The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-31
MIR.
1t Takes Him Clear Out Of the Race, and
His Name Will Not Be Presented.
Hsrrison's Strength Increased and His
Chances for the Nomination Considereda as
Good as Those Of Any Other Candidate.
rHE BLAINE r

The Maine Man Is Out of the
improvement In Harrisou's Chances.
special to the Indianapolis JournAx.
WAsHINeToS. May 30-This being . nationa
holiday in the District Of Colr nbia, and the
people nearly all idle. there was much comment
on Mr.. Blains's second letter refusing to accept
. presidential nomination. Every one. includ-
ing the most enthusiastic friends OF Mr.. Blaine.
does not hesitate to say that this last dsclara-
ton 10 final and takes him clear beyond the pale
of . presidential candidate. and that his name
will not under any circumstances,
be presented in the convention At Chicago.
Mr.. Blaine's friends regret that continuous
doubt ~ to his sincerity whom he made his frat
statement from Florence made it necessary for
HIM to rsiterAte his declination not to permit
the use OF his name in the convention. All now
acknowledge his Florence letter was specific and
insist that it should not ave been doubted. He
could not make it stronger than In the letter
published this morning and maintained . r.
spectful attitude toward his friends- Repre-
sentativss Reed, Dinglsy. and others from
Maine, who are most intimate friends Of Mr..
Blaine, ~ well a. member from other States
who are widely known a. his prominent Advo-
Gates, refuse to express any opinion further
than that they believed that before this Last
letter was published be sincerely did not wish
the nomination. No one predicts his nomina-
ton now.
There 10 . variety Of opinion as to who will In
hsrit the strength of Mr.. Blaine. now that he is
out Of the question The wsl-xnown
advocates Of candidates in the field
0AosSaliv o5ko~o a. xi~;, S~.~~:lo~ k,k
many Of them express . belief that . dark horse
will come to the front Depew, Harrison and
Allison are mostly mentioned. A report came
to Washington from New York. this afternoon,
that . combination had been made and the ticket
would be Harrison and Levi P. Morton; that
Harrison was Blsine's choice. and that the New
York delegation would 60 for him, providing
MIR. Morton was given second place. There il
no man in the United States tonight. who il
more likely to lead the Republican ticket at the
polls this fall than General Harrison. Mr..
Blains's deolination. and his well-known friend
ship for Indiana's ~favorite, il 10 believed. will
bring about the lattsr's domination.
Democrat Who Knows All About IL.
Special to the indianapolis journal
WASHINGTON, May 30.-The Washington Post
will tomorrow publish the following: =
''The Post has the most respectable and the
most reliable authority for the statement that
two or more candidates for the nom
ination b the Chicago convention put
their heads together, some time ago. and
contrived . plan to get Mr.. Blaine out Of the
race. The result of this continuance Was that
when Mr.. Blaine reached Paris he found several
lettero awaiting him, and not the least impor-
tant were letters from these presidential con-
SpiratOrg. aa fbaY hava hoan faruAd RI thu
knowledge OF the Post The writer Of one
Of these letters was Senator John Sherman.
The name of the eminent gentleman who wrote
the other will probably be known later. and be-
not certain at present that there were
more than ~two-dealt with the same
subject. and were similar in tone. Both
demonstrated with Mr.. Blaine for allowing a
his candidacy for the presidency: Both ex-
pressed the utmost confidence that Mr.. Blaine
meant every syllable Of what he said In
his Florence letter, but pointed out
tor by some of M Blains's friends
whose friendship was too ardent for political dis
erection. was embarrassing everybody democrat
izing the party organization and threatening the
utter desinteRration and hopeless defeat of the
Republican party. Both letters APPEALED to
Mr.. Blaine to do something at oucs TO relieve
the party OF this embarrassment. Both letters
spoke OF their friendship for Mr.. Blaine in the
| past and an assurance Of q continuance in the
future. Both writer's swore by all that was Do
litical that they would stick to MIR. Blaine while
there was . button on his coat. and that
they never would have entered the
field a. candidates themselves il they
had not had the assurance Of his Florence letter
that he was entirely out Of the race. Both urged
Mr.. Blaine to take such such action Immediately
as would make it impossible for . few in
| judicious friends here to put him In q false
position before the country and deprive
the party of that reasonable certainty
Of it's ground which is necessary to success in
the preparation for q great political campaigni
knowing that these letters had met Mr..
Blaine at Paris the Post Informant had no diff.
fculsy in divining what has spurred Mr.. Blaine
to the writing Of this last letter, especially
when he read this significant part OF it:
ION the other hand, friends equally devoted and
interested have construed my Florence) letter a. Il
should be construed-to be an unconditional with.
holding of my name from the national
convention. They have in consequence given their
support to the eminent gentlemen who are candidates
for the nomination--some of whom would not, / am
sure, have consented to assume that position if had
desired to represent the party in the presidential con.
test of 1888"
''The Posts Informant regards the act Of the
joint ~lsttsr-writsrs as unfair and Q disinRenuous
trick; and he blames Blaine for having written
his letter At the prompting of his rivals without
waiting to hear from his frieuda"