Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-06-07

Rsr. Blaine Again Declines presl-
denfIal Nomination IN Terms ss
Plain as the English Language
Affords.

Hsr. Blaine Again Declines q P'resl-
eienfiai Nomination IN Terms as
Plain as the English Language
Affords.
The New York Tribune publishes the for
lowing letter addressed to lite editor. White
law Reid. da:ed Paris. May IL:
Since my return to Paris from South
srn Italy on the sth met, have learned
what did not before belieye) that my
name may yet be presented to the nation
al convention as candidate for the pres.
identisl nomination Of the Republican
party. a single phrase oil my letter
OF Jan. % from Florence (which
WAS decisive oil everything ! had the
personal power to decidej has been treat-
ed by many OF my most valued friends
as not absolutely conclusive in ulti mate
and possible contingencies. On the other
hand, friends equally devoted and dieinter-
ested have constructed my letter las
il should be constructsdl to be an uneon-
ditional Withholding OF my name from the
national convention. They have IN con-
sequence given their support to
eminent gentlemen who are cendi-
dates for the Chicago nomination
some 81 whom would not I am sure, have
consented to assume that position, II
had desired to represent the party in the
presidential contest Of 1888. II | should
now, by speech or by silence. by commits.
sion or commission, permit my name, in
any event, to come before the convention,
| should incur tile reproacli OF being
uncandid with those who have always
been candid with me. i speak, therefore,
because | am not willing to remain in
doubtful attitude. l am not willing
to be the cause OF misleading a single
man among the millions who have given
me their suffrage and their confidence. L
am not willing that even one OF my faith
ful supporters in the past should think me
capable oil
PALTERING IN DogBLE SENSE
with my words Assuming that the presi-
Dental nomination could by any possible
chance be offered to me. could not accept
It without leaving in the minds oil thous-
ands OF these men theimpression that Ihad
not been free from indirection, and therefore
Icould not accept it at all The misrepresen-
tions of malice have no weight, but the
just displeasure of friends | could not pa
tiently endure. Republican victory, the
prospects OF which grow brighter every
day, can he Imperfect only by lack OF unity
in council or by acrimonious contest over
men. The issue OF protection is incalcula-
bly, stronger and greater than any man,
for ii concerns the prosperity OF the
present and OF generations yet to come.
Were it possible FOR every voter of the re-
public to see for himself the condition
and recompense OF labor in Europe, the
party OF free trade in the United States
would not receive thesupport OF one wage
worker between the two oceans. IL may
not be directly in our power as.philanthro-
pists to elevate the European labor. but it
will be a lasting stigma upon our states.
manship il we permit the American labor
err to be forced down to the European lev
ell, and in the end the rewards OF labor
everywhere will be advanced II we steadily
refuse to allow the standard at nome.
Yours very sincerely, JAMES g. BLAME"