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The stories thzl hare been er sons tine
Ia circulation On ths osAsr SIDE u ths Al
lznEic thaE lhs intimzts frisnds Of James q.
Blaine. whils dsscrediting any annoanes-
nlsnt thai hs soald sccspE the Republican
nomination IL it xsfe offered 1ln. have
nsysrsneisss been qaistly working IA al
Host al The States 70 sscnre delegates for
him zftsr TIE hrst ballot. we're eabled over
Eere
The publicztion nsrs Of the Aetn4l figures
of tha SUPPOSED Blame managers Ia Sea
York shoss that Mr.. Blaine would have
he largest number Of votes-sonasthing
hke 30 "a so oa the nrsf ballot. even be-
lore ths f4Eofite sous lad been dsseflets
that On the seoopd, although compare
lively fss delegations had been instructed
for aim, the ngurss would 80 10 500, and
tAaE hls nomlnA ION could not Dc post
ponsd beyond the third ballot.
Mr. Blaine had aot heard the full details
OF the report published in New York. aud
vas very glad 70 give them 10 him NsEur-
ally be was not dispiesssd, bat he said
without sq1iyoeation that hls fiorsace
ter aud his later intervie~. which Mr. L. Z.
Cra.Eor secured for the Word, represented
his present attitude with cOnplete truth.
DE lad felt sure hs said. that after his let
ter. stating that his name would not 81 be-
f0rs the Chicago Convention had been pub
iisbsd, ths many acknowledged leaders OF
the Republican party, East and West.
would be actively pased for the nomination.
and be ~.s glad TO SEQ that DC had been put
forward 50 honestly. and he could not see
Why 50 manv should assume, even In mat
iers OF the greatest Importance TO his own
domestic aud personal interests, rs well as
20 those OF his party, that IL was impossible
for hiEa 10 be honest. he did not want TO
be a candidate and be had reasons for not
wanting 10 be q candidate. which were per-
sonal 10 himself and which, as they could
80 readily be imagined, he was under no OBJ
| legation 10 make known. The fact was he had
been through one terribly hard fighS II had
been . cruel strain upon bis family also:
and while be could never be accused OF
willingly shirking any OF the duties OF
| leadership which the Republican party had
honorsd MIN with. he yet felt that he bad
right 10 draw out and leave the light 10
other hands, especially since they were
plentiful and quite capable OF winning the
victory for protection and other good Re-
publican ideas All the vague and myster-
| ious stories about his movements, motives
and health had been very annoying at nrst,
| and if would not have been unreasonable
| in him TO ask 70 be spared; but now they
| had become amusing rather than anything
| else. he thought it q good way for all OF
| bis friends 10 pass them over rs so much
| twaddle. his health is not so good in all
respects as he should like 10 have IL; very
| few men Of 60 could say anything different
| from that. But be hoped to live many
1 years yet. He felt confident that he should
| greatly enjoy bis trip through Scotland
/ with the Carnegies. and he Was already an
| ueipating its pleasures.
| When we called Mr.. Blaine's attention TO
1 the reported fact that bis friends in New
| York City, ex-senator Platt, Stephen b.
| Elkins, Editor Reid and others were quietly
| working for him, the Maine statesman said
| that he knew nothing about it. he did not
believe. though that his friends who knew
him best would do anything to show that
1 they misunderstood his position or were
willing TO allow others 10 misunderstood
| IL. The prospects of Republican success
/ were too good for any loyal Republican
leaders to fritter away the confidence OF be
party BY any course that would be uncalled
| for az we'll as dishonest
Mr.. Blaine has grown gray since | last
saw him. five months ago. But If he is q
sick man am unable to discover 1t. ASIDE
fron Q touch of the gout now and then,
| which very naturally has q tendency to
make him unhappy and irritable for the
1 moment be Is he same whole-hearted d.
charming man. He is certainly enjoying
! himself intensely.