Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-03-01
WASHINGTON LETTER


WASHINGTON, Feb. II, 'S8.
Mr. Blaine's letter to Chairman Jones
of the National Republican committee,
announcing that his name would not
go before the National nominating
convention this year. has overshadow-
ed everything Of political nature at
the National Capitol this week and al
though 1t has now been nearly week |
since the first day 1t was made
public. 1t is Just as eagerly discussed as
it was the first day It was print
ed, and opinions differ as widely upon
what IT'S effects are likely to ne on the
people and afterwards on the nominal
/ ing convention. The opinion for con-
veniepce may be put in three classes:
First, those who we're opposed to
Blaine's nomination, but would vote
for him if he received the party nomi-
nation They believe, or at least they
say so, that the letter removes Mr..
Blaine entirely from the field, and
that he could not consistently accept
the nomination even If the conven-
ton should unanimously tender it to
him.
Second, those who acknowledge the
| fitness of Mr.. Blaine to be the nomi-
nee of the party, but who for personal
reasons prefer some other man. They
believe-because it is in accordance
with their wishes-that the letter takes
Mr.. Blaine out of the race and leaves
it open to tho best man, which of
course is their candidate.
Third, those who believe that Mr..
Blaine is entitled to the highest hon
ors that his party can give him, on ac'
} count of his life long work in its in
: terest, to say nothing of giving him a
! chance to obtain what was lost in 1884
; by accident. They say that Mr., Blaine
r cannot prevent the republicans of the
: country from nominating and electing
: him to the presidency, that the matter
) is out of his hands entirely, and that
5 the letter will have no effect whatever
{ except to make them more determined
J than ever to nominate him.
3 THE olsseifisotion -Slor-suo tuvfurte
the opinions Of the democrats. They
3 all hope that Mr.. Blaine will not be
: the candidate. They fear him on ac-
connt of his powerful influence over
: the Irish Americans, more than any 9th
er man in the republican party. A dem
ocratic politician OF National reputa.
ton was overheard to-day saying to a
: senator of the same party; "Blaine is
8 the only man we have got to look out
for. If the republicans had put up
u any other man in their party in 1894
Cleveland would have carried New
York by fifty thousand majority in
y stead of the beggarly eleven hundred
that we pulled through with. Our
> policy from now on should be to pre-
vent the nomination of Blaine.
/
Z your opponents don't want you to dc
!, and then do it, a" is right, then the re
o publican party should go right ahead
e an / nominate Blaine, his letter not
" withstanding. But politics are mo-
, run by maxims old or new, aid who il
e to be the nominee is becoming burn
O iper Ouocfion
Whichever way the Blaine letter bt
u taken, it has resulted in bringing Gen
: Phil Sheridan well up in the front rank
e of eligible candidates for the republi
y can nomination. lie would make {
strong candidate, certain to be elected
e and what a president he would make
The administration circus is to b,
the road again for short exhibition
tour of one week. The show is to e
South, as far down as Florida, on I
/. special train which will leave here OF
Tuesday, returning Saturday night
Whether the special train will includ,
: the celebrated car with plate glas
sides in which the menagerie was ex
n hibited during the Western tour las
:, year, has not been learned at this writ
u ing. This hurried trip has been ar
ranged to help the good cause of elect
- ing Cleveland delegates to the demo
g cratic nominating convention, SOM
!. anti Cleveland mutterings have recent
ly been heard in that section. TIL
/. show will consist of the following
stars: Mr.. and Mrs Cleveland, Mr.
and Mrs. Whitney, and Col. and Mrs
Lamont The show will be accom-
:. panied by representatives of the AS
i, ISOLATED and United Press, whose du
=, ties will be to supply any enthusiasm
- that may be lacking in the reception
= of the circus by the natives.