Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-06
WASHINGTON.
BIains's Latest Blast on our F0f-
eign Policy.
The Result Of the COnrOysrsy-Musie in the
Air-A West Hrginian on the Premier
West Virginia Appointments
The Parkersburg POs.offiee.
POINTS, PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,
lSpecidl 20 the Re1iSter.


Elaine does not propose to be forgotten IN |
he new arrangements that have been max
ng in the Cabinet since his retirement.
lis open letter to the President yesterday
n the subject of the proposed recall Oh the
invitations to South American powers has
aised storm of elimination and defence
bout him which is likely to keep him
,rominent for some time to come, and am
ery much mistaken in my estimate OF the
x.Setretary if he does not take advantage
4 the opportunity offered him next Satur-
v. in his address on ex-President Gar
I'd, to ventilate still more OF his griey-
as. The principal criticism leyeled at
MBlaine in connection with yesterday
let is that il was nome OF his business
wh',ourse FrelinghuySen saw proper 10
taktut in q country where the puollc
ousns is everybOdy'S business, this crlti-
| cism Ks weight. IfMr. Blaine had never
been anected with public affairs, his
right taestion the foreign policy OF the
admlnStion would never have been
| question and his friends urge that his
| right Is ! any less manifest when that
| Policy rulcOunter to plans OF his own
deNlSlng aagainst the purposes OF past
autnihlsuaS q part OF which he was.
! Eaets In the case
seem TO De Ihthe State department has
drifted back, ce his retirement, into
condition Oh ne respectability. which is
satisfied with 'te dinners and official
courtesies. 1t m make an unpleasant
ness in Washingt d;pIomatic circles if
this country were engage in friendly
conference with oth mowers of this con.
tinent LOOKING 10 u protection against
the encroachments foreign nationsli-
ties; and rather thah 'e this happen it is
proposed 70 ur0P lne pie matter. The
a few of the friends that desir re- 10 ran
ple with hooks of steel Il social Gather
ing. and then sending Il, yrord not IN
come because the people o, next block
might object. But it app iiEaiv that
there is enough lizard-juic the new
management TO go through n humil-
iating programme.
small Business.
II is intimated that q desire h0l;,,,o
Blaine and destroy every vest Of his
work as the premier of Garfield, sbinet
i at the bottom of this moyen and
that MS pollC! anu views are
: to be reversed as pointedly and COMP civ
= ne those of Beaconsfield and Gambet.,i
: lowing their retirement, 1t will be
cerous risk, however, for the present
> ministratiop to endeayor to crush out
A Blaine at the expense OF that which v
most acceptable to the people innis meth
y OF managing the State Department. I'm
he came there the general polly of th
office for a good many years vas OF I
d kind usually described as the how not
!. do it," The documents sent 'Gt had be
g mainly apologies and excufs and proI
u ises not 10 offend again, and lobody cou
:, remember good ringing independ1e
= utterance proceeding from IL establis
u ment since Daniel Webster wroe the Hul>
man letter, and confronted he doubl
headed eagle of Austria withlOur singl
= headed SCreamer.
u AChange of Tone
If When Blaine came in the whlc tone
G the department was tuned in amore SCI
,, respecting key. He had an id that Il
. United States government was 70 big
y be bullied and too important to Ignores
and he went to work to see that x polio
of this government with referee to ii
= occupation of this Continent as Augura
- rd by the founders, was carried u. II
foreign policy. so far a it haIan o.
e rortunity TO be developed, coIbende
n itself 10 popular favors, srnd the lint i
:, which il IS now aSSiiled by the wisrawJ
=" of measures looking to more frieny an
x protective relations with the SOUTH mer
Y can states. was when first adopted, csidei
cd timely and we'll taken.
Mare Anthony and CTssrA
q Ii Mr.. Blaine takes the view OF tlatti
- tude of this Administration towardir
:, set forth in the above, YOU can To- 70
considerably music in the air vii b
comes to address the country next sk
There may be some question as q
propriety OF settling grievances andl
: ing skeletons out of closets at funerals
funeral addresses have answered other I
- poses than those OF eulogizins the decet
-, ever since Marc Anthony spoke his p
, over the dead body of Cesar. II will
remembered that when the orator was
e invited TO deliver the the oration,
a | hesitated for the alleged reason that
. | could not 10 Justice to the mem
" OF Garfield without discussing his relat
4, TO the men whose bitterness clouded
A. last days OF the dead President, and tha
- was not willing to speak his heart III
Z" II should do Brutus wrong and Gas:
IL wrong. etc" The course of events 81
IN then has not been such rs to increase
Blaine's reticence on the latter brancl
his subject, and | would not be Surpr
to find the whole story Of the last days
the last administration Sketched by
Blaine'S mastery hand and illuminated
20 his wonderful rhetoric next Saturday.
M Awest Virginia study.
g. There is good deal of Blaine in
n communication, but he is bound to
Is prominent and picturesque figure in
-. politics for some time to come, and
n repay study. had talk with a pro
It, nent West Virginia Republican, the OF
IN day. who was here on business, and as
?" him what he thought of Blaine's char
- for Republican Presidential nominal
o. in 1854 Il don't know bout his gene
u chances, " he said, "but in my section
will get very little help fpm the men "
a. helped him most before. We make all
& lowanee for his worry and ne great dema
e, upon him after he went ipo the Cabin
Id bat he might have used q tile discrimil
at tiOn in looking out for ptple who look
es out for him. The menry of Walk
5. Blaine, who used TO lisp tat 'hith faith
n. wath too bithy to thee anoody," rank
in the breasts OF West Wilma applicar
is for places.
~ asked him how they we faring und
at the new Administration, That's whe
", the trouble comes in" he severed I'VE
ng Virginia was
)l- No Much Of Blae State
oi that We are suffering noon account
az az his diSfayor at court withdrawing reape
,ss any advantage while he as in powe
We Are any of the old appants hsngin
" on inquired "oh, spose some {
NJ them still have papers hson fle," wa
~. the response, but theaight as we
withdraw them for all thood they vii
do. Some time about thad of this ad
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