The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-05


war threatening difficulty with Chile; in
Vldlous comparisons and co nmentS on the
part OF the injudicious friends concerning
the credit due to either for the
enactment and execution of the
reciprocity project and the general
conduct OF the foreign affairs of this
government, including the management of
the Bering sea controversy; and the lack of
| cordial relations between their respective
families These causes had undoubtedly
| created feeling Of constraint in the per-
sonal relations OF the President and the
Secretary of State months before the
writing or the letter in which Mr.. Blaine
declared that he was not candidate for
tne presidential nomination; and recent
publications authorized bv various mem
bers OF the cabinet concerning Mr.. Blaine
| and the presidency, closely following other
puhhshed statements attributed to a
mem er of the Presidents family and
| to some of his close political
friends regarding the secretary's physical
and mental condition, ETC., are understood
| TO have made HIM feel that longer cons
| tinuance In President Harrison's cabinet
would be intolerable to him; wholly ire
| spective Of any questions of right or duty
| TO accept the republican nomination for the
! presidency if rendered to him.
| But whatever may have been the genesis
or Immediately impelling cause Of Mr..
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| be no doubt whatever among his friends in
this city that by it he has placed himself in
position OF readiness to accept the nomi-
| nation.
THE CANADIAN CONFERENCE CUT SHORT.
One effect of Mr.. Blaine's resignation is
the sudden termination Of the conference
between himself and Gen. Foster on one
| side and the British minister and Canada
commissioners-Mes Foster and Bowel
on the other, looking to a reedjustment
| OF the difference between the United States
| and Canada, growing out of the discrimi-
mating tolls imposed on American vessels
passing through the Welland and st. Law
renee canals. This conference began ct the
state department yesterday and was re-
| sumed this morning. To-day's session,
however, did not last more than an hour.
and, it is understood, was brought to an
abrupt termination by Mr. Blaine's unex~
pected statement that it was use
less to continue the present ne
| gotiations for the reason that he
was about to sever his official relations
with the government. 1t is said further
| that this announcement was a great sur
prise to the other members OF the confer
ence. At any rate, the deliberations were
| brought to a sudden close, and the
| Canadian commissioners were passengers
on an afternoon train bound for the
| dominion capital Persons who saw them
| at their hotel prior to their departure say
that they were in We y unpleasant frame
| OF mind, and were quite free In stating
that they had not been fairly treated by
the administration.
Subsequently it was learned from Gen. j.
| w. Foster that there were no sensational
| incidents at to,day's session and that the
| conference was closed in friendly spirit on
both sides. He said that Mr.. Blaine made
no formal announcement Of his resignation
to the conference.
THE WRITING OF THE LETTER.
Mr.. Blaine's letter to the President is
| dated: June 4, 1892, /: As p. m" 1t there
fore must have been written almost directly
after the British minister and his oonfreres
| had left Mr. Blaine's Office. which had been
used as the council chamber. and it was but
| fifteen minutes later when ne instructed his
pVtHA'0 pTer to '0iiSs" ths white housa. Saa' The
secretary remained at the department
until Is o'clock arranging some private
papers. While he was doing this one of the
messen laid an official document before
him for his signature. He told MIN to take
| it away. remarking quietly: ~ am no
longer Secretary Of State.n 1t is said that
| this was the flrst intimatiou that he had
| given any of mis- official associates Of his
resi- gnation.
The news of the resignation spread
| through the city like wildfire, and was the
| sole topic Of conversation in official and
| political circles. The white house was the
| objective point for the Presidents friends,
| who naturally were anxious to learn the
| facts in the case, and President Harrison
| had hardly finished his luncheon when ne
| was visited by Secretaries Elkins, Rusk,
Noble, Foster and Attorney General Miller.
During an informal conference that fol-
| lowed the President calmly told his cabinet
| what had happened, and suggested In the
interest of harmony and good taste that they
make no public comments whatever on the
| situation Therefore the cabinet officials
refused positively TO talk for publ1ca-
| ton on the subject. Secretary Tracy
and Postmaster General Wanamaker
are not in the city, heformer being in New
York and the latter in Philadelphia.
During the afternoon the President sent
word to the state department that he desired
to see Assistant Secretary Whartoa. That
gentleman going to tho white house the
| President informed him briefly of Mr.
! Blaine's resignation aud that he desired
| him to act as Secretary OF State for the
| present.
| OPINIONS OF CONGRESsMEN.
Mr.. Dockery of Missouri said: Fate is
with us. 1t means that Blaine is the nomi-
nee, aud Blaine can never be elected"
Mr.. Sayers of Texas said: "Set it down
that Blaine will be the nominee and will be
beaten.
Said Representative Mckinney, repre-
senting the New England democracy, his
face fairly radiant: 1--WE have got them.
Blaine will be nominated, aud. OF course,
| we will nominate Cleveland. he beat
Blaine once and can ds it again
MIR. Wilson (democraN Of West Virginia,
remarked sententiously: "It means a rupt-
ure in the Republican party; and that
means a democratic victory"
MIR. O'Ferrall of Virginia Is confident
that It's means Mr.. Blaine's nomination
and that the nomination makes doubly sure
the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland at Chi
cago-a nomination of which be never had
the slightest doubt"
| Mr.. Watson, an aliianceman or Georgia,
said that as the Syracuse convention had
split the Democratic party into factions,
so would Mr.. Baine's action result in
division of the republicans. Then would
be the opportunity of the third party, and
it would take advantage OF 1t and the
wedge would be inserted.
Mr.. Enloe Of Tennessee thought that 1t
meant Mr.. Blaines nomination. But MIR.
Blaine" acc 5rding to Mr.. Enloe, us carry
ing diplomacy to the point which Ia our
section of the country would be called
square lying. 1t was diplomacy like that
practiced by Minister Egan.n
Mr.. Pierce (democraD of Tennessee, was
of the opinion that Mr.. Blaine was sharp
enough to see the hands of his opponents
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