The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-23
WHY BLAINE KICKED.
His Daughters Marriage to a Gray-Headed
Lothario.

The Blaine Coppinger nuptials, which
were celebrated yesterday though attended
with gorgeous ceremonies and honored with
the presence of the president, cabinet and
supreme court judges. have yet given rise
to no end Of comment, and tonight the
busy tongue of gossip ishung in the middle
There are severslInconsruitiesin the match,
which alone excite talk. The idea that the
accomplished daughter Of so great and rich q
man as Mr.. Blaine should want to marry o
penniless and grayjeaded army officer, with
| but stained social position at best, person
OF obscure birth, of opposite religion, and a
man who had been publicly proclaimed rs
the destroyer of one household at least, is
what puzzles society. IL is but justice to
Mr.. Blaine to say that he opposed the match
from the outset. lie did IL not only on ac-
count Of disparity in years and social posi-
ton, but Coppinger's record was not un.
known to him. Coppinger Is not O West
Pointer. He was appointed to the army
through the power OF an ultra'lrish influ-
ence in New York, which was no guarantee
or recognition fanything but votes. Twelve
or fifteen years ago he was known as kind
OF wild Irishman in the saloons and gal
liant Irishmah among the lrdles. He was
ordered to California in 1868, and II was
there and then that the dashlng colonel (he
was captain in those days. achieved his
great feat OF storming household and
compelling a surrender OF its citadel.
Mr.. Thomas NJ. Cash was then representa-
tive in San Francisco of the New York
Herald. He had young, pretty and fasci-
mating wife. Cash and his wife and Cop.
plnger lived in the same house. Cash's
newspaper duties Kept him out nights.
Captain Coppinget's military duties
were such that he could stay
in nights. The result was that the
gallant captain and the lady were.
thrown together much, and it soon got so
that while Cash was sending off Herald
spec ais his wife and the captain were doing
special work at the theatres and restau
rants. There is no need to indicate the re.
suit. One day Cash found some lettersput
watch on his spouse, went himself home
suddenly one evening and found the gallant
captain III unmilitary attire and his wife
UNITED Tor appearance on the street. In
stead of making cold meat of Coppinger, or
starting lead mine with him, Cash p OK
eted his wrong. Once discovered, the
lady and the captain fled east, and
Cash perpetrated diabolical re-
v vi,, BY publishing pamphlet
giving iuit pdrllCularS OF the eSClauDalre,
and copies of letters that had passed be-
tween the guilty pair Mr.. Cash. with
true news instinct, made several columns of
the matter, and wound up with pathetic
appeal for the public's sympathy.
siCoppinger and the lady went to St. Louis.
Cash reported his wifes lover to the war de-
partment, and the captain would, no doubt
have been tried for conduct unbecoming
an officer and agentleman" if Cash had not
made such an ass of himself. The war
department could hardly afford to redress
the wrongs ofa man who advertised him
self broadcast as cuckoid. The only
thing the army people did was to give Con-
pinger u hint to drop the lady and assign
him to other duty. Poor Cash, broken,
hearted and ruined, not 10 say sneered at,
and losing his place on the Herald because
OF it, got into The employ of the Central
Pacific Railroad company, and when last
heard of was ticket agent down in Arizo.
ma. The facts are all known, and in spite
OF the brilliant wedding yesterday, there
are manv who believe that the gallant
Colonel Coppingcr hardly dared lift his
eyes yesterday. lest the vision of the ruined
Mrs. Cash should present itself. 1t is no !
wonder that Mr.. Blaine kicked at the |
match; he ought to have kicked hard |
.nOuVn To break IL