The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-04
Ex-sECRETARY W. c. WHITNEY.

fled that it was a genuine and serious attempt to bring him forward as the presidential candidate, instruct his friends ill that state in an appropriate way that they must abandon that pur, pose.
 He did afterward write a letter, which caused him not little annoyance. He had been able to tell his friends ill New York that they must not bring out his name ill connection with the nomina- tion, but he was able to do that ill pri- vate and informal conversation. But the Mississippi movement required some thing formal and peremptory, and MT. Whitney was confronted with the ne- cessity of declining ill advance some thing which might not be offered to him.
 He realized, however, that unless he put stop to this Mississippi movement it would be likely to spread and at last get beyond his control. Therefore he wrote the letter, ill which, after ex- pressing his views upon the silver ques- tion, he said that he must not be consid- cred by the Democrats as the candidate for the presidency.
 MT. Whitney thought that that letter would put an end to his embarrass- ments, but this week he has been con- pelled to supplement what he said to the Mississippi Democrats. On Monday a delegation of southern Democrats went to New York fortified with the indorsement of Secretary Lamont. They went for the express purpose of Inducing MT. Whitney to say that if the national Democracy felt that be should be nomi- mated and would nominate him upon a platform calling for international agree ment by which silver as a money at an accepted ratio could be used then he would accept
 But when Mir. Whitney was seen he sent despair to the hearts of these men. He assured them that there were no con- Siderations which would lead him to change his determination. He would not, under any circumstances, be the candidate, nor did he propose to take any part iii the presidential politics of
 
 pressed for a sufficient reason for that determination, he at last said, with a manner of diffidence and embarraSs- ment:
 ''Why, gentlemen, am going to be married ill few days, and you can un- derstand that relation of that kind is very likely to absorb my time.
 So there, at last, ill that answer the politician had an explanation of the sin- gular reticence and reluctance of MT. Whitney when presidential politics have been spoken of to him. He is to be mar ried to a charming woman, widow. and it is understood the ceremony will be performed not very long after ex- President Harrison. Furthermore, the report is that the same clergyman who i will marry ex-PreSident Harrison to Mrs. Dimmick will also marry AIr Whitney.
 The fact that Mr. Whitney was con- templating marriage was known only to few of his intimate friends, and, as he has been enjoying an Indian sum- mer courtship and betrothal, so also his will be very private. His friends do not know whether or not he intends to take his bride to Europe, but they are of the impression that MT. will sail immediately after his and will probably remain abroad until after the presidential cleo 5ion.
 This announcement takes MT. Whit ley absolutely out of the list of possible candidates for the Democracy. But it is | rather curious fact that ex-President Harrison should marry, so that it would eem as though relation which MT. Whitney thought to justify him in de- dining to go into active political life hould also apply to the ex-president, ret there is more and more comment in