Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05

Harrison, and although protests were ex
expected from subscribers and readers, II
seems that no more than one or two have
been received in that Office"
Magee ard Quay as Friends
"Are not Magee and Quay fairly friendl
again?"
eyes; Magee is not interfering sgains
Quay's selection to the Senate, which Gomez
next January"
"Is Quay's candidate for Senator in any
way mixed up with his revolt against Har.
rison?"
''Some have thought that Quay is taking
advantage of Blalne's former popularity to
re-elect himself"
SIS Don Cameron coming out SOP"
Cameron seldom takes part In any cleo
tion which does not effect his going to the
Senate. do not think that he is anything
like the active worker against Harrison that
was e1pected-even in behalf Of John Sher-
man. 1t would be unlike him to quit his
constitutional apathy when any other than
himself is to be benefited
'Do you think that many of the other
Blaine men in Pennsylvania are out against
him?"
"Well, here is Charles Emory Smith
coming out for Harrison; he has been one
of the principal Blaine men,"
''Do you suppose that Mr.. Smith would
be for Harrison if be was poor lawyer in
indianapolis, and not President of the
United States?"
My informant seemed bewildered at this
question. Suppose he was not President
Harrison" he continued, show many who
are now for him would be for him? Sup
pose it was Blaine who was President and
wanted denomination, how would Mr.
Smith and others stand?"
The CIarkson Letter at the Bottom.
The whole argument against Blaine here
lies in the Clarkson letter and in the state
ment that it is dishonorable to run against
his chief To this the reply is made that
Blaine is the chief, and not Harrison; that
when the convention four years ago nearly
broke up because it could not get chance
at Blaine, and he and his men went for
Harrison and thus nominated him, it
was Harrison's business to have
treated Mr.. Blaine As one still in the su-
preme popularity of his party. On the con-
trary, they say that Blaine was the last
asked into the Cabinet, and that these Indi-
ana oficsholders and claimants who are
now on the spot barely concealing an un-
scrupulous msligma against Blaine, were
the very men who worked at Harrison not
to put Blaine in his Cabinet, because Blaine
would be the popular favorite all the while.
1t is doubted if a single man from Indiana
advocated Blaine to Harrison. As matters
proceeded the President became still more
cool upon Blaine, gave him next to no con-
fdence, and when he presented his reci-
procity proposition. in order to save the
party from the penalty of the Harrison Nc
Kinley tariff, the President did not make it
an official document, and Blaine was oom-
PEELED to 60 outside of the administration in
his province for his party.
Harrison's Adoption Of Reciprocity.
When reciprocity was taken up by the
whole party, the President adopted it. He
then proceeded to win Blaine's self-con-
stituted men away from him, such as
Elkins.
1t came from very near Mr. Blaine's own
lips, not very long ago, that he was told at
10 o'clock in the morning that Elkins had
been selected for the Cabinet, and said it
could not be true, and only heard it at 8
o'clock in the afternoon, in q newspaper,
which was the way the President had
of officially in forming his Secretary of
State of what additions he meant to make to
his official family. Mr. Elkins was always
. volunteer on Blaine's National Committee.
The supposition was that he would
secure from Blaine renunciation
which would make the President
secure To save him from the prosecutions
of Elkins and others, in fit Of indignation
Blaine wrote the Clarkson letter, rather a.
a matter of spite than that either Elkins,
Tracy or any of them might take it as
Blaine's scalp over to the White House and
get the premium on scalps to be paid there
for it. 1t was further believed in the Blaine
household that if he had not written some
such letter at the time he would have been
forced out of the Cabinet, as he had
previously been deprived Of his official
function and residence in Washington BY
Arthur, who was working out the second
term programme also.
Reasoning From o Blaine View.
After the Clarkson letter was written
Blaine was SO much let alone that his
health picked up. and with health returned
the question, "What am 1 here for 4?
Though 1 have been the favorite of my
party since 1876 have let Hayes, Garfield,
Arthur and Harrison fatten upon my pre-
serves. Hayes owed his nomination to me,
and yet he allowed Sherman to absorb that
whole term in working up the patronage
against him. From the moment Garfield