New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-22
BLAINE DECLINES.
A Letter From Mr.. Blaine Forbidding
the Use of His Name Before the
Republican Convention.

republican Convention.
! Considerations Entirely Personal to
Himself Constrain Him to This
Final Decision.
/ PTTsBURG, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE Pittsburg
ing tomorrow:
/ B. r. Jones, chairman of the national Re-
publican committee, has received letter
from Mr.. Blaine declining to allow his name
to be presented to the national Republican
convention as candidate for the presiden-
ltial nomination
Mr. Jones, when asked whether Mr. Blaine's
declination would prevent his friends from
nominating him any how, said: Gas I am
chairman of the national committee do not
think it would be proper for me to have
anything to say on that subject"
aDo you think Mr.. Blame would accept the
nomination if rendered to him?"
Il have no authority to speak for Mr..
Blaine, and have no coniectures to offer on
the subject The letter speaks for itself, and
I must decline to be interviewed on the
question.
! The following is Mr.. Biaine's letter in full:
TEXT OF THE LETTER
/ FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. %, 1SS9-B. Z.
Jones, Esq, Chairman of the Republican
National Committee;
| Sir-I wish through you to state to the
| mn foohS no 49,
name will not be presented to the national
convention called to assemble in Chicago in
June next for the nomination of candidates
| for president and vice president of the United
btates [ am constrained to this decision
by considerations entirely personal to my
self of which you were advised more than q
| year ago. But cannot make the announce
ment without giving expression to my deep
| sense OF gratitude to the many thousands of
my countrymen who have sustained me so
long and SO cordially that their feeling has
! seemed to go beyond the ordinary political
adherence of fellow -partisans and to partake
somewhat of the nature of personal attach
ment. For this most generous loyalty of
friendship l can make no adequate return,
but shall carry the memory OF it while life
| lasts. Nor can refrain from congra tulating
! oAo 4sSpuOLCdu party upon GuG cheering
| prospects which distinguish the opening of
the national contest of 1888 as compared
| with that of 1854. In 1882 the Republican
! party throughout the Union met with
| A DISASTROUS DEFEAT
| Ten states that had supported Garfield and
Arthur in the election of 1880 were carried
by the Democrats either by majoritles or
pluralities. The Republican loss in the
Northern elections compared with the pre-
ceding national election exceeded half a
million votes, and the electoral votes of The
| Union, divided on the basis of the result of
1882, gave to the Democrats over three hun
dred electors out of total vote of four hun
| dred and one. There was partial reaction
| in favor of the Republicans in the elections
of 1855, but the Democrats still held pos
session of seven Northern states, and on the
basis OF the years contest could show more
! than one hundred majority in the electoral
! college of the whole country. But against
the encouragement naturally following
the adverse elections of these two years the
spirit of the Republican party in the ma
tlonal contest of 1884 rose high, and the Re-
| publican masses eutered into the campaign
| with such energy that the final result de
| pended on the vote of single state, and
rallty so small that it represented less than
| one-eleventh of l per cent of the entire
| vote. The change of a single vote in every
two thousand of the total poll would have
given the state to the Republicans. though
only two years before the Democratic plu-
rality exceeded (192, 900 one hundred and
| ninetytwo thousand. The elections Of
1886 and 1887 have demonstrated
GROWING STRENGTH
| in the Republican ranks. Seldom in our po-
| litical history has party. defeated in a ma
| tional election, rallied Immediately with
such vigor as have the Republicans since
| 1884. No comparison is possible between
the spirit OF the party in 1898 and it's
| spirit in 1867. The two periods present
| simply a contrast-the one of general de
preston, the other of enthusiastic revival
! Should the party gain, in the results of 1883
over those of 1867, in anything like the
proportion OF the gain of 1884 over 1898
it would secure one of the most remarkable
victories of its entire existence But victory
does not depend on so large a ratio of in
crease; the party has only to maintain
relatively its prestige of 1867 to give to
its national candidate every Northern state
| but one, with far better prospect of car
rying that one than it has had for the past
six years. Another feature of the political
situation should inspire Republicans with
| Irresistible strength. The present national
administration was elected with, if not
| upon, the repeated assertions OF lGS leading
supporters in every protection state that no
issue on the tariff was involved However
earnestly Republicans urged that ques-
| ton as the one of controlling in
stance in the campaign, they were
met by the Democratic leaders and
| journals with persistent evasion, conceal
ment and denial That resource the presi.
dent has fortunately removed. The issue
/ which the Republicans maintained and the
/ Democrats avoided in 1884 has been promi-
nenJly and specifically brought forward by
| the Democratic president, and
i CANNOT BE HIDDEN
| out of sight in 1855 The country is now in
! the enjoyment Of an Industrial system
| which in a quarter of century has assured
a larger national growth, more rapid ac-
emulation and broader distribution OF
wealth than were ever before known to his
tory. The American people will now
be openly and formally asked to de-
eide whether this system shall be reck-
lessy abandoned and new trial be
made of an old experiment which has uni
/ formly led to national embarrassment and
wide spread individual distress. On the re-
suit of such an issue, fairly presented to the
popular Judgment, there is no room for
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