St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-05
If Nominated, in the Face of
His Florence Letter, He
Will Not Decline,
His Leaders Will at Once
Make an Aggressive Cam
paign for Him.
A Still Hunt Having Been in
Progress to That End for
Some Weeks.
Col. Knight Makes a Strong
Denial Of the Chicago
Herald Story.

PHILADELPHIA, May 4.-The Times
will publish tomorrow the following
triple-leaded special from New York,
which it will indorse as coming direct
from the most authentic sources:
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 renOm-
inatiOn for president, and the assurance
that, if nominated in the face of his
Florence letter of declination, he would
not feel at liberty to decline. a gen.
eral 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 of passive candidate. The
Washington conference was only part
OF the varied methods by which in
tiuences had been brought to bear
upon Blaine, and the publication of his
portrait, freshly taken from lite in
Italy, and issued by Judge this week.
vas uCCluCO OIi IlO1C Ulltll IL IlOllIH ago
as the starting point for the avowed
effort to make Blaine the candidate.
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 a very few
days more 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 ag-
greSsive campaign for his denomination.
This movement has been pretty clearly
foreShadowed for some weeks in such
Blaine organs as the Tribune of this
city and the Philadelphia Press; all
atfectatiOn about Blaine'S candidacy will
now soon be thrown off and the battle
made an aggressive one. Part of the
original programme was the election of
Charles Emory Smith as delegate at
large from your state, and the failure
was great disappointment to the
Blaine Junto in this city, but Mr.. Smith
gives the assurance that Blaine can
command majority of the Pennsyl-
Vania delegation under any circum-
stances, and that if Blaine's nomination
shall seem to be assured the
delegation will be solid for him.
The unexpected expression in Massa-
chuSettS and Vermont for Blaine were
not accidental, nor are they unexpected
to Blalne's friends. When all of the
anti-Blaine men were posing on their
arms because they regarded Blaine as
out of the fight. the friends of Blaine
were most energetic in their work IN
the two anti-Blaine New England
states, and they got possession of Yer
mont and Massachusetts while the 9th
erS were sleeping in fancied security.
1t was the expression of three hitherto
anti-Blaine New England states that
made Blaine cast aside his doubt and
assent to the opportunities of his friends
for his denomination. 1t is now posi-
tive fact that Blaine is in the field; that
his friends have his assent to a move
ment in his favor, and that he will be
nominated at Chicago if hard work and
plenty of enthusiasm can accomplish it.