Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-05-05
BLAINE WILL ACCEPT.
Ne ia New Said g He In the
Hands Of His Friends.


PnIlApEIRmA. Mar &-The Ts~ss
viii publish se-mosrov the fo.lce,rs
special from New York. which II viii
tsipieiiesd and endorse ss comine srcr
the most anshensis s,orce.
xHs rsLsoaAx.
Nkv Yosx. Nav I'll have entirely
relszeie sufurmatioa that the frieUds g
Blaine hsye within shr ssss thse. days
received direct frcga him his assent fe
aERs esssve movements fos has renemssa
tioc for president aasl tie assurance
thai II noripstsd in The face Of hmllos-
ence letter of ceciinAtion be voaId not
feel 81 liberty TO decline. A general and
svs.ersst,c EFFORT has been fpsee hy
Bfssre's closest friends, srcn ss than-
man Jenss. ym. Walter preErs, White.
law Rsid, Charles Emery Saith end
otnee for two laocths psss q Sc, Hsirs
tnte tee Rtsitace OF pssssvs csBcsdate.
The Washington conference vas oely
rsrf Of tbs varied methods by which
ieno<nce has been hfc1ens To bear upar
Blaine TIE puslisatisn Of his tscs-
trait, fsssals taksc frcca life ia Itsly
srd issued by ttr Js3gs this veek vas
decided % more than q month ego as
the starting point Of the effort to make
btains tie candidate. Every possitis
prsssare has bexn put on Rlaine Ca set
ffoui him direct assurance that ee
viii rot 6eciice IL nominated and that
assurance has been received in this
city from Blame within the last three
days.
TWILL CEASE 10 n a sHcDrr.
In very fsv days more il wiii cease
10 be secret that Blaine 10 10 the BE- nds
II bis friends As the Blaine laeders
will at once come to the front and make
an aggressive campaign for his nomsna
lion. This movement haa been pretty
clearly foreshadoved For some weeks
Ia suoh Blaine orgars a. the Tribsss of
this city. and the Philadelphia Press,
and all dectation about biaine's cauci-
d4cy vii, nov scon be thrown OF, ard |
the baffle will be made an aggressive |
one. Part of the original programme
uss she election Of Charles Epery
smith ss delegate at large from your |
STATE, and that failure vas a great die |
appointment 10 tSe Bisipe mtn in this |
city. but Mr. Smith gives HE assurance
ihss Blaine Gao ccsrmaod majority OF
The Pennsylvania delegation upSer auy
and that II Blsine's aerc- |
inati0n shall seem to be sssursa the
deisRst stes will be soiid for him
CAPTURE eY TWO KEW xxoLAxp krArss.
The unexpected expressions 10 Massa
chusests and Vermont for Blaine we're
bot accidental nor are they unexpected
70 Blaine's friends. When sll the anti
blsine men were reposspR on their arms
because they regarded Blaine "a o1t Of
toe nRht. the friends Of Blaine we're
most energetic 10 their work 10 tae tvo
anti Blaine New Esgland States. and
t6es got POSSESSION of Ysrnopt acd
Massachusetts whiie thu oshera wsrs
sleeping Ia fancied security. !. yrs tbs
expression Of these hitherto snsi- biaine
New EpRlard States thst made B.sins
cast aside bis doubts and ssssn. to the
ns his friends 20, It's re-
domination. II 10 Row positive fscs
that Blaine 10 in the field, that his
friends have his assent 10 the moytmen,
in his fsvor and that ts will to Tenctn
mated ct Chicago II hard work and
rIsn,y ct eathusiasm can accomplish il