Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-08
BLAINE MAKES A CALL
On the President and Causes a Flut-
ter in Washington.
THEIR CONFERENCE WAS PRIVATE.
1t Lasted Some Time and Was Evidently
Very Agreeable.
THEIR CONFERENCE WAS PRIVATE.
MR. HARRISON NOT A BIT NERVOUS

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
p. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-ME Blaine
called at the White House this afternoon
. and spent % or 30 minutes with the Presi
dent 1t was their first meeting since the
'Plumed Knight" threw down the port
folio of the State Department on the eve oil
the Republican National Convention al
Minneapolis What induced Mr.. Blaine
10 visit the Executive Mansion is mere
conjecture, as the two statesmen were
olone, and neither of them are disposed 10
discuss the subject tonight.
1t was about o'clock, Just as the army OF
department clerks were ending their way
homeward. A public coach containing the
e1-Secretary of State wheeled into the
Presidents grounds The Blaine residence
is but few steps from the White House,
and had the weather been fair he would
have probably walked the distance between
his home and the legislative mansion. A
November rain rendered the sidewalks
vet and slippery, so Mr.. Blaine stood in
his doorway and hailed a coach from the
public hack stand, which is on the corner
opposite his house. "Drive me to the
White House. q" said he to the coaehman. A
lew minutes later one of the White House
ushers was astonished to see the familiar
face ami figure of the ex-Secretary of State
appear in the doorway.
Face to Face as of Yore.
The sign 'closed," which is hung at the
door at o'clock to notify visitors that the
public apartments are not open for inspec-
ton after that hour, was temporarily a
dead letter, and the usher swung open wide
tie door and Mr.. Blaine entered.
''Is the President in?'' he inquired.
Yes, sir, he is upstairs"
~ would like to see him"
"Walk right up, sir; you will find Mr..
Loefiler at the door. -
Mr. Blaine climbed the public stairway
which leads to the official part of the house.
When he was member Of the Cabinet he
vas privileged to use the private stairway.
Upou reaching the Cabinet room door he
was greeted by the veteran doorkeeper,
Charles Loefiler, who ushered him into the
room and invited him to take q seat, saying
he would notify the President A minute
later the President and Mr.. Blaine were
face to face in the private Office.
They were together over 90 minutes, and
it is supposed the meeting was of a purely
personal nature. Mr.. Blaine probably felt
that it was his duty to offer his personal
coincidence to his late chief and associate
Upon leaving the White House Mr. Blaine
returned to his home and declined to see
various newspaper correspondents who
called upon him later in the evening
The News for the White House.
The usual arrangements have been made
for supplying early information of the re-
suit of the elections tomorrow to the Presi-
dent In a corner room on the second floor
OF the Executive Mansion are q number of
telegraph instruments, and tomorrow one
OF these circuits which runs into the West
ern Union telegraph office will receive the
exclusive attention of Executive Clerk
Montgomery, who manipulates the
wires. By means of this link
communication can be had between the
White House and any city or hamlet in the
land where there is telegraph Office If
any of the party managers desire TO commu-
nicate with the President he can do SO al
most as quickly as if he were in the pres.
ence of Mr.. Harrison. In addition to this
means of acquiring information as to the
progress of events tomorrow, the complete
aud accurate bulletins of the Associated
Press will be sent into the White House by
another wire.
The Company Will Be Select.
After the business of the day is over.
when speculation is at rest and the actual
returns begin to come in, the President will
have the company of Secretary John w.
Foster and Attorney General Miller and
possibly one or two personal friends, and
together they will sit up and read the re-
turns until it is time to retire or until some
tangible result is in sight. Noone else will
be present. and on this occasion, contrary
TO his usual custom, the President will
deny himself TO the members of the press.
10 whom he has uniformly extended a
courteous permission to be present. The
reason ioC departing from his usual practice
is obviously attributed to his recent be-
rearemcnt and the desire TO avoid public
manifestation Of his feelings. People who
saw the President to-day say that if he
feels any anxiety he does not show it. He
is cool and collected and betrays no sign of
WORRY.