The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-17
Current Notes.

The sensational story against Blaine, like
that against Bristow, has fallen pretty fat,
and in the end will rather help than hurt the
eX-speaker, by lending him some of the ee]at
OF an abused mar. Springfield Union.
The prairie hens in Illinois continue to
sing, more and more loudly, for Uncle Elhu;
and the other gubernatorial candidates, Bev-
erlGge and Culom, are correspondingy un-
easy. Even the great John Logan is not en-
tlrely tranquil in his mind. Springfield Re.
publican.
In these days of promiscuous, reckless and
malignant calunny, it will do us no harm to
remember how brutally Abrham Lincoln was
assailed during life The sorrow and SYM
pathy of the whole cvlizhd world have since
more than vindicated his me mory.-Neio
Haoen Palladium.
Mr.. Blaine is not the man whom we hope
to see the Republican candidate for Presi-
dent, but we desire fair play above all things,
and detest the practice of reckless defamation
for political effect. We wish to see the can
vass conducted openly and honestly on the
merits OF the men who are presented for the
nomination.-Boston Globe.
We hope the Independents and Democrats
will have the wisdom to steer clear of Judge
Davis. He is political fraud, hungry for
office, and even if elected no man can tell
what would be his policy. A man who so
grossly prostitutes his seat on the bench can
not be depended upon in the Presidential
chair.-Ne,o Hapen Union.
The story that comes from Indianapolis,
charging Hon. James G. Blaine with receiv-
ing money unlawfully from the Pacific rail-
road company, no sooner reaches Washing
ton than it meets documentary evidence
which shows it to be the most ludicrous
effort to make party capital that an asinine
imagination ever empted.-UticG Herald.
The manufacture of roorbacks against Mr..
Blaine, though active, is not very successful
in producing merchantable article. Already
nobody wants to claim the authorship of the
| indianapolis sensation. Mr.. Blaine's friends
however, make the mistake of being unduly
anxious TO fasten the responsibility for it
where it belongs. 1t is not likely to pay for
| the trouble. N. Y. Tribune.
1t seems that the capitol statuary is not 10
be carried to the centennial for exhibition.
| This is fortunate for the centennial. The
sight of Washington trying to cover himself
| in marble blanket is not calculated to foster
| due reverence for the Father of His Country:
ouu OofOiuOt Will us DlS run,
| looks more like John the Baptist balancing
| his own head in platter than landing Pill
| grim. As for the fierce figure of Ethan AL
| len, with its tremendous sword, no one ever
| saw it without wishing that it might become
| animated for five minutes, so as to give it an
| opportunity to smash Winnie Ream's Lincoln
| and then get hanged for conspiracy.-Nelc
| York World.
This story about Mr.. Blaine is evidently
week invention of the enemy. Very clear
| and convincing evidence, at any rate, will be
| required to overcome his posi- tive assertion
that it is false. Even in these times of sus.
| picion, when frequent exposures have made
| distrust easy, character counts for something
| Mr.. Blaine has been too long before the pub
| lie, occupying lofty and exposed position,
| from which he would have been cast down
| long ago, if any of the multitudes who longed
| to do it had possessed the means. The peo.
| pie will not abandon their confidence in him
| because somebody is found willing to publish
an improbable story to his discredi.. .-Wor-
| cester Spy.
Less than eleven years from the martyr
| dom Of the great-hearted President, blatant
| rebels upon the floor of Congress defend the
| rebellion. and even dare, almost without re-
| buke, to falsely accuse him of responsibility
| for the damnable atrocities of Andersonvilei
Is it any wonder that the old Union lover
| who brings to mind the electric thrill of grief
and indignation which swept over the land
| with the news of Lincolon's death, and who
| reflects upon the present Congress, and upon
! the possible return of the disunion element
| into power-is it any wonder that he should
sometimes, in doubling moments, ask himself
whether the war of the Union paid, whether
the game was worth the candle ?-HQrtford
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