Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-05
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. BLAINE IN THE FIELD Preparing to Throw Off the Mask. IA SENSATION IN POLITICS. Women in the Methodist
 Conference. AN EXPLOSION IN 4 TUNNEL. Ghastly Scene on a Western Farm.
AN EXPLOSION IN A TUNNEL
BLAINE IS NOT YET sHELvED

l BLAINE IS NOT YET SHELVED. l Friends and Prepared to Seek a Re. nomInatf0n-An Interesting Piece of Political History Which is Vouched fer as Accurate. PH1LADELPH1A, May 4.-The Times will publish tomorrow the following triple Ieaded | special from New York, which it will endorse as coming direct from the most authentic source:
 NEW YORK, May Al have entirely re- ! liable information that the friends of Blaine ! have within the last three days been receiv- | ing direct from him his assent to an aggressive movement for his renomination for President ! and the assurance that if nominated in the face of his Florence letter of declination he would not feel at liberty to decline. A gen- eral and systematic effort has been made by Blaine's closest friends, such as Chairman Jones, William Walter Phelps, Whitelaw Ried, Charles Emory Smith and others l for two months past to get Blaine into the attitude of a passive can- l didate. The Washington conference was only part of the varied methods by which influences had been brought to bear upon Blaine, and the publication of his DOT trait freshly taken from life in Italy and is- sued by Judge this week was decided on more than month ago as the starting point
 
 candidate Every possible pressure has been put upon Blaine to get from him the direct assurance that he will not decline if nominated and that assurance has been re- ceived in this city from Blaine within the last three days. In very few days more it will cease to be secret that Blaine is in the hands of his friends, the Blaine leaders will at once come to the front and make an aggressive campaign for his renomination. This movement has been pretty clearly foreshadowed for some weeks in such Blaine organs as the Tribune of this city and the Philadelphia Press, and all affectation about Blaine's candidacy will now soen be thrown off and the battle made aggressive one. Part of the original programme was the elec- tion of Charles Emory Smith as delegate-at- large from your State, and the failure was a great disappointment to the Blaine junta in this city, but MT. Smith gives the assurance that Blaine can command a majority of the Pennsylvania delegation under any circum- stances and that if Blaines nomination shall seem to be assured the delegation will be solid for him.
 The unexpected expressions in Massachu- setts and Vermont for Blaine were not acci~ dental, nor were they unexpected to Blaines friends. When all of the antisBlaine men were reposing on their arms because they
 regarded Blaine out of the fight the friends of Blaine were most energetic in their work in the two New England anti-Blaine States, and they got possession of Vermont
 and Massachusetts, while the others were
 sleeping in fancied security. It was the ex-
 pression of hitherto .anti-Blaine New Eng land States that made Blaine cast aside his
 doubts and assent to the importunities of his
 friends for his renomination.
 It is now a positive fact that Blaine is in
 the field, that his friends have his assent to
 8 movement in his favor and that he will be
 nominated at Chicago If hard work and
 plenty of enthusiasm can accomplish it.