Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-09-23
Mr.. Biainein Chicago.
RECEPTION Br THE BOARD OF TRADE-flis
VIEWS on THE MALONE MOVEMENT

At noon, Monday, Hon. J. G. Blaine who
who was at the Grand Pacific Hotel. Chicago,
having returned from his western trip, was
taken on Change and introduced to the mem
bers Of the Board of Trade by President r.
w. Durham. Mr.. Blaine acknowledged the
introduction by short speech, in which he
referred to his visit to the board nine years
ago, when their present building had just
been completed. He compared the present
volume of business with that done then, and
said that now London and all Europe waited
for and was largely governed by reports and
quotations from this market, whereas it used
to be Just the reverse. He congratulated the
merchants on the prominent position Chicago
held in the commercial world and predicted
wonderful growth and prosperity for the fu-
ture. At the close of his speech he was loud
ly applauded. and after spending few min-
utes in hand shaking and in catching opera.
tons on the board, returned to the hotel.
Monday evening Mr.. Blaine was rendered
reception by the Union League Club. The
attendance of leading merchants and business
men was large, and the affair. which was
wholly Of social and non political character,
was extremely pleasant.
The Chicago Tribune prints an interview
with Mr.. Blaine. in which that gentleman
occupies nearly three coumes in paving his
addresses to some recent attacks in the New
York evening Post on Mr.. Baine's civil ser
vice record. Referring to the statement in
the Post that in Gar6eld's Cabinet she
plunged into spoils and wallowed in them
for three months like rhinoceros in an Afri-
can pool" he said IL mean to say that it
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maliciously untrue-so absolutely untrue
that there is not one fact or shadow to sus-
tain it,
On the subject of Mshonei.m, Mr.. Blaine
expressed himself more freely and forcibly
than he has hitherto done in any public ut.
tersnce. lie said have not seen Virginian
for months, nor have ! written a word to the
State. AT the same time il is due to frank
ness that should express my entire svmps
thy with the straight republican movement
in that State"
"You are opposed then, to the Malone
movement p
"les, snd l always have been think IL
was great political blunder to unite the re-
publican party with the readjusters. The
republican party has been always devoted to
unfolding the public faith, and this fact con-
tributed powerfully to the victory of 1850
~ tfh ttuuu lttu tHt rerutlatlnE
wing of the Virginia democracy seemed to
me the last degree of folly for the republi.
cans
"What would you have advised in 1881.
when the split came in the Virginia democ-
racyf"
II would have advised, and did advise, so
far As 1t was my business. that the republi-
cans should all hold to their own standard.
and not become complicated with any theo-
ries of reputation. In that way good men
of all parties would have been drawn to US
"How was the Garfield Cabinet on the
question:" queried the reporter.
Divided" said MIR. Blaine. Divided
about rs evenly as seven men can be divided
on the question, and therefore no positive OF
effective thing was done in the early stage of
the campaign. and the tragedy of July I'd re-
moved it from consideration"
"Why do you think Virginia should not be
expected to pay the whole debt as other
States have done?"
principally because she was torn and
dismembered by the war, and her ability to
pay was very greatly impaired. No other
State Of the Confederacy suffered as Virginia
did. No other State was mutilated As she
va. West Virginia, which was torn from
her in the violence of var as a war measure
10 an empire of wealth lost forever to the old
State. No equal area in this country is so
rich in natural resources as West Virginia.
Ii people desire the new State and should
have il, but the loss to the old State is very
great"
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do not know" said Mr.. Blaine, ..but I
should be glad to see the general government
aid Virginia in some practical way in
eeetling her debt When we were at
var With Mexico and dismeml cred her
Territory ve made her m allowance many