The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-06-02
About Blaine.

favor of the statesman from Maine.-Phila-
delphid Press.
That Blaine is the favorite candidate for
President of the Republicans of Minnesota
has long been evident to all who have had
any opportunity to sound public sentiment or
to ascertain its general drift. But all doubts
on this subject if any existed, were dissipated
by the action of the Republican State Con-
ventlon, which was almost unanimously for
Blalne.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Before the Cincinnati convention meets we
predict that'the matter will be settled so that
the only question will be. Who shall go on
the ticket with Blaine? Mr.. Wheeler of
New York or Mr.. Hayes of Ohio will be
available and acceptable. With such a tick
ct the field can be swept, and Judge Davis,
who is likely to be the Democratic candidate.
will have chance to remain on the bench or
retire to private life.-Fytchburg Sentinel.
The strength of Mr.. Blaine is remarkable
at the West. California, Oregon, Nebraska.
Kansas and Minnesota, as well as Idaho and
Montana, have declared for him by resolution.
The vote of Iowa will doubtless be accorded
to him. From beyond the Mississippi and
ehO AhieoOUlL buO oLdlCo duu IcIIlUOfitS COul6
almost in solid body for him. Illinois and
Wisconsin with hardly break, and Michi-
gan by majority reach out for him. The
West, where is Republican strength and
progress and growth, finds its first choice for
President at the far East.-Albdny Journal,
1t seems to us that Mr.. Banes word as to
the value of his property ought to be taken.
That he would have been a rich man if he
had chosen business pursuits, TO which he is
admirably adapted, during these twelve or
fifteen of the best years of his life, does not
seem to admit of any argument; for a man
OF his great mental and physical force, keen
knowledge of human nature, and indomita-
BILE industry, would have commanded success
in almost any field. Mr.. Blaine is not our
candidate, but we believe in fair play, and
deprecate the malicious persecution he is re-
ceiving.-BOston Globe.
When an ordinary lie has been fairly
knocked in the head, eviscerated, quartered,
exposed and buried, and certificate given
and entered, it usually dies. 1t is peculiar
ty of political lies thai they will endure all
this and quicklime, and still whisk about as
nimbly the day after as though they had been
proved in the highest court the day before.
So the Democratic press continue to circulate
the story that Mr.. Blaine was guilty in the
alleged misappropriation of Little Rock
bonds as charged, and continues to cite Rob-
1nson of Arkansas as authority.-Philddel-
phid North american. @
No candid man, as it seems to us, can read
the history of the Blaine charges and investi-
cations which have taken SO much space in
the newspapers for several weeks past, with
out reaching conclusion favorable to his en-
tire innocence. No open accusation has been
made that he has not freely and frankly met
and answered; and in every instance he has
driven his accusers back from the open
charge to the safer refuge of suggestion, hint,
and insnaation. The very thing has occur
red which the Tribune few weeks ago pointed
out as possible to happen from the overzeal
of those gentlemen who claimed to be Secre-
tary Bristow's special advocates aud support
ers; they have aroused popular sympathy for
Mr.. Blaine, and have put him in the strong
position of having been already under the
heaviest possible fire, and so have given him
the leading place among candidates.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The testimony in Washington yesterday in
the Blaine matter is nearly an exact repeti-
tiou of the Harrison failure. One gentleman
oof this city swore that the remarks attributed
to him in a Boston newspaper were never ut
tered, and that he knew nothing of the trans
action concerning which the inquiry was
made. As the newspaper which unsupported
him has vouched for his veracity, we may ac-
cept his sworn statement as true. Another
gentleman was in position to know about
the matter, and did know; and he says Col.
Scotrs testimony is true, as all candid peo-
pie have supposed it was. A third, who was
in position to know something, but not
everything, about the Fort Smith transac.
ticns gives hearsay evidence which if true,
would be damaging to Mr.. Blaine. But as
the others, with fuller knowledge and with
equally good regulations, contradict him fiat
| ly, there can be no hesitation in deciding
which story to accept.-BoSt0n Advertiser.
We have not opposed Mr.. Blaine. We
have regarded him as one of the two candi
dates who were to be preferred to all others
and if Mr.. Bristow appeared to us to be the
| stronger and more advisable person to nomi
nate, we by no means considered that il
would be impossible to rally majority o.
the American people to the support o.
Mr.. Blaine. We have regarded that in Ger.
tain pivotal States, such as Ohio in Oc
| tober and New York in November Mr.
Bristow would place success beyond doubt
| but we have never thought that
| with Mr.. Blaine there would be perilous
danger. of defeat. He is man of large and
liberal views, great favorite with multi
tudes of people, widely known and admired,
a conspicuous man in the history of the last
| fifteen years, an admirable executive officer,
a warm-blooded, genial and experienced
statesman, who would adorn the office o.
| President. The Chicago Tribune will cheer
fully and enthusiastically support him if ht
be nominated at Cincinnati.-Ch Tr;b