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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-15
SINCERE AND DECISIVE.
IN " o.. I


Mr. Blaine's withdrawal from the canvass
is no surprise to unprecedented observers. 1t
is unqnesti0nably sincere and decisive. No
expectation need be entertained that the
admirers and ardent personal friends of Mr.
Blaine will be able to force the nomination
upon him in spite of his refusal. He is posi-
lively and finally out of the running There
are several reasons which establish this
proposition. In the first place there is no
possible cause for the withdrawal except the
clear and settled purpose Of its author that
he will no longer be a candidate. Secondly,
Mr. Blaine is a sincere person, and decep-
ton on such subject is not merely below
his dignity, 1t is contrary to his habit. In
the Third place, there is, in his case, no occa-
sion for sham withdrawal 1t could not
add anything to his popularity or his ability
to obtain the nomination. Fourthly, sham
withdrawal would be fatal to the main pur-
pose If, after having declined, Mr.. Blaine
should consent, under any stress of party
conpulsion, to accept the nomination and to
stand as a candidate, the fact that he had
once Withdrawn would settle the election
against him beforehand. The withdrawal is
creditable to Mr.. Blaine. 1t shows that he
possesses an elevation of ambition and a
patriotic devotion to his party which forbid
him to subject it to the risk of defeat for the
mere purpose of a personal qualification for
himself
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-15
n Per Gent First Mortgages in KanSaS.

m During the next 30 days We Shall give our Gus
W toners per cent on any money they may
send us for investments we have for sale. We have
hand First Mortgages and applications for
money upon first mortgage loans, mostly upon 100
acre farms. amounts ranging from $3.50 To $500
We have also mortgages In amounts $1,000 TO s20,-
600 at per cent. which we offer How much
money can you furnish US tor these loans? They
are security. The stringency In the money
market enables us to cut down amounts applied
for in each ease to an amount that Is safe beyond
a doubt Now Is the time to get nice line OF small
gilt edge loans. Write for our New Investors
Guide. Remit with advice to JOHN ID. KNOX q
co, Investment Bankers and Loan Agents, Tope-
ka, Kan. Boston ONCE; Room "a, No. SO Brom-
field street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-15

The Hon. John w. Deering has written
letter to the Argus in which he says that he
is not and has not been a candidate for the
Democratic nomination, and requests that
his name be not used in that connection.
He says further that while he knew that he
had been mentioned he considered it ''mere
idle talk" We have little doubt but the
Democracy will take Mr.. Deering at his
word, and allow him to continue to rest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-15

President Cleyeland's gift TO the Pope has
been the subject Of much comment, both be-
cause it was unique and because it came
from a country which seems to be receiving
considerable favor and attention The press
of Europe are giving the subject unusual at
tention for another reason also. reason
that will be less pleasing to the American
people. The delegation that presented the
gift are reported to have made this remarka-
BILE announcement in the course of the adj
dress:
In the volume which we have the distinguished
honor to present to your holiness in the name of
the President of the United States, and which
contains the constitution of those States we read
the enactment that Congress shall make no law
respecting an eSta lishlnent Of religion or prohb-
ittng the free exercise thereof. Thus the Catho-
lie Church is left entirely free from all state dom
lnation. This liberty is all that she requires for
her triumph as her history in these States clearly
proves. Ignorance of her real doctrine and hered-
itary prejudces, the great obstacles TO her prog
ress, are gradually disappearing, as Catholics and
non-Catholics mingle with and understand each
other.
This statement from those whom Presi-
dent Cleveland made his ENJOYS ought to be
enough to set all Europe agog. 1t sounds as
The United States were about to become the
Holy Roman Republic.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-15
A REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
N0R0MBEGA HALL, Bangor,
Thursday, April s6, 1888, at II O'Clock
a. m.

For the purpose Of selecting two candidates for
Electors of President and Vice President Of the
United States, and four delegates at large, and
four alternates to attend the National Convention
TO be held at Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, June
10Th, 1888, and transaciing any other business
that may properly come before 1t.
rre basis of representation will be as follows
Each city, town and plantation will be entitled to
one delegate, and for each seyenty-nye votes cast
for the Republican candidate for Governor in
1884, an additional delegate, and Tor fraction Of
forty votes In excess of seyeny.nve votes, an ad-
ditional delegate.
The State Committee viii be in session in the
reception room Of the Han at nine O'Clock on the
morning of the Convention, for the purpose OF re-
ceiying the credentials of delegates.
All electors OF Maine, without regard TO past
political differences, who are in sympathy with
the sentiments expressed in the call of the Re-
publican National Committee for the Republican
National Convention, are cordially invited TO
unite with the Republicans Of the State in select
Ing delegates to this Convention.
Per order Republican State Committee.
JOSEPH II. MANLEY, Chairman.
WILLIS II. WING, Secretary.
AUGUSTA, MAINE, February H. 1888.
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THURSDAY MORNING. FEB. 1e.

