Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-07
ORDERS FROM BLAINE.
Said to Have Been Forwarded to His
Friends in Minneapolis.
JERRY RUSK Is NOT IN THE RACE.
Carlisle says the T1-Secretary Would Be
the Easiest to Beat.
DEMOCRATIC INTEREST IN THE FIGHT


WASHINGTON, June Con the eve of
the Minneapolis Convention there is natur-
ally great deal of interest felt and ex-
pressed here, particularly as the two lead
ing candidates are still entrenched within
the rival camps on either side of Pennsyl-
vania avenue; but the popular excitement
which was so marked on Saturday has sub
sided in a great measure, and the only
places where activity in regard to the Presi-
dental struggle was noticeable to-day were
the White House and the Blaine residence.
The most salient development to-day was
Secretary Rusk's authoritative announce
ment that he would not allow the use of his
name at Minneapolis, ''either singly or in
combination" so long as the President was
in the race. This knocks out good many
promising calculations looking to the pro-
duction of the Secretary's name at the
bottom of the Blaine ticket or at the top of
a compromise ticket
Harrisonites Claim 1t on One Ballot.
This declaration was received with much
pleasure by the Harrison men, who exhibit
renewed confidence to-day and assert with
much positiveness that their inside news
from Minneapolis points to the Presidents
nomination by a good majority on the first
ballot
There has been good deal of talk among
| Congressman and others to-day about the
| probability of the nomination of third
| candidate, but this idea finds no favor at
| either headquarters as yet The President
| has issued positive and final instructions to
his friends at Minneapolis this afternoon to
stand to their guns firmly, and has signifed
| his determination to fight it out to the end.
There have been many conferences at the
White House between the President and
his chief 1ieutenants, Secretaries Elkins
and Foster and many others, and extended
conferences with Minneapolis by wire, all
looking to this end. At the Blaine head
quarters Mr.. Milliken and the other
chieftains of the ex-Secretarv have put in
good days work likewise, and the reports
from that source are fully as hopeful as
those from the Presidents camp.
How the Rivals Spent the Day.
Senator Hale says to-day he feels surer
than ever of the nomination of Blaine, and
this opinion is expressed by all the other
prominent Blaine adherents who still re-
main in the city. The Blaine headquarters
at Washington will soon be broken up, how
ever, as it is the present intention of Mr..
Blaine to start for the North tomorrow.
He has passed an uneventful, though busy,
day, and this evening took short drive, ap-
pearing to be in remarkably good trim.
The President varied the exercises by
driving out to the ball game this afternoon
between the Cincinnati and Washington
clubs in company with Secretary Foster.
Although not so vociferous as the Repub-
Hcans just now, the Democrats are taking
fully as much interest in the proceedings at
Minneapolis as do their political rivals. As
they intend to have hand in the Novem-
Der elections themselves, It may make
good deal Of difference to them who the Re-
publitans elect for their standard-bearer,
and they are, accordingly, awaiting devel-
opments with the keenest interest.
Speaking generally, the Democratic Con-
gressmen and politicians at Washington are
almost a unit in the belief that their
chances OF success in November have been
materially improved since last Saturday,
whoever the Republicans nominate.
Carlisle Talks of the Prospects.
The opinion among leading Democrats
here, as discussed in conversation to-day
and yesterday, seems to be that, on the
whole, Blaine would be easier to beat than
Harrison, although this opinion is not by
anv means unanimous.
The DISPATCHES correspondent had an
interview with Senator Carlisle. of Ken
lucky, to-day, whose opinion, besides being
that of one of the most acute and expert
enced politicians in the Democratic party,
may also be taken as good average repre-
sentation of Democratic opinion here. He
said it is impossible for him to decide as to
who the probable nominee at Minneapolis
would be. If Republicans could not pre-
dict the result, Democrats certainly could
not be expected to.
The only thing that the resignation set |
aJ fbat Dloipa ip1
candidate. He did not announce himself |
as such, but it was morally certain that that |
was the intention and the Interpretation of |
the resignation. Senator Carlisle did not |
believe that that action made Mr.. Blaine's |
nomination sure, as some of his friends |
were inclined to believe.
The Resignation a Two Edged Sword.
1t was sharp action, but it would be !
found to cut both ways. 1t would enthuse |
his friends, but it would ALLEVIATE still fur
ther his opponents, and would tend to bind |
more closely together the friends of the
President. How it would result he could
not say; but, speaking as a Democrat, he
sincerely hoped that the convention would
many Democrats differed with him, but he
himself certainly thought Mr.. Blaine the
weaker candidate as compared with the
President.
Senator Carlisle further remarked he be-
lieved the Democrats could and would de-
feat Mr. Blaine or the President, if noml-
mated. If a third candidate should be
nominated the result would be more uncer-
tain, of course, because there would be
much less to judge from in making calcula-
tions as to the campaign. If the Republic
ans should nominate Senator Sherman, or
Mr. Lincoln, or Governor Mckinley, or any
other man who had never run for President
before and who was in himself a strong
man. it would be more difficult to forecast
the result; but the Senator still believed
that whoever was nominated at Minneapolis
the Democratic party had an unusually good
chance to win.
The Next Secretary of State.
This statement of opinion is echoed with
certain variations and notifications by al
most every prominent Democrat whom one
can meet in this city now.
The question as to Mr. Blaine's successor
is still so overshadowed by the Presidential
fight that it is comparatively little dis
cussed. The report that Secretary Tracy
may be promoted to the head OF the State
Department has, however, many elements
to the State Department work, for he has
been the right bower of the President in
the correspondence with Italy, Chile and
Great Britain during the long illness of Mr. |
Blaine. The President has been greatly
pleased by the keenness of his intuition and
the soundness of his judgment in dealing
with great public questions. No appoint
ment will be made until after the Minneap-
oils convention, when the President will
know whether he is named man tor only
eight months or with the possibility that he |