Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-14
Sill Another Story.
Blaine Alleged to Have Writ.
 ten One More Letter.
CHAIRMAN JONES DENIES IT.
The Letter Is Said to Have Unqual1' ficd1y Refused the Nomination and In dorsed John Sherman for the Head oi the Republican Ticket-It is Universally DfScred dited.

the Republican TiclSet-It is Universally
 Discredited.
 NEW YORK, June 14-The Evening Sur prints dispatch from Pittsburg announcing that B. F. Jones, chairman of the Republican national committee, is i'll possession of |. letter from James G. Blaine, which is to be read before the Chicago convention, stating most emphatically that MT. Blaine will not under any circumstances accept the presidential nomination, and indicating that Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, is his preference, and advising the convention to place him al the head of the Republican national ticket
 CHICAGO June 14-Chairman B. F. Jones, of the national Republican committee, was shown story sent out from Pittsburg that he had received another letter from Mir. Blaine in which the latter refused positively to accept a nomination even if rendered unanimously, and favored the candidacy of Mr. Sherman. The hard worked and tired looking chairman read the story through carefully twice, laid it down. with weary sigh and said:
 ''There is not one word of truth in it from beginning to end. I have received no such letter from Mr. Blaine. I have received no letter from him of any sort since his letter of last February, written from Florence and published to the world Mr. Blaine has never favored the candidacy of MT. Sher- man more than the candidacy of any other man, so far as I know. I have no more knowledge of MT. Blaines feelings than the public. have no interest ill anybody's can didacy. This story is Q fabrication from end to end. So far as the contest among the candidates is concerned have no favorite, and am not exerting any influence in behalf of any man. want to see the strongest man nominated, whoever he may be. That's all. "
 MT. Jones' denial, which he had occasion to repeat many times and in the most em- phatic way during the evening, was not needed by the experienced politicians here. They felt sure from the first that MT. Blaine had written no such letter, and would write none under any conceivable circumstances. WASHINGTON, June 14.-The story tele- graphed from Pittsburg that Chairman B. F. Jones has @ letter in which Mr. Blaine not only declares that he will not accept nomi- nation, but asks his friends to vote for John Sherman, is received here with unanimous and deep seated incredulity. The dispatch was shown to a group of Republican sena- tors. not one of whom would consent to say anything for publication about the effect of such action by MT. Blaine on MT. Sherman's chances, except that one senator, who would not allow his name to be used, said that Blaine's withdrawal in Sherman's favor would not be enough to nominate the latter. Senator Paddock very guardedly said Mr. Sherman had many friends, and might be nominated anyway. Every one of them ex- pressed his disbelief of the story.
 TOLEDO, O., June IA. - Ex-Governor Charles Foster, who has managed Senator Shermans canvass, left Fostoria for Chicago He was in a very sanguine mood. II spent last week in New York" :" he said, land since my return l have nothing to cause me tc change my opinion that MT. Sherman has the inside track and is going to win. I take no stock in the story that Whitelaw Reid has written Governor Foraker that Blaine would accept. Judge West charges MT. Sherman with having forced MT. Blaine to withdraw by securing the passage of the resolution by 1 the Toledo convention last year indorsine Shernlan's candidacy. That is not true 1 do not know it as fact, but I have every reason to think that MT. Blaine requested hi | friends in that convention not to oppose the 1 passage of tue Sherman resolution"