Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
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His Belief Is that Candidate VINO
HAS once Suffered Defeat Should
Not Run Again.


His Belief Is that a Candidate VINO
HAS once Suffered Defeat Should
Not Run Again.
New York, Feb. s5--To morrow ; Worid
vi eontsia three-eolalna iutsrv5sw vita
Mr.. Blaine, which has beeu eabicd from
FIoreacs b. 7. L. Crawford for some time
the Worlds correspondent in Washington,
ani eos iz Eurups. Mr.. BlaiEs, IN 3 'ons
conversation. distinctly asserts that ginGsr
70 circumstances whatever viii he aifC'S his
name TO be used in Connection WITH tns
next presidential nomination ne insists
on the SINCERITY Of his withdrawal ana IS
ssrts that he had made Up his mind there
Il, hong ago He considers, hrst THAT any
nan whose name has been associated WIN
a defeat in prSsid ntial canpalsn owes y
20 his party rot TO allow himself 20 De r.
nominated: aad. secondly. be : ua-
equal to taeiuz the fAtigues, worry
and sxeftsmsnt OF another canvass.
al the raors as he voald ieeA
himself bosnd 20 work a. hard Rs oR preFt-
Gus occasions Mrs Blaine and the ofher
uysufbers of his family are mast emphatic
in their approval Of his Withdrawal which
= dsfaitive. Mr.. Blaine viii not return
frusa Eurcups uatil june and not until att
sr the Republican e0nysntipa- he de-
ciinss to express himself on the sabieet oi
the Republican candidates nov n the Hsi7,
bat asserts that be did not retire in hANor
Of 1uy particular enc Of them He Is con
vitserd Of A Republican victory, oSslng MS
conviction il particular on the tarid ques
tee
UNpEE ~ CIRCUMSTANCES
When Mr.. Blaine was asked the direct
quest ioa whether ne would. under any cir.
enastsness. permit his sams 10 Be used
asSirs "a candidate, be replied IN the
most emphatic negative but then added:
L do not wish TO make any nsW afsirGa-
tons upoa the subject. l have said sll
that | wish to say upon this subject N
that letter. That lsste-. a. yen mast
know. was nos a haphazsrd, oa-hand
deIiberatiou AMI careful thought.
You viii remember that | told yoa
in Paris las. December that ! had no in
teatfon OF being q candidate again, aud
that HAD practically made up nay mind &C
that tine to forbid the Use OF my name N
the approaching eonvsntbnH. bold thar
have no right to be q candidate again
nau who had ones been the candidate o.
his marty and defeated owes is 60 bis party
to withdraw and not he a candidate
second time. More than this, thsre Is an
other plain reason for my With
drawins I e0Hd not 20 throush
the burden and fatigue Of another pFssl-
dentiaI eanvass-sueh one as the car
vass OF the last campaign To accept
usssninatioa and TO do less thsn before
would De impossible
Mr.. Crawfe-d thus concludes mis- dis
patch. Toward the eiose OF my last eal
asked Mr. Blaine when he expected 80
return TO America be said that
he expected to reaea New hork
about the frss of June He expects 70
spend the late spring in London He
has not yet determined upon his move
msuts- After leaving Fiorance be viii
probably 90 straight to f.ngland from
Italy He said. With an air 81 tranknsss
not to be HSstakea;
ssYOa have no idea what q rslist
it i to NE 20 thiak that ! am now
Out OF the canvass, and that when
come back to NeS IOrk IN the sum.
mer that | shall not be going back there
to face reception alter reception, and TO
enter the turuSl and excitement OF . DO
nticai canvass ! can Ho~ come back
quietly, after the convention has once de-
efGed the result, and enjoy my own lie IN
my own way, free, hope, from further
criticism or comment"
]. =. Jones OF Alabama, chairman OF the
Democratic Congressional campaign com.
uittss, on the part Of the house OF repre-
ssatatives. has appointed the fOllSwIRs a.
