, 1881-09-20

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I'll the Democrats cas1D intn tt,wer III this
House III 1915. IFS chief work Oh TINT conl-
fnltt'm WIS n steatly md J,nlicions rri,, elton
OF tile Expenses Of tie Government. I'll all
tho tH'litlcai struggles In COnRress IIe hora q
!ca'lfK part, Ills clear, vig0r0i,s, and nl0trr~
ate style VI argument making lttm 11lu Ut tho
1iltst effective .lGl,aters ln uithar llo,t4r,
Wheh hJAtnes q. blaine wastt To tho Sonata
In ls77 the nantte Ut Republican leadership
III the House was by common CONSENT
l1acg'l upon tlariiefh. Iii january, 1897, t;ur.
Garfield was elected 10 the Senate tn tho suat
yacate4 by Allen q. Thurman on Tic 4t'l Ut
March, lBst. l!e received tho mtai,i,nnus
vots Of tho Republican rarcts, at !lolur l,ey-
or before given to my man Of any party lit
the State Ut O|tiU.
as n lea,ler iii tile House he was ,t,oru cau-
tlDlls and less dasa1nx tu., B laine, and Ills
tns(lclAl turn of mind MALE iii III loo prt,flc to
look Tor twp sllcs of n question for hi III to
b. NJ, efficient PARTISAN. When tic tssuu fair
ly toncl'ed his convictions. however. be bu~
canl. thoroughly aroused md struck trumen-
'lotls blows. Blalles tactics wero to co,ltl,,-
lially llarass tho eileny by sl,arpshnotlng
surprises and picket firing. Garfield waite,
for III opportunity to deliver Il pitched bnt-
tie, ahtl Ills goterafsl1p WIS shown to best
advantage when the fight was Il fair one utl.l
,yaRcd o.. grounds ybrr,, earh Marty t1,n,,0ht
ttsclf stro1pnst. trhen hts eo,i,i ahs,t ri ~.
eutneut were exceedInx1y rtrectirn I'm tte
stunt, Garfield w,4 nm. NJ tha vnr,, baat ,r,.
Tors In thu Ren,l,ltcan nnrtv. I1n ha,i "A root
yolce, M, uir Of evident stncrrtty ornot ctnar.
nrss nnt1 vEror nf stntenant. nri n ,vov ,,f
knitting his arguments together SD lis TO
: mike speech deepen It's Impression on tho
mind Of tho l,earer until tbe c1imax waa
reached.
OF his industry and s,,,y,nu ,,a,,,e n rr..ot
deal might hc sa,il. b,,, n sinvle ,i,ust rn,io,
wifi have IN s,lt|len l,prp. flnrr during tt,,
busiest part of n yrry h,sy s4ssiu,, at Wash.
tngtou visitor fuu,lti him IN i,is lftrary. it,
hind n biz larr;cn,lc of hooks, srh,s was m
unusual sfRht, but whcn tt,e ral,cr p,ancotl
at tito volume hc suw Tint thcv .ycre nj ,ttf.
fcrent cti;t!ons Of Horace. nr hont,s relating
to that noct. II find tl1nt 7 nm orarwnr,eT
and med rpcrentlon. - so,L t1a t:anarsi
Now. nv tlenr,. ia that t,,a hoet ,nv r., ,.,st
tt,a ,niu l. nnt r., IL, !. w. s,,,' H.. ~ ~. ~
ut something nui,e o,,tsi,e nf M fhe "rd1aorr ~ @
line of Its e,nu1oynent. N nm rcs,tnv hv
learning nil tha fnnrroaeionoI t,throrv ~,
show about lTorace a,,,t the vnrtnn. an1t,nna
and trauslations ut His nor,nz i
x,,,,,,,n,.,, ,,.',, ,.,,,a
Thc circumstances of f;en f,nrfla,1,s ,,o,,.
iuatton for tho Presidency NJ ChIcupo nre
| thus told by t,t,c of lila ,,,,uv ltngrnr,
| There were salle Indications as the thirtieth
ballot progressed OIL Tuesday, June =, that
| tic lesser candidates wcro giving way. The
/ next ballot demonstrated that tue tiraut lines
II could INT be broken, and the Bluinc lines
! were at this time wayerng. II was apparent
the Convention was OIL the edge Of n break.
The next ballet, which was finished by half
past Il, WIS without exciting event. Tie
cluse OF tho thlrty-fourth was marked with
| some excitement growing uut of break to
Garfield, Wisconsin csstsng for him sixteen
votes. This was the beginning uf tho end,
| 1'o mako upt!4i number, Was!brne, Blaine,
and Sherman were drawn upur. When the
result was declared, Zen. Garfield arose aytl
addressed tie Chair. Tile Chairman innl,rieu
for what PURPOSE the gentleman rose.
ITO question OF ur.ler,n said Garfield.
"The gentleman WILL state it, sald tile
Chair.
II Challenge" said Mr.. Gnrfiell. " the cor