The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-08
BLAINE BOBS UP AGAIN.
he Is SAID TO BE WILLING TO AC-
CEPT A NOMINATION.

CEPT a NOMINATION..
Rumors That He Regretted His Letter
of Withdrawal the Nome He Saw It
in Print-A Story That He Feels That
he Was Crowded Into Writing 1t by
Presid dent Harrison's Friends.
WASHINGTON, April 7.-"First time I've
heard it," said Senator Quay in his laconio
way tonight, when the MORNING News
correspondent showed him the story pub
lished here this afternoon stating that he
had this morning asked the two western
senators" supposedly Messrs. Wolcott and
Washburn), who have been most active in
trying to renew the talk of Secretary
Blaine for President, whether they thought
Mr.. Blaine would accept if nominated, and
upon being told that they were perfectly
sure that he would, replied that il they
were right he could assure Mr.. Blaine a
solid delegation from Pennsylvania and
also that he would have a solid delegation
from New York. Senator Quay went on
to say to the News correspondent: az do
not need to say to you that Pennsylvania is
for Mr.. Blaine II Mr.. Blaine will take the
nomination but as to Mr.. Blaine's intentions
| know nothing new. OF course
could not aud would not undertake
to speak for the New York dele
cation in any event. / suppose that para
graph was made out of the statement which
l have made from time TO time that the
Pennsylvania delegation would naturally
be for Mr.. Blaine if Mr.. Blaine
were a candidate or would accept
the nomination. AS matter of
course, no one can say now who the Penn
sylvania delegation will be for, for half of
it is yet TO be elected"
WHAT IS BEHIND THE STORIES.
Most Of the stories about Mr.. Blaine and
the nomination which have been floating
around Washington recently have not con-
tanned any names except that Of Mr.. Blaine
himself, so that it has been difficult to run
them down. There seems, however. to be this
much behind them, namely: That Mr..
Blaine, who is at once changsable and ip-
pulsive, regretted his ClarksOn letter aim ost
as soon as he saw it in print aud has ever
since, and especially since be recovered
from his late illness, been saying 10 his
particular friends in the Senate and House
in confidential conversation that he was
sorry he had written it, that he was hurried
into doing 1t by the advice Of Secretary
Elkins, and he has also intimated that other
friends of President Harrison crowded.
him IN the same direction. He has told his
friends that he was perfectly willing and
has intimated broadly that he would accept
the nomination il 1t WAS offered to
him. He is also said to have inti-
mated that he was the only repub-
licau who could be elected this year,
with possibly some other disparaglng re-
marks about the President. Naturally
these secret thoughts have been leaking out
through the senators and othsrs to whom
they were oonfded in the cloak rooms, and
at dinner parties, so that all Washington
has been talking about them But whom
ever newspaper man tries to get authority
by name for one Of them, he Is either. told
that no names can be given, or that the
story is not true. At the same time the
anti-Harrison republicans in congress who
are as unwilling as Secretary Blame
seems to be to have President Harrison
nominated, and who are as reluctant to
give up the hope of seeing Mr.. Blaine in the
white house, keep talking about it in a way
which is rather uncomfortable for PreSi-
dent Harrison and his friends.
HARRIsoN's ONLY FEAR.
The latter believe that President Harri-
son is certain to be nominated, the country
generally having settled down to the belief
that Mr. Blaine is out of the race and that no.
body else but President Harrison was ever in
it. But they fear that the disaffsction stirred
up by this Blaine talk, while it may not
prevent the denomination, will prevent the
reelection OF President Harrison, and some
OF them are talking rather bitterly about it.
They say that the speech made yesterday
by Senator Wolcott, who is the leading
Blaine man in the Senate showed plainly
at once that the Blaine men have no real
expectation that the nomination will be
offered to Mr.. Blaine, aud also that for thai
very reason they are endeavorinR TO en-
barrass the President when he gets the re-
nomination, seem to be inevitable. Some
Of them are saying that while President
Harrison has no present intention of with
drawing from the race he will not
allow himself to be nominated in
June simply and solely to be de-
tested in November. The Blaine mon,
they say, must stop their present tactics or
they will find at Minneapolis that they
have so divided the party as to make Presi-
dent Harrison and every other self-respect-
ing leader unwilling to take the empty
honor OF q nomination. One of them went
so far as to say tonight thet Mr.. Blaine
was playing the dog in the manger game,
but he thought President Harrison would
be able to convince him that it was losing
game Senator Quay, ex-senator Plat5
aud the other ti-Harrison men, who are
not especially Blaine mel, seem to be Just
looking on for the present. At the same
time they are on such terms With President
Harrison and Secretary Elkirs, his chief
manager that they are acceptable visitors
at the white house.