We do no; read anonymous letters and commu
ntcations. The name and address of the writer
are IN all cases Indispensable, not necessar ly for
publication but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake 10 return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-15
[Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.l

1t is true, though many of his countrymen
may long hesitate to do him the justice OF
believing it. that the Presidency lost to Mr..
Blaine the charm and fascination it has for
those who approach the great Office. after
the long watches by the bedside Of the muir
dered Garfield; and it has not since that SOL
emnizing experience been by his preference
that he has been at the front as Presiden-
tial candidate. We have from the first of
the discussion, as to the nomination to be
made at Chicago in June next, urged upon
Republicans of Ohio that the friends of
Blaine and Sherman should not become con-
tentious over the merits of their respective
fayorites, for the chances were that there
would be no occasion for disputation. Mr..
Sherman himself has been ready to go tor
Blaine il he would become an ay0wed candi-.
date and aid in giving him the nomination
with telling unanimitys There never has
been an hour Of doubt that Ohio would sup
port Sherman or Blaine with enthusiasm,
and give her electoral vote to either with
formidable majority. In the face of the
event announced this morning, the country
win turn with confidence to John Sherman
MS the best equipped statesman in the United
States for the Presidency, and the man in
whose behalf there is a swelling current of
popular favor that has every promise Of
presently becoming triumphal tide.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-15

The annual report of the public schools Of
Ohio shows the astonishing decrease of ten.
thousand pupils in the school enrolment
within two years. These figures are made
from official returns. The reason for this
decrease is not explained; but it is probably
from defective enrolment rather than be-
cause there Is any decrease in the number of
children of school age in Ohio.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-15
AUGUSTA, MAINE, February II. 1888.

George and McGlynn are fighting over the
ownership of the anti-poverty party. To
the unprecedented observer it looks as If that
party had arrived at a state when it is not
worth fighting about. 1t appears to be in in
solyency with far heavier debts than assets
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-15
LADIES |!

Do your own Dyeing, at home, with Peerless Dyes
They viii dye everything. They are sold every
where. Price Zoe. paekage-4O colors. They
have no equal for Strength, Brightness, Amount
in packages or for Fastness OF Color, or nOn-fad-
ing Qualities. They do not crock or smut. For
sale by ID. w. Heseltine q Co., Druggists, corner
Congress and Myrtle streets; N. q. Nichols, Drug
gist, 1877 Congress, corner Grove street; 4. W.
Stevens, Druggist, corner Congress and Paris
streets; Fred. A. Turner, Druggist, corner Con
Druggist, corner Middle and Franklin streets ID.
+. Horr, Druggist, 53S Congress street, William
Streets; T. h. Pollard, Druggist, 212 Danforth
street; Cook, Everett & Pencil John w. Perkins
& Co. III. III. Hay q Son, and A. w. Smith, Drug
gisf, lO7 Portland St., Portland. Maine. w. W.
Whlpple Co.. q Market Square, and Wood
lords Corner, Deering, Me. jly1IeOd1y
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-15
AN ABSOLUTE WITHDRAWAL.
ALBANY Journal. /

[Albany Journal
Mr. Blaine will not be candidate for the
Presidency this year. His letter printed to-
day in The Evening Journal must be consid-
cred an absolute declension to enter the con-
test of 1883 No one can doubt its sincerity
No one who knows Mr.. Blaine and has
heard him within the past three years ex-
press his opinion of the political situation
need doubt for moment that he means pre-
cisely what he says. 1t Is no secret that Mr..
Blaine said to his intimate friends before he
sailed for Europe that he could net be can
didate for the Presidency in 1888; that he
did not seek the nomination, did not want it,
and would not take it under any circum-
stances. Ii is no secret that he has repeated
this statement in his letters since his depart
ure. Mr.. Blaine's letter is an absolute with
drawal. lie need no longer be considered
among the possible candidates for 1888.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-15
CURRENT COM NJ EMIT.

A FREE FIELD.
Howell Courier.
Now the field is clear for selection free
from prejudice, and such as should unite the
party beyond question.
BOTH SINCERE AND FINAL.
[Worcester Spy.J
Mr.. Blaine's withdrawal suggests the in
quires Is it sincere. and is it final? We
think ii Is both.
MIR BLAINE AND HIS FRIENDS.
boston II anscriptl
The Maine Republicans would nominate
Mr. Blaine for President, regardless OF his
wishes. But we rather think this is mat
ter in which Mr. Blaine's purpose not to be
a candidate will prevail.
FROM SENATOR cHANDLER's PAPER.
concord (N. H. Monitor.l
1t is in Mr.. Blaine's power to refuse to be
nominal leader of his party, bu. he cannot
cease to be its actual head. Whatever else
the future may hold for him, his lace in the
hearts of the Republicans Of this nation is
assured.
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-15
WHAT THE SOUTH NEEDS.

