Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-05
POLITICAL CHAFF.
Blaine of Maine in the
Field Again.
WILL BEAPASSIyE CANDIDATE.
A Rumor that His Friends Have
Gained His Consent
to Run.

'cc1ateu fIess llspatcneB 10 Tue HERALD.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-The Times
will publish tomorrow the following
triple-leaded special from New York.
which it will endorse as coming di-
rect from the most authentic source
New YORK, May A.
/ have entirely reliable infor-
nation that friends OF blaine nave
within the last three days received
direct from him his assent toan agrees
sive movement for his denomination
for President and the assurance that
if nominated in the face of his Flor
ence letter of declination, he would
not feel at liberty to decline. A gem
eral and systematic effort has been
made by Blaine's closest friends, such
as Chairman Jones, William Walter
Phelps, Whitelaw Reid, Chas. Emo
ry Smith and others, for two months
past. to get Blaine into this attitude.
APAsslvE CANDIDATE.
The Washington conference was
only part OF the varied methods by
which influences have been brought
to bear upon Blaine, and the publica-
ton Of his portrait, freshly taken
from life in Italy, and issued by
Judge this week, was decided on
more than month ago, as
the starting point for the eff
fort to make Blaine a candidate.
Every possible pressure has been put
upon Blaine to get from him direct
assurance that he will not decline If
nominated, and that assurance has
been received in this city from Blaine
within the last three days. In very
few days more it will cease to be a
secret that Blaine is in the hands OF
his friends, as the Blaine leaders will
at once come to the front and make
AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN.
For his denomination. This move
ment had been pretty clearly for
Swallowed for some weeks in such
Blaine organs as the Tribune, Of this
city, and the Philadelphia Press, and
all affectation about Blaine's candi-
dacy will now soon be thrown off and
the battle made an aggressive one.
The point of thu original programme
was the election of Charles Emery
Smith to be delegate-at-large from
your State, and the failure was great
disappointment to Blaine's friends in
this city. But Mr.. Smith gives the as
surance that Blaine can command the
majority of the Pennsylvania delega-
ton under any circumstances, and
that if Blaine's nomination shall seem
to be assured, the delegation will be
solid for him. The unexpected ex-
pressions in Massachusetts and Yer
mont for Blaine were
NOT ACCIDENTAL,
Nor are they unexpected to Blaine's
friends. When all of the anti-Blaine
men were reposing on their arms, be-
cause they regarded Blaine as out Of
the fight, the friends of Blaine were
most energetic in the two anti
Blaine New England States, and
they got possession of Yer
mont and Massachusetts,, while
the others were sleeping in fancied
security. 1t was the expression OF
the three hitherto anti-Blaine New
England States that made Blaine cast
aside his doubts and assent to the
opportunities of his friends for his
denomination. 1t is now a positive
fact that Blaine is in the field, that
his friends have his assent to a move
ment in his favor, and that he will be
nominated in Chicago if hard work
nd n1antv nj apthusiasra can do H.