The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-12
MAINE WARNING THE SOUTH
..,urRy vOTERS DEFRIUDED UHEN
NOh' ,,nDOES ARE ,INTIMIDIT TED.

PRECEDENT
~. Tint viii he Quoted on the stump
Im..,,on from Macnuisy bv
go. Thurman, Lamar. and Edmunds.
w,surSGroS, Dec. 1l.-Blainc formally
,.ed ,he campaign Of 1880 to-day. He did II
,,Se nresence Of an immense audience. which
lied the Senate floor and packed the gal
U.s. Every circumstance seemed to favor the
,,or The sun shonc brightly after two days
.,,,nl weather. The air was crisp and bracing.
v.iIeyerybody who had been cooped up by the
.,,m GLADLY embraced the opportunity to ENJOY
49, dav ID hear the wcll-advertsed speech
.'be Presidential candidate from Maine. Be-
~, the flag was run up over the Senate
.rs OF the Capitol. throngs OF persons
20 iostlng each other in the corridors
',on,,be senate Chamber. The galleries were
.,,o,or,aby filed before the de facto Vice resi
Sa,, raped upon his desk. and Sunderland.
,,a risky little Chaplain. had what no best
m1o, large audience before which to air his
,Ss,orlc in prayer. The humdrum proceed
,nes Of the morning hour were patiently en-
Srrod By the listeners in the galleries. because
nav knew by experience that good seats are
,..ured only to those vino come early and stay.
This IL true even Of the select friends
,rd families II Senators. The space
,,.eryed for these favored few is not
,-sa, and those who come late have
!, take back seats The Diplomatic gallery is
exclusive. aud usually empty. but to-day the
n,pish Minister. Sir Gore Jones and his wife.
With A sprinklng' Of tho minor attaches OF diff
t.,api legations. filed three Of the front seats.
psore tie morning hour expired members Of
ne House and other privileged and unprivi-
.,ed persons began to drop into the Senate
,bsmler By and by seats had to be placed
,b,u, the bar OF tho Senate 10 accommodate
,ecia,ors Members Of the House. TO limited
,smber. were provided with chairs beside SEN
,srs while the space In rear OF the semicirclc OF
senatorial desks niIordc d standing room only to
bss fortunate Representatives. Here and there
In the near foreground. could be seen from
the reporters gallery some Of the unpriyieged
persons about Washington who always on occa-
sops ike this obtain admission TO the Senate
foor Between Senators Jones and Randolph
stood TIizhugh. q Doorkeeper Of the Forty
hurh Congress. who. although II grandson Of
Ae immortal Patrick Henry. was so elated at
,eng the third officer Of the House that he
sro,e On ungrammatcal and ill-spelt letter to a
reacherous friend. in which he declared that
,ewas "a bigger man than old Grant" and u
lew months later he was turned out by his party
irlpnds. Not far away TO the left Of Fitzhugh. as
though In opposition. stood Polk. another Door
keeper Of the House who lost his Office discredit-
ably. In the front seat Of the Senators
gallery was Webb {. Hayes. son OF his Fraudu-
len,y aud Evarts and two Of his eleven daugh-
iers sat opposite the Danish Minister and Gore
Jones In the diplomatic gallery. Conkling WAS
IL his seat with the bulky record OF the case he
has during. the past week been trying In New
l1rk spread out upon the desk In front Of him.
from the moment Blaine rose until the debate
cosed. C0nking lifted his eyes only once from
he papers. That once was TO throw u sugges-
ton 10 81. Jerome Edmunds who appeared to-
day In the role Of nngger for Blaine.
