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THE INDIANA' STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY MORNINGr, FEBRUARY L 1S93 TWELVE PAGES.
Ill, BLAINE DEAD
The Life of the Plumed
Knight Ended at Last
Another Relapse, from
Which He Failed to Rally.
His Death in a Measure
Was Expected.
YET IT CAME AS A SHOCK.
dissolution Occurred About 11
e. m. Friday
And the Statemnn's End Was
Quiet and Peaceful.
He Died from a Failure of the
Heart's Action.
Other Complications Wore Present,
"Which Hnsteneil the Knd-Tlie Na
tion Mourns the Death of One of
the Mont Prominent I inures of the
Hepublic He I'aisctl Away Alter
Having Attained to Position and
Popularity Karely Aehievetl by Any
Man Sketch ol Iii Lite and Public
Career Comment by the Press.
Washisi-.ton, .Inn. 27. Oas mere name ha !
tta added to Fie list of the nation's dead.
Once Liore the th chts of the people are
larued toward the man who as the "plumed
knight" vii each nn otrect of devotion. For
jearshetoi in the very first rank of the
rent men of the land, en 1 few men hire eer
vril led tu? b i pui".t ii.dutuce a James G.
lilaine. lie was the one whom hia party de
JicLted to honor ntid whese word was law with,
bis followers. With the exception of the presi
dential chair he achieved evtry form "f auccets
possible to a stalesin.ni 'in a fre con.itry. Hs
began at the bottom of the ladder o! fame.
Ie rose to the top and w,th ti is death there
T,ies away one of th- fi-!fnnt figure in lite
history of the reu ub.ie. Few men hare hvl
eo tunny ardent admirer an I devoted frietids.
Jle ma;e many bi::er enemies a well. This
was but ft natural result of the position he
f.l.ed in lite. But no.v .ill aui-nosity is fcutied
. and friends and poli'i-.'al foe1 alike uuito in ex
pre5ior.s of r-gret at the pus-iug away of the
'Alan from Ma ne."
The New Sprend Rnpldly.
The news of Mr. Blaine's death spread
thronen the departments with tartl.uEraDid.ty.
Within a lew moments aider the eveut th
rumor reached the state department and ran
through the entire bnüdiny '.a an anionrir-
able short scs'e of time. Orlicials and clerks
poured into the corridors in search of informa
tion which nou.ii substantiate the rnraor and
the telephone were kept busy w ith inu riss.
The first intimation of hi death enme by word
of mouth and soon afterward was officially con
firmed from the thite lioue. Wii.le the death
ef the statesman created a profound feel
ing throughout the buüdicg this feel
ing wait intensified in the fate
department where there is hardly an official or
employe who Lad not a personal acquaintance
with the dead nrin. Although the event wai
daily expected and every on in a measure
prepared .'or the reception of the eil news it
was a mock to everyone. It was a noticeable
fact as ir.dicatmt; i.'.e charaoter of ttie man
who for two t?rtai held the highest poition in
the cabinet, that of crMn-v rf state, an 1 was
ne of the foremost men of the ace, that he
never azain pr.sse I under the portal of the
Itite d nirtraent after lh; d y rf his resinatioa.
lie 1. as rever re-? er. 1 the department which
so long hti hint as its chief bi.ioj that memora
ble Saiur hfl Ju:'-e -V wiia be peni.ed tbe brief
reoL-niiin whic.i probibiy cause! a mora pro
found ren-atton than .my simlur missive iu the
hitory o: tins co.mtry. 1 lie resigiiati u was
written in tri ! i ti 1 unf-ro n which opens from
the secretary's ot;ice. Ft was panned, sealed
and d.reee 1 to the pres. lent iu a few moments.
II r. Plains then urns and strode from the
I uildtc never to enter it aztin.
iu of J'.iilmr- llc-ilth.
Those who wer.? long in the state department
l.id knfW Mr. limine when he was at his best
recognized with sorrow diir.bg his last service
Inere a remarkable ciiiit' in hin physical cou-
itioo. Mr. Hiame wis onsciotn of his poor
itate of health. A prominent republican who
railed upon bim abo'it a year ao. in apeakio)
of this sai l: "I went to Mr. H aue the latter
part of laet January and asked him if he was
Coins to be a can-2:d;.te for the presidency. He
replied: "No, sir; I c-uaot entortain the
thought frr on rii't.i-at. It would kill me
are and I kiow it, und I d not believe I have
a friend on earth who would ask mc to be a
eand.daMi: h knew th state of ray heslth.'
Mr. i'laine add I : I am goiaj t- write a let
tor on the sulijecJ.' "
After Mr. niasne hn I written his letter an
rnuncm? that he would not be a candidate for
the republican nomination ho was waited sipon
by his friends and ured to rseot:si lr Iiis ac
tion. It was repreen!d to Mr. I'.l.iine, who
was then ill, that the campaign would he male
oo osty tor hini as to involve noabysicalor
loetittl exhaustion, and tl:at the result would
bo his triumphant election. With an air ol
despondency the sick an replied that ho
was aatiSiied that he eoul J not iiv through a
heated political campaign, or that if he should,
the harassment of a presidential otlko wood
onrely terosinate his life within six months
fter he took hisesat. iio intended, and this
'statement is kig-niticant in vmwof sabseqnont
rents, to rtsitn his o(!ij as secretary of state
Ja the early sumraer, retire te bis Maine home
and spend his remainiag stays m juiet literary
work.
The '.nt I'rat-elul.
Mr. Blaine's death at the last eamo pain
lessly and quietly bat not withoat premoni
tion. The attending pbysieiane have said re
peatedly in these later days, since hope of re
covery was abaudoned, that when the end
came it wonld probably oeaur with at least
two or throe bears' warning. This one an
nouncement at least among maay perplexing
and oontraJictery statements has been verified
by facta. The approach of death was made
rident to th family fally two hoars before its
aetaal occurrence. It was between 8 aad 9
o'clock this morning wbon the first
dangerous symptoms were observed.
The family had taken their breakfast and
tbo trained nurse, Mrs. fries, had gone dowa
for her breaksfaot also, leaviog tbo patient tem
porarily alone. James (i. lilaine, jr., bad oa
Lis bat and oost preparatory to starting otf for
hie day's duties in the office ef the I'snniylva
rtia railroad ostnpany, where he ie employed,
when bis mother sirgssted to him It weald bo
better to wait until tbo nurse came up. Ho
prom ally acquiesced. Mr. lilaine had passsd a
a restless night and had been pronounced "not
o well," even by his eautious physicians. But
beyond a perceptible ioereaso of the languor
which had marked his conditio daring tbo
past few days, there as no very alarming
change to he noted.
W hen tbo nurse returned from her break
fast, however, her eipeneneed eyes at once
aaw that the end was drawing near. Both
physicians were immediately telephoned for
nd arrived within a few minutes ot each other.
vThe sowerfgl heart stimulant (nitro-rlrcer'nsi.
which had several tlmei before brought the
patient hack out of the dark valley of death,
was powerlets now.
