The Helena independent., 1893-11-20
1T Is A COMBINE e.
Mckinley for President and Harrison for
Secretary Of State.

Mckinley for President and Harrison for
Secretary Of State.
NEW YonK, Nov. 19.--The World prints
Washington dispatch discussing the presi-
Dental race Of '96. taking IS basis the
promptnsss with which OK. President Harh-
son expressed himself ON this Hawaiian
question. The article says: 1.-The first thing
recalled 10 that during his last two years AZ
president Gen. Harrison conceived q great
interest In the work of the state depart
ment He gave little attention 80 anything
else. The presidents admirers assor ed him
shat he possessed the qualities of great
minister OF TO eign affairs. These tributes
pleased the president. He WAS unusually
aggressive in tho Chilian episode, md his
friends were AZ some pains to spread abroad
the intelligence that the famous ultimAtum
to Chill. though signed In Mr.. Blaine's abb
sonce by MI. Wharton ~ acting sscretary.
was in the handwriting Of the president.
Gen. Harrison 10 said 10 esteem shat 40 his
best state paper.
when the Hawaiian business came up
Mr.. Blaine's chair In the state department.
was being filed by John W. Foster. = thor
ough master Of details bat not lawyer Of
matter. therefore. for President Harrison
TO set Mr.. Foster aside. so ss TO eonfine his
services to the mere routine of the trAnsao-
tion, and take the shaping of the negotia-
tions into his own hands. This he did.
and she treaty sent TO tho senate for the
the impress OF his own views and person
ality. II was the only thing that came 10
comfort him in the closing days of biz
official life.
"All of this IL recalled by republicans
here now. though, surDrisingly enough, not
In advocacy Of Gen. Harrison for smother
term In the White bouss. 6omsthinR new
and novel IL on the boards. The p'oposi-
tion is that Mckinley be nominated fol-
president. with the understanding that II
successful he shall mske Con. Harrison his
secretary Of state. This, il 10 pointed out,
would unite the party both on domestic
and on TO- elQn issaes. keeping home affairs
| to the fore, and utilizing tho party's strong
est men. each in the line with which bis
name 10 the most strongly identi6ed-Mc-
Kinley. the leading exponent of protection,
for tbs chief magistracy. and Harrison, the
leading exponent of an expansive and ag-
Rressivs foreign policy, for the state de-
partmsnt This proposition assumes that
| the second man on the ticket with NcKin-
ley need possess only local strength, with
| capacity sufficient 10 preside satisfactorily
over the senate.
1.-THE inquiry, Would Gen. Harrison. af-
ter q term as president, care TO serve as a
cabinet offieerY is answered here by the in
quiry. why not2' II John Quincy Adams
could return to congress after . residsncy
| in the White houss and Andrew johnson
accent AN election to the senate. why could
not BENJAMIN Harrison. with an opportu-
nifty. become q cabinet officer? The place.
| it is urged. would be to his liking, and the
fact that he was succeeding Walter q,
| Gresham would lend zest to tho appoint
| msnt.
"There is one man, however. without
whose approval this programme could
hardly Ro through, and how his approval
could be gained for it puzzles the proieo-
tors to answer. Thomas b. Reed is very
fond of William Mckinley. but he dc.
tests Benjamin Harrison. Anything as
ISOLATED with Harrison srouses hi
opposition. and II he were II
become convinced that Mckinley hac
allied himself with Harrison, it would be
likely to cool tho Maine man of even to-
wards tho parsy's presidential tiekst. It Il
fact. too. that Mr.. Reed wants to b.
president himself. and if Mckinley tries tt
make any combinations with Harrison the
rivalry between him and the sx-spsaks
will be more energetic than over and los,
altogether its friendly character. Bu
those who believe In the practicability o
the Mckinley Harrison alliance declare that
Mr.. Reed is young enough to wait and wis.
enough to bide his time. Meunwhile uoli
ticiaus here arc discussing the new slat'
with an interest second only to that aroused
by the decision of the administration in tn,
Hawaiian affair"