Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-05-11
BLAINE A CANDIDATE.
II HE Is NOAINATED HE Will
NOT DECLINE.
AN ALLEGED AUTHENTIC STATE

Not DECLINE.
AN ALLEGED AUTHENTIC STATE
MENT THAT BLAINE HAS GIVEN
HIS WORD TO HIS FRIENDS THAT
He WILL FAVOR AN AGGRESSIVE
CAMPAIGN FOR THE NOMINATION
PHILADELPHIA, PA, NJ ay H.
The Times will publish tomorrow
the following triple loaded special
from New York, which it will IN
dorse as coming direct from the
most authentic source:
NEW YORK, MAY Al have entirely
reliable information that the friends
of Blaine have, within the last three
days, received direct from him his
assent to an aggressive movement
for his denomination for President.
and the assurance that If nominated
in the face of his Florence letter OF
deciinatlOn, he would not feel at
liberty TO decline.
a general and systematic effort
has been made by Blaine's closest
friends, such as Chairman Jones,
William Walter Phelps, Whitelaw
Reid, Charles Emory Smith, and
others, for two months past to get
Blaine into the attitude ola passive
candidate. The Washington con-
ference was only part of the varied
methods by which influences had
been brought to bear upon Blame,
and the publication OF his portrait,
freshly taken from life in Italy,
and issued by Judge this week, was
decided on more than a month ago
az the starting point for the avOwed
effort to make Blaine the candi-
date.
Every possible pressure has been
put upon Blaine to get from him
the direct assurance that he will
not decline if nominated, and that
assurance has been received in this
city from Blaine within the last
three days.
In very few days it will cease
to be a secret that Blaine is in the
hands of his friends, as the Blaine
leaders will at once come to the
front and make an aggressive cam
paign for his denomination.
This movement has been pretty
clearly foreshadOwed tor some weeks
in such Blaine organs as the Iri-
buae, Of this city, and the Philadel-
phia Press, and all affectation about
Blaine's candidacy will now soon be
thrown off and the battle made an
aggressive one. Part of the Orlgi-
nal programme was the selection of
Charles Emory Smith as delegate
at large from your state; and the
failure was a great disappointment
to the Blaine junto IN this city, but
Mr.. Smith gives the assurance that
Blaine can command majority Of
the Pennsylvania delegation under
any circumstances, and that if Mr..
Blaine's nomination shall seem to
be assured the delegation Will be
solid for him.
The unexpected expressions in
Massachusetts, and Vermont for
Blame were not accidental, nor are
they unexpected to Blaine's friends.
When all of the anti Blaine men
we're reposing on their arms be.
cause they regarded Blaine as out
of the fight the friends of Blaine
were most energetic in their work
in the two anti Blaine New Eng.
land states, and they got posses
sion of Vermont and Massachusetts
while the others were sleeping in
fancled security. 1t was the ex-
preston of three hitherto anti
Blaine New England states that
made Blaine cast aside his doubts
and assent to the opportunities of
his friends TOR his denomination.
It is now a positive fact that
Blaine is in the field; that his friends
have his assent to a movement in
his favor, and that he will be NOM
mated at Chicago if hard work and
plenty of enthusiasm can accom-.
plish 1t.
NEW YORK, May 4.-Friends of
Mr.. Blaine IN this city announce
that they can now state positively
that Mr.. Blaine will be a candidate
FOR the presidency if such be the
1nmistakable desire of the party.