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Show iiki.vs is .sHiimiti or iuii. Tiik appointment of Htepben 11. i:ikluatothertfollaoI the War Do pirtment, will be regarded by atalwart llepubllcanaasagoodoneand aa are-wanl are-wanl for active iolltlcal lervlci-s. Whllnwedo not believe In lliodoo-Irlno lliodoo-Irlno of political rewards aa It obUlm In tho respective rtln, we recognlie the fact that Mr. I'.lkln. Is a man of ability aud force, and that In the field of politics poli-tics he has exhibited ihrewdneas atnl RincralMhlp which may prove valuable in the Cabinet and tho onlce otHrcretaryofWar. Thellltlcalalgniricanco of Ihla appointment ap-pointment wo think la exaggerated by the wliejcrea of the preaa. Wo bellevo the facia are told In the dispatch containing con-taining tha article from the Waah-lngtou Waah-lngtou Jtl. lllalne's friendship for i:iklna and the labors of the latter In lllalne's Interest aru well known. It does not follow that a brcau-9 this aipnlntinent has been made, either that Illaluehas retired from tho presidential rsco In favorof Harrison, or that l.lklns support of llliluo would bo wroug as a member of Harrison's cabinet. lu all probability, there la thla much otan ucdarttandlng between the two men who seem tu bo the only probable Itepubllcan uomlmca that stand n chance of victory. If lllalue recelvej an overwhelming demand from the representative! of his party to run for the Presidency, and hla health tr mlta, ho will respoud to tho call aud Harrison will Join with Ills putty lohelpeleotulm. If not, then lllalne will uk all hla great power to make Harrison's succti sure, l.lklni will thus be ready to light for either candidate candi-date aa circumstances shall require. While tho appointment of Mr. Klkjns will be universally regarded as apolitical expodlent, we do not think his Democratlo opponent will go as far ai to say ho has no fitness for tho place. Whatever tbey may think of hla political tactics they cannot chargo that he la not vlgoroua and capable. |