Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-01
BLAINE DECLINES.
A Letter From Mr.. Blaine Forbidding
the Use of His Name Before the
Republican Convention.
Considerations Entirely Personal to
Himself Constrain Him to This
Final Decision.

lIldl DeclSlOns
PTTTsBURa, Pa, Feb, 1.-THE Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette will publish the follow
| lug tomorrow:
Is. f. Jones, chairman of the national Re-
| publican committee, has received letter
from Mr.. Blaine declining TO allow his name
to be presented 20 the national Republican
convention as a candidate for the presiden-
tlal nomination.
declsnation would prevent his friends from
nominating him any how, said: .~As am
chairman of the national committee do not
link it would be proper for me to have
anything TO say on that subject"
@I,o you think Mr.. Blaine would accept the
nomination If rendered to him."
Il have no authority to speak for Mr..
Blaine, and have no coniectures to offer on
the subject The letter speaks for itself, and
| nlust decline TO be interviewed on the
question"
The following is Mr.. Blaine's letter in full:
TEXT OF THE LETTER
! FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 20, 1SSS.-B. f.
| Jones, Esq, Chairman OF the Republican
National Committed;
Sir-I wish through you to state to the
members of the Republican party that my
name will not be presented TO the national
| convention called to assemble in Chicago in
June next for the nomination of candidates
Tor president and vice president of the United
States l am constrained to this decision
| by considerations entirely personal to my
self of which you were advised more than o
year ago. But l cannot make the announce
ment without giving expression to my deep
sense Of gratitude TO the many thousands OF
| my countrymen who have sustained me so
long and SO cordially that their feeling has
seemed to go beyond the ordinary political
adherence of fellow partisans and TO partake
somewhat of the nature of personal attach
ment For this most generous loyalty of
friendship l can make no adequate return,
but shall carry the memory Of 1t while life
lasts Nor can refrain from congratulating
the Republican party upon the cheering
prospects which distinguish the opening of
the national contest of 1883 as compared
| with that of 1854 In 1882 the Republican
party throughout the Union met with
DISASTROUS DEFEAT
Arthur in the election of 1880 were carried
by the Democrats either by majoritIes or
pluralities The Republican loss in the
Northern elections compared with the pre-
| ce6ing national election exceeded half a
million votes, and the electoral votes of the
Union, dividef /, the basis of the result of
| 1882, gave TO- Democrats over three hun-
dred electors out of q total vote of four hun
dred and one There was a partial reaction
in favor of the Republicans in the elections
! of-lSS5, but the Democrats still held pos
| session of seven Northern states, and on the
basis of the years contest could show more
than one hundred majority in the electoral
college of the whole country But against
the encouragement naturally following
| the adverse elections of these two years the
spirit of the Republican party in the ma
| tlonal contest of 1884 rose high, ard the Re
! publican masses eutered in. the campaign
with such energy that the final result de-
pended on the vote of q single state, and
that state was carried by Democratic plu-
rality so small that it represented less than
one-elevcnth of 1 per cent of the entire
vote. The change of single vote in every
| two thousand Of the total poll would have
given the state to the Republicans, though
only two years before the Democratic pIu-
rality exceeded C192, 900 one hundred and
ninety-two thousand The elections OF
| 1886 and 1887 have demonstrated
GROW ING STRENGTH
in the Republican ranks Seldom in our po-
litical history has party, defeated in a ma
| tional election. rallied Immediately with
| such vigor as have the Republicans since
1884 No comparison is possible between
the spirit of the party in 1928 and It's
| spirit in 1857 The two periods present
| simply o ccntrast-the one of general de-
preston, tile other of enthusiastic revival
| Should the party gain, in the results of 1888
over those of 1857, in anything like the
| proportion of the gain of 1884 over 1928,
it would secure one of the most remarkable
| victories of its entire existence. But victory
| does not depend on so large o ratio of in
! crease; the party has only to maintain
relatively its prestige of 1867 to give to
4 its national candidate every Northern state
but one, with far better prospect of car
rying that one than IL has had for the past
six years Another feature of the political
situation should inspire Republicans with
irresistible strength. The present national
| administration was elected with, IL not
| upon, the repeated assertions of It's leading
| supporters in every protection state that no
| issue on the tariff was involved. However
earnestly Republicans urged that ques-
! ton as the one of controlling in
stance in the campaign, they were
met by the Democratic leaders and
| Journals with persistent evasion, conceal
| ment and denial That resource the presi-
| lent has fortunately removed The issue
which the Republicans maintained and the
/ Democrats avoided in 1884 has been promi-
| hrnn q I'd nv
| Re Democratic president, and
CANNOT BE HIDDEN
out of sight in 1888. The country is now in
| he enjoyment OF an industrial system
which in quarter of a century has assured
larger national growth, u more rapid &C
cumulation and BROADER distribution of
wealth than were ever before known to his
| tory The American people will now
\ be openly and formally asked TO de-
eide whether this system shall be reck-
essly abandoned ana a new trial be
made of an old experiment which has uni
formly led to national embarrassment and
| widespread individual distress, On the re-
suit of such an issue, fairly presented TO the
popular Judgment, there is no room for
doubt One thing only is necessary to assure
success-complete harmony and cordial Co
operation on the part of all Republicans, on
| the part both of those who aspire to lead and
| of those who are eager TO follow. The duty
| is not one merely of honorable devotion to
| the party whose record aud whose aims
are alike great. but it is one demanded
| by the instinct of self-interest and by
the still higher promptings of patriotism A
closer observation of the conditions Of life
among the older nations gives one more
| intense desire that the American people
shall make no mistake In choosing the policy
which inspires labor with hope ana crowns it
| with dignity, which gives safety to capital
and protects its increase; which Sc
| cures political power to every citizen,
comfort and culture to every home. To
this end, not less earnestly and more directly
| as a private citizen than as public can
aidate, / shall devote myself, with the con-
ident belief that the administration of the
government will be restored to the party
which has demonstrated the purpose and the
power to WELD il for the unity and the honor
Of the republic, for the prosperity and
progress of the people. am. very sincerely
yours, JAMES G. BLAINE
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