Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-06
he Is LOYAL TO THE PRESIDENT
A Contingency When he Might
Consider Proposition.
GENERAL GOSSIP FLOATING.
What IL Said In Regard to Reports From
Minneapolis to the President and the Con-
dition OF Things There-Senator Sherman
win support Harrison.

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| seam.
A representative Of The STAR waited upon
Secretary Rusk this morning TO ascertain il
possible whether there was any truth in the
statement as published in the morning papers,
that an effort had been made to induce him TO
| allow the use of his name for second place on
the presidential ticket.
There is no truth in the statement what
| ever" said the Secretary. adding emphatically,
| my name cannot be used either singly or in
combination against the President. and no
| friend Of mine will suggest such use"
More than that the Secretary would not and
did not say.
SECRETARY RUsK A POSSIBILITY.
Believers in Secretary Rusk were very much
! surprised and decidedly skeptical when they
heard this morning that the trusty agriculture
might easily be the latter end Of the Blaine
ticket, and a consequence there a string
OF anxious inquirers at every fount of iniormn-
ton trying to find out how much or how little
OF truth was in the rumor. There was no sem
blance OF truth in it. so the in
quirers are no longer anxious. Secretary
Rusk will not permit the use of his
name under any circumstances so long as presi-
dent Harrison Is in the field. OF course il NAV
be that some one other than the President will
! be nominated, and that the convention will then
look around for some strong administration
man TO pull the ticket through In such an
| event Gen. Rusk is thought 10 be the most
prominent and promising Of the good western
| men who seem to be available. IL the Presi-
dent is defeated for the nomination II Is init
mated that he would do all in his power TO make
his Secretary Of Agriculture Vice President
HAS WEAKENED Mr.. BLAINE:
Secretary Of the Treasury Foster Was seen bv
Q reporter last night and the Secretary. while
| refraining from expressing himself at length on
| the subject OF Mr.. Blaines resignation. said
that the administration was perfectly satisfied
| at the turn of affairs, land" continued the
| Secretary, Il think Mr.. Blaine's action has in
jured him rather than benefited him." Further
than this Mr.. Foster declined to talk.
| MR.. BLAINE Is A CANDIDATE.
James G.. Blaine is candidate for the re-
| publican presidential nomination. This state
| ment has been made by some of the ex-premier's
nearest and dearest political friends. but for all
that it has not been generally believed. The
| unbelief sprang largely and continuously out
OF the fact that Mr.. Blaine himself has refrained
from making such an announcement. Pub
| icly he has not made the announcement even
yet, but he is in the field nevertheless. 1t SO
stated to the President yesterday, but Gen.
| Harrison refused to believe the somewhat be-
clouded testimony. Today the statement was
| repeated and in its support was produced evil
dence that satisfied even the President of Mr..
Blaines activity in his own behalf. This was,
ii is said, more of a shock than was the resigna-
| ment to the Executive Mansion on Saturday.
To some extent the resignation had been ex-
pected. but the open candidacy Of Mr.. Blaine
was totally unlocked for.
1t is alleged that kilograms have been sent
from this city to Minneapolis which settle be-
yond any peradventure the status of Mr.. Blaine
before the convention.
WILL HELP THE PRESIDENT
Assistant Attorney General Colby of Nebraska
returned to Washington today. He said this
afternoon:
81 talked with the Nebraska delegation after
Mr.. Blaine's resignation was rendered and can
state that they will not support Mr.. Blaine
if he is proposed, but Will stand solid for
Mr.. Harrison. also talked with the
Wyoming men and only two are for Blaine
Ny opinion is that the announcement of the
resignation will help the Presidents chances
materially"
i PROVED A BOOMERANG.
Attorney General Miller today received q
telegram from Minneapolis saving that Blaine
letter Of resignation has proved a boom
erang there. The Attorney General said
that the resignation would have been
more effective il it had been withheld until
Tuesday morning. He looked on Blaine's resig-
| nation the only way il could be looked on and
that was that he was q candidate for the nomi-
nation.
AN ALLITERATIvE SUGGESTION.
"Rusk, Reid and Reciprocity is an allitera-
tive possibility talked of in political circles to-
dV.
MR.. BLAINE's DEPARTURE UNCERTAIN.
1t is said at Mr.. Blaine's residence that it is
not known when he will leave Washington and
that it is not known whether he has himself de-
cided when he will leave.
At the State Department some people said he
would leave tomorrow, Others that he would
leave the next day and a few thought he might
leave today.
II is learned that Mr.. Blaine feels the warm
weather now prevailing in Washington. and al
though his residence has probably the most for
tunate location in the city for GOODNESS and
breeziness except the White House, Mr.. Blaine
will depart for his summer home before the
week has waxed much older.
SECRETARY ELKINs CONFIDENT.
Secretary Elkins spent an hour with tn.
President this afternoon. He will not say any
thing about the political situationEexcept tina
he is confident that the President viii be re-
nominated.
AN ABSOLUTE FORGERY
All sorts of sensational stories are afioat thi
afternoon. One coming from Minneapolis wa
to the effect that President Harrison had writ
ten letter to Senator Cullom authoriz
ing the withdrawal of his name il
case he is not nominated on the frs
ballot. Fac SMILES of the letter are in circula
TON 1t was said at the White House thi
afternoon that the letter referred 70 lis an alb
solute forgery, without q scintilla Of founda
) ton
SENATOR sHERMAN's VIEWS.
J Senator Sherman, while intensely intereste,
{ in the political outlook, is not discussing tn
matter at very great length, but he has made III
his mind to support President Harrison
To q reporter who asked him 70
an expression of his views of the situa
ton he replied that in his opinion the Presiden
! would be renominated Notwithstanding tn
; resignation of Mr. Blaine. ''and," he added, %
! hope that will be the decision Of the conven
. ton"
. Nominations by the President.
The President today sent to the Senate tn