An extract from speech Of Mr..
Henry ". Grady, Of the Atlanta Con-
stitution, is going the rounds Of the
press. There is much truth in what he
says, and We give it herewith, 50 that
our people may be set TO thinking. The
picture is possibly a little overdrawn.
The South is beginning 20 develop and
manufacturing industries are springing
up all over the South. We are begin
ming to develop our rich and mex =
haustible mutural resources. five are
ever to become a rich people, and
prosperous people, we must not buy
everything we eat and wear from: other
sections. We must make something
else to sell besides cotton. Here is what
Mr.. Grady says.
The other day there was man
buried in Pickens County. He was
dead, and they were putting him away.
IL digging grave for him they dug
through three feet Of marble as pure as
yet the marble slab that went at the
head Of his grave was imported from
Vermont. Although pine forests were
all around him, the pine coffin il which
he lay was imported from Philadelphia.
Although iron was in the hills within
hundred feet Of his grave, the nails in
his coffin came from PittSburg. AL
though there was hard wood IN the
same forest, handles Of the shovels and
picks that dug his grave were imported
from Cincinnati. The truth is that his
own county, as rich or richer in natural
resources than any in the State,
furnished nothing for that funeral but
the hole in the ground and the corpse.
He was clothed in shoes from Massa-
chusetts, a suit from Chicago, A shirt
from Cincinnati, hat from l. ynn and
his own county furnished nothing but
the marrow in his bones and the blood
in his veins"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-15
MISS LEE WILL CONTEST
Mr.. Ciemson's VIII Derisins Fort ELL to
The State.
Especial to the World. !

COLUMBIA. November 10.-As eX-
clusively announced in The World
some time ago, Miss Isabella Lee, Of
New York city, has put in claim for
Fort Hill. the place and other property
left 10y the late Thomas G. Clemson to
the state for the purposes Of an agricul-
tural college. The proceedings will
he in the form Of al action to set aside
so much OF the will of Mr.. Clemson as
deviseS the Fort Hill place to the State.
Miss Lee has engaged the Hon. Le-
roy +. IounlanS, OF this city, to contest
the will. The papers will be filed and
served il pickens within the next
week. Miss Lee is the great-grand-
daughter Of John {. Calhoun. and the
granddaughter OF Thomas G.. Clemson.
She claims the property under the will
Of her great-@randmother, the wife Of
john {. Calh1un. she being the direct
l;neul descendant. through the female
liue, OF John {. Calhoun. Mrs. Glenn
son. her grandmother, in her last will
and testament, devised the property to
her husband. Thomas G.. Clemson. 1t
is held that this will is void and Of no
effect. as Mrs. Clemson cid not execute
the power contained in the will of her
Mrs. John {. Calhoun.
Ii is understood that the case OF Bill
derback W. Boyce in II ). {. reports,
will play an important part in this
much-dlscus>ed Clemson bequest. Mr..
Lee. the great Wall street. broker, is
expected here during the winter in
with this matter. Pending
these proceedings, it is presumed that
no action in the premises will be taken
by the Legislature.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-15
THE ELECTION.

The election is over. Harrison IS
elected by a large majority. The Demo-
crats accept the result and everything
is moving on as if there had been no
election. The American people are a
great people. They possess the ability
to adapt themselves to the situation
and to circumstances, to a very high
degree. AS some one has said, they
show every year increased evidence OF
ability to govern themselves.
All the doubtful States this year have
gone Republican. Many reasons and
theories are advanced and assigned AS
the cause of defeat Of the Democrats.
Some say the tariff issue, and others
local politics in New York, caused the
the loss of that State. But the Repub-
licans would have won without New
York. The tariff may have had some
thing to do with it, and it possibly
would have been good policy for Mr..
Cleveland not to have forced the issue
in this campaign year, for by so doing,
time was not given to educate the peo-
pie on the question; but Mr.. Cleveland
saw the issue had to be made and that
it was right to make it, and it was
done regardless of the effect it would
have On his reelection. Mr.. Cleveland
is a statesman rather than politician.
We do not believe the tariff or local
politics had as much to do with the re-
suit Of the election as another factor.
The Republicans had the biggest
''barren and the most "boodle," and
these factors played about as big part
in determining the result as the tariff
or any other question. Money has
great influence.
1t is also possible that the Republi-
cans will have majority in
both houses of Congress. We believe
it is proper for the party in power to
have a majority in Congress, for then
that party can be held responsible fo:
whatever legislation is enacted.
What effect a Republican administra-
ton will have on the South, it is too
soon to forecaste. We shall hope for
the best. The Republicans will likely
admit several new States during the
next four years, that are Republican,
and thus increase the strength of their
party in the United States.
We will endeavor to take care Of our
selves down here.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-15
TIE DEMOCRACY OF NEWBERRY.
How the Preent Situation il Regarded
Hill for Preoideut in 1891.
Special 70 the World. !

