Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-02

quently wary Like the jockey who refused
to trot his fast horse against brindle OK, be
cause he didn't know what the darned critter
might do. he fought shy and replied that
he was not aware that Mr.. Webster
had said any such thing, but he
knew Il at the Constitution called it Ma
ton. This Interpolation, which showed Mr..
Eaton with chip on his shoulder, would
have been good thing for circulation among
the Connecticut democracy who would have
greatly chuckled over it; but Senator Blaine.
who has way of not being suppressed by
men who have chips on their shoulders, con-
tributed to the debate Immediately on the
conclusion of Mr.. Dawes speech number
of quotations from Mr.. Webster's speeches,
in which he said that this is not a Confederacy
of States. but Nation. In the colloquy
which ensued between Messrs. Blaine and
Eaton. the latter did not appear SO well as he
did when he was making assertions for which
no one demanded the proof. He remarked
however. that he would see Mr.. Blaine later
and produce the evidence that Mr.. Webster
did call the Union a Confederacy of States.
The next day he announced that on the fol
lowing day he would ans yer Mr.. Blaine in "A
speech. That day has not yet arrived, and
we believe the Senator has since denied, TO
the amusement OF his colleagues, that he ever
made any such announcement.
But the impression has been made upon his
constituents, and ever since that time the
Connecticut democracy have been waiting IN
anxious expectancy to see their Senator take
the hair off from Mr.. Blaine. The Hartford
Times expressed the opinion that Blaine had
tempted fate, and that this would no doubt be
the last of him; and rural organ of the
fn tho bplint of the
average democrat in the comment: THE
Hartford Times reports Senator Blaine as
getting nervous over the expected speech OF
senator Eaton. Well he may as the next
time Senator Eaton jumps on Blaine there
won't be much left of the big downcaster.
So there the Connecticut democracy stand
waiting patiently and confidently for their Sen
itor to begin dumping" on Blaine. Time
rolls on, and he doesn't jump. The day he
fixed for jumping has long passed, but ht
doesn't jump. Indeed, he says now that he
never threatened to jump. 1t begins TO look
As though he had made mistake either in the
lime or the occasion for jumping, or the man
to jump on. 1t is very gratifying of course
10 see the confidence the Connecticut demo-
rrats have in their Senator. Still it is not
impossible that they may expect too much of
him. If assertion were only proof, he could
Jump on almost anybody ar anything. But
when it comes to anything beyond assertion
ne is not much of IA jumper. He jumped on
Mr.. Dawes with the assertion that Mr.. Web
,ter had called this government Il Contedera-
~ of States. When Mr.. Blaine read from
Webster's speeches that he called it nation.
md not Confederacy of States, the Connec-
icut jumper jumped out of the debate. And
he has now been in retirement for a fortnight.
engaged, we presume in search of something
to bolster up the empty and foolish assertion
with which he blusteringly interrupted anoth-
ar Senator'S speech. And his misguided con
'tituents are waiting for him to come back
and jump into and demoish the man who
showed up his ignorance and pretcnsion.
Jumper, indeed! Grasshopper, rather.