St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-19
MIR. BLATYE,S PROSPECTS.

MI. Blaine, as preSluenlldl chHuIuaIc, ls
looming up with decisive strength Mr.. Ar
thur, and other presidential aspirants regard
his as the most formidable name as yet on
the list of candidates in the field for nomin-
alton. Mr.. Blaine is understood to have de-
clared that he is "out of politics." and was
not in the field for nomination as a presiden-
tial candidate. In all this the "Plumed
Knight'' exhibits his customary slipperiness
and insincerity. 1t is C@ar's hollow act of
putting aside the crown, which he is burning
with fierce ambition to clutch. While pre-
tending not to be a candidate, he
is candidate, and is straining
every nerve to secure nomination. With his
unworthy political record well known,
party must be politically and morally de-
bauched, to put forth such a candidate as
their representative. Let us look at it.
Pennsylvania is leading off with an almost
solid delegation to Chicago for Blaine. Ohio
is giving him strong encouragement, not
withstanding the robust ''honest'' John Sher-
man element of opposition in the party, and
he will be strongly, if not unanimously re-
presented by the Ohio delegation at Chicago.
The latest advices from Iowa indicate that
the delegation from that State will be solid
for him. In the whole Northwest there is
strong, if not overwhelming sentiment for
Blaine. The signs in the South are of poll
tical ''uprising'' for him. In California the
first delegates elected to the state convention
are all for Blaine.
He will even divide the State of New
York with Arthur, and take half Of the dele
cation of that State to Chicago. He will have
a large following in New England, though
Massachusetts is declared to be against him.
With this showing, he will enter the Chicago
convention as the most formidable on the
list for nomination.
This large development, of strength in favor
of Mr.. Blaine, is unexpected and surprising
to his competators in the race for nomina-
ton. Is Mr.. Blaine worthy of the conf
dence of the American people? His charac-
ter for trickery and dishonesty in official
station has been clearly shown; his record,
as public functionary is not creditable
one.
Is the party putting forth such man better
than its candidate? With such representative
of llnown corruption, is the party putting
him forth and sustaining him worthy, or safe
to be kept longer in powera The party has
already gone low enough in INSCRIPTIONS
ness and corruption, but to what lower
depths of infamyit might go, with Blaine in
the executive chair should give US puase.
A glance at Mr.. Blaine's selfish self seek
ing unworthy public record, exhibits wildly
his remarkable and unworthy characteristics.
Adopting here, for the moment, the language
of another, it can be said in general terms
without fear of contradiction and as entirely
susceptible of proof, that he is man who
perhaps typifes more than any other who
could be named the corrupt and jobbing ele-
ment in American politics. The incident
in his career most completely illustrative ofthis
fact is, ofcourse, to be found in the history of
the Mulligan exposure. The spectacle there
presented was that of the Speaker of the
House of Representa- tiv es deliberately barter
ing away his influence, betraying the trust re-
posed in him by the people and basely selling
himself to q corporation in return for the di
rect payment of money or of stock. The evil
denc against him was too clear to admit of
denial. Proof of his dishonesty was found,
not in the allegations of irresponsible wit
nesses, but in his own handwriting and over
his own signature. 70 leave the truthful
ness of the accusation beyond all doubt did
not require the subsequent threats of suicide
and the prostration of the culprit before the
agent who had corrupted him. His guilt
was plain as the MONDAY sun.
Having, as described escaped from the
Mulligan dilemma, disclosure, by the way,
which happily, has not before or since been
made to the people, with his confession of
guilt tatooed all over him, Gas depicted by the
last current issue of Patck) he dasbes before
the country as a candidate for President and
next appears as Secretary of State. In this
position, as the head of the
department of State says the Brooklyn
Eagle ''He was up to his neck in every at
tempt to shield official scoundrels and help
along their detestable schemes. His career
as secretary was one Of trickery and intrigue.
The power reposed in his hands was used in
wire pulling, in efforts to use President Gar
field for the furtherance of his base purpos-
es, and in transactions of such
questionable description that they did not
bear even the most cursory investigation. To
put through one of the most gigantic jobs in
the annals of governmental corruption he car
ried the country to the verge of war with
friendly nation, itself the most progressive
of our sister republics. To the eud that a
bogus claim of 100000, 900 might be foisted
upon this unofending government he would
not have hesitated to appeal to the sword, and
this, too, with direct understanding of the