St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14
CLARKSON'S OPINIONS.
He Thinks the Declination Sim
cere and Puts in a Word for
Western Candidate.

SSTo anu + Jus In u +" ora 1Of
Western Candidate.
Dies MONIES. To-, Feb. 13.-In an in
teryiew to-day J. S. Clarkson, the Iowa
member of the Republican national
committee, and an intimate friend and
supporter of Blaine, on Blaine's letter
OF declination and its probable effects,
said: 81 have been expecting the letter
for some time. 1t is in line with letters
L received from Blaine in November
and December, which led me to believe
and to say at the national committee
meeting in Washington, and afterwards
at New 43rk, that / did not believe
he would be in the field. The
press OF the country, led by the pur-
suing misrepresentation of the malig-
hant enemies of Blaine, has refused to
believe the sincerity and unselfish at
tltude Blaine has held toward the party.
LII 1884 he was not a candidate for the
nomination; did not really want it, and
received several letters from him in
the winter and early spring before his
nomination sternly expressing the wish
not to run. So far from directing his
friends at the national convention that
year, he had no communication with
them. and not word was said between
nm and any of them. During the con-
test there the
MASSES OF THE PARTY,
not the politicians, were for him, and it
was their moving forward at township
primaries and county, district and state
conventions that sent the delegates to
Chicago for him. Before he went
abroad last spring he told me again of
his settled Discrimination to run. and of
his controlling wish to contribute every
thing that he could to the uniicatiOn
aad 1s success OF the party in the election
ring him, and believing that he
was defeated in 1884 by the
treachery of some party politi-
clans, as he was, have been intending
to move forward again and renOminate
and elect him, and would have done so
but for this letter. His action now
shows anew the greatness of the man
and his devotion as Republican. He
has done much to diSarm enmity before
this. and should certainly remove it all
now. He will be at the front for the
party next fall. The Blaine Repub-
licans will be for the candidate without
any sulking, whoever he is. Iowa has
voted in three successive national con-
vantions for Blaine, and believes in him
now that he is cut of the field. 1t will
probably present candidate of its own.
1t has two very strong and fit men in
Senator Allison and Justice Miller.
BOTH ARE VERY STRONG
i'll the state, but the senator, from his
closer relations with the people in later
years, has great advantage in that
fact. There will be TO contest between
them and the state will be united for an
Iowa candidate. Senator Allison is
strong in all points where Blaine is
strong, including the Pacific states. He
is exceptionally strong with the bust
ness interests of the East, because of
his level head and sagacious career
IN congress for twenty-five years.
Justice Miller is known as the trusted
counsellor of President Lincoln and all
the Republican presidents since, and as
the first jurist of the present age Indi-
cations are now that the party will take
Western man for a candidate. Sher-
man, of course, will move powerfully
into the contest under the new order,
/ but believe the country will respond
to other men and that the choice, if
made between Western men. will be
between Allison and Harrison or
Gresham. with Rusk. of Wisconsin,
likely to develOpe great strength"