, 1880-03-12

W"irs IL" cvens ~ tic ,inx. ~ n,r Hrs ,,a1iv 1,'
!kat al go x"l % joarnalsis, i" i s Koa,i siis. ill.,
l,a1i.l n1ld falhnr, altl q gMut frllnw.
Mr. lsinine held l,fs first .pnhtlc Office II,
iaiur. lr Ind alrsn'iy a:!!lssc;i !iistn'cif fon f
IL ls'a'. lte was five lines elected to liz.
!eEislat,rn; ana . T., ,ssl. ni!d nga!,. =, 1a
fitness for II presiding ntliccr Tint he shnwed
rs Speaker ut tho National tlu,tsa Ut lteprt.-
suntntIves, though It ltlst lo confessed TINT
~ INC 1atter office IL was II liltlc too ol,-
plCSYlyg aid nutOcrat1c.
THE r1rsr TERM IN coN0nEss.
III 1861 Mr.. l}ialnH was first elected To Con-
Mr MMstly tn study aud ol'servItion; but tn
felt, md frn.n Tint time 70 the. present he
s ns nss be- s,s if"Sst r y ,4ss G sHlsl"t" snlss liz
tint fcw possess. lle secs. The weak
mid tic strong points III hIll, and Ills
Judgment Is 50 !n!ck ind Acc!irate TINT 1lo Is
Ns reat!y to takc Ills postlfon IN = minute as
tion. no to,lbt alr. DInlnp l,ns iia,lc, like
every Otlier man ever iii Congress-, n good
many speeches for l,nmc-cons,implton but IN
tho last ten years 1!e Inns a9,su none Of this.
SERVICE, a,td Inns takeM instead MI active prnc-
ticnl participation In tho business Of Congress.
It Is hardly worth willis tn follow Mr. Blaine
through Ills fourteen Scnrs' service In tho
of Tic llolse, ant, before llo had been tliree
years member. liz rankrsl with tho highest
is n tlebatcr. Witl'. him In tho 1Iouse were
Thnh Stevens, I,rn Butler, Scllcnuk, Allison,
Jaincs Brooks C0nkllng, Dawes, Delnno, Il.
ii. I1nyes, George W. JnI1asi, Scoilcld, md
OiIlcr wuil-klluwn ln,tlcs. Ueforu tho closu
Ut Ills sccon1 term he had tllat angry eontyo-
vetsy with COnkling, since bGcOlne so famous,
III whici, for ti,tss iirst time in his Ilfe,,
Conklt'tg got n tlressl,lg Which Old him
of the Fnrty-tirst, Forty,sGcnlltl, ana Forty
third cnngresscs. Mr.; Llnlne wns Speakcr::
1ls a MS a, ot liz rss s r,nl ..
ness, his clear voice, l!ls i'nrresSivE nlinner,
Ills reauy comprehension ot sti!,Gcta md sit
untiol's, an.t MS dnsll and pril!iancy. ,nnd9
HIN great presiding oit!ccr; liz managed
hnitl. HIS lnhMngcn'Gnt Of ms own ease
when tho Aln!!tEnn letters came ont was
worthy 81 my tienGral who ever set a sql,at!-
r0n II the f'eld. Fnr nenr'y hfteeh years
1ltvnr cSMct Il, se,.. mil nrxer Inv" r',a ' ~
s,iel sccuc, whera the grandeur Of llllna1l
great orator rushed down tho nisIe, aitl, IN
With s1ppressing telegram fnvorab!e To I"
Dininc.. The wlioie floor and MI the galleries
cheereti, women waved their Hanakcrci,iefs
and went into Mysteries and the tlOOr wns little
Use thnn mob. Iha later life Of AIr. Dialne
IL familiar to all, Ills trallsfer to tho Scl,-
a ats IL ls1 ts s!istroke M iat @eky
July day, his defeat at Cincinnati, Ills pron,i-
nciice lii the public eye In tho Senate, his
admirable political management In AfaIno
Tees9ty md Its present , distinction ~ n tic
know % ali III these i thinss rs vii Is /. ' o''''
ts p 'ast al1 nan,,Sp M,. ose sn WI" EBAY c}nH i "
n,a,,mer n hnynn,i exnressin,,, md ToImiv nj %
IL i,nt o".r"n,c wft, iis fosnat,oma Witi, VII,
i,,a ~rnnl Erii;inn"w i,o ;,"s ti,nt nxo',isit
show Of dciereneo to o. his Y con,pa,,ios@a lus ..as
lstrnr m n seE9 ns 1h fn,nr nw " Wy @ a" so9
inw l,,, nn,nn n,I ~ ,,imninu nns 3 IL t,a ~,
o,sc's knee. Tint II MI nrrerali, saIyo tn "n"s
vn,itv Thar" is ~" nsttt,. in thn hnnr,iI,"sa ~ @
Of s nanmer Eolr is T. ~ n;;vs % %t
rn,.s ynnt"rn tr;, fro,,E ~ a ni,. gI
'Ao"' ""'"1e Nv 20 "l'e''' ''"l'n' 0'4a ''"'''s'
rLA1NEs cooLNEss. =
upon my iniiiti in n very empietic nanner. ei.
and that ts his enolncss and sclf-possessiH,i
ut the tnnst exciting periods. 1 happened to
he in Ills library In Washington when tho
uNllQfltk WIS Elll1E OIL Ill Cincinnati that
hOt J,lfe tiny in 1BTj, a trIcgro,,l,-{mstru-
lncnt was on HIS lh1ary-tab1e, and AIr. Silor-
WIS manipulating its key. Dispatnj,es caulo
from ilozcns Of friends, giving tic last ytltcs,
which only lacked 4 faw Of Il nomination;
mid everybody prpsiictcd tie success Of
Dlnlne nii tie next bullOt. Only four per
SONS besides Mr. Sherman were III tho roDin.
il was n moment ii great excitement, rio
next vote was uuictly licked aver lila wire.
and then tl,u next announced tho
i!oinlnatlMl Of Mr.. liaycs: Sir: blaine
npart,ncnt. It TN wns s1lci, rpyeiSal of Mt ano e
ticipatiois mud assurances tint self possession
blaine. liz ltntl lint left his Geti nfter liter two @
days of unconsclousncss from slllistrokc, but
he VnY rs selt-possusseti rs Tie UUrtrafts unnti
tic walls. Iie merely gave a l,tr,ll,lr at SIR
prise, nill, bcf0rU nl,yhotly hai recovered
from tic s(Inck, l,o ],ni written. In lis firm.
pIain, ilnent llaml, tlrce tlispateGes. now III III
iY W,sscssiou: ot,t, to AIr. Iiuyrs, tlf cotgrat-
uIatl0n; one to tic Afaine tgcgotes, tlla1k-
lng them for their devotion; and another to
SeM n .rsa,ati la'c " n Iy At .ye' msk'ns anei'i 70
~ godnH.,riI nsiIy ~ H. ouns s.,s % ,pi p,nSiEMs ~
faNNH-hku. ~ NAfs 41A$SSf VIII pluIltS&.h III