Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-27
BLAINE VHRIFIES IT.
He Says EmphaticaIIY Hs Will Not
Permit His Name to be Used Be-
fore the Chicago Convention.
He Retires in Favor of No Particular
Candida&e-Will Remain Abroad
Until After the Nomination.
Eho Isaac is Made on tho Tsriff.
Reasons for Withdrawing.
BLAINE INTERVIEWED.

BLAINE lhhfAh WEI
New YORK, Feb. 26.-The World this
morning publishes three-column inter-
view with Mr.. Blaine, which was cab, d
from France by T. G. Crawford, the
Washington correspondent for the World,
~ho is now in Europe. Mr.. Blaine in
tne course of q long conversation distinct
iy asserted that uuder no circumstances
whatever would ne allow his name to be
used In the connection with the next
Presidential nomination. he insists on
The sincerity OF his withdrawal aid ss-
.erts that he bad made up his mind there
10 long ago. He considers first tRSt any
nan whose name hSs been associated
with defeat 10 q Presidential campaign
OWES IT TO HIS PARTY
not to allow himself 10 be re-nomineted,
and, secondly, he Is unequal TO facing the
fstiguss, worry and excitement of another
canvass. Mrs. Blaine and the other
members of his family are most emphatic
In their approval of his withdrawal which
is definite and neither hssty nor recent IN
his decision.
Mr.. Blsiue declines to express himself
IN the subject Of Republican Candidates
now In Inc h=lc, but asserts that he did
not retire in f.,ur Of any particular one
# them. H. is convinced of Republic
can victory, bising his conviction in par
liculAr
ON THE TARIFF QUESTION.
When Mr.. Blaine was ASKED the direct
question whether ne would under any
circumstances permit his name to be used
again as candidate, he replied in most
emphatic negative, out then added: 81
do not wish to axe any new sttitmations
on the subject I have said oil that wish
TO say upon this subject in that letter.
That letter, as you must know, was not
sd on hand aff ,ir. 1t was the result of
mucn elaboration ard careful thought.
You will remember thAt told you ia
P 4ris last Dec mber that had no inten-
ions of neiog candidate again, and tina
l bad practic silly made up my mind at thai
lime to FORBID the e Of my name in the
approac ing convention"
"I hole ;" be said lster in the CONVEX
sation, ",Rat l have no right to be Can
didate ggain. man who has once been
me candidate Of his party and been de-
feated owes it to mis- party to Withdraw
and not be a candidate
A SECOND TIME.
More than this, there Is another plain
reason for my withdrawal, could not go
through the burden nd fatigue Of another
such presidential CANVASS if accepted
the nomination, and to do less than be-
fore would be impossible"
Mr.. Crawford thus concludes: Toward
the close of my last call I asked Mr..
Blaine when he expected to return to
America He said tnat he expected to
reach New York Sbout the last Of June.
He expects to spend the late spring in
Loado1. He has not yet determined
upon his movements after. leaving Flor
euce. he will probably go straight to
England from I'al3. He said with an a r
Of franknsss not to be mistaken, "you
have no Idea what relief 1t is to me
to think am now out of
the canvass, and that when go back to
NV York in the summer I shall not be
going back there 10 face reception after
reception, and to enter into the turmoil
and excitement Of political canvass.
can now go back quietly after the con-
veution has once decided the result and
enjoy my own life in my own way, free,
hope, from further criticism or comment"