The Iyinj Scene.
Dr. Hyatt at 9:30 came out and said to the
group of waiting newspaper men that he feared
the end wai a! hand. Ia the meantime all the
family had Leen summoned into the death
chamber Mrs. D ims, the devoted wife; Miss
Hattie Blaine, hia unmarried daughter; Mrs.
Damrosch, his married daughter; James G.
Blaine, jr., his only surviving soo, and Miss
Dodge (Gail Hamilton), his cousin. Id si ent,
teariul sorrow, they witnessed the elosing
scenes. The patient lay so quietly that-ven
the doctors were hardly able to say when he
died. No word of cnic.oiisnes, no look of
recognition had pasaed. At l'J;45 he lay so
atill that the window shades were
raise 1 to cive More light to enable the physi
cians to determine if life st ll lin&ersd. Fifteen
minutes later they proclaimed him dead. Ike
news was inntautiy tlasho 1 ail over (he world.
Young Mr. I'lsioe whs in the act of writing a
nets to President Harr son. to inform him ol the
event, whe i the pres. dent himself arrived, ao
eompanied by his private eto-etary and Seere
tary of State Foster; all the rest of the cabinet
looo 'oliowe 1. a'id the excl;ement throughout
the eity heoaro general as the news spread.
Both booses of corgreas adjourned, and the
former associates o: the cz-enator and ex
speaker, of both political parties, united in
eloquent tributes to his memory .
A I'rivWe l'lnternl.
A pallio furjerdl was suggested, but the
wishes of the family prevailed, and the cere
monies will be of a private nam -e. They will
be held at the presbvterian Church of the
Covenant, where Mr. Itiaiue was a pew-bolder.
1 'i A $
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1
P0M TH& tATCST
on Monday mcrcinc. i'r. 1 i.i . . n, w.n....
ficiated at the fuuer il of Mrs. Harrison and h r
father, will eot'duct the services. The remaina
will e laid to re-t in the beautiful Oak 1 1 1 i 1
cemetery in Georgetown, which, now forms
part of Washinfton Cltv. by the side of his
favorite eon. Walker Blaine, nnd his dancrhter,
Mrs. C'ODpinirer. 'lb-? physio. ans havn otlie.a.ly
ma le public the cause of death ai Bricht' dls
eie. accravated by tuhercular disease of the
Inn and followed by heart iai'are.
1'reeidert IIrrlon sriid that the news of Mr.
Blair.e's death has made a Ter profound im
pression upon him. While ree-gniz ng the
fact from the statements of the physician and
suember of the family that ultimate recovery
in Mr. Blaine's cae was improbable, he was
till wholly unprepared for it at this time, and
the announcnient had ha-n a great shock to
him. lie felt unable under the circumstances
to enter upon the consideration of any pui-lio
bnsiness with the rueuihers nf bis caoinet, most
of whom bad been a'-c'ated with Mr. li'.aiue
in ti e oftieia! family relatione-, and, therefore,
after the expre-sinn of regret and sorrow at
the loss sustained by themselves and the coun
try iu Mr. I'lr.ine's tleath, the meet.n? of the
cabinet was adjourned.
The messages of coodolenoe and sympathy
recnive I by the family wer very numerous and
from nen o both poli'ieal psrtirs. Among
the nt-saber was the folloair g:
l!i- b illiaat Tat 'isnhl i 1 slwsrs be an In
eplr.Ttin to the nation h lis -erred o lon anl -o
eil. I'ermit nietoettnl n.y sji.i;athv on tue
detth of jour di'tloguislitd liu'an.l.
''')V; R ri.KVEl.lNDL
ACTION OF THE SENATE.
Senator Ilnlc' Urif t Kiiloiry of the Iis
tiiicilic 1 IaI.
The announcement of Mr. Blaine's death was
niaaeby Mr. Hale.wbo baa been for niuny years
one of the eloiest perscual and poliiical friends
of the dead statesman. His remarks were fol
lowed by a motion made by Mr. Cockrell that
the senate adjourn out of repeet to the mem
ory of the decea-e i, and that motion was de
clared carried. The adjournment today makes
the oi x tit interruption of business in the senate
caused by death within the last few weeks.
On Wednesday, t!ie 11th of this month,
there was an adjournment on the an
nouncement of Senator Kenna's death, and the
nett day en account of his funeral ceremonies-
n Wednesday, the iMh, the death, and on
Friday, ttie 20th, the funeral of ex-l'resident
Hayes, caused adjournment. On Tuesday of
the present week the senate adjourned out of
respect to the memory of Justice Lamar of the
saprs'.ne couri; aud to Uy the same csremony
was observed in honor of Mr. Blaine. '1 he
anate nisi with the gloom which the intelli
gence ef Mr. Blaine's death an hoar before
noon naturally ca.t ever the body and over the
cspitol. Tbo sad event was appropriately
noted in tbo fipeuing prayer of C'tiap aiu But
Isr. Aa soou as the reading of yesterday's
journal was completed Mr. IIa. e arose aad an
nounced the death. He said:
Mk. raKiD::K r - V e are agnin eimmunr. into
the prsieucs of dvstn. A very great man has pav'-d
from this earth. I ha lion. James . K aius died iu
bis bouts lit this rityatlt oYlock this morning.
M - long lllne.s bad in -.m measure prepared ns
lor that, but the dr. ad event wi.l curry sadu as aad
moura.Bf throughout all the I'nitsd Mates, ami wnl
awakun interest ai.d sorrow wurver civii.'d Man
lives on the fa e of the plob. Mr. hla.nu's cireer
was so remarkah'e and hU public ervic.'s were so
great that la all Li-tori?-, h ch mar I ritteo of
his times, he will staod ai t!ie ocntra Ii uro, not
only as to bis own rour.try. but oo polo is and -il-j-cls
that atltti't-d oth-r groat aatioiis. lie bslonse.t,
Mr. i'resi Isut, not to any ene st.it-, but to a I
the country; and rVin.iylvarjia. whieh gave
biiu birth aad nurtured bim. it i Ma ti, her-ho
lade fals home aud a ber he b. caoio ber first
cilleo and wbuh tilled t.U lap with all the honors
which she could bo-tow, mourn biui no io'n- todav
than dt the dwullers l y ttie sbnres o th grrSt gulf
and ia tue cabies of the far Sierra-. This is do time
or place for tue to speak in detail of bis distinguished
public life. He was lor years a distinguished me D
br on the flo-r of lbs buuwvl rrsuiiiatiTt of
the nation, and fornix jers pre 1 fd thrrn a it
spwaker. His services in this chamber cvtred
years. He was talce secrctaiy of tit , a 'id was
until of late a member of the present adrnlal-tra-tlon.
