Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-25

| MIR. B. j. Jones, chalrii"u va
tional republican committee mas ~
ceived n letter from Mr. Blaine declln-
inc 10 allow his name to he presented 70
the national republican convention a. /"
candidate for the presidency mn
ZONES. when asked whether Mr. Blaines
declination would prevent ms lrlehos
from nominating him anyhow SAID; /,
"As / am chairman OF she natiol,ai
committee do not think it would DO
proper for me to have anything TO say
on that subject"
'Do you think Mr.. Blaine would 40
cent the nomination il tenderedt
II have no authority to speak for Mr.
Blaine. and have no coniectures to oiler
on the subject. The letter speaks ior
itself and l must decline to be inter
viewed on the question.
Following is Mr. Blaine's letter IN
full:
FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 95, 1888; B; y
Homes ESQ. Chairman of the Repabli-
can National Committee , wish,
through you, to state to the members ~ ~
the republican party that my name wlil
not be presented to the national cohYen-
ton called TO assemble IN IhleaSo ~
June next for the nomination OF caildi,
dates for president and vice presldeht oi
the United States. ! am constrained 70
this decision by considerations entirely
personal to myself, OF which yon were
advised more than year ago.
But l cannot make the announcement
without giving expression 10 my deep
sense of gratitude to the many thou-
sands of my countrymen who have stts-
tanned me so long and SO cordially that
the feeling has seemed TO go beyond the
ordinary political adherence OF fellow
partisans and TO partake somewhat OF
the nature of personal attachment. For
this most generous loyalty OF friendship
can make no adequate return, but l
shall carry the memory OF 1t while life
lasts
Nor can | refrain from congratulatlng
the republican party upon the cheering
prospects which distinguish the opening
of the national contest of lsSS as com
pared with that oil 1884. In 1882 the re-
publican party Throughout the union
met with a disastrous defeat. len
states that had supported Garfield aud
Arthur In the election Of 1880 were car
ried by the democrats either by MAJOR
titles or plurnlitits. The republican loss
in the northern elections COMPARED with
the preceding national elections ex-
ceeded a half million votes, and the
electoral votes Of the union divided on
the basis Of the result OF 1884, gave the
democrats over three hundred electors
ont Of n total OF four hundred and one.
There was Il partial reaction in favor Of
the republicans in the elections Of 1883
but the democrats still held possession
OF seven northern states, aud on the ba-
sis Of the years contest could show
more than one hundred majority in the
electoral college Of the whole country
But against the discuuragement natur.
ally following the adverse elections 81
these two years, the spirit OF the repub-
lican party in the national contest
Of 1884 rose high, and the republican
masses entered into the campaign with
such energy thRt the faal vote de-
pended on the vote Of single state, aud
that state was carried by the democratic
il represented less than one
4
The change % single vote in every
1000 Of the total poll would have given
the state TO the republicans, though
only two years before the democratic
plurality exceeded one hundred aud
ninety-two thousand.
The elections Of iSSGnud 1887 have dc.
monstrated the growing strength in the
republican ranks Seldom In our politi.
cal history Inns q party, defeated III a
national election rallied immediately
with such yigor MS has the republican
since issi. No comparison IA pOssihlr
between the spirit Of the party ia isss.s3
aud its spirit IN 1869. The two Pc
RODS present simply contrast one 81
general depression, the other ~ enthu-
siastic revival Should the party gnin
i'm the results Of 1883 over those az
1861 in anything like the proportion
oil the gain of lSs4 over Iss2-s1, IL would
secure one Of the most remarkable ytrtt.
rcs Of It's entire existence. Rut the
victory does not depend on So large a
ratio Of increase. The PARTY Inns ONLY b.
maintain relativelyits prestige Of fssg.s7
to give to its national candidate every
state but one, with fnr better
prospect Of carrying that one than il Inns
had for the past six years
Another feature Of tie political situa.
ton should inspire republicans with
irresistible strength THE present ma.
tlpnal administration was elected with.
i not upon, the repeated assertions Of
rs leading supporters in every protec-
ton state that no issue on the tariff wn,
involved. However urgently republi.
cans urged that question Ms the one Of
importance in the campaign.
they were met by the democratic lendors
and Journals with persistent evasion
and denial. That resource
the president has fortunately removed
he issue which the republicans main.
tanned and the democrats avoided IN
1894 has been prominently and sueciH.
cally brought forward by the demo.
cratic president and cannot he hidden
ont OF sight in 1883 The country In
now III the enjoyment of m industrial
system which IN quarter of century
mas assumed a larger natural growth. n
more rapid accumulation and a broader
distribution Of wealth than were evcr
before known 10 history The American
people will not be openly and formally
asked to decide whether this system
snail be rccklessly abandoned and n now
trial be made Of nm old experiment |
which has uniformly led TO national ON
55arrassment and widespread individual
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