 Blaine and his wife and daughters sailed for Europe in June 1887 , visiting England , Ireland , Germany , France , Austria @-@ Hungary , and finally Scotland , where they stayed at the summer home of Andrew Carnegie . While in France , Blaine wrote a letter to the New @-@ York Tribune criticizing Cleveland 's plans to reduce the tariff , saying that free trade with Europe would impoverish American workers and farmers . The family returned to the United States in August 1887 . His letter in the Tribune had raised his political profile even higher , and by 1888 Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge , both former opponents , urged Blaine to run against Cleveland again . Opinion within the party was overwhelmingly in favor of renominating Blaine . 
