The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-30
BLAINE'S TRICKERY
How He Deceived Harrison in
the CHILEAN Affair.
THE BEFUDDLING OF MONTT
The President and the Gillian Minister Both
Tricked-NO Credit for Peace Due
the secretary Of state.

Especial to THE MISUNDERSTANDING Dispatch
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The correspondent
OF western paper sends the following
from Washington: Now that peace with
Chill has been assured on basis honorable
to both governments, friends of James G.
Blaine are claiming that to him belongs the
CREDIT OF PREVENTING WAR.
They aver that but for Blaine's diplomacy,
tact and moderation, the clustering Harri-
son would have driven the country into an
unrlghteous war for no other purpose than
TO secure his denomination. The simple
truth, known to every public man in Wash
lngton who has from mis- official position
nad intimate knowledge of the conduct of
the chief men of the nation, is that Mr..
Blaine has disgraced himself as a public
servant and as a member of Harr1son's
cabinet Instead of credit for his course il.
this CHILEAN matter
BLAINE DESERVES NOTHING BIT cENsuRE
and condemnation. Whatever the Presi-
dent has accomplished he has &C
complished in the face of Blaine's
trickery. That the later has worked
more or less in secret in every way bv arts
peculiarly and artistically mis- own goes
without saying, built is also true that he
mas not been smart enou b to fool the
President and his loyal advisers. Blaine,s
trlckery was known, watched, circum-
vented and resented; he is to-day held in
such dlstrust and contempt by the Presi-
dent ana members of the cabinet, that but
Tor the approach of the presidential con-
venton and election the secretary would
be unceremonlously kicked out of the capl-
net IN which
HE HAS BEEN A MARRIOTT
Did the President not feel that the
quarrel between himself and Secretary
Blame would prevent his denomination
and make impossible the election of a Re-
publican candidate for the presidency.
whoever he may be, the President would
assert his self-resp>ct and manhood by
giving MIR. Blaine his dismissal He NAV
be forced to do so in any event, or Mr..
Blaine, perceiving his own offensiveness
as a member of the administrations may
voluntarily retire from it, not in self
respect, but to wreak vengeance upon Har-
rlson by preclpltatlng faction fight in his
party. There are well informed men who
think Mr.. Blaine's retirement from The
cabinet
WILL SOON BECOME NECESSARY.
MIR. Blaine's treachery to Harrison in the
most important diplomatic matter of this
administration is abundantly proven by
his correspondence in Chilli made public.
II Don Pedro Montt cared to open his
batteries on the American secretary of
state, and show how he has been deceived
and played upon by that great statesman
he could no doubt create sensation. The
question of veracity between Blaine and
Montt has arisen, and in the settlement of
1t some interesting facts may come to
light The claim of Blaine's friends that
he is entitled to credit for bringing the
dispute to satisfactory settlement is
directly the reverse of the truth, but for
Blaine's want Of faith with the President,
and
THE BEFUDDLING OF MoNTT,
and through Montt, the mystification of the
Santiago government, the CHILEAN difficulty
would have been settled long ago and with
out half the danger of war, which has ex-
lsted at various points in the controversy
From the first appearance of Blaine in the
case the President has found himself and
his plans opposed and iuterfered with by
some mysterious force; be was not long in
discovering this mysterious force 10 be his
own secretary of state. When Blaine came
from Bar Harbor the latter part of Octo-
rison had sent through the state depart
ment the famous "WharIon" dispatch. in
which he made several blunders from a
diplomatic point of view; when Blaine
came upon the scene, he perceived at once
that Harrison had been trying to get ahead
OF him to pose before the country with
VIGOROUS FOREIGN POLICY
during Rlalne's absence. and to show that
as jingoist he could beat Blaine at his own
game. Then Blaine determined that he
would show Harrison few points in diplo-
macy; Blaine started out to break Harri-
sons policy and to divert credit to him
self. The President took the posi-
ton that the ARRAY in VALPARAISO
was more than mere street brawl, and
that it was an attack upon the uniform of
the United States. He was soon led to be-
l1eve that the only means of securing repa-
ration Tor this lndlgnlty WAS to demand il,
and t. prepare to support the demand with
force. In this way, and in this way only.
the President thought, could the Chilians
be brought TO terms. While President Hair
rison was endeavoring to impress Chilians
with the earnestness Of this government,
and Secretary Tracy was CO. operating by
showing that we had power
TO ENFORCE OUR DEMANDS,
and were preparing to do so. Secretary
Blaine ms ired all his intimate friends in
Washington with the notion that the affair
at Valparaiso was nothing but sailors
quarrel that it was a trivial incident to
make so much fuss about and that Harri-
son was merely seeking to advance his DO
litlcal prosperity. On Tuesday MIR. Brock
lnrldge, OF Kentucky. introduced his reso-
luton, virtually charging the President
with sharp practice. In private converse
ton Mr.. Breckenridge is reported to have
fnr nj
formation that Mr.. Blaine had informed
the President before the message was sent
TO Congress on Monday, that a communi
cation Of Importance
WAS COMING FROM CHILLI.
Mr.. Breckenridge has an intimate friend.
w. 4. Prescott, who is also an intimate
friend of Blaine. Prescott hates Harrison
because the President had him supplanted
in the state department by John w. Foster.
of Indiana. Prescott got information from
Blaine sources and fastened to Breckin
ridge, but it was in his intercourse with
Minister Montt that Blaine did the greatest
harm. In his note TO Blaine, published
yesterday, Minister Montt
RAISES QUESTION OF vERAoITY
with Secretary of State Blaine, who knew
all the time that Harrison was opposed to
arbitration in the Baltimore indignity. still
continued to talk arbitration with Mont.
their conversation leading up 10 an agree
meht. AT least Moutt claims there was an
agreement. Public men in Washington
who are familiar with the peculiar part
borne by Blaine in the Chilli episode are
wondering how long he and the President
will be able to get on together.
The Graves Case
DENVER, Jan. 29.-The supreme court
this morning granted supersedeas in the