New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-14

candidates. and In my judgment II makes vsU hh
| tie difference whether IL b Sherman, AlllsoAe
Hawley or any ono Of reasonable strength Th(
party 10 In admirable condition and will win With
any one Of these candidstes Senator Shermaa
probably comes next IN present strength. yet that
IS questionable. Possibly We in MICHIGAN may sur
priisG You with man On horseback the Citizen
Mr. Ryan. OF Kansss-with Blaine out Of tho
race it e impossible to predict what tho Conven-
ton will do 4 New-York has man who can
IN that State be will be formidable comostitoP
Tor the nomination. Allison stands well with
u.s. Sns oc y0s hpNw ". can carry kama. on
anxious that the best mao shall win. 49,
pi Mr. Anderson. OF Kansas-Well. probably Mr..
B Blame decision is wise one Kansas has been
State before all. I would like to SEQ . man
like Judge Gresham nominated. have no doubt
however. does not lack Presidential timber. We
have many strong men, any ono Of whom could be
elected and would give us good and safs Admin
congressman Funston and Perkins also were
quoted as favOring the nomination Of Judge
Gresham.
Mr.. Gunther, of Wisconsin. said: ~ have been
. Blaine man but am glad he has decided to with
draw. Senator Sherman is my candidate now.
Senator Allison IS q good man but do not believe
that any Iowa man could be elected. The German
Republicans would not be likely TO support him in
some of the close States"
Mr. Bowden of Vlrgnia-I am glad that Mr.
Blaine is OUT OF the field Sherman will be The
nominee and be Will be elected. am for him now
as have been for the last twelve years. Yes be-
lieve that Sherman can carry Virginia and North
Carolina also.
Major Farqubar of Sew-York, praised the letter
who can carry New-York. Can any otner
man start even with =, sherman tnerG ,d
carry e ch but iSs question raised
to whether he would be the strongest candidate IN
some of the Western States. But we have tme
enough to pick out the candidate to win.
Mr. Houk. OF tennessee, said: 1.-The letter is an
honest and patriotic one. which only great states
mau would write. | regard tho defamation as maj.
1t remains for the Republican Convention to decide
who shall carry the party standard TO victory. We
have plenty of good men.
WHAT MAINE CONGRESSMAN SAYS.
Representative Dinghy, of Maine regards Mr..
Blaincs decision as fnal and irrcvocablc. Said
he: For some time I have believed that Mr..
Blaine would decline to allow his to &c
before the National Convention candidate
Like many other Of his friends, 7 havc been
disposed to insist that he probably would he tha
strongest for the Republicans TO place in
the field. To this his uniform reply has been
that the Republicans could elect any good can.
didate; that the party had many good men:
any one Of whom would be as strong be: some
of them. in the opinion of many Republicans.
would be even stronger. The letter Is not
surprise to me. 1t is a sincere declaration and
is the expression of decision which | believe
to be irrevocable OF course, the immediate
effect Of the letter will be to stimulate the ac-
tvity of the friends of Sherman. Allison. Gresham.
Sheridan. IIawley and Other men whose names
thing for the party. / am Informed that sheridan
declares that he would not accept the nomination
il il should be offered to him."
What about the effect Of the letter on our
friends the enemy -
We'll. it will be 10 confuse and cmharraSs
them They have regarded Blanc's nomination
as a foregone conclusion, and have been shapin2
their plans accordingly. good many of them
sincerely hoped that he would be the candidate
4hnt- hn1f hot
wrote to Mr. Blaine time ago that even
if he had decided to write letter OF Withdrawal
it would be good plan to hold 1t back for SIX
months and let the Democrats and Mugyumps
keep on firing at him.
VIEWS OF CONGRESSMAN REED
aWbat can one say remarked Mr.. Reed " OF
course Mr.. Blaine means what he says. lie Is ont
of the field, and there's the end Of it. 1t Is true,
as you suggest, that his withdrawal eonfuses the
enemy somewhat and probably it is disagrceable
TO some of them who thought it would be easy
TO defeat Blaine. What about the PROSPECTS OF
other candidates Well, 1 should say that the
boom. until the friends Of the other candidates
begin to gnaw badly Then / suppose Senator
Allisons boom will have to undergo the slme
process and SO on. The nominee of the conyell-
ton may be a dark horse. 1t may be that Zen
eral Sherman will turn mp as wiling eandi-
party is rich in good Presidential timber, We
have n number of good men scattered all the
way down the alphabet from to at least
while the Democrats are all at G. so TO speak
all that is, save a few who venture down as low
as H.
JUSTICE UARLAN'S HIGH PRAISE
Justice Harlan. of the Supreme Court, regards
the letter as an expression of Mr. Balnes ioiy
patriotism and his devotion to the Republican
party and an evidence that he does not want 10
do anything except what he believes will be FOR
the best interest of the party and the country.
He will not be q candidate il he is to he fought nv
any element of the party. Justice Harlan did
NOT think that the withdrawal of Mr.. Blaine would
make any difference with the Mugwump leaders,
who will oppose the Republican candidate, who
ever he NAV be. because they are Free Traders.
Judge Harlan appeared Inclined to the opinion
that the party may demand that Mr.. Blaine shall
reconsider his decision.
THE OPINION OF PR MIER" MILLS.
premier" Mills. of Tey said: " regard IL as
a confession of defeat. In other words, Mr. Blaine
has come 70 the conclusion that he cannot he
elected. There is no question but what he could
have the nomination if he wanted It, No, ID
NOT regard tho letter as binding. You remembes
that HOratiO Seymour once declined pomlu9tlon
bnt was persuaded in the end to accept IT, Per-
hans Mr.. Bane's refusal Just now may have
like ending. His refusal will not affect the IL
sues of the campaign. The battle has been
pitched and will BE- fought on the line of tho
Presidents message"
JUDGE WEST NOT CONVINCED
TIE THINKS MR. BLAINE CANNOT PREVENT TIM