1 do not thin k there ts one senator here who
would not deem it fitting, in view of ttua- facts ami
of the fast that he died where his iat pes ofui look
from his chamber mlgSt eiuhra- e this capitol, where
bis voice ba I been so many times heard, that we
make a precedent at ihi time. anl that although
Mr. ftlainc was, al the time of hi desth. a priale
cUisea, this body take Imined aleadiourniuenL.
Mr. Cookrella:
In view of the announcement bv the sena
ter from Maine of the sad event which has
just oceurred, uod-r ih-t very shadow of tb natlonul
eapltol, and as a further mark of respect to ths
saeaory of the iiiu-trious dead, I move that the
seante do no adjourn.
The vice president put the motion and de
clared tbo senate adjourned until tomorrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
Words of Adtnirntlon anil Respect for the)
Iix-Speker
The death of eg Speaker Bliine brought the
business of tbo house to a sudden termination
this morning. A few committee report were
made (including a bill to repeal the federal
eleotioa law) aod then, after brief and adeeling
epeechse br Ml'l'tva wbo repreienta Mr.
Blaine's district) and Holman (who served
many years with bim in the house and who has
always been Lis personal friend), the house, out
of respect to the memory of the dead statesman,
adjourned, la his opening prayer, the chap
lain, referring to the death of Mr. Blaine, said:
Eternal rOI. we -laud before Thee profoundly
moved as the news comes to the capitol and flies
through the land that a treat mn nd a prince
anionic ih peoole has eodml his arthly care r. Uiea
in maniiold gifts. With which Thou haat endowed
him ; tirelpss in energy, devoting himself for a gen
erali u to the service of tbs laud, holding men to
him by bnd- strrinqsr than steel, wlnntn 'or him
self the heart, atf-cliun and confidence of nil liuni
of hi iellow-ciiizens such a place a. has rarely
been held br any man, h" p-s fmra us mourned,
honored, lood ht m -niory a frasraoce in this
hon-e nnd ihrojhout thu capital and 'hrouhiruut
the nation.
Then amid profound silence Mr. Milliken
roe and said:
Mb. kkr It beoomes my tad duty to an
n')unr to this hon-M the death of Jame G. blaiue.
Mr. I'laina as :or fuurteen years a promlneat and
ieadius member of ttii hoti-e. For six years he was
the distin. i-hi-.i speaker of stie houe. cvury posi
tion he hn hold he ha c'.id- d with the light of
genius, and he bas n t- ih public service lor a
gceratioo. such devotion and such industrv and
sue h labor as bu hroucht him t- his d ath today. I
do out doubt thai ever? member of tkis honss will
le c:! to pay htm a tribute of repoct by an at
jouruuicot. Mr. Holm an said:
Ms. piAXH-The d-aths which have been aa-
no une d so recently of illustrious citizens may well
bru.( t our minds tbj proihetio words of the Hehr-
sin?, "how p.re the mighty fallen I" T edeath
of Jam-i . Hlnine will iirofoundly impress the
-enaibililies of to country. A great man is dead.
Ki laid the loiindation of hie fame in this hall.
Mir were hN preatost and early triumphs. How
o;tn have we hird in this halt the tones of his
naning "'of)Unc. ir. at la statosman-biiv Known
not only to our couatrr, but to the statjsmsn ol the
civil Ii. d world. And not only great tn
t.itf mn-hip, not only one nf the illustrious
li t-1 -
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PHOTOGRAPH
cna: a :.or . ... a b ' ve Illustrated tha value of free
ii.iKn H..U-., but be J ood that hi- wn ureal in tbo
i'.el I of literature. As the hitoriaa of the grandest
epoch I-th hl-tory of the world, he d'.d h Is work
we. I. His bistorr , eoTering a period of years, will
go iOKii to i 14 I rity as one of the brighest illustra
tions of the p riod In wh ch he bred, and of the
ertrid verts of which he was a psrt. It would
era, Mr. s .eater, to be eminently pr per an i fit
ting t.iat n itti the ann 'unceuier.t of hia death, here,
on this the theater of hia great achievement, this
hou-e, out of reiect to his memory, should a Ijourn.
The motion was agreed and the house ad
journed. The President's Proclamation.
The president has issued the following proc
lamation: FxtrtTiVK Ma5iox, 1
Washington, Jan. 27, 103. j
It is my painful duty to announc to the ! opie of
the I'tiited Stsies t:ie death ol .Tsmes (tillo4iie
Bla ne. hieb occurred in this cltv tod.iy at 11
..'c.oo. I' .r a full generation this eminent e t ren
ha occupi d a conspicuous aod influential iositiun
Iu the riHtlon. Ilia tir-t public service was in the ,
I . . : . 1 . . . . t Ll. ..... . 1 ... '
I'KiPlniuro ui in rinir, rtiicir-i'i, iui ivm
year, he was a member of the national hoU'C of
represeniatiTes and waa three t lues chosen its
si-iaker. In lTi" he was elected t the senate. He
re igned hi feat in thtt b dy in lt t accept the
pltion ot secretary of state 'n the cahinet of l'resi
ili ut ttsrlield. Ail. r the .! nth of Iiis ctilet be re
signed from the abinet and, d-'volin himself to
l'terary xork, he gave the pubi c In hi '"Twenty
Y. srs of t'ongrc-s'' a mot valuatile and enduring
enirioittou to our political Ut rattire. In March,
1 "''.. h.' aiio hecame m cr-tary of etat- aud contin
ued to exercise this omce until June, I?yx,
His devotion t the ptiblio interests, his marked
aNility and his exalted patriot!. m have won lor him
the gratitude and affection of hii Countrrmen and
the ad niration ot the world. In the vari d pursuita
rd hvi-U:i.in, dlilon.acy and iittrature, his genius
Iis added new luster to American ui izeushin. As a
suitable Xireslou of the national aiipreclatioo ot
h s i reat public ser-tces snd of the genersl -orrow
caused by his death, I direct that on the day oi his
funeral a I the departments of the executive
bmnel.es of the government at Washington be closed,
sid that on a I put lie building throughout th
I nit' d Mate the national flag shad be displayed at
hnif statf, and that lor a period oi thirty days the de
partment ot stale be draued 1 i mourn it g.
Hs.uami" Harbison.
By th resident:
J..HN W. Ft ist a. Secretary of State.
A SENSATIONAL. CAREER.
lirnmntlc In the Kxtreme with a Climax of
finpnintiii-nt.
For almost a third of a century James Gillea
p.o Biaine filled a prominent niche in Ameri
can politics. From the opening of tho civil
war until last May, when he created a sensa
tion throughout the country by suddenly re
signing his plaoa in tho Harrison cabinet, be
baa teen a central fi gure in the political arena.
Ho entered national politics in 162, when he
was elected a member of oongress from Maine.
