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convention. Itdoes not debar the conven-
tionfrom selecting him if it chooses"
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tionfrom selecting him if it chooses"
SENATOR FARwELL
said I'm reading between the lines, l
infer that Blaine has an eager desire for
denomination. 1t seems to me that if it
were Blaine's sincere intention to decline
or refuse the nomination he would have
paragraph"
JOHN SHERMAN,
who Is in Columbus, O., on hearing that
Blaine would not allow his name to be
used before the convention, said he had
been expecting some such utterance from
Blaine for some time. Blaine was one of
the foremost Americans whom every Re-
publican would have been delighted to
honor and 1t was a source of regret that
he had not concluded to make the race
again. He thought the letter would
cause a number of candidates to come to
the front. he himself proposed to take
the race for the Ohio delegation and
would contest honorably for the nomina-
ton. He had understood all along that
Blaine would not again seek the nomina-
ton and it was on this hypothesis that he
(Sherman) had entered the list.
GARRISON TALKS.
LES ulOlNES, IeD. IO.7J. -. Cllrk-
son, Iowa member of the national Repub-
llcan committee, in an interview on the
Blaine letter OF withdrawal, this evening
said: Il have been expecting a letter for
some time. 1t is in line with the letters
| received from Mr.. Blaine in November
and December, which led me to believe
and say at the national committee meet
ings in Washington and New York that
| did not believe he would be in the field.
The press of the country, led by the pur-
suing misrepresentation of malignant en-
emies of Blaine, has refused 10 believe in
the sincereness and unselfish attitude
Blaine has held toward his party. In
1884 he was not a candidate for nomina-
ton, and did not really want it, and l re
ceived several letters from him in the win.
ter and early spring before his nomina-
ton, strongly expressing the wish not to
run.
so far from directing his friends at
the national convention that year, he had
no communication with them and not a
word passed between him and any of
them during the contest there. The
masses of the party not politicians were
for hin. and it was their moving forward
that sent the delegates to Chicago for
him. Before he went abroad last spring
he told me again of his settled disinclina-
ton to run and of his controlling wish to
contribute everything that he could to the
unification and success of the party in the
election of 1888, bat the people still pre-
ferring him, and believing he was de-
feated in 1884 by the treachery of some
party politicians, as he was, have been in
tending to move forward again and re-
nominate and elect him, and would have
done SO but for this letter. His action
now shows the greatness of the man and
his devotion as a Republican"
SENATOR QUAY SURPRISED.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l3.-In reference
to Blaine's letter declining to be the nom
inee for the presidency, Senator Quay
said Il am surprised at Blaine's de
cllnation. | was not prepared for it at
all. | had reason to believe that he was
as much of a candidate as ever. There
were special reasons for this, since the
prospect indicated his nomination"
But are you sure, colonel, that he has
~decllned?' interrupted State Committee
Chairman Cooper. Cant you read
something else between the lines?'
u can see nothing in that letter but
absolute withdrawal from the field" re-
turned Senator Quay. Blaine has
LlduC d DluulCI duu HC GllluOI remedy IL.
He would not dare to be a candidate after
that letter, because if he was nominated
he would certainly be defeated.
AUGUSTA EXCITED.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Feb. l3.-The an
nouncement in the morning papers that
Blaine says he will not allow his name to
be presented to the National Republican
convention has created a breeze of excite
ment in this city and has been the only
subject of discussion among Blaine's
friends. Mr.. Manly says: 1T does not
change the situation. Mr.. Blaine's friends
have insisted hat he was not a candidate.
If, however, the Republican convention
believe Blame is the man who can best
unite the party and nominate him, [ be-
lieve he is too much of a patriotto decline.
Having once been a candidate and having
been unsuccessful, he could not again
seek the nomination. He must leave the
party free to act. He has no right to de-
cline. If, however, some other Republi-
can than Blaine should be nominated,
Maine will vote for the nominee"