The Portland daily press., 1888-02-17
MR.. ELAINE's LETTER.
Mr.. ManIey Believes that Mr.. Blaine
Would Accept Nomination.
The Movement in Iowa for Her Fav-
orite Son Taking Form.
About the Probable Cam
dldates for Nomination.

| World this morning publishes a special de-
snatch from Augusta, containing the account
of conversation yesterday with Hon. JOS
eph II. Manley, chairman of the Republican
State Committee.
'Mr. Blaine's letter." said Mr. Manley, sis
not to be considered final by any means He
does not decline nomination, nor. does he
say that he will refuse to head the ticket if
he is offered the nomination by the National
Convention"
.Do you think he will take it?" asked the
reporter.
''Yes, sir, believe that he will"
"Yoa are in a position to judge as well as
any one. are you notP"
81 am in constant communication with Mr..
Blaine"
Gar the considerations, entirely personal,
that be refers to, meant TO imply i'll health 2"
mot by any means. Mr.. Blaine is man
Does It refer to Mrs. Blaine's health
then ?"
mo"
.What are the personal reasons he refers
'He simply means that he has been a can
didate once and was defeated, and does not
care for the nomination again"
"You say that he will not decline the NOM
ination if it is given him?"
Il think he will accept it," repeated Mr..
Manley.
What then does his letter mean?"
SIT means that Mr.. Blaine will not have
his name presented to the convention as an
aspirant for the honor. If the convention
demands that he take 1t he will do so. The
issue in the coming fight is the tariff, and
Mr.. Blaine is the embodiment of Republican
ideas on this great question"
Mr.. Manley also said he himself had or
dered $4,000 copies of President Cleveland's
message to use as Republican campaign doc
uments.
Mr. Manley further stated that Mr.. Blaine
If not nominated, would heartily take part
in the campaign. The candidate, he said,
would be the man most likely to carry New
York.
Unanimous for Allison.
DEs MONIES. Feb. 16.-The members Of
the Republican State Central Committee Of
IL wa, which is now in session in Des Moines
are unanimous for Senator Allison as a can
didate for the Presidency and favor an early
convention and putting him at once in the
field. The Republican members Of the legis-
lature appear to be of the same kind.
The Land Theorists Desire.
NEW YORK, Feb 15.-Henry George says
he eonstrues Mr.. Blaine's letter to mean that
Mr.. Blaine win make no effort for the nomi-
nation. II would like to see him nomi-
nated," he said, mot because think he is
the weakest man, but because with Blaine
and Cleveland as the candidates we would
have the tariff issue squarely before the peo-
pie. | do not believe that the old personal
issues would be revived, and that is what |
want"
The Candidates
The withdrawal of Mr.. Blaine from the
Presidential race has brought to the front a
promising lot of candidates, The list is
long one. 1t numbers by careful computa-
tion seventeen in all and includes the fol-
lowing well-known statesmen-viz., Messrs.
Allison, Sherman, Hawley, Cullom, Gresh-
am, Edmunds. Eyarts, Hiscock, Palmer,
Plumb, Wilson, Mckinley Phelps, ingalls,,
Harrison, Lincoln and Porter.
Senators Allison and Cullom are each 80
years Of age Senator Edmunds is a year
older. Senator Hawley, who looks ten years
younger than Mr.. EdmundS, is In reality two
years shis senior. Senator Sherman is 60,
Senator Evarts, who was born in 1S13 has
reached the respectable age of tllreescoTe and
ten. Senator Hiscock, his colleague, is "a,
also Senator ingalls, of Kansas. Senator
Palmer of Michigan is So; Senator Plumb OF
Kansas, 81, and Ex-senator Harrison Of In
diana SO. Senator Wilson of Iowa, Mr.. AL
lison's colleague, is 60.
William Walter Phelps, of New jersey
bears his 40 years with the ease and light
ness of man of 30, and in fact looks but
little older. Ex.Gov. Porter of lndiana,who
is probably the least known of the entire list
is "a. Robert Lincoln of Illinois, and Rep
resentatiye Mckinley of Ohio, are the
youngest of all their contemporaries, their
ages being respectively 45 and IA each.
Mr. Blaine. who is not, of course, included
among the foregoing, is comparatively a
young man at IS. Six of these gentlemen,
viz, Allison, Sherman, Plumb, Wilson, Nc
Kinley and Harrison, were born in Ohio.
Mr.. Evarts is of Massachusetts birth and
breeding, as is also Mr.. ingalls, Of Kansas.
Gen. Hawley of Connecticut, one of the
North Carolinian by birth. Senator Cullom
of Illinois, who is equally stalwart in his
Republcanism, was Kentuckian originally
Edmunds was born in the State he has so
long represented in the Senate. Gresham
and Porter are native lndianians. Senator
Palmer was born and reared in Michigan,
Robert Lincoln in Illinois, and Blaine in
Pennsylvania
Messrs. Hawley, Evarts, Phelps, ingalls,,
Harrison, Porter and Lincoln are college
men, Phelps and Eyarts are graduates of
Yale. Fifteen of the number are lawyers by
profession. Hawley and Blaine are Journal
lists and Senator Palmer merchant.
Sheridan's eligibility.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-Gen. Sheridan
said today respecting the statement that he
was born in Ireland: "To the best of my
knowledge and belief, was born in Alba
ny, n. T., in 1881.