He had been four times a member cf his state
legislature and for two terms was speaker of
the lower hous. His career at Washington
began with a display of spirited vigor and
dash that characterized the man up to tho very
moment he quit pubiie life. He entered con
gress when thirty-two years of ago. It was at a
period when statesmen were winning fame
easily. He waa energetic, ambitious and pet
bested ot a greater degree of ability to make
himself ootispicious than tho average congress
man. He was a schemer, keen, shrewd and
daring. His perceptive Qualities were of the
best. Huring the turmoil and turbulence ot
the times attending tho civil strife he saw hia
opportunities, improved them, and long before
he had reaohed bis fortieth year the repub.ican
party was calling htm one of its leaders. Since
then few men bare lived more constantly in tha
sunlight of publicity than be. veven terms a
member of the house, three times speaker of
that body, one term a member of tho senate,
and for sixteen years an aspirant to tho presi
dency, no man in public life iu America has
ever been givtu the notoriety asoured by him.
Aluajs SfitHat oiiiil.
His pnblio life was filled with oxeiting expe
riences and sensational incidents. It began as
does a display of pyrotechnics, and its end waa
characterized by the same sort of sensational
ism that marked his career from the beginning.
He was a man of impulses. He reached con
clusions easily and carried out hastily formed
ideas with brilliant rushes that dazzled hie par
tisan followers, and they called him "tha mag
netic man." In all his public career there
was never a calm. Nervously constituted, he
preferred excitement to sober statesmanship,
and it better satisfied hia temperament. Hia
debates in congress, his ambition to become
president, his campaigns, bis career as secre
tary of state vuder President (iarfield, bis
memorable passage-at-arms with Senator Conk
ling, bis refusal to become hie party's candi
date in 184, his labors as a diplomat in feet,
every step in his public life is proof positive
that he was a sousationalist ia politics. He
was alert and resourceful, but hie coroer bas
shown little that was original wittt him. Tho
ideaa of others he molded into new forms,
presented them to his country, and for a time
they startled. But they seldom bore the
light of investigation. Aa a parliamentarian
bo had no snpenors, aa a congressional de
bater few equals. Witb the exception of Hen
ry Clay it is possible that no public man in
this country ever had a greater following of
personal friends or political worshipors.
Nn LrgiNlative Monument.
After twenty years' serrioe in congress the
statute books of tho country hold no laws that
bear the mark of true statesmanship that ean
be accredited to Mr. lilaiue, What be accom-
pliabed haa not been lasting. Aa a premier ia
the cabinet of Presidents (jarCeld and tlarri
ton. negotiating with foreign powers, his work
was at times good and at times the result
were not at all satisfactory. But at all
times throughout his entire diplomatic career
be assumed the role ot a popular aetor playing
for tho plaudits of his people. The parts he as
sumed in the Bering eea aiiair. in other little
arlatrs with England, in the Mafia troubles at
New Orleans, which aroused the ire of ha y.
nd in the Chilian troubles, were incidents of
bia cabinet cireer. At times he was wise and
then bnlliauL Hemovrd, then stopned and
waited to bear the verdict of the public borore
he moved further. He kept in accord with his
friendly personal followers by at first learning
what they thought and then executing their
desires as Lear as possible. Men who served
by hie side for years in congress; those who
were best acquainted with hie qualities as a
stateaman; congressmen who were acquainted
with his personalities and who knew his char
acteristics as a public man, though! less of his
statesmanship tban did his party.
His iret Ambition.
Bat Blaine's career was a notable one. While
be accomplished little in all the positions of !
trust that he occupied, circumstances and con
ditions attending it will make it live long in
history. A more ambitious cjan has never
lived. No other man ever struggled so bard
and with auch disastrous results to secure
tho office of president. The orhce was
almost within his grasp several times.
But when he reached for it, a mistake of his
party intervened and it was beyond him. It
was a will-o'-the-wisp, a jack-o'-lantern to him.
He wae always near it, but could never
secure iL
Blaine was born in a little town called West
Brownsville, in Washington county, Penn
sylvania, Jan. 31, 1S30. His lather was Scotch
Irish aad an adherent to the doctrines
of the presbyterian church. Hi mother was a
devout catholic, a woman of good intelligence
and force of charao'er. His great eranditvher
was a revolutionary so'dier. Blaine's early
education was sedulously cultivated. He
was given the advantage ot good teach
ers at home, and in 1811 attended
college in Lancaster, O., where he lived in the
family of Kwings, who were relatives of his.
He entered Washington college at thirteen
years of age and at tho ae ol seventeen gradu
ated. He eariy displayed a fondness tor the
Study of po.itieal history. Soon after gradua
tion he went to I3ioo Lick Springs, Ky., where
he bf etme a teacher in the W estern military
institute. Here he met Harriet St-nwo d, who
was connected witb a veruiuary for youog ladies
at Millersburg. A short courtship waa fol
lowed by marriage. With b. a wife he returned
to Pennsylvania,
A Political .lonrnalist.
For a while he studied law and in IS," remov
ed to Augusta, Me. Here he entered the journ
alistic field by purchatdn a half interest in the
Kennebec Jvnrni . He became the editor aud
in a few years had made himself oue of the po
litical leaders ol the state. He assisted in the
formation of tho republican parly and was a
delegate to the convention that nominated Fre
nioiit in Ln'jG. A year later he was editor of the
Fortland .lr rf r, and in 155 begau his par
liamentary career, when he was elected to the
lower house of the Maine legislature. He
served here four years, the last two as speaker.
In 1953 be also became a member of the repub
lican state committee and ia every campaign
thereafter ho was an active worker in the state.
In tongrem.
Mr. Blaine entered the congress of the United
States in 1862 when Thaddens Stevens waa ita
leader. He remained there seven successive
terms. In W5 he was appointed to fill the va
cancy in the senate caused by the resignation
of Lot M. Morrill, and in the year following
waa elected senator for both the long and short
terms. Ho resigued his seat in this bo 'y to ao
eept the oflice of secretary of state with
President Uarfield. Iiis debates in congress
began after bis first term. The first speech of
any ability be made'was on the assutupton of
the general government of the war debt of the
state, in the course of which he urged tl at the
North was able to oarry on the war to i. suc
cessful issue. He soon became noted as a fear
les, aggressive debater, and took an aotwe part
in the running discussions of the home. He
was a member of ttie po'toifice and ailitary
committees, and aa a member of the former he
took an active part in encouraging and secur
ing the system of postal cards now in universal
operation, Dario.: the war he was a stroug
supporter of President Lincoln's administra
tion, and in tho period of reconstruction was
active and energetic. He was especia.ly
prominent in shaping srae of the im portent
features of the fourteenth amendment, particu
larly that relating to the business of representa
tion. A proposition to apportion the repre
sentation according to the number of legtl
voters was fought by lilaine, who urged
that population should be the basis
of representation. He submitted an
amendment providing that representatives
and d.rect taxes should bo apportioned among
the several states which should be included
within the union according, to their respective
numbers. The result of the discussion was a
general abandonment of tho theory presented
by Mr. Stevens nnd the fourteenth amendment,
as finally adopted, embodied Mr. Blaine's
proposition in substance, lit 1807 he declared
bis un willingness to support any measure that
would place the South under military govern
ment, if at tho same time it did not prescribe
methods by which the people of state could
I y their owu action re-establish civil govern
ment. H. favored negro suffrage and urge!
the wisdom of declaring it as oue of the terms
of reconstruotion. In 18tiV Mr. Blaine made a
tour of Furope. It was while out of
tho country that the theory that
tho pubho debt should be pail in greenbacks
developed great strength. On his return he
strongly opposed tho doctrine. In 1V7U,
through the etlorts of Mr. Blaine and others,
England was forced to abac Ion the doctrine of
''once a subject a wsys a subji-ot," and made ti
accept the American principle of equal rights
and protection for adopted and native oitizens.
