, 1876-06-11
VARIETY, Y,
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Ntto York Tribune
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Says Mr. Blaine to ILL., Knott:
"You cannot ME deceive;
You dsre not Knott, ewear you did not,
A telegram rcce1ve4
'"Frpm Bs. Caldwell did It come,
Now do not Knott deny
Oh say not. Knott, you got it not,
For 'sHould, Knott be u lial'
SAYS Knott; ST will not now confe
Nor will not deny.
Some day ! will this knot unknot,
And will Jon notify"
The hery Blaine broke ont in wrath,
NO chill Blaine. sure, was he!
Says he: s. will not, Knott, permit
Such naughty trickery!:'
. Says Knott: "Yon are before the Board,
And bored VIC wont be here. I"
Says Yiaine: - I mean that Board to plane,
And make knots disappear.''
Then Knott Of pistols loud did tall,
And called The members fools,
And geese, and snakes; but kept within
The Parliamentary rules!
Then Blaine retired With victory flushed,
For we'll he'd playeI his role.
But not 20 Knott. He felt that he
sCould crawl through knot-hole.
TIE PLATFORM COMPOSER.
-. Cincinnati 2aatfte
The man who wrote the Illinois Republican
platform PALMER OF tile 10y can beat The Dct-
lnration Of Independence, with one hand tied.
Ii the fool-killer DOES not come round too soon,
he should be got to 10 up the platform for the
Cincinnati Convention. The resolution that
Il the three amendments to the Constitution Of
the United States may be accepted us tile cllrye-
Utilization Of the blood Of great, mel," Is the
prettiest thing We have ever read. We did not
know before that blood cllrystalizes. Perhaps
coagulation was meant
The blood Of St. Januarius, which is coagu-
lated anl dry In general, liquefies On stated or
casious, for the ediGcation uf the faithful and
this aid to devotion is to fr reverEed In this case,
and these amendments are to be severely ea1-
forced in order to keep tie blood Of which they
arc composed crystalized.
SECRETARY BR1sToW TO RESIGN.
Dispatch 10 the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON, June ga r1lnaor TINT Secretary
Bristow had placed his resignation in the hautls
of the President has been in circulation for two
or three days, but it is positively denied to-
night. The statement is made tonight, on ap-
cluded to appoint new Secretary Of the
Treasury after the Cincinnati Convention.
ITEMS.
1t is susceptible df proof; On the testimony Of
Josiah Caldwell said In their presence In this
city that he paid Mr. Blaine for hts influence in
securing Legislation favorable TO the railroad
enterprise In which Mr. Caldwell Was engaged.
-GosfoH 1FdneG7W,
The speaketshfp is as exalted IN office in
some senses ns that Of the Chie9 Justice; and
far more Important in others; aud what wot1ld
be q high crime and mtsdcm eanor on the part Of
the Chief Justice must certainly be bar to
the advancement Of tie Speaker to the Presi-
dency.-.Nep York HtYad.
Mr. ChiefJnstlce Waite would have a. much
right to send letter commencing one Of bis
decisions oa the Bench to railway operator as
Mr. Blaine to commend one Of his own decisions
rs Speaker. II etch letter could be found in
the writing Of Mr.. Waite, he would be i'm
peached and removed from the Bench
After ali, If there Is not virtue enough In the
Republican party to nominate 3 man whose
name means reform, Mr.. Blaine ought to be
nominated II there is not to be reform, we
would desptsc prctense Of It, and in that case /
VIC are not to haye real reform, why, ne might
as we'll go On with Ring Rule.-cfneita.uti Com
snerciuL
One Of the papers which oar. Blaine put In On
Monday, in the House, without reading, was
contract in which Warren Fisher, In return for
Blaine's services In selling Little Rock bonds to
II % sonds nd e 1865 ons
gage bonds. In referring to this contract, Mr..
Blaine styled 1t "quite unimportant." It be-
comes quite important, however, when read in |
with that fact of Blaine's first e1-
ou may :, WAen no 6ald He :" bought
some Of these bonds,-nota very large amount,
-pdytnB for them at precisely the same rate |
That others paid d"-OinesnnahC Commercial.
No amount Of personal magnetism Or shetoti- ]
al power can sway the conscience OF great |
people who feel that in choosing their Chief |
Magistrate they arc performing. the highest !
he mastGr OF Blaine in every Mt ii political |
address and clouucncc, tried it aid died from |
he effort, as Greeley died clcrcn years latcr. /
The canvass Of Douglas was opposed to the
moral sense Of the country on the question Of |
sas opposed to the moral sense Of the country t
N the question Of amnesty and the restoration |
IT the South to power, and it failed. The cam
fass Of Blaine would be opposed to the moral |