At ! o'clock Blaine was entitled TO the tloor.
he was prompt 70 take II. Floor and galleries
were lammed with expectant spectators. The
crowd on the floor was so great that IN the fouE
corners members OF the House stood upon
chairs and looked over the heads OF their iel-
lows One undignifled Representative squa,ted
On the rear step OF the man aisle leading 10 the
printed and was read from short proof
slps. The reading. Of course. tanned greatly
DO eriiorlcal effect. Blaine is dramatic
Speaker when he wishes TO be. On two great
OCCASIONS in the House have seen him play
Ne role Of an imprisoned orator. The first
va when BE- struck the key note OF the cam,
Amnesty Bill ana reGxhumed the victims OF the
Mdtrsonvllle prison pen; His speech then
Tas not less carefully studied than that % TO
Gay. bu. 1t was menorized, not printed. Ihos,
VAC saw him then will not soon forget how h'
came deliberately down the first left-hnnC
aisle ms he neared the climax OF his speech
aud stRndingIn the bar OF the House declared
that he had but recently reread the most dra-
matte story OF the monstrous outrages Of tn,
Duke 81 Alva in the low countries. and In al
soberness was compelled 10 say that that epic %
horror paled IN comparison with the unAdorneC
orlcinl narrative Of the rebel doings at Andcr
sQnville.
Upon another and very different occasion
saw Blaine impassioned and dramatic IL wa,
Just before the Cincinnati Convention. Fol
80 NNta "A
had been tearing his reputation 10 tatters. H.
vas almost in their clutches. He stood upor
Ne very brink OF political destruction. perhap;
Of personal dishonor The confidential cor
fsspOnlence OF years was brought here by Null
Egan the confidential clerk OF Fisher who haC
TN the confidential business man Of Blaine
Ngse letters were produced before the Knot
lanmitee. and in an instant later would hay,
aen spread upon Its record accompanied witt
s'h explanations as malicious enemy de-
ssed y make. Blaine dex,erously procured
an adjournment. Quickly following Mul.ignr
" BIS hotel, Blaine managed 10 possess himself
olihe dreaded letters, They were not spread
days later Blaine read them To the House &c
eompanled 10y such explanations as he chose &c
ha.e. lie was equal 10 the occasion traughi
SE was with veal or Woe for him. How he
ilng the changes then upon tho fact that Con.
sl-rate brgadiers sat in judgment upon him
"a vlndica;ion Of himself was not complete
least answered the purpose. and II the
mental strain Of those awful weeks had not
9luDon an unusually vigorous physical or
NlIauon and Frustrated him Just upon the
Hv Of tile meeting OF the Cincinnati Conven-
Ion' he doubtless would have been the standard
Isl 80 40 ''0 - ~ -
Butt the speech OF today was lacking in
qlan4tc elect upon his audience. IL viii
g5uNess more than any other effort Of his
ile make lis Impress upon the popular mind
AWas short Scarcely forty minutes were oc-
Suplel N reading II. Facts are grouped with
VhsNmmate skill. Startling and suggestive
PARALLELS are drawn. The object was 10 put tn,
Sl sectional question before the Northern
"ill IN new shape. II WAS done with power
n.y. ~ was not the purpose Of the Democrats tC
..aW general debate upon Blalne's resOlu'
IONS. They felt that they were at disndvan.
s ste anu hoped that by proposing amendments
s4lpylltl 10y speech, which should 70 ms q
,,syl, ne dlsagrreable subject might be dis
H.sel Of, Thurman. as tho acknowledged
ealef OF the Democratic side WIS selected q
tyon ID caucus. and 10 answer Blaine Will,
nalAe spoke Thurman made occasional notes
a. unusual thing for him 10 do.
raiNt blaine was through the amendments
~ Ieal, ana Thurman began his speech. HC
. Nv ~ attractive speaker. but a truined law
ky MS argument is always logical and fore.
XXI he was quite happy in his rrtorts g.
ta'We IN The little sparring that followed his
ss"e4' lie was emphatically upplRuded once
dIt ne spoke VI the political raids upon The
T,ihTTess south, and got in a neat rotor
u,,4 Llihunis, who ill-naturedly demanded
" NE offenders be taken into custody
HI1 iransgressed again. In conclusion
frHAah spoke OF the cOrrupting in.
T6isrs 81 money in our political contests
sassff s ny way q lusiiiying that one o. his
nsn ,.' Nh investigation Of the political assrss
Lol1eS,ie ileI ~ defiance Of law upon all Office
. s,.Vls lust iall. Edmunds was quick to scizs
hentetnl' a part Oh Ihurman's speech and tC