The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-20
MAKING IT CLEAR.
EX-SENATOR DORSEY BRIEFLY CATE.
CHlSED.
he Distributes His Criticisms with EN
treme iiberality on Everything;
in Sight-NOth'us Non-Com-
initial About Him.

CHICAGO. Nov 20 The Inter Ocean mas a
special from 81. Louis, which gives the fol
lowing interview with S W. Dotsay He
was asked:
What do you think of Mr. Blaine's course
in stumping the various states!"
Il believe the ablest man alive is the man
whose longue has been cut of, and that there
is no genius so great that it will tighten up
the common good sense that controls Gun
people The chances are more than ever
that when It candidate for great Office
attempts II advocate his own claims he
will make more mistakes than cor
rections. The French have u maxim
excuse s'accnse' The moment Mr.
Blaine opened his mouth he made
the mistake Of defense. When he wrote the
letter about his family he made the mistake
OF accusation, he made every women in the
country feel that there was a basis for a false
charge. What he ought to have done was to
have pointed to his children, his grand
children, and his family and his life for forty
years. 1t was the d-dest idiotic thing and
cost l,000,000 yotas.n
How do you explain the result in In
di9na:' he was asked
How do | explain it: How would YOU OK
plain the difference between the burning Of
cord of hickory and a cord of soft pine: In
diana is g state of intelligence, and is SO
evenly divided in its political views that the
tip Of hair on either side viii carry it
How about Burchard."
Il don't know him, but I will mako vent
ure that he wears sixteen boot and Il four
hat. a Protestant clergyman with no more
sense than to talk about Romanism in an i'm
proper way hasn't the decency to bury his
mother | have large sympathy for such
men on the ground solely of their Iittlenes>
and narrowness IN New York city,
where l had an Office for fifteen
years, l think it safe to say that
every great enterprise, every public en-
dowment, all the progress came from the
Catholics and Jews. Then to hear this fel
low talk is to rly mind good deal like the
hen that tried to lay a goose-egg. SIZE in
jured herself and broke the egg
do you think il time that Mr. Blaine
should retire from politics.
"Ail know is, that he has been retired
''Do you think Mr. Arthur could have beer
elected!"
THE best answer can make to that is tha
We lin it casier in our own country 10 roun.
| up common AMI tame beef than likely anl
active steers. We prefer an easy round up
| but the difficulty is the beef is no good Uher
| you get it.
What do yo1 thin', Of Mr. Elkins' man
| Ggemant Of the canvas7,"
| Il have always admired tie great bpnef
that comes from haby-farming. The troubl
| in this case seems to be that tine milk WASH
| good. presume Elkins was furnishing al
tile Wet nurses taats from his brain Whetha
| the teats or the brain was short, am no
snre. Boys in short dresses shouldn't try t
be schoolmaSters. Pretension defrauds non
but the pretenders. Between pretensions an,
idiocy there is no lining"
He was then asked if he thought Cleve
land would make a good president, and re
piled:
We'll, l don't know. I've heard it sal
that vines hold up trees, but my belief is tn
vines hold up the leaves. Dan Manning am
Joe Pulitzer and the other sisters of charit
will have to yank that cradle pretty livel
to keep the baby awake, but from my expC
rience with them | know their power q
| yanking'