Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-04-27
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despatch to the Boston Adyertserl
WASHINGTON, April 2j.-Most Of the talk
i'm. about Blaine is done by men from the
east, aud men who don't know what they
arc at They have no means Of communi-
cation with Mr. Blaine, and whatever rep
utation for intimacy with him they may
have acquired has mostly been built up ON
their own announcements and declarations.
These men listen eagerly for all the idle
stories that are set aloat from one source
or another, regarding the plans and pros
poets of Mr.. Blaine, aud twisting out Of
these auew and wonderful version for them
selves, proceed 10 deliver it in oracular
tones.
II seems 10 be pretty generally admitted
here that unless they are taken strictly in
hand at the convention, some Of the
Blaineacs have fully made up their minds
to create bowling hurrah and conse.
quent stampede. In doing this they must,
of course, overlook Mr.. Blaine's openly ex
pressed decination, which, coming from a
man Of such prominence as he every man
of honor is bound to accept as genuine, but
which half the shriekers are indirectly at
tempting to place in a doubtful light, by
declaring that he will at once accept the
nomination if it is given to him. The
course of the New York Tribune in helping
to stimulate this feeling has been remarked
here, by men who are in real fact close TO
Mr. Blaine. They criticize the talk of the
Tribune as not right and fair to Mr.. Blaine
and as likely to he productive of harm 10
the party in the end.
Gen. Boynton Of the Cincinnati Com
mercial assured me last night that he knew
| positively that Mr.. Blaine's most intimate
| friends-those who actually knew what the
IA
prevent any such business as stampede
plan at Chicago Gen. Boynton said he
knew certainly of four of Mr. Blaine's
closest personal friends who said in most
positive way shat Mr. Blaine would not and
| could not be nominated.
The fact seems TO be that if any letter
! comes it will he one which will make more
certain Mr.. Blaine's declination than to
rouse any new hopes of nominating him.
| The stampedng shout is perhaps begun well
as early as it is There are likely to be
those who will take the convention firmly
in hand and dampeu any such fireworks eff
| fectually. The fact that the west had long
ago accepted the situation and was busly at
work making new candidates, would help
the situation notably
A Bangor, Me, despatch of April 2j,
says that o. NJ Shaw, proprietor of the
| west fnd motel, bar ttarbOr, Is Just home
| from Florence, Italy, where he left Hon
james G.. Blaine four weeks ago. Mr. Shaw
is Republican and an intimate friend Of
Mr.. Blaine. He says Blaine will not be "a
candidate, that he told him so and the rea
son. Mr.. Blaine says that he is a sick man
being seriously afflicted with diabetes. Mr.
Shaw says that it is useless to talk Of him
as candidate, and advises Maine states
men to accept the situation at once, and de
eide upon some other candidate.
A New York despatch of the some date
| says Mr.. j. :. Clarkson, editor of the
Iowa State Register, chairman of the sub
national Republican committee, and one Of
the delegates at large from Iowa to the
national convention this year, is at the
| Fifth Avenue hotel "The spirit Of the
pai ty, said Mr.. Clarkson, sis against or
gained booms or any canvass or personal
solicitation this year. Western Repubi-
cans think that the national convention
should review the field carefully and take
the strongest man. without regard 10 per
| sonal candidates or fractional ambition. In
Iowa We consider Blaine out of the contest
We are heartily for Allison, not because
he is I'm Iowa man, but because we be
lieve that lie is, all things considered, the
| strongest man as Il vote getter, while his
ability and fitness are admitted. But W..
are not disposed to urge any man against
the general level Of Judgment