Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-08-28
THE NORTHWEST.
Blaine's Bad Record.

James OT. Blame, tne hepuDllcan can
didate for the Presidency, are from thu
editorial colums of that old reliable Re.
publican organ, the Cincinnati Gazette
edited by Hon. Richard Smith, present
business manager of the Cincinnati
Commercials Gazette:
"Blaine has been busy 'B. Ca
Zette, June 5th, 1876.
"Blaine's letters which he read be- re
the House on Monday, while the effect
was dramatic and exhibited the ex.
speaker as man full of pluck, and to
use a common expression, decidedly
cheeky, did not eXculpate him, or re-
remove the suspicious which cluster
around his name. These letters con-
firm the report that Mr.. Blaine was a
speculatOr i'm the securities of ofsubsidized
railroads. They also contradict the
statement previously made on the floor
of the House that all the bonds he OBJ
tained from the F. Smith railroad he
paid for and still held. 1t is also shown
that Mr.. Blaine, as Speaker of the
House, used his influence to save from
defeat Il bill making long grant of
lands to the Little Rock and Ft. Smith
railroad. In the closing hours of the ses-
SiOIl, lIlG was UCIOlc UllC IlOuSc.
George w. Julian, who was the consis-
tent opponent of subsidies, proposed an
amendment, that ifadopted, would Sc
cure the defeat of the measure in the
the Senate. The amendment was
offered for that purpose. Blaine
saw this and sent page to John
A. Logan, requesting him to make a
point of order that Julians's amend
ment was not germane to the subject.
Logan made the point as suggested
and Blaine ruled the amendment out of
order. The bill was then passed. Blaine
subsequently wrote to Fisher, request
ing him to tell Caldwell what he had
done for his scheme, and thereupOn
Blaine was taken in the speculation
he became q member of the ring and
speculated largely in the securities ofthe
company. This dark transaction can
not be explained away. 1t will stand
against Mr.. Blaine as long as he lives,
and is, in itself, sufficient to condemn
him in public estimation. ."-Gazette,
June 7th, 1876.
"Whatever hand the opponent of Mr..
Blaine, for the Presidential nomination,
may have had in bringing about the in
vestigation, and however vindictively
the Democratic investigating Commit
tee may have acted, the dark, stubborn
and destructive facts remain. These
cannot be sponged out; they will stand"
Gazette, June 7th, 1876.
"Chceky Jim."-Gazette, June Sth,
1876.
1.-THE Blaine demonstration on the
floor of the House, was thus arranged,
Fireworks -Letters---fireworks The
question is, will the blaze blind the eyes
of the public to the real character of the
jObbing letters"'-Ga2ette, June 9th,
1876.
yesterday it was Kansas Pacific
bonds, which were traced to the mime
diate vicinity of Mr.. Blaine. Let us
see; he has now appeared at different
times with somewhat painful clearness
in connection with Northern Pacific,
Sioux City, Union Pacific, Kansas Paci-
fic, Atlantic and Pacific, Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas, and the TT. Smith and Lit
tie Rock. ."-Gazette, June 9th, 1876.
"Who but Jim Blaine would have the
cheek to read those letters himself, talk
ing very peculiar precautions that no
other eye should see them, and would
take them from the order of their dates,
mixing them up so as to confuse the
hearer, reading rapidly what he saw fit
and making his own running commen-
tary? Who but audacious, brassy,
smart Jim Blaine could do this? Who
but the bold dragon, Jim Blaine could
have the effrontery to refuse to let
stenographer for the associated press
Late, f.
as Blaine did?"-Gazette, June 9th,
1876.
awe freely allow that Jim Blaine is
the smartest in all creation. 1t is q
question however, if the American peO-
pie are so ready to trust as to admire y
very smart man, and whether they
may not thin for the presidency one
not so smart would be safer.-Gazette,
June 9th, 1876.
"The Times says the Gazette's tone
should be one of sadness and regret at
the case against Blaine. But is it ad-
visabe to nominate him in order to give
the Republican party tone of sadness
and regret. ."--Gazette, June 10th, 1876.
"The Cincinnati Gazette asks: How
would Blaine, as a Presidential candi-
date, look? We can't answer the ques-
tiOn, but we can ask another: How
would the Gazette look supporting
Blaine with its question plastered on
its back?n--N. Y. Tribune.
"With the pending charges against
Mr.. Blaine or in palmer words, with his
own letters standing against him, the
Gazette could not defend him.-Ga-
Hette, June 10th, 1876.
mo man can successfully stand be-
fore the people Of the country, as the
Republican candidate for the Presiden-
cy, covered all over as Blaine is, with
his own letters and other evidence of a
speculative connection with almost ev-
cry subsidy railroad into which Con-
gress breathed the breath of life. ."--Ga-
zette, June 10th, 1876.
Having a lively interest in and a
deep reverence for, the grand old Re-
publican party, we desire to see it sue
ceed against the moral sentiments of
the country; and we would be false to
the party and to our own sense of duty
ifw failed to protest against the nom
ination of James q. Blaine. ."-Gazette.
June 10th, 1876.