppose Mr.. Blaine can be nomi-
mated if he wants TO be. think he has
more friends in the party probably than
any other man. But, judging him as an
ordinary man. l suppose we Will be
justified in saying that he does not really
want the nomination himself, But do
lIliIlh tIldL OOCo llOu WobU NIL AAoA
rison to have it. l think he will
take it if it is necessary to prevent the
nomination of Mr.. Harrison. | do not
think he would insist OH its being
unanimous, but the probability Is that
some other man may be selected. l
take it for granted that the president
and Mr.. Blaine |
Are Not Warm Friends
and l have made up my mind-Of course
l may be miStaken-ttat Mr.. Blaine
has decided that Harrison shall not be
the nominee. | think that Mr.. Blaine
can be nominated if he desires 10 be,
but the probability is that he has Sc
lected, or that his friends have selected.
some other man in case the friends of
Mr.. Blaine. do ne suggest his name TO
the conception. My opinion is just this
that Blaine is master of the S!tuatioil.'
"Mr. Blaine has, think, more friends
in the Republican, party than any other
man in it, but he hasSalso,. a good many
enemies. Any good Republican, that
is, any man of ability in whom the peos
pie have confidence, would -undoubt-
edly get the entire Republican vote |;
that IS to say, such a man would have
but few enemies. if any, whereas Mr.
Blaine might lose good many votes. J"
Does this antagonism for Blaine in
dicate any possible resurrection OF the
COnkling-Blaine fight?2
"Oh, no, the Conkling- Blaine fight is
all dead and forgotten; neither dO" L
think that any of-the old charges against
Mr.. Blaine would amount TO anything.
Everybody admits that he is a man of
great ability, and that if elected he
would give the country brilliant ad-
miniStratlOn: but he has run once and
he was defeated, and what has been
done may be done again.
Gresham Stronger.
/ Think, probably. that there are sew
eral men who would get more votes. /
think the strongest man-the one who
would secure the largest tOlloWing-is
Judge Gresham. l think he would
get more votes than any man
mate. for the reason that all the
laboring people, the associations and
unions. feel that he SympathiZes with
them, not in all they are trying to do,
but to the extent that he knows and
feels that laLor is not receiving Its Just
share, and that he syInpathiZes with
them in every reasonable effort that
they have made, or are making, to bet
ter themselves; and tor that reason |
think he would gain a larger vote than
any other man that could be nominated
by the Republican party, and l would
rather see him nominated than any
other man.
Let me say, with regard to the presi-
dent, that / think his administration
has been fairly good one. l am, not
Objecting to him on any personal
grounds whatever, but do not believe
in the second term for anybody. ] am
opposed to the second term for the rea-
son that the president will always. con-
sciously or unconsciously, his power
to obtain a reelection, and if he does
not he will be suspected of doing SO.
Ben Can't BE Elected.
"Anotber objection l have is that do
not believe Mr.. Harrison can.be elected
There is good deal of opposition to-
him in Colorado. Montana, Washington,
Nevada, and we cannot afford to lose
any states in November. +
Il want it, however, understood that
there is no personal feeling in this matt
ter with me at all, not the slightest. L
have no favorS that | want from any
administration other than every citizen
is entitled to-"
eff Mr.. Blaine really is candidate,
do you think it would be the proper
thing for MIN to resign from the cabi-
net?'
''lf Mr.. Harrison appointed Blaine SO
that he, Harrison, might have second
term. and Blaine understood that his
appointment was made for that purpose
and accepted it with that unde erstantlt
ing, of course, he ought not to be
a candidate, and. if he is, then he ought
to resign; but, if all this has been done
for the good of the country without
any thought of the effect OH the second
term, | do not see why Mr.. Blaine
should resign, or why Mr.. Harrison
should expect it.
Faith and Finance.
Questioned regarding the Briggs case.
Col. Ingersol said: =
II am glad that they are going to t-y
DIR. Briggs. If man joins the Presby-
terian church and says he believes the.
creed. why, of course, they have the
right to try him, and if they do try DIR,
Briggs, they will find out what the
creed of the Presbyterian church.
"When they put out Dr.. Briggs.
great many thousand will follow hum.
and, so far as that is concerned, l wish
every church would, put out every
hereto. Hypocrisy is what is keep
ing the church together. They do
not stand by the creed. The conse-
quence is that they allow a good deal
of free thought and a good deal of IN
fidelity, accompanied by reasonable
subseftion. to 90 unrebuked. The ques-
tion is not now so much a question of
faith as finance, and when they Begin
to try hefetics then we will find howi
many of them there are"