The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-08
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Remarks On the Blaine Matter.
The Republican papers make various COM
| ments on the recent Developments concerning
the eX-speaker and the suspicious transactions
i'll railroad stock in which he has been confessed
ly concerned. We make a few extracts below
The Springfield Republican last week
thought that it would not be many days before
it will be apparent to everybody that Blaine's
| nomination at Cincinnati is an impossibility.
The states for the Republican National Con-
yention may begin to be reconstructed at once.
1t is the opinion OF the New York Times that
Mr.. Blaine is "a dead candidate"
The New York Tribune sees that some ex-
PLANTATION about Blaines letters is ndispensa-
bic, or that it will believed they conceal some
| thing which will not bear the light.
To the New York Herald sit looks as though
Blaine, having sown the wind is reaping
hurricane that must blow him over"
| The New York Sun considers Mr.. Blaine's
conduct 'as unbecoming presidential aspirant.
| He will have to step down and out"
| 1t is clear to dispassionatc persons that no
| party just now can afford to carry through the
canvass such load of suspicion as the candi-
| dacy of Mr.. Blaine would bring with it. 1t
must be clear to Mr.. Blaine himself, and if he Is
| a wise man he will make the best of his mis-
| fortune by Withdrawing his name, instead of
waiting for it to be dropped. y. Y. Evening
| Post.
| The Concord Monitor, an able paper, and
very favorably inclined to Blaine, thinks that an
explanation from him is called for. 1t says
| Mr.. Bane's suppression If the letters, which
Mulligan claims would corroborate his testi-
mony, needs explanation, and that is the one
suspicious circumstance"
| The very candid Boston Daily Transcript
marks that "Mr. MuIligan's testimony, the in
terviews between hun and Mr.. Blaine, with the
| statements and admissions of the latter on the
witness stand have damaged Mr.. Blaine i'm
men>ely in the public mind. He must l,lieve
| his public career from the mountainous load OF
doubt thrown upon his official fidelity, or it
would appear an act of supreme folly to cutter
| tain the idea of nominating him for the Presi~
| dency"
The Boston Herald, of late very severe upon
| Mr.. Blaine, editoriallY says-"That such Il man
should have thrown his splendid gifts away :,
and have fallen to the level of the rascals of the
common herd who plumber the Treasury and
lie about it afterwards for the sake of gain, is
as sad commentary upon the corruptious of
the times as anything we have had since the
recent movement among the people was com i
menced to reform the administration of public
affairs by the nomination and election of none
but absolutely honest men to places of respon-
| sibility and power, whose hands are unpollutcd
by brides, and who have never fallen under thu
suspicion of making their official or legislative
acts subservient to their private advantage"
The Boston journal, which has been very
| r-:--hts- Dl-;-~ H. D"oeiannfinl .1.,o~ti"n
takes this position- He is not in the position of
private man. He appears to have been doing a
considerable amount of brokerage in the way
of disposing of railroad stocks. 1t may all have
| arisen from his readiness to oblige his friends
| it may all have been consistent with his own
pecunlary disintereStednesS; but it took time
and Tit seems) money, and all the while Mr..
Blaine was in public position where railroad
legislation was going on. Evidently therefore,
Mr.. Blaine owes it to himself and to his Repub-
lican friends to tell the whole story at once.''
The Rev. Robert Collyer of Chicago has contrib
uted fifty dollars toward the purchase OF bust OF
Tom Paine.
1t is presumed that Mr. Collyer did this
as tribute to Paine's patriotic services
during the war of the revolution, to the
success Of which he greatly contributed
by his pen. 1t was time when men of all
religions and men Of no religion were
valued according to their services in the
great absorbing cause of the country. We
are glad to know that Mr.. Collyer is above
all considerations Of small bigotry.
We saw q gentleman Yesterday who, with his
partner, had made cool $4,000 in the ice business
this season. without any particular trouble anXi-
ETY. on their part. kennebec Journal
Now let the Belfast man who has real
lied the same figures, just step forward
and be recorded.
The Railroad Commissioners who have
recently examined the track Of the Maine
Central Railroad report it to be generally
in excellent condition
The Presque Isle Sunrise has changed
its name to The Aroostook Valley Sunrise
Old Sol himself will 90 about his business