Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-01
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Ex-senator Dorsey Briefly Cate.
ChiSGd,
He Distributes ais Criticisms with
Extreme Libcrality on Every.
thing In Sisht-Nuthing
Non-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.. Blaino's
course in stumping tho various statesl'
81 believe the ablest man alive is the
man whose tongue has been cut oil, and
that there is no genius 80 great that it
will tighten up the common good sense
that controls our people. The chances
are more than even that when a 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'aocuso.' The
moment Mr.. Blaine opened his mouth he
made tho mistake of defense. When he
wrote the letter about his family he made
the mistake of accusation; he made every
woman in the country feel that there
was a basis for q false charge. What he
ought to have done was to have pointed
to his children, his grandchildren and hts
family and his life for forty years. 1t
was the d-dest idiotic thing and cost
1000, 900 votes"
"How do you explain the result in In.
dlanal" he was asked.
i1OW uO 4 sAIihlh NJ iioW WSuli
you explain the difference between the
burning of q cord of hickory and a cord of
soft pineY Indiana is a state of intelli.
gence, and is so evenly divided in it's po-
litical views that the tip of a hair on
either side will carry it"
"How about Burchardl"
81 don't know him, but | will mako a
venture that he wears a sixteen boot and
o four hat. A Protestant clergyman with
no more sense than to talk about
Romanism in an improper way hasn't the
decency to bury his mother. l have N
large sympathy for such men on the
ground solely of their littleness and mar
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 u
good deal Ike the hen that tried to lay o
goose.epg. She injured herself, and
broke the egg"
"Do you think it time that Mr.. Blaine
should retire from politics2'
Gan 1 know is, that he has been re-
tired"
"Do you think MI. Arthur could have
been elected2"
"The best n Wer | can make to that
is that we find It easier In our W
country 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 Mr.. Elkins'
management of the canvassT
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
was furnishing all the wet nurses teats
from his brain. Whether the teats or
the brain was short | I'm not sure. Boys
in short dresses shouldn't try to BIO school
masters. Pretension defrsuds none but
the %pretenders. Between pr etensions
and idiocy there is no lining"
He was then asked if he thought
Cleveland would make q 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 %yanking."