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Show Jill. IIMIMS IILTIIIUIINT. Mit. III.Al.tf" letter stating that lie wat not In the rare for the presidency ll causing exhaustive comment among eastern papers. The HI. Paul i'lorteee Melt Is of opinion tbat the uMlca. lion of thla letter was premature, In so 'or as It endangers Presllent llarrl. son's chance of a renimlnatlon rather than asaleta It. With Mr. Illalne In the field aa a slblo nominee -tly factions would not arlte, nor would a numltrof camllditea put themselves forward who will now do so. Had ho wllhuel I his letter until a short time liefore thu meetlugof the convention, then Mr. Harrison would be looked on aathe most Available person, and hla noallnallou beelltctcd with a whoop.At this early stage of the campaign, ample time la given for "favorite tone" to puih their InlernU. C'ullom of Illinois, Illi-nois, Hherman of Ohio, Alter of Michigan, Michi-gan, Allison of Iowa, and several others wilt start their little booms, and though tho J rest thinks that llarrlwn will ulllniatt ly triumph, a et n aoleaud bitter contest will meanwhile arise. Tlie New Vork HuU ami fiprtu la delighted with Mr. llltlne'e timely acllon. It tati the campaign libow simplified, and that I'resldent liar, rhun'a rcnomlnalion It an assured cei talnty. The Hprlngfleld .'rpuo'tnin thinks that Mr. Illalne does not poapessstir flclent physical strength to et.ter the -endlng coldest. His withdrawal will ' beneficial to the party, It says: "After Mr. Illalne, whatr llenjumla Harrison, now presllent of the t nltel Stales, will have to bt nominated fur a t-y.v)iid term. Howevertiulosomeof the prominent men of the Itepitblleitn party may fanoy this situation, it cannot be escaped, tlen. Harrison was put forward for-ward lu IlyH aa I ho first tholee of his party after Mr. Illalne, and Ifhewas ilealrable tlien, he Is d mbly ao now, with tho experience of fouryearaln oClce, and a rrconlnf tinlllnrhliig loyally to the ex trcniodxitrliieaset J rtls Inthe doclari lion uf faith adopted br the national con-tendon con-tendon which nominated Mm. Itmust to remembered tbat he aud the arty are ono In their views about tbe tstln. for the McKlnley i.lll Is lb., dltecl llo er from the platform ..f ISM. To tbe radical position taken by iH.lh-w Moll I.hI to ot erwbelral g defeat III Iho iKtlouni.r Ivio-Mr. Illaluo aldod a n w anl saving etmudinetil In his scheme for reciprocity, and lie alone ill I his ItlnadeacontlderabtesteptoHArd suth an eiitargstutut of our trajo as tbe ailviKates of tarllTrtform hsvtug ttou ntlllng for, and It brought the lleputi-llran lleputi-llran iarty much nearer Its old and mom reasonable attitude on the tariff question It not only aJcUl to .Mr. lllalue'e rvplitn. don for atatesliianshlp, bill made It sunn coo.1 i-nllllca for tho ntrly lu plaie hhu at the front aa representing Ite broader pttrposis for tbe future. In thla light Mr. Illalne'a caudldaiy was gont rally desired." Tie I'ejub'ican cunt lu Jet & long uillclo en tills auljcct by otluliig that U would te Letter for Hie country If notlt anlta lai utl lu nomination candidates can-didates who ate knowu for what they are and who ret resent the views at lisuo before the pa'ople. In (Ireat Ilrllaltt Mr. IlUlue'i with lrawal Is rigarded rather In the light if u blttslng to that country. Tho I .on J011 ttlc fairly echoes the opinion f the l.ngllsh prt-sa when It says: "To pretend that thero la any njre. lilt hi I'ngland bwatiso of Illalne'a fall-me fall-me woul 1 lie absurd. He Is tho onciiiy f our friends aul thu friend of our eiKliilea. lie haa never disguised his wish to annoy Knglaud, and ho has lu t recourse more than once to most jetty and undignified meant to elfict hla object." ob-ject." If by thla la meant an allutlon to Mr. lllalue'e protective olloy, ll ladlfllcult lutee wberoll ehllosohyoflicon.i4 In. He was no more ardent n prottot iloulit than la Major McKlnley, President Presi-dent Harrison, (leu. Alger, or dozens of others ct hit party. Perhaps refer tncu It had to hla reciprocity stbtmr, which le hilling Kngllih Iitlts-seta it htavy blow In the Hcuth Atierlcati republics, and which Is likely to tueet her lu other quart! rs of the globe There It no tisu disguising the fact that Mr. Illalne'a retirement clvit grtat comfort to ttio Denocratsou tho one baud and to Prtslduut Harrisjn on thu othtr. It clears the way for the litter to the Itejubllcail nomination nud takes away from the tatheftho former the a'rongtst ard nitst stalwart enemy lluy exivcted to tut et In tho tu xt campaign. |