Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-02
JAMES c. BLAINn
de is Interviewed by a Correspondent at
Florence.

de Is Interviewed by q Correspondent at
Florence.
NEW YORK, February 25.-To- morrow'a
World will contain a three column inter
view with Mr.. Blaine which has been eabied
from Florence by Mr.. T. O. Crawford, for
dent in Washington and now IN Eu-
rope. Mr.. Blaine, in the course
OF long conversation, distinctly
asserted that under 10 circumstances what
ever would he allow his name to be used
IN connection with the next presidential
nomination He insists on the sincerity Of
his withdrawal and asserts that he had
made up his mind thereto long ago. He
name has been associated with
a defeat in the presidential cam
paign owes 1t to his party not
to allow himself to be renOmiEat ted
tatigues, worry and excitement of another
canvass, all the more as he would feel him
self bound to work as hard as on previous
occasions. Mrs. Blaine and the
most emphatic IN their approval OF
his withdrawal, which is detiuitiVe
and neither hasty nor recent in its
decision. Mr.. Blaine will not return from
Europe until June and not until after the re-
publican convention. He declines to eL-
press himself on the subject of republican
candidates now in the field, but asserts that
ne did not retire IN favor of any particular
@
can victory, basing his conviction In pGFtic-
ular on the tariff question.
When Mr.. Blaine was asked the direct
question whether he would, under any CIR
Cumstances, permit his name to be used
again as a candidate, he replied IN the most
emphatic negative, but then added: 81 do
not wish to make any new athrmatlOns upon
the subject. / have said all that
/ wish 10 say upon this subject in that letter.
That letter, as you must know, was not q
hap hazard, off-hand affair. 1t was the re-
suit OF much elaboration and careful
| thought. You Will remember that / told
you in Paris last December that 1 had no
intention Of being a candidate again, and
that had practically made up my mind at
that time 10 forbid the use OF my name IN
that convention"
Il hold, - he said, later in the conversation,
''that have no right to be a candidate again.
a man who has once been a candidate OF
his party, and defeated, owes it to his party
/ to withdraw and not be a candidate q second
| time. More than this there is another plain
| reason for my withdrawal. I could not 60
| through the burden and fatigue of another
presidential canvass, such one as the can
| Vass of the last campaign. To accept a
| nomination ana to do less than before would
/ be impossible"
/ Mr.. Crawford thus concludes his dispatch
/ Toward the close Of my last call / asked
| Mr.. Blaine when he expected to return tc
] America. He said that he expected to reach
/ New York about the last of June. He ex.
/ poets to spend the late spring in London
/ He has not yet determined upon his move
/ ments. After leaving Florence he vii
/ probably go straight to England from Italy
| He said, with an open fFankness not 20 bC
| mistaken: You have no idea what a RELIEF
/ it is to me to think that / am nov
/ out Of the canvass, and that WhsL
I l come back to New York In the summer
| that I shall rot be going back there to face
| reception after reception. and to enter intC
I the turmoil of excitement OF a political can
vass. 1 can now come back quietly after the
NnrH IL n|aH h.
/ enjoy life IN my own way, free, hope from
/ further criticism or comment"