Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-31
rATH ON POLITICS.
Q Says the Blaine Boom Now Af-
fects Mrs. Harrison and Is
EEPING HER IN A SICK ROOM.
Also Believes the Magnetic Man From
Maine Means Mischief,
tLKS on THE ISSUE OF THE HOUR.

Boston, May 30.-"Gath" writes in |
ngthy letter to the Globe: Tumultuou'
inventions 16 years ago were on the poin
nominating Blaine when the gas wen
IT.
The soldiers of fortune and politica,
venility, who long injured his reputation
being seen in his company, are now gray
mmissioned and forgetful conservatives
ost of them working for Harrison.
l said to Senator William E. Chandler to
":
SIS Blaine so very sick?"
NO he has his ups and downs, and
ink that now and then both Blaine and
rs. Blaine look favorably upon his making
Presidential campaign. Again, ne has q
rck- set, and they repudiate the views OF
te day before. Mr.. Blaine was at dinner
my house not many nights ago. We in
ted him and hardly expected he would
me, but he did. Again, l saw him at the
ritish Minister'S, who gave him dinner.
e was fairly conspicuous and maintained
mselt somewhat like the Blaine of old
VS..
TT is also wrong to saw that he does not
erlook and follow the foreign business.
simply is an older man, not capable of
e feryid onset he used to make when,
, digal of his vitality, he led and was at
tive.
Blaine a Victim of His Moods.
But, is it party policy to nominate a
who might have a sudden attack and
before election? You say the Executive
T11 ha ,,1ooaO hot
ould not be assented to in this country.
mother convention would have to be
llled, and only those who attended could
ominste, subject for more feeling and
scrimination.
81 admit the force of the argument that
NAV need a more popular candidate than
.arrison, but Mr.. Blaine, to great extent,
the patient and victim of his moods and
oppose he refuses after he is nominated?
think his health dictates his varying atti-
Ides upon the Presidential issue, and both
e uncertain.
Yet, since he took to the closet and aban-
oned the open field of daily action, his
ealth has not been good.
Mr.. Elkins told me not long ago that
laine's gout and stomach troubles probab-
came from long sittings while composing
IS book
After he went to Europe the same author
y remarked that when he had determined
answer Cleveland's tariff message the
.rse industry of that one day threw him
the gout From this gout he subse-
ntly took paralytic stroke.
While the administration of Harrison
been honest, while he has attended to
duties faithfully, yet in those personal
lalities which distinguish fine politician
L. j.. Ia j
decided impression upon any person who
lme before him, whether from distant
ountry or from home.
The Western people, among whom he was
used, do not seem to like him; this manner
{ his, which is apparently cold is no doubt
atural. Yet the temperament is to be con-
ldered when we come to regard a great
ian, and General Harrison's temper at the
resent time, when seeking a denomination,
not attractive except to those who like to
.e dog fight
He resents the idea of person in his
abinet running for President. Quite diff
rent from a predecessor of his who
lowed his Secretary of the Treasury to
ake a campaign as his successor and never
lterfered IN any way nor allowed the
atronage to be worked, as far as President
Iayes knew, in Sherman's favor or against
i'm.
Western States Against Harrison.
Among the Western Republicans who
ave Joined the Farmers Alliance, one
ian alone of the old Republican party
GEMS to have retained his popularity: that
Blaine. As those Northwestern States
re in jeopardy, as shown by the late Con-
ressional elections, it is manifest that the
isposition to have Blaine as the candidate
ONES out of desire to hold the party firm
nd see it again victorious.
These Western States are generally
gainst Mr.. Harrison, until you come down
} Missouri, where you get no Republican
lectors.
A general victory of the Democratic party
light be followed throughout the entire
orthwest by the displacement of all the
.epublican Senators, Governors, etc, who
ave SO long held control, and their success
ors, the young men who are coming for
ard in the same party. Victory, there
re. is essential; and it is being looked for
the convention.
1t is fatty said that Harrison cannot carry |
olorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wiscon- |
n, perhaps not Minnesota Blaine's atti- |
lde in the Cabinet has sustained the farm |
RS; and they may desire to give the Repub-
can party another chance. They compre- |
end his scheme OF reciprocity with those |
ations which are not afraid to enter into |
oecial arrangements with u.s.
On the other hand, the President firmly |
,mmitted himself to Mckinley and Reed, |
hose Congress passing under the peoples |
otes received an ignominious defeat.
his Congress was the trial of both Harri |
N and Mckinley.
Blaine, on the other hand, seeing the
feet of extremely high tariff endeavored |
checkmate it with reciprocity, and thus
the hostility of Mr. Reed, and |
ossibly that OF Mr. Mckinley.
Two Terms Not Popular.
Harrison, it is observed, has had nothing
explain while President. The politicians
v they do not like him, and that he is
Id, and It is probable that this feeling ex-
nds to the people. But his party is never
quired to help him out of any bother he
ay have gotten into.
Yet, a strong argument used against Har-
son in our day is that old one of two terms
,ing too much for a man not of distin-
lished talents in times of peace. Our
residents have been given two terms only
cases Of war or great political agitation,
ID the present time is eminently pacific.
robably never in the history of this coun-
V, or since the administration of Monroe,
i've Washington and the country at large
own less reciprocity of party hatred. The
ct that the present contentious are en-
rely within the line of either political
Lrty, and do not extend across the party
nes, proves what l saw
/ was talking to-day with Mr.. E. C.
-hite, notable Democrat of the District
Columbia, who has often given me good
formation and sound judgment. I said
him. ''Who will be the Republican
II think, after all, !" he replied, ''that it
III be Blaine, and if nominated he is going
be very hard man to beat His popu-
rity is general
Mrs. Harrison is described by her physi-
an and friends as being utterly worn out
: the ass Iduities of the White House. Is
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