In the Spenkrr'ii Chair.
Mr. Blaine was first chosen speaker of the
bouse in lso'.t, and served six years in succes
sion. His administration of this oO'ice is gen
erally regarded as having been brilliant and
suecessful from a pirlirnentsry point of view,
but the expose that followed showed that
while it was at times brilliant, it was not al
ways honest. W hile speaker ho sel
dom tninglel in the debates. In
171. however. he had a sharp
tilt with Cien. Butler, who bad criticised biiu
for being tho author of the resolution provid
ing for an investigation of alleged outrages per
petrated upon loyal oitizens of the South, and
for being instrumental ia securing its adoption
by tho republican caucus.
THE MULLIGAN EXPOSE.
The Fl rut Thing to MinLr Public Conllden-
In Mr. Itlaine.
The session of 176 was the stormiest period
in the pyrottchnical career of Mr. Blaiue. A
general amnesty bill was brought forward re
moving tbo disabilities of the participants in
the rebellion which had been imposed by the
fourteenth amendrueuL Mr. Biaine moved to
amend it by niakiug an exception of Jsilerson
LUvis. He gave as his reason for this that it
was not because Davis was tho chief of the con
federacy, but that be wa the author of the
murders and crimes of Andersonvlde. His
speech in support of bis position
produced great excitement and aroused
the bitterest partisan feeling. Benjamin 1. Hill
of Georgia defended Davis, and preferred
slaiilar charges against the treatment ot south
ern soldiers in northern prisons, particularly at
Camp Morton in Indianapolis.
It was shortly after this episode that Blaino
became the subject of a violent personal as
sault when be was openly accused of corrup
tion. It was just previ iu to the oampaign of
187fL Charges were circulated that he had re
ceived from tho Uniou Pacific railroad com
pany 64,000 for souie undefined servioes. Tbo
Mulligan letters were made public, and Blaine
never recovered from the effects of their pub
licity. Tho story of the Mulligan letters is
brieily told. They were 'letters written by
Blaine to Mr. Fiaher concerning land
grant railroad atocka and hoods, and
they were held with Fisher's consent
by hie bookkeeper, James Mulligan. Toe ru
mors of Blaine's eonneetion with certain rail
road transections begai circulating in tb
spring of IsTC and ou April 24 they became so
general and widespread that Mr. Blaino was
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forced to meet them by a personal explanation
in the bouse of representatives. He staled in
explicit terms the charge that had been made
against him to this e:lect: "That a certain
draft was negotiated at the house of Morton,
Bii's & Co. in 1871 through the president of the
Union Pacific railroad for the sum of ' 1,800, and
that 75.O0of the bonds of the Little Itock Ft,
Smith railroad were pledged as collateral; that
the Union Pacific paid the draft and lilted
the col.ateral; that the cash proceed of
it went to me and that I had furnished
or sold or in some way conveyed to Thomaa A.
Scott, president of tho Union PaoiSo, these
bonds which bad been used as collateral; that
the bonds really belonged to ma or to soms
friends of mine for whom I was acting.'' Mr.
Biaine denied the oharges absolutely, declaring
"they were without one particle of foundation
in fact and without a tittle of evidence to sub
stantiate them."
On May 2, tho same year, a resolution wa
adopted in the house to investigate an alleged
purchase by the Union Paciöo company, at an
excessive price, of certain bond of the Little
Kooa & Ft. Smith road. It was aimed at Mr.
Blame. It was during this investigation that
the letters since fa nous as the "Mul
ligan letters" were read and the
truth regarding Blame's connection with the
deal was made known. The letters were filled
with imputations against Biaine. Mulligan
was summoned to Washington by tho commit
tee. It was while in Washington that he met
Blaine, and after refusing the latter's appeal
and oilers of favors to give up the letters, he
allowed himself to be deprived of them by
force. Mr. Blaine, under a promise that he
would return them, secured possession of the
incriminating letters and then positively re
fused to give them up. On June 5 he arose to
another personal explanation, and after deny
ing the power of the house to compel him to
produce his private papers, and his willinneis
to go to any extremity in defense
of Ii I rights; be declared his purpose
to reserve nothing. Holding up the letters, he
exclaimed: "Thank God, 1 am not ashamed
to show them. There is the original package.
And with some aense of humiliation, with a
mortification I do not attempt to eoueeal, with
a sense of outrage, which I think any man
in my position would feel, I invite, tho confi
dence of 44,000.000 of my countrymen while I
read those letters from thia desk."
The scene presented was one of the most
dramatio ever witnessed in the bouse. Blaine
boldly accused the chairman of the committee
with having suppressed information that would
have completely exonerated him. This all took
place just previous to the republican national
convention held in Cincinnati that resulted in
Hayes' nomination. F or a time it seemed that
Mr. Blaine had triumphed. But his period of
exultation was brief. Mulligan was called and
made bis statement, and instead of being ex
onerated, Blaine w as disgraced. It was proven
that Itlaine had secured possession of the let
ters by a disreputable triok. He had gone
down on bis knees betöre Mulligan and begged
for the letters. Mr. Mulligan stated that Mr.
Itlaine eame to the Riggs house and there bad
a conference with Mr. Fisher and himself. He
wanted to see the letters. "He prayed, almost
went on his knees," testified Mr. Mulligan,
"and implored me to think of his eix ohildren
ami his wife, and that if the committee should
get hold of the letters it wou d ruin bim for
ever. He followed me to my room and con
tinued to beg of me to give up tho lettere, and
even contemp ated suicide if I did not. I had al
lowed him to read the letters over. He b-gjed
me to let him read them again. I did eo and
he refused to return them." The committee
wa asked to secure the letters. It attempted
to do so, hut Blaiue refused to give them up.
lie pretended to read all be had secured from
Mulligan to the committee, but he only read a
rart o! them, those that were not so damag
ing. That Sunstroke.
