The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18
eIATyVDTCLIyEs THE y0MINATiuA
The Maine statetmrn Declares "a Eqa 'o- cal Terms that He is Not Tanning TIT In nlTre

 The Maine sttte,mrn Declares in Eqn vo-
 cal Terms that He is Not Planning TIT
 Any oHce
 The following letter was pub ished in tse PiItsbusg Commercial Gazette Tu, s,lay:
 B F Joass. Esq., Chairzda q fse RePveiicaa
 Nsiioaa! Comnifee:
 Sin-i wish through you 70 stat 10 the n % %eifi her. of the EepI hlcan party tiHt IuA haHH Ntti not ie presented 70 the National Son,si,' 70. o calieii to ssscnibie ih h eaE9 m :. une heNt i.t ti,e nomination of candidate, for President and Nee President Q the Un.ttd states
 am constrained to tnis decision of coasiuet. .',, stions entirely presonal to uiy'elf, ot wnich Vou were adytsc,l t,i,,re than year ago Eut eHh- nos uase the anlIinrsnasnt V tlont gl.Ihg & sN- uressiOa Co ny drcp sruse W srsIlh't to many thousands Of ms countrymtn Hhy rave :" taiutd nae So long and 50 cord ally tisl tltit feeling has tec.ntd to go beyond tbe oruheIy political aIher-ncs of fellow parti sam anu 70 partakc sozneW nat Of the nature o personal af- iaCaneut For this m"si generous loyaity O, friendship can make no aiequaie Tcshth ont shall cArry tue memory of it while ne lasts
 Nor can I refrain rom conEraiaiauhE the He- uublfcsn marty upon the cheering prospects which distinguish the opeuttE or the nati.i'al contest Of is-s as compared with that Of iS-s. h Is! the k publican pHr'y thTouIhoat .ne | nion met with disastrous defeat. Ten states that had supported Garfield and AItuur ln tHe election Of r U, were carried if the Demacrats' either by majoritjes CT pluraiiies- The Repnb- llean less iu the Northern elections tOfnpars't with the ore e ting national elec'ian eNcerds q ha.f mllurn Notes. and the electoral Vote. O. the GuiaB, d.vi,le on tho basis oi tie result oI l~sI gave t1e Democrats ever Q electors ous Of tOtai Of 4Il. There Was PTarn al reaction in favor of tIe R.publirans in the elections oi ls~S but the Democrats st.il haIl posse si9h oi seven Nortaera Statrs. a1d on ftr hasis or iiifI year contest | show more than loo Iul 1o. 7 in tHe elvctora4 ,piivsc, .f t#y % ule ruuefr
 But against the Encouragement naturally fol- lowing the adverse elections Of these two eats, the sl5 Tt ol tue Republican masses entered into thl campaign With surh energy hat the hptl result depeu.le on the vote 0faei gle State, aRd that S-at. ,ya- csrTi-t by the b rnaeraiis party bY plurality SO small that it Tepresen ell les tiau 0Ie-riesruth oi per eeut ui iue entire vote The change of 6 single vote in every ts,bN) two thousanI Ot the tGta poll would have given the State to the Republicans. thouzb only two years before the Democratic piuTs.tf exceeded ig9 WuJ one hun red and ninety two
 inc e.eeiions of ls-s and Iss= have demon sirated owing strength In the Republican ranks. Seldom ID our political history has part irfeatej in nat oaal election. ralilei immediately vita such VIZ as have the Re pubiicaus since iS,4 No eolnpar son Is possiu e between the SIirlt Of the parts in l>Sl-3 and 'ts sIirt m iSs5 : The two periods present simply trast-the one of general de rsssion, ihe other uf ruth o. astlc revival. Shou | the party gaiu in the results f Is>> over those of los'i- in any ythIng hAe tbe proportion of the gam ei
 
 remarkable victories Of it's entire existence. uE
 victory does not dep nd on so large rat5o If in- crease. tue part has only to n'aiEtatn relative its prestige ct > to -is c Co its HatI' nal can date every Noriher etite rt one. with a [ T
 better prospect Of ,srrs tug that onc than it has had for the pat siN years
 Another feature Of tic pelit.eal situation shou insHre Republicans with irr sstaHe
 strength he pre~s nt ,atioHAl AfIrln nistratiOn
 was elected with, if n' upon, the rcpt atrd as-
 sertioHs oil is adlnt supporters m every pru-
 fygn Hz B FA lH gr W4g f-
 v0lved. However azne-tly Republicans urged ttat question as the uBe of controlling iul OTt
 ance m tre campaign. they met by 'he Democratic leader and 'urnals with pers stent eTas.On. C0HceaLcut And denial That rr- Soarre the President has fortunately moved. he issu- which the Republicans maintaue ]
 and the Democrats avoidet in isSi has berl | prominently q ti specifically br Bglt forward by the Demt,iatic lrcsidtnt, md cannot c hidden oui ofsight in isss. he aiuntrY IS now ln the enioh iueut I al industTal ,ysieIn which in a quarter of century as Ass Jred 6 larger HaltOua grawtt, more IaPG accumulation and hrua,ier di tri5 uilo4 of wealth an were ever before known 10 history. he Amer can people Nlli now be O enlt and formally kej
 tp dceIde Wh ther ihIs syStenI shall ieIs Eiessiv ahandpHel and new trsHl be male of an cd experiment wrlch has uulforma " lei tO uA- I iIonai embaI ras-fuaut and widespread iudi. viduat distress or the result of su.h an issne. falri, presented to the popular judgment, there IS no room Tor doubg
 One thing nntv Is necessary to assure succrss comfi te harmony a.ih cor iial co operation on the paft Di all Repuh icahs-O9 the rsri 10th oi ! thost NAo a-iire to lea.i and ot those vho arc eager to falfev lie iuty .snot oue merely oi ] tunurtb Q dev zion to the party who's. record
 and whose aims are alike great hut t is one de-
 fuaufe bf the aEIstinrt or seif-iHteIe,t and Uy ! the sli ] hi<bCr promptiugs of patriotism X closer observation of the conditions of lie Hmoug te older Unt nu- li, rs on" 6 morr intenst deslte that the American people shall mAkr DC msi akr in choosing Inc policy which iusI'ir.s
 labor with hope and crowns it with al ignity, which giVe saf ty tp capital ant protects ts ih- crfa~e. which ecures IotItiCai l'oweT to usery citizen, comic and culture to e;cr. home I'd this end, Het stsrucstlv ani fntr,' directly 4. aIrivate rittzr. than as Hubiit ran lilate shall devote myself vii the confident b, lie that he Admi | trHtiou Gf tle government N Ill . he restored e. the party which has demonstrate the purpose d rOwtr to wtcd |. for the uuitJ and the Onor of tne r,puDlic. f"rt pro. .perity
 and progress Of Inc people am, yer, sincerely ! }oUrs, JANtS C BLaGNE. ! Florence, Italy. January aj lo,s