Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-01
Innninu ~ uLIrIls
Ex-senator Dorsey Briefly Cate.
ChiSGd,
He Distributes His Criticisms with
Extreme Libcrnlity on Every.
thing In SiR ht-Nothing
Nou.commital About
Him.

A special from st. Louis gives the fol
lowing interview with s. w. Dorsey: He
was asked:
"What do you think of Mr.. Blaine's
course in stamping tho various statesi'
al believe the ablest man alive is the
man whose tongue has been cut oil, and
that there is 40 genius 30 great that it
will tighten up the common good sense
that controls our people. The chances
are moro than even that when q candi-
date for a great office attempts to advo-
cate his own claims he will make more
mistakes than corrections. The French
have a maxim, excuse s'aoouso.' The
moment Mr.. Blaine opened his mouth he
made tho mistake of defense. When be
wrote the letter about his family he made
the mistake of accusation; he made every
oma in the country feel that there
was u basis for a false charge. What he
ought to have done was to have pointed
to his children, his grandchildren and his
family and his life for forty yearS. 1t
was the d-dest idiotio thing and cost
1000, 900 votos."
"How do you explain the result in In
dlanal' he wal asked.
"How do l explain iY How would
you explain the difference between the
burning Of a cord of hickory and a cord of
soft pine0 Indiana is a state of intelli.
gence, and is 30 evenly divided in its po-
litical views that tho tip of a hair on
either side will carry it"
"How about Burchardl"
81 don't know him, but l will mako a
venture that he wears q sixteen boot and
a four hat. A Protestant clergyman with
no more sense than to talk about
in an improper way hasn't the
decency to bury his mother. l have n
sympathy for such men on the
ground solely of their littleness and mar
rowness. In New York city, where | had
an Office for fifteen years, | think it safe
to say that every great enterprise, every
public endowment, all the progress came
from the Catholics and Jews. Then to
hear this fellow talk is to my mind "A
good deal like the hen that tried to lay q
She injured herself, and
broke the egg"
"Do you think it timo that Mr.. Blaine
should retire from politicsl'
"All / know is, that he has been re-
"Do you think Mr.. Arthur could have
been elected2'
''The best wer | can make to that
that we find 1t easier In our own
to round up common and tame
beef than likely and active steers. We
prefer an easy round up, but the difficulty
is the beef is no good when you get it.
"What do you think of MIR. Elkins'
management of the canvass2"
81 have always admired the great
benefit that comes from baby farming.
The trouble in this case seems to be that
he milk wasn't good. l presume Elkins
furnishing all the wet nurses teats
from his brain. Whether the teats or
the brain was short | am not sure. Boys
in short dresses shouldn't try to be school
masters. Pretension defrauds none but
the pretenders. Between pr etensions
and idiocy there is no lining"
He was then asked if he thought
Cleveland would make a good president,
and replied:
"Well, don t know. I've heard it
said that vines held W trees, but my be-
lief is the vines hold up the leaves. Dan
Manning and Joe Pulitzer and the other
sisters of charity will have to yank that
cradle pretty lively to keep the baby
awake, but from my experience with
them / know their power of y%anking."