Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-12
mi G. AAINE,'
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| have heard say a dozen tlnss ,b.,
never will be entirely happy mil h. I
atthe head ola great newspaper. Hs
has a phenomenal memory ,ad theTs
Is no quality more valuable IN iournaI-
ism than this, a. you very Wei know
Mr.. Editor. lie remembers .itcum.
stances, dates, names, and places NOR.
readily than any man ! ever met nd n
is this wonderfully available meaory
that makes him such a ready spekrr
and such a charming companion. He
has also great ~quickness and le-
curacy Of Judgment, another excell,ut
and Indispensable quality n
journalism. lie writes a. really
and as strongly as he speaks, ana
very rapidly. In many respects he re-
sembles Mr.. Greeley as a writer lac
goes straight Ia the point, and wastes nO
time in painting With pretty words a
background Tor his thoughts. His other
qualities for journalism are: he Is cOur-
ageous; he Is fair-minded; he grasps and
weighsth events OF the day and finally,
like all good journalists, lac is a good
husband and father, and gOWi fellow.
Mr.. Blaine held his first public office
lA ANtoa hANA w was NlNNNNh w wv
Maine Legislature. lie had already
achieved distinction rs a public speaker
Ia the Fremont campaign OF 1856. lie
vas live times elected to the Legislature;
and in 1861, and again in lS62, he was
chosen Speaker OF the House, in which
position he exhibited the same peculiar
fitness for a presiding officer that he
showed as Speaker Of the National
House Of Representatives, though Il
must be confessed that IN the latter office
he was a little too oppressive and auto
cratic.
FIgsr TERN IN CONGRESS-.
In ls63 MIR. Blaine was iirst elected Ia
Congress. During his first term he gave
himself up mostly to study aud obscrya-
ton but in the Thirty-ninth Congress
he began To- he ielt, and from that time
a. the present he has been foremost ia
all legislation. lie has an aptitude iur
legislative business that lev possess. lie
sees the Nrak and the strong points IN "A
bill, and his judgment In So quick and
accurate that he is As ready 10 take his
position ia a minute AS most Congress
men are after "a days reflection. No
doubt Mr. Blaine has made, like every
other man ever IA Congress, a good
many speeches for hOme-Cunsnmptiun;
but in the last ten years he has done
none ut this. lie has rather avoided
this sort OF public service, and has taken
instead an active practical participation
IN the business OF Congress. IL Is hanl-
~ worth while To follow MIR, blaine
through his fourteen years service Ia
the House. Tie always commanded the
attention ui the House, aud, before he
had been three wears a member, he
ranked With the highest a. a DICTATOR.
With him in the House we're HAD
Stevens. Ben Butter, SChcuCk, Allison,
ColiaN. banks, John \. bingham, Bout
we'll, James Brooks, tuukli1g, Dawes,
DelanO, X. Il. Hayes, t,eOrgr W. Julian,
SCOtrll, and other welLknoWn IN
Before the close ui his second term he
had that angry controversy with tunkl-
ing, since BECOME 80 famous. ~ which,
Tor the first time IN hIs lite, Conkllng
got a dressing which lid him guud All
ynur readers will remember that, ut the
Furty-trst, Forty second, and Forty
third Congresses, Mr.. hlatne "aS
Speaker. Ills vuICkuvSs, his thorough
knuwledgu ol parliamentary law and ct
the rules, his timness, his clear voice,
his impressive manner, his ready com
~prshensiun Ol subjects aud situations,
aud his dash aud brilliancy, made him
a great presiding officer. tie managed
that most turbulent Of all bodies with
AN iron hand. Ills management at his
own ease when the Mulligau letters
came out was worthy ui any General
who ever set a yuadrun IN the field. For
nearly fifteen years have. looked down
from the galleries ul the House aud
senate, aud never SAW, and never eN
pect u see, aud never have read OF such
a scene where the grandeur ol human
effort was better illustrated than where
this great orator rushed down the aisle,
and, ia the very face at Proctor
Knott, changed linn with supprcssins a
telegram favorable to hlaIuc. The
whole floor and all the galleries We're
Wild with excitement Men WELDED and
rhccred, women waved their hdudkcr-
chiefs and vent int Mysteries, ani the
huOr was little else than a nob. The
later lite at Mr.. Blaine is familiar to all.
Ills transfer Ia the senate. his prumIn.
eurr a. a Presidential candidate va 1876,
the ,uustrukr uu that uulurhy Juiy ddy,
ms defeat at Cincinnati, his prominence
IA the public eye IA the senate, hl, at
mlrabls political management IA Maine
Recently, and hI- present distinction ia
the hearts 1T the American people,
your readers KNOW all these things Is
we'll a. I.
MIR Blaiur, with those Who know him,
il the most popular uf men. Tie charm
ut his maunr l. beyond expression,
aud nobody comes within his prrsrurr
that u mot Uyeurume " Ith hi destinations.
With his great h~rIllianvy, bee has thai
exquisite show Of difference o. hls COM.
pauIuu, a surt uI appeal To them 10
verify or dcuy his wurd,-that Is very
taking. tie Il alsp % guud listener, and
hr has a familiar way ut speaking ones
name aud 1T pla,lug once hand on ones
Knee, that Is agreeable sIlVc o. ones
vanity. There Is uu acting IA the hear
1T his manner. Tie Is an impul-
SJNr man, With a very SJTW heart,
ktudiN instincts AMI generous nature.
lie u open, frank aud manly.
mUNEs ,uolNkss.
the element Ia his nature Impressed
,tssit upon nav mmd Ia very rmPhati,
manner, aud that Is hls ~CUulurS~ aud
,rit possession 40 the most exciting per
| happened Ia be IA his library M
. a~shingtou When the hallotiug was ~
un IA Cincinnati on that hot June
tay IA 1876 4 telegraph instrument
Aas uu his library table, aud MIR Sher
uAn. has private secretary, a deit upvr-
,tuT, MAS manipulating It's KEYS. Dis
came from dozens at friends,
the last votes, which uniy larkri
at a nomination. ant everybody
Predicted the suCCCss at Blaine uu tie
ballot. Only inur servants besides
Nc. sherman Werr ia tho pa lt Vas
moment at great excitement. The
vote MAS quietly tucked over the
AIrr, aud then the next announced the
nomination oi Mr.. Hayes. Mr., blaine