Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-17
BLAINE DISSECTED.
How He is Coaching for q Presidents,
Candidate While PrOtesting---A Dash at
CoDkling.
Especial Telegram to the GLOBE

CoDkling.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-Mr. Blsine is a per-
son good deal regarded just now The stall
wart faction in the Republican party hay-
ing expired, is making posthumous effort
to stab Blaine, very mach after the fashion
of that one of the James and Younger bows
who, being shot by dstective 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
gong 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 a 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
a candidate for president and added the
contradictory statement that if anybody in
terv1ewed him he would repudiate it. If
ne is not a candidate for president he can
well afford to be interviewed.
All the towards who wander
over the surface of the United States dode-
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, Melon
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
Tor 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 a talka-
tive man and generally goes back on his
interviews. 1 met him several years ago
at the Fifth avenue hotel, and ran over va
rious matters in his life, and internreted
his temperament to be one that liked por-
trayal to the people. wrote
sketch of him. In it he
gave me some discrimination between
the Ewing branch of his family and the
Blaine branch.Hs intimated that his branch
had been Professionals. This brought out
priest some where near Blaine's birthplace.
who said that Blaine's mother was Cath
Ole. The next thing heard Blaine was
trying to dodge the interview.
Several years ago Ben Butler, being a |
member OF congress, wanted to be chair
man OF a 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 |
woald not suit in that posi- |
ton, but instead of saving |
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, ID 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 window to avoid an engage
ment, would probably deny an interview |
with newspaper writer. No such man is |
lit 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 |
iiOA SoAiAOuetOc, IL u0 OlO uOC SuDply 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 their
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 present
feelings, expecting to rally the Republican
party about him. The reason the Repub-
hcans embraced Cleveland was feeling
that he came nearer their demand than
any Republican in sight. Cleyeland's acts
and speeches made him seem to
the Republicans like arecruit to their own
party. The miserable conflict between
Blaine and Conkling, which has been rag
ing since the war, reflects more credit on
Blaine than on Conkling. Blaine merely
came to the defense OF a person whom
Conkling assaulted, and who was not pres
emit in the house of representatives. He
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