It wai at this tims that Blaine had bis tin ely
sunstroke and the committee held no more ses
sions. Blaine was the most promioent candi
date for the nomination. It was in this con
vention that Robert O. lugersoll made himself
famous by nominating Blaine in one of tho
rati b t eloquent speeches ever delivered
upon a eirniiar occasion. He indireolly
referred to tbe then but recent stirring events
through which B a ne had been the central
ligure. He vividly described the o osing ecenei
attending the investigation. He oloaed his
speech by referring to tho candidate as "that
prince of parliamentarians; that leader of
lerders," and finally wound up by dubbing him
"the plumed knight." Kver since lilaine has
been ealled the "plumed knight," But he was
defeated for the nomination. Hayes won and
was counted in to succeed OranL
Mr. Blaine was in the senate during Hayes'
administration. He opposed the electoral
commission that gave liayea tbo oilice of presi
dent. In 187b he advocated the establish
ment of a line of mail steamships
between the UniteJ States and Brazil, and
urged the application of a subsidy. He also
favored the restrietion of Chinese immigration.
The Fight of 1XSO.
Aa the presidential eonvention of 1S30 ap
proached it was evident that Mr. Blaine re
tained tbo same support that had adhered to
him so tenaciously four years before. The con
vention was held in Clretgo, and the contest
was oue of tho most esrnest and prolonged in
the history of political conventions in this
country. It was a struggle between the friends
of Mr. Blaine and the friends of Gen.
Grant, headed by tho peerless Conk
ling, the bitter enemy of the Maine,
man. The convention lasted six
days. Thirty-six ballots were taken. Grant
led In the balloting with 301 votes to 284 for
Bla ne and 13 for Sherman, the others scatter
ing. On the final ballot the friends of Blaine
and Sherman united on Gen. Garfield and he
j was nominated. Biaine took an active part in
the campaign, speak'ng in a nuraoer or states.
He made three speeches in Indiana. Garfield
was elected and Biaine became his secretary of
state. He was in 'President Garfield's ootu
pany when the latter received the assassin's
bullets that resitted in his death. When
Gartield died and Arthur assumed the
presideney, Baine resigned. Upon taking
the oliioe he had inaugurated a foreign policy
with two principal ohjeots iu view. The first
was to secure peace throughout the continent
Chili aad Peru were at war and ho sought to
restore their friendly feelings for each other.
The second whs to cultivate close commercial
relations and increase the trade with the various
countries of North and South America. The
death of Gartield stopped his plans and when
President Arthur anpo.nted a successor to
Blaino, the latter witueesed a reversion of
bis poliey and the abandonment of his plan. It
may bo said in parsing that Mr. Blame's influ
ence over Garfield was popularly sunposed to
have caused the rupture between tbe latter and
Conkling. And out of tha excitement follow
ing Conkling's resignation eamo tbe madness
of Guiteau which inspired toe murder of Uar
field. Out of OUlce.
Upon Mr. Blaine's retirement fiom the
cabiuet in 181, it was the first time he bad
been out of public life for twenty-three years.
He then began the composition of his historical
work, since completed and entitled Twenty
Years of Congress." The first-volume wa
published iu April, 1SH4, and the second in
January, lSo. The reading publio is familiar
with ttie work and tho fact that it has had a
wide circulation and a great sale.
In 1 s8 4 Mr. Blaine's ambition to secure the
republican nomination to the presideney wa
at last satisfied. He wae given tho nom nation
at Cnioago over President Arthur, Senator Ed
munds and others on the first ballot Gen.
John A. Logan was made his running mate.
The demooraoy nominated Cleveland and
Hendricks.
Running for President.
The campaign that followed was one of pecu
liar bitterness. Personalties entered largely
r
into iL Mr. Blaino took the stump in Ohio, i
Indiana and New York. His speeches were
devoted principally to the upholding of the
protective policy. The election turned upon !
the result in New York which was lost to him :
by 1,017 votes. From then until the eariy part
of 1vj6 he spent his time working upon his
history, which tad bean interrupted by his
eanvsss. He catered politics again in the fall
of when he took an active part in the
Maine campaign. After his defeat in IS-!
bis loilowera began preparations to nominal
htm again in 18-3. It was not known whetner
or not ha would aecept a secoui nomination.
There is little doubt, however, but he could
have had it for the asking. The convention
met in Chicago and was in the control of his
friends. Mr. Blaine was traveling in Furope
with Andrew Carnegie when the convention
assembled. Until the last moment he retused
to say whether or not he would accept a second
nomination. Ho finally did cable his reiosal '
and then etlorts were made to have him re-
consider his action. But he refused, giving I
as a reason that ho did not care !
to attempt the fatigues of another i
presidential canvass. Gen. Harrison received
the uomtnstion by securing tho support of '.
Il.aino's frieuds. lilaine returned from Europe
in time to participate in the campaign. He ;
m tde a number of speeches devoted to tbe
fisheries question and the protective tariif
poliey. When Harrison was elected Blaino
was tendered and accepted the secretary of
state's portfolio. His association with Harri
son and tbe policy ho pursued in bis position
under the latter's administration are fresh in
the minds of the people. His negotiations
witb the representatives of the Italian govern
ment in an effort to settle the troubles that
arose from the lynching of a numherof Italians
in New Orleans during the Maria scare are well
remembered. In conjunction with the presi
dent he also made a satisfactory settlement
of the di erences between this oountry and
Chili oocasioned by the k Hing of a number of
American sailors in a Chilian harbor. His
negotiations with the representatives of the
English government with a view to electing a
permanent settlement of the Bering sea trou
bles are also remembered. While nothing per
manent was el'ected, his negotiations ended
quite satisfactorily to tbe American people.
The Split with Harrin.
About a year ago rumors became common
that the official relations exi-ting between tbe
president and Mr. Blaine had become strained
and that Mr. Blaine'a resignation was looked
for and would corns as no surprise. From
tine to time the runors increased and became
wild. Taking advantage of these reports
Blaine's friends again proposed him for tbo
presidency, Harrison's enemies gladly sup
ported the movement. B.aiae refused again to
say that he was or was not a candidate. He
was importuned by his moat intimate frieuds
to allow them to use bis name. The time
for the recent convention was approaching.
Blaine finally gave hia friends to understand
that he would not object to the use of his name.
Harrison, ot course, was a candidate for re
nomination. The tight between the friends of
tho two become bitter and it reached its climax
when tho opposing delegates met at Minneapo
lis. Blaine had been in ill health for some
weeks, unable to attend to the duties of his
oriice. Ho had attended no cabinet meetings,
and in the meantime tbe president had taken
up some of his work where he had left o3 and
carried it to a suooessful cad. A portion of this
work was the final settlement of the Chilian
muddle. Harrison's friends olaimed all the
credit for him. This intensified the bitter feel
ing, and it undoubtedly led to the last sensa
tional move by tbe man from Maine. It oc
curred upon tho very eve ot the Minneapolis
convention. It came at a time when the coun
try was least expecting it, and iu a manner
that left no doubt that the relations of the
president and Mr. Blaine were not the most
pleasant It was Blaine's resignation from
Harrison's cabinet Tho letter resigning
was short and curt; the letter
accepting was brief. Neither of the two wasted
any words with the other. An hour after it
was tendered and accepted the world knew all
about it and for a time was paralyzed.
