The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-29
MRS BLAINE AND HARRISON.
The Result of an Interview in the
White House Red ParLOr.
(Frola the Kansas City star.)

Topeka. Kan.-CoL w. H. Rossington.
OF Topeka, speaking of the late Benjamin
Harrison TO the correspondent of the
Star today, recalled the incident of the
sudden resignation of James O. Blaine
from the Office of Secretary OF State on
tn eeVe of the Minneapolis Convention IN
1888. and assigned as a cause for the
sensational act that probably never has
seen the light of print until now
Mr.. Blaine was driven TO resign by an
impulsive act of his wife. Colonel Ros-
sinSton said 1T is generally believed
that ne resigned because he knew his
name would go before the Minneapolis
Convention, but that is a mistake He re-
signed because Mrs Blaine some time be
fore had made q scene In the White
Presidency and the latest Jealousy exist
ing between the TWO families moved Mrs
Blaine 10 go 10 the White House and
have ii out with President Harrison, but
the fact remains that It was this inter
view. forced upon the President, that led
Blaine to resign, and it probably was not
until the day he acted that he heard of
his wife's conduct. / got the story from
no less a parsonage than George NJ. Pull
man, now dead, along with Blaine and
I was in Chicago on the day Blaine
resigned, but Mr.. Pullman had told ne
the story before news OF the resignation
came With a friend I had called on John
:. Rdnneils In the Pullman Building and
Ben ButterwOTth was there. ButJerWorth
| had been sent for by Pullman and soon
Pullman came in
= .Butteryvorth.' Pullman said. ! .vant
you u go over to Minneapolis and stop
this Blaine nonsense They are trying To
ste'~Dede the convention TO Blaine and
I failing in that they want Mckinley who
| is president of the convention, to do the
Garfield act" Now GothinG of this kind
/ is going to happen. We all know. Harri-
son Will be renominated, but they can
! cause a great deal of trouble and 50 en-
danger the success of the party.
Then Mr.. Pullman told the story OF
| Mrs Blaine's interview with the Presi-
dent Mrs. Blaine IS at the bottom Of it
| AL he went on TO say. She believes
| Harrison is usurping Blaine's rights. and
| this recent talk Of nominating her hus-
| band at Minneapolis has set her wild
| Only a short time ago she made scene
| in the White House. where she called in
! the early part OF the forenoon she easily
| passed $Se servants and went to TIE Red
Room, where she summoned a servant
| and sent her card to the President with
the request for an Immediate audience.
! Harrison sent word back that he was
| busy with his secretary at the moment
and for her TO come upstairs Mrs Blaine
sent the man back to tell the President
/ that she must see him at once and alone
and for him to come to the Red Room
! SO the President of the United States
/ AT the bidding of this woman was COM
PEELED 20 leave his work and go down
stairs. Without any ceremony she begin
/ d TRADE of abuse. She told him that by
putting upon her son. Walker Blaine. ar
duous, humiliating and impossible tasks
1 he had driven him. first TO sickness, and
afterward TO resign from the Office OF As
J SlStSui oeCEtldIys ana lIaI MS death was
/ due to the systematic persecution of the
! President Now by the same methods the
/ President was trying TO force her husband
to resign She told Harrison that he was
| jealous of Blaine, and had put himself in
! her husbands way TO the Presidency She
/ told him that he knew very well that the
people wanted Blaine TO be President and
/ had put Harrison in the CHtCe only until
/ the time for her husband ID be nominated
| should come.
| Then she paused to take breath. and
/ WI al he Evpa had
| tanned the cold. impasSive dignity PROV
! erbial of him. said simply that il was IN
! becoming his high Office and her sex for
/ the conversation TO continue longer, and
! bidding her good morning. left her To find
I her own way out of the house
/ This ends Mr. Pullman story and now
/ for the sequel Butterworth said he would
/ go if he could take the time from his work
| long enough to make the journey from
! Minneapolis, and then the party broke
! up. My friend and ! went with Butter
| worth, and while We were with him a
| telegram came announcing Secretary
| Blaine'S resignation.