Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-12
BLAINE AND BUTLER.

| The Blaine managers are promising every
body everything protection to dynami-
ters, encouragement and help to Cuban fill
busterers, liberal appropriations to contrac-
tors and jobbers, u high old time" TO specu-
lators, and in the ears Of decent voters they
whisper: "Its all hosh Blaine really means
| to make the uuietcst and cleanest admins
tration we ever had. You're perfectly safe
| 10 vote for him.
Mr.. Blaine has won fame OF his own IN
Washington as the most liberal promiser in
his party He has never hesltated to prom
ise everything that was asked, and he is
probably before this time over his head IN
engagements. That is why he is thought to
be such magnetic man.
Poor General Butler tells i good story
about the promising character of Mr.. Blaine.
Blaine needed Buffers assistance 10 be made
Speaker on certain occasion. He promised
Butler the craftsmanship Of the Appropria-
tions Committee, and so the General sup
ported him in the caucus. General Butler
is not 4 dstrustful man; the understanding
was clear, Blaine's promise positive, and he
waited without uneasiness for the announce
ment of the committees This was delayed
some DAYS after the Speakers election, as is
usual. and on the day when it was TO be
made a friend Of General Butler whispered
| to him that Mr.. Speaker Blaine intended to
give the craftsmanship to another man.
The information was SO positive that the
| General became uneasy and determined to
see Speaker Blaine before the House should
| meet to hear the committees announced.
After some search he discovered that Mr..
| Blaine was in a committee room. He went
| to the door, but was repulsed by the door
keeper, who told MIN that entrance was
positively forbidden, as Speaker Blaine was
very busy. General Butler, however, deter
mined not to be outwitted by Blaine. He
got n look through the door and saw Blaine
actually sitting at the table, and he deter
mined to wait at the door and seize him, as
he must necessarily come out to open the
session Of the House at noon
At a quarter before twelve Mr.. Speaker
| Blaine had not yet appeared; but General
Butler waited at the door, sure of his man.
At five minutes before twelve Mr.. Blaine
| had not yet appeared but as the room had
| only one door and General Butler stood at
| that the case seemed to him safe.
Finally, at fifteen minutes after noon, the
| General demanded once more leave to enter
the room The doorkeeper said, Certain
ly" and flung open the door. General
Butler walked in and found the room empty.
"Where's Speaker Blaine?" he demanded
grutlly. He's in the House, suppose"
was the reply. The General hurried into
the House and arrived just in time to hear
another mans name read out for the chair
mauship which Speaker Blaine had prom
ised him.
On investigation he discovered that the
promising Speaker Blaine, knowing that
Butler was waiting for him at the door, had
climbed out of a window of the committee
| room, cambered along ledge of stonework
to the window of another room, and out Of
| that had sueaked into the House and into
| the Speakers chair.
1t is not long since General Butler told
| this story to some friends. He admitted
| that ''Blaine is very cunning fellow" and
first class promlser-in fact, a very mag
netic man; but he thought it was not always
safe TO trust him.
DO The people want for President of the
United States man who climbs out Of the
window to get away from General Butler?-
| n J. Herald.