Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-05
BLAINE In THE FIELD.
HB WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION II
TENDERBD HIN.
The Philadelphia "Times" authority for the Sists-
msnt That BE is in the .laes-Programms
fine Blaine Hanagsrs-aard at
Work for Their Nan. s

PHILADELPHIA, May 4.-The Times win
publish tomorrow the follow triple loaded
special from New York which it will en-
dorse as coming direct from the most au-
thentic source:
81 have entirely reliable information
that the friends of Blaine have within the
last three days received direct from him
his assent to an aggressive move for his
nomination for President, and the assur-
ance that if nominated in the face of the
Florence letter Cf declinatioD, he would
not feel at liberty to decline.
"a general and systematic effort has
been made by Blaine's closest friends, spch
as Chairman Jones, VIM. Walter Phelps,
Whitelaw Reid, Charles Emery 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 influences
had been brought to bear upon Blaine, 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 as 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 as
surance that he will not decline if nomina-
ted, 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 point and
make an aggressive campaign for his re-
nomination. This movement has been
pretty clearly foreshadowed in such Blaine
organs as the Tribune, of this city, and the
Philadelphia Press, and all sffectation about
Dlaine's candidacy will now soon be thrown
off and the battle made au aggressive one
Part OF the original programme was the
election Of Charles Emory Smith as del
egate-st large from your State, and the fail
ure was great disappointment to the
Blaine junto in this city; but Mr.. Smith
gives the assurance that Blaine can CON-
msnd a majority OF the Pennsylvania del.
egation under any circumstances, and that
if Blaine's nomination shall seem to be as
sured the delegation will be solid for him.
The unexpected expressions in Msssa.
chusetts aud Vermont for Blaine were not
accidental, nor are they unexpected to
Blains's friends. When all of the anti
Blaine men were reposing on their arms
because they regarded Blaine as out of the
fight, the friends of Blaine were most ener-
getic iu their work in the two anti-Blaiue
New England States aud they got posse; sion
of Vermont and Massachusetts, while the
others were sleeping in fancied security.
1t WAS the expression of three hitherto
anti Blaine New Eugland States that made
Blaine cast aside his doubts and assent to
the opportunities of his friends for his re-
nomination.
ut is now positive fact that Blaine is
in the field, tina; his friends have his assent
to q movement in his favor aud that he
will be nominated at Chicago if hard work
and plenty of enthusiasm can accomplish
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