Blaine's frieuds in Minneapolis had fonnd new
hope, and for awhile Harrison's supporters
were dumfounded. But it did no good in the
convention. Harrison receive i an almost noin
imoas nomination. Blaine took no part in the
campaign other than to express hope of repub
lican auooess and to write a letter urging the
Irish to oppose Cleveland. During tha cam
paign he remained at Bar Harbor and simpiy
looked on. Physically, he said, he was unable
to take any part in the fight. Later develop
ments indicate that this was the truth.
Itlnine's Habit.
A gentleman who was intimately acquainted
with Mr. Biaine ssid that, in bis opinion,
Mr. Blaine broke himself down by intemperate
work and irregular Labile of eating. Mr.
Blaiue was a high-pressure worker. Whenever
he became deeply interested in a subject Mr.
Blaine's ardent nature led him to work beyond
his strength. He would shut himself up in bis
room, would not allow himseit ti be disturbed,
an l would not eat, sleep or rest until be had
finished his ta-k. He seemed to have adopted
the motto which the great electrician Edison,
who works in much tha same way. gave to a
youth, ' Don't look at the clock." An example
of Mr. Bla ne's habit cf continued, uninter
rupted labor was furnished in the early part of
the Bering sea oorrespoudenoe. He became
intensely absorbed in carrying on this
correspondence with Great Britain and
would retire to bis room, where he went to
work with 1 tw books, diplomatic corre
spondence and papers piled high around him.
Uewo jld start in after breakiast and some
times would work on stead. ly without rest or
food until 9 or 10 o'clock at night Then he
wpuid bo too fatigued to eat, and the next
morning would mako up for it These fit of
labor would use him up for a week. He was
not ordinarily a large eater, but he was very
irregular in hia eatiug. Apparently he had no
marked fondnesss for any kind of food, ile
did not care for fancy dishes, and when travel
ing sol lorn consulted the menu, but told the
waiter to bring bim a good meal. He liked
plain, old-fashlooed cooking. Whenever he
did taste anything which greatly pleased him
it was hard to get him to quit, and
he would continue to eat despite
his watchful wife's admonitions. In former
years he was fond of horseback riding and
took considerable exercise, but of late he
showed much disijclina ion to bodily exertion.
During the winter, before his illness, he gave
many small dinuers and was a frequent diner
out. During the summer he lived on his
porch at Bar Harbor a great deal of the time
and seemed to enjoy immensely having his
grand-children about h:m to tslk with. This
Bar Harbor cottage is a large building and was
ohiorly remarkable for its great veranda com
pletely encircling the houe. A beautiful pros
pect can bo had from its porches on which the
family almost lived in the summer time. It s
about twenty feet wide where it overlooks
Mount Desert bay. Mr. Blaine was very foul
of Bar Harbor and occasionally, when in a
reminiscent mood would tell bis visitor of tbe
time when he might have bought the whole
island for 5 K. Mr. Blaine says that when he
was iu the Maine legislature fie had for a seat
mate old man Kodiek. the original settler and
proprietor of the is. and. Thi was in 1?5. The
two men became well acquainted. One sum
mer Rodick asked Mr. Blaine up to bis home.
RodicK lived alone on the island. Mr. Blaine
To tolre thf prctlm
requires thought
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Mr. Blaine'a Wealth.
Mr Blaino died a rieb man, even as wealth Is
reckoned in thee days. He was worth close
onto a f 1,030,00 1, if not more than that amount.
It is probable that, if some of his epeoulativo
investments could be sold out under advan
tageous ciro l ntince. he would be in
cluded in the list of millionaire. His holdings
of coal Itnds are large and wnh tbe develop
ment of the country must greatly increase in
value if kept intact for several yean. Mr.
Blaine, by reason of his w.de popularity and
friendships, enioyed opportunities' unusual to
the average pubi c man of making money. He
was associated with a number of men of wealth
in various enterprises, and hia sagacity and
business fores g 'it kept him trim wasting
much money on brilliant, but illusory specula
tive projects. He was interested witn Secre
tary K.kin year ago in a silver mine, out of
which he made considerable money. At the
time of bis da'b he owned real estate in the
city of Washington which would probab y sell
under the hammer for more than a quarter of
a million of do.lars.
In lid, when he was living in his old house
ceirGea. Süermaa' former residence and waa
buildiug his house on Dupout circle, be told
well-known and wealthy renuhlican,with whom
he was talking on the sul.;i?t of their resyct
ive r che, that he was worth iJ5L0,00. His
property in thia city has greatly enhanced
since that time an 1 the development of West
Virginia coal lands in recont years certainly
made Mr. BUine a richer man on this class of
property. Mr. H ain bought his Dupnnt circle
property, now a moat in ttie bea-t of tbe fash
ionable northwest, when Stewart ca-tie, which
ia horots the way, was thought to be in the
suburbs. The grounds and tue bouse cost bira
approximately fvOiU Two or three years
ago he sold a number of the lots to the rear of
hi-houe for $7 ',0J t. Ttie house and the re
maining ground is valued by competent
judges at flW.i-O. 'Mr. Leiter, Mr. Bl iine's
tenaut or.ginally paid IR'.OvO a year,
which has been n-duc-d toVM in considera
tion of Mr. l.c ter making certain repairs neces
sary after th fire wiiioh came near consuming
it The house on Lafayette square he at first
rented for three yer, wti an o;tio:i of pur
chasing it for .f '1'100. He t ok a I vantage of
the option and boug.it the pr p rty after eix
months' residence. Ile also owned some val
uable ground ou P-st. and a considerable area
nf ground of a less well-estao i-bed but luereas
itrz va ne on what is known as Mendan Hill.
This prop-rty is just beyon 1 the old c ty liui.ts
aud ov riooks the towu. Mr. B a:ne b uht it
very c'iesp, paying in the oeghoorhuo 1 of 10
cents a toot A boom in it a few years ago
makes it saleable now at trotn 50 cnto to I
per square foot and some of the choicest lots
are held at Mr. Itlime a'sj owned ret-
deuce property in Auguta and Bar Hatbi r.
11 a holdings of West Virginia and Peouayl
vauu Cva! binds ar- considerable. He was as
sociated with Mr. C. P. Huntington an 1 Presi
dent Ingalls of the Cheaiexe A; Ohio rail
road iu ttie ownership of ltn2s along the liue
of th-.t r aJ. He was a so oue of the directors
in the West Yirg:nia Central raiiroai com
pHtiy, in which ex-senator Davis. Secretary
Eine,ex-Stcretsry Riyard and others are inter
ested. Ths real tipi c al anl tiruler Ian is
which Mr. B.auie bot.g it years ao very
cheaply, and vth:ch hare become valuable
through the radroad oonection- a orded them.
He also possessed slocks and bonds, including
bank stock, but the approximate va.ue of
which cinnot be sttted.
Mr. Itlnine's Religion.
