The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-02-11
CONCERNING BLAINE
Latest Gossip About Blaine and His
Cuban Plans.
He Will 60 and Get Fat and Greasy and
Then He Will Run.
PIoUs JOHN TO MAKE A CHANGE
He viii Go to Paris and Give Reid a
Chance to Work Up His Pet for
the Next Wild Whirl.

the Next Wild Wbirl.
WAsHIHGTON, D. c., Feb. 1O.-James
&. Blaine will soon cease to be secretary
Of state.
His announcement of withdrawal from
the presidential contest was but the pre-
lude to his other and equally interesting
announcement.
He will act upon his own v~olition. Con-
sideration Of his health is given as his
motive.
This is now bis intention, according to
his own statement. Of course it is posi-
bic that he may change his intentions.
He has changed them before.
lie expects to go to a warmer climate,
seek TO recover his health and grow fat
over regrets at his withdrawal from active
politics.
lie has unfolded his plans to republi-
can contidants. From these republican
cOnfidants the information N
Mr.. Blaine claims to have postponed
his resignation from the cabinet until
after his letter about the presidency to
prevent that resignation from being taken
as a bid for the presidency.
lie asserts that lie postponed it until
after the CHILEAN situation was settled to
preqent the appearance Of an open rup-
ture with the administration. 1t is quite
natural that he should nave wanted to
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the credit for whatever craftsmanship
there might be attached to that settle
ment.
Cuba will likely be his rccuperating
ground.
In his withdrawal from the presiden-
tial contest he made no mention Of the
present administration. He will not.
likely do so in his resignation from the
cabinet.
Neither commentator nor censure is
certainly not complimentary to Mr.. Har-
risOn. 1t indicates that Mr.. Blaine's be-
lief is that every man should take care of
himself.
The outlook, then, is that dozens of
candidates will spring up. Indeed more
than a dozen have already sprung up.
Couple this fact with the additional
fact that so keen a man as Senator Sher-
man said he would have to study Mr..
Blaine's presidential letter three or four
days to understand it, and it will be seen
that Mr.. Blaine seems still to cherish the
hope that the nomination may be thrust
upon him.
Suppose he ceases all work, rests luxu-
riously, quits having attacks of indiges-
ton and grows sleek and SASSY" what
would be more natural than that the party
should turn to him in the case of a dead
lock in the convention?
Blaine has not lost his cunning and
only the future can definitely disclose his
plans.
Another rumOr, which is colored very
much like fact, is that Wanamaker will
resign his postmaster generalship and go
to Paris to take the place of Whitelaw
Reid, and that GARRISON, the faithful
headsman, will take pious Johns place.
1t is known that Wanamaker has lost
much of the favor in which he was held
by Harrison just after his $40O, 900 check
was drawn. Wanamaker has failed to
keep Pennsylvania in line for Harrison,
and the little president is mad about it.
1t is true hat Wanamaker has claimed
to have lots Of schemes which he wished
to perfect, relative to his department, but
if Benjamin Harrison asks him to trans
fer his operation to Paris, it is not likely
that he would refuse.