NEwBERRY. November 9.-The cleo
ton passed off quietly in this county.
The democratic vote was but little
short Of full vote. The negroes, for
the most part, did not attempt TO vote,
and behaved themselves we'll. Their
behavior since the election, and since
it has been known that Harrison was
elected has been adluira ble net the
least noisy aud demonStrative. This
shows that they are pleased with our
State Government. and that they feel
that they have lost none Of their rights
under Mr.. Cleveiand'S administration.
Our people are FESTIVE under the
election Of Harrison. They fear that
unScrupulous and ignorant officials
will be given the various federal offices
in this state, who will stir up strife be-
tween the races, and thereby destroy
the good feeling which now prevails.
They fear also that the rice and sugar
interests Of the South will I,e DESTROYED
under the proposed Sherman tariff bill,
that pensions will be increased to
large extent, and the expenses Of Gov
ernment in like proportion III order to
prevent amy reduction Of the tariff,
that monopolics will be fn=tcred, to the
detr!Iucnt Of the people: and last, buo
not least: that odions and unconstitu-
tional measures will be passed, now
that both houses Of Congress are Re
publican. They look to the supreme
court ofthc United States, however, as
a check 70 the latter With all these
things staring US in the face, lands and
other property will decline in value,
and some emigration will take place.
However, We shall see, after the 4th
Of March next, whether or not the pic
turc is ovcrlrawn.
The members elected! ~ the State
General Assembly from this county
are a conservative set of men, whose
every act will be for the good Of our
State. They will ali favor the cstab-
lishmcnt nf an agricultural and me-
chanic;,l college, and will favor the
lowest tax necessary 70 maintain de-
cent government. They " i'll also favor
an amendment To the tax cost law,
reducing the present reference fees,
etc. Mr.. George S. Mower will be the
chairman Of the House delegation.
Democrat here are looking to tha!
splendid Democrat, David i. hill, 0f
New York. as the standard-bearer Of
the party in 1892. We nominate him
now for President, and believe that if
he is nominated that he will be trium-
phantly elected.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-15
THE CLEMSON COIIFCE

The questions Of Separate Asricul-
tural College and the Clemson hequest
were the main topics discussed by the
candidates for Legislative honors in the
primary canvass in most counties in the
State during the past summer. We
have heard very little of these ques-
tions recently. Bigger, and smaller
ones too, have attracted public attention
recently, and the question Of an Agri-
cultura! College has, as it were, dropped
from public attention. The whole of
the legislative delegation from New
berry advocated the establishment of a
Separate Agricultural College during
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-15

the primary canvas, andWe believe in
MOS: counties, when the issue was
made, agricultural college men were
elected. The Herald and News has
never been a strong advocate ofsuch an
institution because we have never
thought it would accomplish the good
the farmers were led to believe would
flow from its establishment. We have
believed that inInany cases enthusiastic
advocates Of such ali institution are
deluded with the hope that immediate
and great results would follow lis es-
tablishmcnt. Yet We say that if, upon
serious reflection, a majority OF our
farmers really desire such an lnstltu-
ton, why let them have it, and the
sooner the experiment ismade the
better.
It would seem from the following,
from the Columbia Record Of the 10th
inst, that the great lawsuit over the
Clemson bequest is to be commenced
before the assembling Of the Legisla-
ture, That should not moleSt the mat
term the least. II we are to make the
experiment OF az agricultural college
in this State let US make it at once and
with or without the Clemson beauest.
"Witbin the next ten days-at least
before the assembling Of the Leglsia-
ture-papers will be filed and served,
on behalf Of Miss Isabella Lee, the
great-grand-daughter of John c. Cal
houn and the granddaughter OF Ihos.
c.. Clemson, to recover Fort Hlll-that
bone Of contention that proved an issue
in the nomination for members of the
General Assembly.
1t will be remembered that the late
Mr.. Clemson left the property to the
State for the purpose Of establishing al
agricultural college Miss Lee, however,
claims the property, she being the
direct lineal descendant OF John Z.
Calhoun, and also because Mrs. Glenn
son, her grandmother, III devising the
property to her husband, did not
execute the power contained in the Will
Of her mother, Mrs. John &. Calhoun.
The proceeding will be in the form Of
an action to set aside the will, or at
least 50 much of it as devises the Fort
Hill place and other property to the
State for the purpose Of an agricultural
college.
1t Is generally presumed that, pend
ing these proceedings, the Legislature
will take no action in the premises
The Farmers State Convention will
meet in Columbia this week and we
presume we will have something from
that body on the subject.