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Eureka Daily Sentinel
Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada
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New York report on first ballot at Cincinnati Republican convention showing Blaine at 86 votes amid scandal from Washington investigation involving Mulligan's evidence of railway robbery, leading Herald to deem Blaine unworthy of presidency.
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By Overland Telegraph.
(SPECIAL TO THE DAILY SENTINEL.)
The "Times" and "Herald" on Blaine.
New York, June 3.
The Times summarizes the first ballot at Cincinnati this morning as follows: Blaine, 86; Bristow, 110; Conkling, 75; Hartranft, 58; Hayes, 40; Jewell, 12; Morton, 11; Washburne, 1; unknown, 31; necessary for choice, 377.
The developments of Blaine's investigation in Washington, however, threaten to upset all these calculations.
The Herald says, editorially: The developments in the Blaine matter will be read with profound regret by the whole country without distinction of party; for we have a pride in our public men. The fall of a man as conspicuous as Blaine is a misfortune. No one can doubt, after reading the evidence of that curious creature, Mulligan, that Blaine is not worthy of the confidence of the country. Men who had any hand in this gigantic robbery, for robbery it was, deserve no mercy from Americans. Blaine can give no explanation of his relations with the railway consistent with his duties as an honorable, self-respecting member of the House; and the developments remove him from any consideration as a candidate for the presidency. There is no man in public life for whom we have kinder feeling and for whose conceded intellectual force and patriotism we have higher appreciation than Blaine.
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Cincinnati
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June 3
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blaine removed from consideration as a candidate for the presidency due to developments in his investigation involving relations with the railway and evidence from mulligan describing a gigantic robbery.
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The Times summarizes the first ballot at Cincinnati: Blaine, 86; Bristow, 110; Conkling, 75; Hartranft, 58; Hayes, 40; Jewell, 12; Morton, 11; Washburne, 1; unknown, 31; necessary for choice, 377. Developments of Blaine's investigation in Washington threaten these calculations. The Herald editorially expresses regret over the Blaine matter, stating that evidence from Mulligan shows Blaine is not worthy of confidence, involved in a robbery, and his relations with the railway are inconsistent with honorable duties, removing him from presidential consideration.