The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-02
BLAINE SICK FROM HEAT.
HIS BOOMERS GIVEN A CHILL
BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

Confident That They Will Beat Har-
rison Out OF the Nomination.
WASHINGTON, June LIT gave the
Blaine boomers cold chill, in spite Of the
hot wave. when they heard to-day thai
secretary Blaine was too ''fatigued" to go
n the state department. They made instant
,nouirv. of course, and discovered that he
vas not as they had at first feared, fiat on
his back again with an attack of "indiges-
tion y but cold perspiration began to creep
over them as they thought Of the effect
mon their booming a dispatch describing a
mora pronounced attack of fatigue" sut-
f.red by Secretary Bains would have upon
the gathering delegates at Minneapolis, say
next Sunday or Monday. They realized
more keenly than ever that the Blaine boom
stands in jeopardy every hour. They saw,
too. how perilous their campaign for
his election if he should be nominated would
be. but for that they do not 30 much care.
If he will only fight off fatigue in spite Of
the hot weather which he has never been able
to endure comfortably since about this time
in the year 1876, until after the convention
has nominated, they will bs quite content,
nroyided, of course, he does not 60 back on
them altogether.
QUAY TRIES TO SEE BLAINE,
If Senator Quay, who is recognized as the
leader of the anti-Harrison forces in Wash
ington, as ex-senator Platt is of the anti
Harrison forces elsewhere, had been as sure
as he has been said to be that he knew Just
what Secretary Blaine's intentions are with
respect to the Minneapolis nomination, he
probably would not have spent several pre-
cious hours to-day in trying to see Secretary
Blaine before leaving for Minneapolis. Al.
though he was to leave at $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon and had many other things to do,
Senator Quay made two different efforts to
see Secretary Blaine for the purpose OF
getting from him some tangible answer that
be would accept the nomination il it was
offered him, and that he would not prevent
the offer from being made, for
Senator Quay realized how valuable a
few toXraphic lines from Secretary
Blaine's pen would be- in convincing the
stubborn delegates. But he did not find
Secretary Blaine either time, and of course
was obliged to leave this afternoon in Sem
ator Stockbridge's private Alger car with
out the documentary evidence he desired.
Senator Quay went first to the state DEPART
ment, where ne was told that Secretary
Blaine being fatigued with his first days
work there yesterday and affected by the
hot weather Of this morning, had not
arrived and probably would not
arrive to-day. He had the secretary's pri-
vate secretary telephone over to Secretary
Blaine's house that be would call there later,
and accordingly later on he did 30. He was
told rather mysteriously that the Secretary
OF State was not at home, but know
ing what diplomatic fellows the
secretary has for servants he sat down and
waited half an hour The secretary,
whether out or in, did not, however, ap-
pear, SO the senator left disappointed for
the train.
TONED UP BY wOLCoTT.
There he and the other anti Harrison men
in Senator Stockbridges party were toned
up the eXuberant and enthusiastic Wolcott
OF Colorado, who came there for the pur-
pose of giving item a farewell stimulus
DE assured them that he was
satisfied from what Secretary
Blaine had said and hadn't said to him, that
Secretary Blaine would not put a feathers
weight IN their way aud that if nominated
he would accept. "We'd like to have that
in black and white" said Senator
quay, but Senator Wolcott assured him that
was quite unnecessary; the convention
being Blaine convention, which would go
right ahead under full steam if it was not
prevented by the actual interference of Sec
retary Blaine himself, which was not now to
DO feared. Senator Quay was not SO sure
Oh this. He reminded Senator Wolcott
that Secretary Blaine was a man OF moods,
and that even # he thought to-day as Sem
ator Wolcott believed he did, Tomorrow he
might think just the opposite. He also told
senator Wolcott that he had heard rumors
10 the effect that Secretary Blaine aud
resident Harrison were going to patch up
tuelr differences, aud that Secretary Blaine
would then incontineDtlly dump" his
ooomers. But Senator Wolcott laughed at
mat, asserting that Secretary Blaine's diff
ieFehces with President Harrison could not
De patched up, if for no other reason be-
cause MIR. Blaine would not permit them
to be-.
SURE HARRISON IS BEATEN.
Senator's Quay and Wolcott, who had
P'euty OF time for their talk since Senator
guay arrived half an hour before the rest Of
.le party, seemed satisfied when they got
rough their review of the situation that
.Iuey mad President Harrison beaten even if
suey did not have Secretary Blaine nomi-
HIoVed, and that ex-Speaker Reed, Senator
"oIcotus candidate, or Gen. Alger, Senator
Suay candidate, would be the oae in case
HIeIUher Secretary Blaine nor President
ta GARRISON should win. They did not see
40" PRESIDENT Harrison, having arrayed all
tpe po !eauerS OF his party against him and all
% uo party managers and convention workers
tLe T,.u lew exceptions, could possibly hope
~ ~ success. Their programme is, Of course,
lhpress this upon the delegates, insist that
Nt@' Dlhlne is candidate and VIII
s,. aI, ept. All the conditions and circum.
IIsaIce3 having changed since he wrote his
,ST ,Io'eT 70 Gen. Clarksou, it being evident
oIs on1' I resident Harrison cannot be reelected
SaG IIG mat Secretary Blaine is the only DOS
con5.Vior SAVIOR OF the party. They expect to
D5u VI the organization of the convention
~ Iu W admit the Blaine contesting delegates
ba III tae south, beginning with the Ala
PI.ia PTInia delegation, which is to begin the
I"5ile Ieo5e stampede through its loud lunged
So . austin, who is TO sound the slogan"
tney soy. Delegation after delegation
roing been either cajoled, coerced or cor
4pI.e1C Vor they make no bones Of Gen.
sor,L n@GI 3 purpose to buy President Harrson's
A. II colored supporters for Blaine and
tNeIl, the Plumed Knight is
nor,i oe howled right through and
bttuLuated by reclamation. If be declines
Sne,iee or after the nomination is made, ex-
tbro''.eer reed or Gen. Alger is to be rushed
nu E;usu. these plans with their details,
o" n iSnore the Harrison men altogether as
tba u @ l'Iel ghlncant and unimporUant. Yet
tho, or ;lIon lson men will be there and will,
booy,nss' INSIST spoil the plans of the Blaine
Ihey cannot carry out their own.
WHERE WAS HE?
WI preventative CT the Associated Press,
ni1pt CaIled at Secretary Blaine's house to-
m 20 investigate a rumor that he was
soou vas Informed by the servant that the
rrobaIiy was not at home. The rumor
Blsinno arose from the fact that Secretary
wbita IVA" "as not at the state department or