Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-02
DEPEW SAYS A WORD.
The Air Charged With Electricity
That May Cause Friction.
BLAINE GAVE HIM NO NOTICE,
Therefore He Regards the Secretarys 5
Letter as Official
TAMMANI MAY SUPPORT CLEVELAND

CHICAGO, June 1.-Chauncey NJ. Depew
arrived in this city tonight Speaking Of
the possibility of Blaine being candi-
almost certain to be the nominee of the
Minneapolis Convention, but in case Blaine
were nominated and refused then Harrison
could not be candidate for an Office de-
clined by the chief officer of his Cabinet.
The generalization of such an event would
spread all over the country and the party
would be defeated before the election began.
"The air." he continued, is surcharged
with an unnecessary electricity caused by
possible friction that may arise at Mime
apolis. The inevitable and irresistible
logic of the situation is the renomlnation of
Harrison. This convention differs from
any others of the last % years in that at all
the others favorite sons have been brought
to the front by their several States, to be
sacrifcial lambs on the altar of the general
result. There has usually been enough of
them to distract the convention for three or
four days and to render the result somewhat
of lottery. Now the situation is entirely
changed.
All Favorite Sons Are slaughtered.
''The favorite sons have been remorselessly
slaughtered in their own States. The only
chance to beat Harrison was that the conven-
tion should vote for half dozen or so of
these fovorite sons and so prevent a choice
until his opponents could concentrate on
somebody. But the supreme effort to in
duce Blaine to become a candidate has prac-
ticallv retired every body but him, and I'M
less Blaine allows his name to be presented
Harrison will be nominated by the poten-
tial force both of his record and his friends
and by the default of the defendant.
'sIt is remarkable that so able-so success
full a combination of political managers as
is against the President should have staked
everything upon an interrogative. If Blaine
is candidate they have, of course, the po-
tential influence of great name, great fame,
and universal popularity: If Blaine fails
to say that he is actually in the race they
are like the last of the Caesars in the voca-
tive, or like Mahomet'e coffin suspended in
the air. Nothing could be more suggestive
of the difficulties of the situation to the op-
ponents of General Harrison than the act of
practical politicians like Platt, Quay, Clark |
son and Foraker"
Blaine Gave Him No Notice.
Mr.. Depew, by way of enforcing his argu- |
ment, said Blaine would not be candidate, |
said he (Depew) was a friend of Blaine,
when to be a friend of his meant political |
He was for Blaine against |
Grant, Garfield and Hayes Therefore, if !
there had been any intention on the part of |
Blaine to become a candidate he was en-
titled to notice, would have received it and
would have gone to Minneapolis to nomi-
nate him. Not having received any such
notice, he took Blaine's letter as official.
AS to New York Mr.. Depew declared
that not one-fourth of the Blaine men
among the delegation would vote for
Blaine unless he wrote a letter withdrawing
his former letter to Mr.. Clarkson. General
Harrison was the only man who, as Re-
publican, had carried New York on State
or national ticket since Garfield He can
carry it again, though the new election law