The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-11
THR EVENT an MINNEAroLls.

From position Of being considered the
foremost public man in the United States
on whom the place Of president could con
fer only work and responsibility, Mr..
JAMES G. BLAINE has, in a single week,
fallen to an estate almost pitiable. He has
permitted himself to be destroyed by a
coterie Of political tricksters to accomplish
scheme of selfish revenge, which was
fooled at the same time He consented to
an intrigue for the purpose of overthrow
ing another, and went down in an over
whelming disaster, in company with the
conspirators. A more humiliating ending
OF 81 eminent career is rarely seen on the
pages of history. No American can take
any satisfaction in looking upon such ter
rible wreekage.
1t never was intended that MIR. BLAINE
should be the Republican candidate this
year. 1t is even very doubtful if he would
have accepted the nomination, notwith-
standing his self-imposed changed relations
with the president at the eleventh hour.
Evidently, as The HERALD has before said,
the move was concocted to use Mr.. BLAINE's
great name and popularity for the single
purpose of breaking down Mr.. HARRISON and
then putting another in the field to carry
of the honors. The scheme might have gone
though if the opposition could have main
tanned itself for q few ballots, but, as it
was, the opportunity was made by HARRI-
SONS enemies to give him the greatest
personal honor and distinction possible.
The opening up OF the quarrel was done
by BLAINE in an unmanly and peevish way.
HIS letter of resignation bore internal tes-
timony 10 the snsrlish and hostile spirit
animating the writer, whereas there was
no reason why it should not have been
coucned in the conventional style of public
documents emanating from a cabinet Off
Ger, and especially the one in whom the
language Of etiquette is most expected.
But the secretary had no honorable right
TO enter the field even after resignlng his
portfolio Once out, he was in duty bound,
both as MIR. HARRIsoN's appointee and as q
man, to remain out. Mr.. b. himself has
said that the public never forglves man
who tribes with q grave situation. Four
years ago. after he had declared his name
would not be presented for the nomination,
ana when he was urged to run notwith-
standing previous declarations, he wrote:
III should now, by speech or by silence by
commission or omission, permit my name in
any event to come before the convention,
should incur the reproach OF being uncandid
with those who have always been candid with
me. am not willing to be the cause of mis-
leading single man among the millions who
have given me their suffrage and their conf
dence am not willing that even one of my
faithful supporters in the past should think me
capable Of paltering in a double sense with my
words
There is no doubt that there is an innate
American people, which in such circum-
stances as those connected with the use of
MIR. BLAINE's name at Minneapolis, will
act as the convention there did, and give
the intended victim the full benefit of its
indignation. The country knows that Mr..
HARRISON individually, and as an executive
officer, is one of the most unpopular men
in public life. He is not the choice of the
Republican citizens of the United States,
and now having received the testimonial
of preference solely in view of the
methods being employed to defeat him, he
will be quietly allowed to conduct his
official affairs to the end of his term and to
drop out as gracefully as may be.
or course the faction, located chiefly in
New York. which conspired against HAIR
RIsoN, win not cease their schemes Of
vengeance now. but on the contrary their
knives will be whetted for blood. They
have already shown they would not sup
port the new nominee, who would, indeed,
I -.
state. Democrats win see no cause for
grief in these circumstances. The stun
ton utterly destroys any chance for the
nations favorite, for its gives a walk-over
TO GROVER CLEVELAND.