, 1888-02-16
BY TELEGRAPH.
AppnEssED BY SIBERIAN.

ADDEESSED "a SSaShSAAN'
PRoYIDFNcx, Feb. I0.-The Young
Mems Republican Club was ad-
dressed this evening by Hon. John
Sherman and Hon &. Il Grosvenor.
member of Congress from Ohio
Senator Sherman in his address re-
fered to the auspicious opening OF
tho presidential campaign and the
important influence the young mems
republican clubs would exert on the
movements of the day. He spoke in
the most vigorous decuncIatIon OF
the emmigration 10 this country of
communists, anarchists and socialists.
Touching upon the tariff upon wool
and sugar, be said that the Demo-
cratic party would take the tariff off
of wool, but strenuou5ly objected to
a reduction of two cents on sugar for
the reason that sugar grew in the
South. He would take the tariff off
sugar and give the grower bounty,
He then entered into an exhaustive
analysis of the proposed reduction of
the tariff. He was presented at the
close with a handsome gold headed
cane by the club
REMAINS OF THE RX-PRENIER.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 10. The re-
mains of Walter Murry Gibson, late
ex-Premier of the Hawaiian King
dom, were placed on the steamer
Zealandia today. The steamer
sailed for Honolulu a few hours later,
and the body will be buried ON the
islaud of Lanai.
THE BLAINE LETTER.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-A Columbus, o.
dispatch says that John Sherman.
who is in the city, on hearing that
Mr. Blaine wonld not allow his name
to be used before the Chicago con
vention, said that he had been ex-
pecting some such utterance from
Mr.. Blaine for some time. He had
understood that it would be forth
coming. Mr.. Blaine was one of the
foremost Americans whom every re-
publican would have delighted to
honor, and it was a source of regret
that he had not concluded to make
the raco again. Mr. Sherman did
not care to talk much about the
Blaine letter, and thought it would
cause a number of other candidates
to come to the front. He proposed
to take the race for the Ohio delega-
tion and would contest honorably for
the nomination. Mr.. Blaine was
republican that could sweep the
country, if nominated, but he had
understood all along that ne would
not again seek the nomination. It
was on this hypothesis that Sherman
had entered the lists
GEN. HAwLEY's OPINION.
NEw York, Feb. Ex-senator HaW-
ley who is staying at the Astor Ho-
tel, when shown Mr.. Blaine's letter.
said: "Well, [ am not altogether
surprised, and yet I did not expect
this. / was talking to some of Mr..
Blaine's closest friends only a few
days ago, and they then had no idea
that Mr. Blaine would come to such
a decision. They did not expect any
thing of the sort. In fact they were
drawing plans for Blaine campaign.
Still, as L said before, [ am not alto
gether surprised at Mr. Blaine's ac-
ton"
SENATOR ALLISON ON BLAINE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. MIR. Blaine's
letter was the leading subject of po-
litical gossip today. Mr.. Blaine's
friends in congress show desire not
to express their opinion. but insist
that the letter only emphasizes the
Discrimination which ne has shown to
press his claims for the nomination.
The prominent men known. as op-
ponents OF Mr.. Blaine, hail the letter
as an actual withdrawal on his part
from the presidential race. Senator
Allison and others who may be
classed as presidential candidates,
content themselves with saying that
Mr.. Blaine's expressions are unques-
tionably sincere, but that he would
have to yield to the demand of the
party that he should become its can
didate, if it should so express itself
in the convention. Among promIn-
ent democrats in both houses the ex-
preston seems TO prevail that the
letter is far from establishing the
fact that Mr. Blaine viii not be a
presidential candidate.