The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28
Presidential Electors



he country as a candidate for the
presidential nomination, in 1876, his
enemies circulated the report that he
mad used lis official place and power
Us Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives, to further the interests of the
little Rock and Fort Smith railroad
project, and that he then turned the
aid services to his own account and pro-
fl by acquiring certain bonds of that
Dad. These charges were efectually
aisappreved at the time and his pri-
Eate and official chatacter and record
> Thoroughly indicated that Mr..
laine has since then been twice re-
turned to the National Congress by
rs state, and still more honored by
cling called by President Garfield to
the highest and most responsible place
n his cabinet, that of Secretary of
tate, and since that time, not even
lis most inveterate Democratic foe has
alluded to the silly and groundless
story. Among the papers that then
rcfuted the SANDER and gave publicity
u his emphatic and conclusive win
1.ication" was Harpers Weekly, whose
aditor, George William Curtis, who
now leads the 'bolters" against Blaine
and Logan. In its issue of May 18th
SIC, Harpers Weekly, speaking of
Elaine and the charges made against
i'm said:
IN speaking of the railroad bondscandal about
fr Blaine, said that at least ii would be ad-
sai,ted that he had always shown himself acute
e.lalgh to escape the traps into which the honest
81. dull often fall Thigh principle should be
denied to him, and if. as is sometimes asserted
he IS merely politician, yet surely he is politi
clan of sagacity enough to know that, in public
lie, honesty, if nothing more, is certainly good
policy
The Weekly then gives an outline
u the nature of the charges and closes
that paragraph thus:
Mr.. Blaine instantly published an absolute
and complete denial, and having collected evi-
ccnce that is apparently conclusive, he made :
lrlcf, clear statement in the house, which was as
thorough a refutaton as was ever made and in
tie absence of other evidence, leaves him unspot-
ted"
he Weekly then added the closing
clause of Mr.. Blaine's speech as made
n the House Of Representatives, and
closed Its own editorial remarks with
these words:
Y nobody now appears to justify this accusi-
lion. It must be considered one of the reckless
SANDERS to which every public man is exposed;
and no charge that may hereafter be made
against Mr.. Blaine unaccompanied by weighty
testimony. will deserve any attention whatever"
his was the attitude of Harpers
" eekly, and the language of George
William Curtis in regard to this
reckless SANDER" in May, 1876, and
It voiced the verdict of all the people
q III parties. But today Curtis is
tghting Mr.. Blaine, and having moth
ing else to fight him with, he has dug
Up the old charges of 1876, which
had. he said, been so thoroughly re-
tutei, and again parades them before
tie people, and in its issue of June
list 1854, abiding to the letter writ
ten by Mr.. Phelps, touching on this
same old matter and recently publish
cd, Curtis assumes that Phelps spoke
e. wrote, for Mr.. Blaine, and SAYS:
II Phelpss letter Mr. Blaine's own ex-
f.-as.ion and defense, because, of course, it was
a,s published without Mr. Blaine's knowledge
aaa onSent. 1t was all that could be said to ex.
Pie he transaction and other similar transact
ti5.s aud of this explanation Harpers Weekly
s.se.ared that it was unsatisfactory. No subse
taea word upon the subject has been spoken by
VIZ Alaine or his friends Il has been asserted
.adg#a, that the story was a stale caumny
'4at the Republican masses demanded Mr.
e.@.Has nomination; that "the people" had re
s4dated the. SANDER; that Pharisces are no bet
se- t-4n other people; and that dudes are very
a.a, tactical politicians. But not word has
bees spoken or written to disprove the assertion
-sat1r. Blaine's own letters show that he had
Hss IS official position and action to promote
lbs esonal advantage.
- here we have this great George
William Curtis, the great so-caIled re-
form leader, standing out conspicu-
ousE as a self-convicted liar, for sure
i IS ne either lied in May 1876 OF
mas lied in June 1884, for then he
SAID the yindication was as thor
oosa "as was ever made, and now he
SAYS mot word has been spoken OF
written TO disprove the assertion that
Ar Blalne's own letters show that he
haa used his official position and act.
laa ? promote his personal advant-
age
such is the character of the man
|ao controls Harper's Weekly, and i:
using it to defeat Mr.. Blaine. We
ara # the opinion that his influence
Ti.l aot be very far reaching with the
Int. gent readers and voters of Amer
lea md that Mr.. Blaine will be elect
ea 6 triumphantly as was Honest Ole
Abe n 1860, when this same mal-con
tent, Curtis, "bolted the ticket anc
tired to give the country over to tn,
rebels.