The visit of Cardinal Gibbons to Mr. Blaine's
house during hie illness and the known fact
that members of hi family inclined to Catho
licism caused many persons to think that Mr.
Blaine, who, it has beeu repeatedly stated with
out contradiction, was baptised a a child into
the catholio church, d -si red to re-enter that
ehurch on h i dea'h bed. Until the presby
terian Church of tbe Covenant was built of
which President Harrison is a member, Mr,
B aine has been li the hahit of alien Jing the
F'irst congregational chn roh, situated on the
corner ot ieutu and U-ta., near the businesa
section of the city. He gave J0"0 toward the
building of the Churcti ot tne Covenant, and
when it was ready for occupancy he rented a
pew there.
Mr. Blaine's last aj-pearence in a pnl lie ca
pacity at tbe repuol was niaile before the eons
merce committee of the sennte during the last
session. His power cf mind and body bad
been failing then, and the fact had been re
marked by some of li e friends, tut on this oa
casion he seemed to feel the h'e and fire ot
youth, and h s address was characterized by
clearness of thought, p-netrstit-n, energy aud
vigor of the Blaine of ol L The subject i.efore
the committee was a bill t grant a French
company authority to lay a cable from the
United States to Sau Domingo. The govern
ment of Brazil bad iven this company
the monopoly of the ruht to lay a cib'.o
through Brazilian territory to the West Indies,
where it wa to connect with a ca le from
1 r-ince. Attached to the B azilian grant was a
coud.tion that the cable company should secure
cable cnoections with the I'mted States. Bra
zil be. ig anxious to have direct c mtuunica-
tiou wan this country. Iu order to comply
with this condition anew and auxiliary corpo
ration to the original Trench company waa or
ganied. It oame to the government of tho
United Slates for permission to lay a
cable from Charleston or Port Royal
to San Domingo, Lere it was U
connect with tne cable from Brazil. Mr.
Blame, a secretary of state, declined in ths
name of the president to grant the privilege
requested unless the company would agree to
waive ita monopoly rights in Brazil in favor of
any Arne. -icao Company which might wish to
lay a cable. The oompuny claimed that it was
inipoüiLla to a?ree to sucti a thing; that it
only wanted to lay a cable to Stn Domingo and
bad no control over tbe other companies whose
line ran to Brazil. Mr. Biaine considered thia
to be a subterfuge and insisted that no cable
should be .aid until the briuilian government
should t-rant to soy cable com paar tbe
same rights as wre accorded the F rench m
patiy. An at.empt was then made to get from
o ingress what Mr. Blaine bad denied, and a
bili granting the necessary permission to lay
cable in the territory of the United States was
introduced. W hen the bill catue up for a
bear ng before the oomuiittee on commerce, of
which Senator Frye is chairman, Mr. Je.f
Chandler apprsred in behau ot the company.
Mr. lilaine replied, and astonished the commit
tee by the animation be displayed. He carried
h s p-'int, snd by a unanimous vote the com
mittee coincided with the position taken by
Mr. Blaine.
TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY.
: What tl Members of tho Cahinet Have to
Saiy of the Deceased.
' Associates of Mr. Blaine pai l the following
tributes of afection and esteem to his tnemoryf
Secretary of State F'oster:
i o-hrrof his tr end are in re competent to speak
of Mr. itiine's -rv;c and griin in co:ire.j, in
po.itictan l ia liteia'arn. I i di leinacy Lis chief
( ii..rai t-Tiitie tu Iiis iii.t 1 AnkilMUimn. lie
aas a thorough believer iu ths Monroe donrine. and
tiio recipiocily policy wh ch distmaiMied tho il.n
of his p .blic cireer a an oir.gr .witi ot liii eonvia
tlons r sp cting thai -loci r tue. ll:i d .pionittt ir cor
Vexpon lenc will rank atnu-ig the te-t o bin 1'oliticitl
pro-Mictions. HI repe a'i'in a'Mat wid mainly
re-t upon bis acts as s-cietrv ol si .le, and it is not
in esf-g. rst on to y Iii -I in the a-t ten )nar at
' 1 a-t ne na been the best kuowa A Tier lea a in for
eign lands.
Secretary of the Treasury Fester:
1 ii ret iu i Mr. 11 sme wo. ii h i h c.m a uieinhr ef
tho Korlv--C"iid enjress, and di.r.tif bii six year'
Sl-i vice a' sj-aer of ta house ! representatives.
At that time he aas In ,u'l hea th snd s nun inceut
, -p-ci men, both phy'icsl y an t lueataiiy, of mature
manhood, lis carer his he, n one of leodersh.p,
an t without doubt lit wiw'wi the confidence, re
spcel aai alectioa ot the vat majority of the Amer
ican people luore than any man oi bi time. Hie
f me is w. n.l- I J J. His er. .rial pnpu'ariiy aud
his hoi l uKu the papu ar a t'te t Ion in not cou fined
to hi- own psrty. Iii dah will be sincerely
nioorD-d.
Attorney-Geueral Miller:
liisiu-iuin ry to sneaa .I oue, ho le!ng elected
to the vice-presidency, b-o mie- reidnt. a an ac
cidental preid nt. vVuli r- t'-reti. e t Mr. It a ne it
may b truly said that hi failure t he pr..ident
vi an accident. 1 he desir of a t a n old c nln-ui.in,
bv sll lerat.ou, to msk- a strikmv seilte: c d-f ale i
ttio aorttir aiut-iti'-n of a li.etiiu ' d innosiu.tii
decree chang d tlfV dircrti-n .f pot. ie art.tirs in the
nation. At the f . literal of I.ib1 I Vele.t--r one of his
neuhh rsaho lived cear Mamiiticid, okluirn the
fa. c oi th." dea I slatc-uia i, sa.d "I'ai.iel .Vetst.-v,
the world will be lonesotu hlmut yo-i." 1 he
same may be said with propriety ot James O. hlaiii.
i Secretary Noble:
Jaiues tt. lüaiuw held tbe attention and oorn
i minded the re-pect ' his countrymen to a ru' at
extraordinär .- degr e more, I ttiins than any other
I poli t!i a! le,riere.vc l.me nil or t'.ay. Lik-Cat ,
hi iüi.ovrer were loving uu 1 euUiiiMitstic, and alike
they -ehieved preat iicr- -s, t ut fail d to reach tne
summit ot th -ir amlmio i tne i.resi 1 -ncy Mr.
Biaine vil highlv iu'e I ctual and refined. He ba i
great mental d seiplme and vigor. witU jilivs eal
strength, and I he c mrag if hi cou 'et ion. B ai ;ie
was an Aiueric.n irmrotigMy and invariably; Be
loved oar country and Ii iut tuti ms. His d-slh
will he UmenU'd, and tlie w t-.ole nation "ill do his
memory bouor. His ctitlca wul not bu in this
oountry. '
Affections of the bowe's. eo prevalent
in children, cured by Simmons Liver ltf-nlator.