The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-08

the Republican leaderoR thefioor. Blaine
could not he used to accomplish their ends.
he eE 9faeld beHa than any Citizen.
he undelstSod the ghole business. Instead
b seOrnins a parry to my such Plot, hsioR,
the contrary, took right hold OF Garfield
and advanced him 10 the front Is the head
Of the Committee Of Ways and Means, and
thus put him in the most commanding
position otths House.
Garfield never forgot that act OF conf
dence and friendship. As DR.. Robinson
said recently, he never in his life forgot
anybody who had even given him so much
as cup OF water when he was thirsty. Inn
mediately after his election he made haste
to tender Blaine the first position in his
Cabinet, and not only to tender it but to
urge him to accept it
Even after Garfield became President he
always spoke OfiBlaine in the old familiar
chummy way OF former days. 1t was
slim Blaine" then as it had been always
He didn't say Secretary Blaine or Mr.
Blaine, but alluded to his old friend in the
old way as jim This was GaE!ield''
frank, democratic and familiar way o
speaking to or OF all his old friends Ill
had no alterations Of dignity or formality
in his nature. He closely resemble
Abraham Lincoln in this Us in other re
spects OF social character,
Blaine and Garfield were alike in thei
personal magnetism, although differing
radically in the characteristics of thei
craftsmanship, The Hon Charles Jane
Faulkner made speech at Martinsbug oil
. the day OF Garfeld's funeral, in which h
: alluded as follows to these two eminen
! party leaders:
: lie said, he had served in the 18th Con
: gress with General Garfield, and it wa
proper that he should state the impress
ions then made upon his mind by thei
? personal and official intercourse. Al
: would do him the justice to say that he OK
Z pressed in the canvass Vi 1850 the san
opinions that he expressed now. Durin
that term, the two undisputcd leaders q
: the Republican. party, were James q. Balm
and James &. Garfield. Blaine wa
. the Prince Ripper Of his party
bold dashing, fiery and aggressive. iaI
b field was the Ajax lebanon, upon who's
s broad and massive shoulders the burde
i OF the debate rested at its close. Blain
/. was the most accomplished gladiator tina
be had ever seen upon the arena Of Parlit
!, mentary warfare. Garfield was the corp
d DE- rtseriy, ever ready to be brought to tn
II aid Of ahali.yanquished and half.discomti
ed party lifts neCessitiesdemandedit The
were both grand leaders in their respectiv
. spheres OF action. lie, Mr.. f., had nc
g that opportunity OF intimate acquain
c ancc with tho deceased which II
o suls, always in Congress, from com
!, mittee sessions and committee j.
u tercouBe. His spheres Of labor were I'll
h committees Of foreign affairs and Of educ;
r, ton and labor; Gen. Gartleld'S, the con
q mittees OF ways and means and Rppropril
! tons. Still their intercourse, although ST
u perfcial, was pleasant and agreeable. Ga
II field was beyond question the most labor
Il Gus and best informed man in Congress
n His knowledge Of the history, past lcgisl,
" ton and statistics Of the country WIS simpl
\" marvellous, No one assumed to coutrdi,
d any fact upon those subjects which he al
y nounced All acknowledged his courtes
Il and kindness OF demeanor, and none que
toned the purity and integrity Of h
> character.