Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-06-07

-. o'"1o. name as presl-
Dental candidate and declaring that
he could not, under any circum
stances, accept the nomination. Our Re-
publican friends may accept this informa-
ton as absolutely true. Mr.. Blaine is out
of the race"
The following is the letter as published
in the stIrabunen
PARIS, May II, 1888
To WHITELAw REID, ESQ, EDITOR New
YORK TRI RUNE-Hy Dear Sir: Since nv return
to Paris from Southern Italy, on the Sth inst, I
have learned (what did not before believe)
that my name may vet be presented to the Ma
tlonal convention as a candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination of the Republican party. A
single phrase of my letter of January 25, from
Florence (which was decisive of every thing
had the power to decde), has been treated by
many OF my most valued friends as not abso-
lutely conclusive in ultimate and posi-
Bile contingencies. On the other hand,
friends equally devoted and disinterested
have construed my letter las it should be con-
strued) to be an unconditional withholding OF
my name from the National convention. They
have in consequence given their support to
eminent gentlemen who are candidates for the
Chicago nominatlon-some of whom would not,
am sure. have consented to assume that posi-
ton if had desired to represent the party in
the presidential contest OF 1883. If I should
now, by speech or by silence, by commission or
come before the convention. I should incur the
reproach of being uncandid with those who
have always been candid with me. speak,
therefore, because I not willing to remain
in doubtful attitude. I am not willing to be
the cause of misleading q single man among
the millions who have given me their SURFACES
and their confidence. 1 not willing that
even one of my faithful supporters
in the past should think me
capable OF paltering in double
sense with my words. Assuming that the
presidential nomination could, by any possible
chance, be offered to me. could not acceptsit
without leaving In the minds of thousands of
these men the impression that had not been
free from 1ndrection, and, therefore, could
not accept it at all. The Misrepresentation of
malice against me have no weight, but the just
displeasure of friends could not patiently en-
dure. Republican victory, the prospects OF
which grow brighter every day, can be i'm
periled only by lack of unity in coun-
Gil or by acrimonious contests over men.
The issue of protection is intellectually stronger
and greater than any man, for it concerns the
pros perity of the present and of generations to
come. Were it possible for every voter of the
Republic to see for himself the condition and
recompense of labor in Europe, the party of
free trade in the United States would not re-
ceive the support of one wage-worker between
the two oceans. 1t may not be directly In our
power as philanthropists to elevate the Eu-
ropean laborer, but it will be lasting stigma on
our craftsmanship if we permit the American
laborer to be forced down to the European
level The rewards of labor everywhere will
be advanced if we steadily refuse to lower ths
standard at home. Yours, very sincerely,
JAMES G. BLAINE