The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-27

ambition to the personal. as we'll az pOlit-
ical interests of the President After these
expressions, If there was nothing else In
the way, 10 is not believed Mr.. Blaine
would think of accepting tho nomination
under existing circumstances He Is. Tor
very many reasons. and, above ell, person
al choice and inclination. entirely out of
the question. His best and most intelli-
gent friends declare that should he be nom-
mated he would promptly decline. and
many of them 60 further and say he VIII
have this statement made In convention.
In 1855, 1t will be remembered, Mr.. Blaine
wrote letter declining the nomination.
When it was insisted that he should ac-
cspt, and he was pressed to do so while the
convention was in session. MIR. Blaine
wrote second letter. as follows
81 am not willing that even one OF nv
faithful supporters In the past shonld
think me capable OF paltering in a double
sense with my words. Assuming that the
presidential nomination could. by any pos
sible chance. be offered to me. l could not
accept without leaving. In the minds OF
thousands of these men. the impression
that 1t had not been free from indirection,
and therefore could not accept 1t at ALL"
After the utterances quoted in those two
letters it Is not thought possible MI. B Blaine
would accept the nomination if rendered
at the Minneapolis convention. even
though President Harrison should with
draw. and that 10 altogether out OF the
question.
PENNSYLVANIA NOT AGAINST HARRISON.
Don't you let any body persuade you that
Pennsylvani is against Harrison simply
because a few politicians are opposing his
denomination" said Representative John
Edgar Reyburn. of Philadelphia. to your
correspondent this afternoon. Mr.. Rey burn
represents the district long represented by
the late Judge William u. Kelley. of tariff
fame. and is therefore Republican with
solid backing. Mr.. Reyburn continued:
cit is my judgment that nine-tenths of
nomination ii the question were submitted
to a popular vote to-day. Let me see-I
cannot remember single Republican
among oil of my constituents who opposes
the President. What have they to COM
plain of. anyway
How about Mr. Blaine In Pennsylvania
AN riginal Blaine Statep waa ked.e
''Mr. Blaine is ont OF the question. de
will not be nominated"
But what if he should be nominated by
some hook or crookp
"Well,D replied Mr.. Reyburn. with
measured words. "he would never accept.
Mr.. Blaine is too honorable man to &C..
cept presidential nomination so long as
he was in the Cabinet and the President
was even On implied aspirant for renOm-
ination: he could not accept HIS enemies
would say it was dishonorable In him,
after having remained in the Cabinet and
accepted the goOa graces of the President"
DO you think he will say anything
further on the subjecti"
IL do not He cannot undertake to come
out with q denial of everything untrue
that is said about him. If he did he would
have no time to eat or to sleep. Public
men of his prominence must not enter an
occupation of denials. The people are for
Harrison. He is the strongest, ablest man
in the party. and the party seldom makes
q mistake in it's nominations. There is
scarcely delegate from Penpsyl lvania who
will refuse to support him in the conven-
tiop."
II regard our State delegation as prac-
tlcally, if not absolutely solid for the re-
nomination of the President. and l have
not the least doubt that he will head the
GcoOt, ono of NermOnt's leading Repub-
| licans. ermont supported Harrison in 1888.
| and she has seen no reason for DESERVING
| him. He has made An unblemished admin
| istration. One of my Vermont corresponds
| ents, in writing only the other day, OBJ
served that Presidents Harrison had already
| whipped two foreign nations. and without
| firing q gun. He referred to the masterful
| manner In which the President conducted
| we had need of any evidence of his
sterling ability and splendid American
| spirit, these incidents would have afforded
| them. With Harrison We are sure to win.
| With any body else-well there may be some
doubt"