the executive committee B@Eton NcAiiihn
Tennessee r VI. TOwnshend, Illinois;
Levi Mash. Pennsylvania, SAMUEL Dibbls,
South Carolina, l. : Boycs, New York: s
O. Fisher. Michigan: George D. Wise, Viz
ginia; John A. MaCDonali, Minnesota
John A. MeShans. Sebrasks, and L F. Me-
Kinney, New Hampshire The democratic
exeeurivs committee on the part OF the
senate are Senator's John f kenaa, West
Virginia; George Hearst, California, and
James X Jones, Arkansas
Martin Irons. the leader Of the strike OF
railroad men on the Missouri Pseilc sys-
TEN two years ago, who has been on trial
at St Louis tor thrss days past on the
charge OF attempting to tap telegraph
wires and obtain dispatches going to and
from Jay Gould and General Manager
H0xie. vas acquitted
W. o. Gage aged thirty. died suddenly
OF alcoholism in the Sioux city ealsbooss.
He is Etsle kno~a. A scrap Of paper
was found on his person on which was
written III this tcau gets killed, send
wori TO Miss Lizzie BHrk, Lincoln. Seb.
The attorney general has resolved the
resignation of judge George Turner, an as
soeiate Justice OF the Supreme court Of the
Territory OF Washin gts,a-
The ways and means committee have
nearly completed the tariff bill, and it
provides, among other things. for the re-
peal OF tax on manufactured tobacco and
a 20 per cent reduction on sugar. The to-
tai reduction Is SIS. 900. 600.
The house committee on reform in the
civil service has agreed TO report ad-
yerssiy the bill limiting to four years the
commissions OF consular, Internal rev
eRue, customs territ orial and district OF
Columbia officers; also commercial
agents. etc, OF the government, whose
appointments are nov made for indefi-
mite periods An adverse report was al
so agreed TO on ne bin providing for the
apportioument IL appointments to the
public seryiee among the congressional
districts upon the basis of population.
Lord Salisbury, in a speech at the Consti-
tutional club. urgsi the necessity OF the
Consery 4tivss organizing in order TO battle
their enemies He said he regarded the
late by-elections merely as out post
skirmishss, which did not indicate the re-
suit Of a general campaign. The Conserv-
atives had nothing sensational to Offer
Ireland. bat the advice they gave her was
based on seientiie principles.
The presidential party arrived in Wash
ington at O'Clock on the morning of
the 26th inst. from their trip to Florida
and the South. They are al well and in
good spirits. but are naturally quite IA
tiyUed from their journes and spent the
day indoors enjoying a uEeh-nseded rest.
They say they had a good time and ex-
press themselves as delighted with their
trip.
Senator Sawyer is quoted as saying thai
he believed that Wisconsin would send to
the national Republican convention a del
egatiou whose second choice would be
Senator Sherman. OF course Rusk is ex-
pected to have the endorsement OF the del
. hnk - kzIf ssf bat e
eventually 90 to Sherman. Senator Saw
yer Is said to have stated that since Blaine
Il out Of the field he believes that Mr. Sher-
man Is the only man that can carry Wis
eoRsin-
Dubuque Special: The saloons of Gut
tsubGrg have been running openly IN viola
ton OF the state Law, and as a result, the
merchants in neigHboring towns. where
prohibition Is enforced. have seen with
great displsasure the patronage Of the
bibuloGs Germans who people the country
Eoinsy to GatteRberg. Consequently the
lovers OF law and order amt prohibition,
and their own pacuuiary advantage band
ed together, gathered in Gutenberg and
raided all the saloons in the place. and
captured all the bser. ale. vine and other
intOxieants they could find. The excite
ment in Guttenburg IS intense.
The great strike Of the engineers and fire.
men OF the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad has begun.
J. II. Eye of Minneapolis Is elected CON-
mauder Of the Minnesota department. @.
A. z, for the ensuing year.
The Chinese mail brings the details OF a
remarkable tragedy at Buddhist monas-
try a. Round Ridge, near Canton. Two
Leeherous Buddhist priests were burned
to death for assualtiug tao young nuns
and attacking the Abbot.
The Missouri deaf and dumb asylum at
Fulton is burned.
The funeral of W. W. Corcoran took
place on the 27th, at his late resi-.
deueA In aer,arfsanca NTH che v,saL - ~.