Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-29

What Tom, Dick and Harry Say
AbOUt IL.

what Tom, Dick and Harry Say
About It.
The following paragraphs are not strictly
news, but to those who have not read
them, they may, in this form, be. at least,
suggestive. They give some idea Of what
may be expected from criticisms by po-
litical friends and enemies. In going
from one paragraph to another Mr.. Blaine
may have recalled the teeter bard Of his
early youth:
The New York Tribune says: The letter
places him before his countrymen as the
foremost man OF his time. 1t reaches and
passes the high-water mark of America o
Statesmanship. It would be difficult to
name any document in the long and
glorious history of the Republic which
surpasses this in its profound and solid
reasoning.
The New York Times is astonished that
such safe and stale platitudes Of dull and
sleepy m~eanderings about census figures,
balance of trade, Mormon question and
public lands, could come from the bold
and brilliant magnetic Blaine. His letter
is fiat and feeble, and gives evidence Of q
worn body aud q weary mind. Even the
most cursory examination Of the letter re-
veals Blaine's unftness to graphic with
questions so new and strange to him as
the tariff and protection. Altogether the
letter marks a visible drop in the chances
OF his election.
The Sun finds its chief objection to the
letter in that it fails to discuss the Multi
gan letters. It says that Brother Blaine
tells us nothing new. His recent literary
labors have given him remarkable facility
and sustained power of expression. The peo-
pie, however, are chiefly concerned to dis
cover what Blaine is, not what he says.
Blaine wants to change the subject, but he
cannot be accommodated.
The Journal of Commerce says: "The
letter is a mastery production, logical in
its style, shrewd in its aims, and strong
in the array Of every available force for
his own advantage. 1t deserves and
must command universal attention.
His notice of the South is far more just
and kind than his old-time speeches, and
there is not a single defiant flourish of the
bloody shirt"
The Herald prints the letter as q histori-
cal curiosity. Presumably" it says, che
has been assisted in the preparations dur
ing the last ten days by intellectual
bureaus, consisting of Stephen b. Elkins,
Charles E. Smith and Whitelaw Ried. 1t
looks in length and tenor as if he had
adopted all their suggestions. The notion
that purity of admiration and purity Of
record Of candidates is the main issue in
this Presidential canvass is entirely ig-
nored by the contributors to the SYM
postum"
The Philadelphia Press declares Blaine's
letter Is the clear, trenchant voice of Q
mastery leader.
The Philadelphia Times compares its
5000 words with the 100 words in which
Lincoln and Grant concluded their vigor-
Gus letters Of acceptance. But then the
party and acceptance had nothing to apollo
gize for.
The New York World thinks the letter
might more properly be called q letter of
evasion than q letter of acceptance. 1t
f~slsifes history on the tariff, exaggerstes
the work Of the Republicans, makes a bid
for Southern and foreign votes, and slurs
our civil services.