Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
BLAINE DISSECTED.
How He is Coaching for Presidential
Candida While PrOtesting---A Dash at
Copkling.
| Special Telegram to the Globe.

Candida e While PrOtesting---A Dash st
CoDkling.
Especial Telegram to the 6lobe.I
New YORK, Nov. 16.-Mr. Blaine is per-
son good deal regarded just now. The stall
wart faction in the Republican party hav-
ing expired, is making posthumous effort
to stab Blaine, very much after the fashion
of that one of the James and Younger boys
who, being shot by a detective he is about
to murder, had enough desperation to
raise his pistol and kill the officer and
then dropped dead himself. Blaine was
Immediately notified by the killing organ
that some horrible stories were ready to be
launched at him. If this newspaper was
attending to its conscientious duty
it could publish any facts that
Blaine proper to be said. whether he was
going to run for the presidency or
not The difference between upright and
satanic journalism is in that view. The pa
per published for the people does not deal
in personal mentions except for the gener-
al good. To threaten mans character if
he undertakes to step higher is moral
blackmail unless the news warrants the
publication.
Blaine fastened to reply that he was not
candidate for president and added the
contradictory statement that if anybody in
terviewed him he would repudiate it. If
he is not candidate for president he can
well afford to be interviewed.
All the towards who wander
over the surface of the United States dodg-
ing interviews and expecting in that way
to be presidents will end where they begin
to fear.
There are some men considerate in all
their sayings who do not like the interview
form, but it is hard to tell just who they
are when we find Bayard, Randall, McDon-
aid, Butler, and everybody in the range of
presidential probabilities advertising him
self in an interview, except Cleveland and
Pattison. Butler, who has often expressed
his contempt for newspapers, takes the
first opportunity to give all his views, and
when he has given them it is about all he
is worth. He is one of those men
who will put their whole
moral value into an argument
and having printed it it possesses little
besides.
Mr.. Blaine undoubtedly meant to run
for president when he announced that he
would not be interviewed. The timidity
which made him say that he could not now
be quoted was proof that he had something
delicate in his ambition. He is talka-
i've 1lx, &c
interviews. 1 met him several years ago
at the Fifth avenue hotel, and ran over va
rious matters in his life, and interpreted
his temperament to be one that liked por-
trayal to the people. l wrote
a sketch of him. In it he
gave me some discrimination between
the Ewing branch of his family and the
Blaine branch.H intimated that hisbfanch'
had been Protestants. This brought out
priest some where near Blaine's birth place,
who said that Blaine's mother was Cath
olic. The next thing heard Blaine was
trying to dodge the interview.
Several years ago Ben Butler, being
man of certain committee and Blaine
promised him the place. Butler feared
that Blaine was going to cheat him. Blaine
knew, with his bright mind, that Butler
would not suit in that posi-
tion, but instead of saying
so directly he softly lifted window in his
private room, slipped out on the terrace of
the capitol and slipped up stairs to the
speakers chair without giving Butler an
answer. If this story is false, it is about
time for Butler to say so because he is now
governor of that state which Blaine belit-
tied on one of his last important appear
ances in the senate. A man who would
step out of a window to avoid an engage
ment, would probably deny an interview
with newspaper writer. No such man is
tit to be president
The great reason why Mr.. Blaine will
not suit as presidential candidate is that
nothing in him becomes the present ten
dency of the times. From the interior of
his household Gail Hamilton, his wife's
cousin, has assailed any reform of the civil
service for years. Mr.. Blaine might have
been just as firm with her as with some
newspaper interviewer, saying: "You must
not do this from my house" but he enjoyed
her cannonade, if he did not supply the
ammunition. The last election was
an emphatic announcement, at
least for the Republican party
that they want this spoils system abolished
in order that our presidents shall not be
elected to be dragged to death by blood
hounds. First, the self seekers and theil
friends, and, next, the lower order OF
brutes, like Guiteau.
1t will be folly for Mr.. Blaine to come
into state like New York, with its presen,
feelings, expecting to rally the Republican
party about him. The reason the Repub
icans embraced Cleveland was feeling
that he came nearer their demand thar
any Republican in sight. Cleveland's act
and speeches made him seem tt
the Republicans like a recruit to their owl
, party. The miserable conflict betwee,
Blaine and Conkling, which has been rag
ing since the war, reflects more credit o,
Blaine than on Conkling. Blaine. merel,
! came to the defense Of person. whom
Conkling assaulted, and who was not pres