National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-05
WHAT THEY SAY.
Comment, wise and Otherwise, of tho
Newspapers OF the Land.
A SAVAGE REToRT.
NCw York Herald.

TN thursday nlght laSb MT. Blhlne sAlu 10
gentleman in Washington that "the failure
to get the nomination at Chicago would be no
disappointment whatever to him, and that
tho prospect of republican being elected
was so doubtful, ON account of tho almost
certainty of u panic from overspeculatiOn,
that tho loss Of tho nomination could not DO
more than the loss Of an empty honor We
reported this conversation In slightly different
terms in the Hcrdld of Friday last Mr..
Blaines words were not confidential, and
were repeated soon after they were spoken;
and the gentleman who heard them and
repeated them is an enthusiastic republican,
and, we suppose, n Blaine man. He was
formerly senator of the United states, and
he did not send a substitute to the war. His
word is worth more than MIR. Blaincs. Ho
never went on his knees to Mulligan, and no
mover had o sunstroke in the hope that an
appeal to public sympathy would cut short an
inquiry into his crooked conduct
LET US ELECT HIM PRESIDENT.
IhRdielphta Press.
Over door at No. 90 Nassau street, New
York, still hangs sign bearing the name Of
S. j. Tilden. 1t is reminder of the palmy
days of tho sage of Gramercy park, when
he was an active participant in so much i'm
portant litigation. Tho old building Is still
full of traditions of tho old lawyer who
always spoke in whisper and ambled about
so gently on the tips of his toes. Gen. Bris-
tow has an office on the opposite side of tho
hall, and one day Mr.. rildon employed him
to look after law case. Shortly afterward
tho Kentuckan stepped into tho office and
snid; "Mr. Tildon, dropped in to ask you
what was in that suit you intrusted to me-"
The old man of the sea put his lips close to
Brstow's ear and replied: "Why, general,
that's just what employed you to find out"
PRODUCE THE WITNESSES.
Nam York Herald
George Bliss organ in Washington com
monts on the Herdids report of Mr.. Blaine's
expression of his opinion on tho republican
nomination for the presidency, and assumes
to doubt its accuracy, unless proof of tho
same DO produced by the Herald. In tho
elegant language of the organ of George
Bliss, the Herald is desired to "trot out the
witnesses or shut up" Well, when it comes
TO trotting out witnesses, why did not George
Bliss take his own advice in the star route
investigation? One difference between Bliss
and the Herald land there are good many
consists in tho fact that we have our wit
nesses, while George Bliss witnesses had
him.
A NEaREss TURNING WHITE
Atlanta Constitution
There is q negro woman in Marietta, Ga,
who is gradually turning white--white spots
cover her face and other parts of her body. This
bleaching process of nature has been going on
for some time. The woman is working for
one Of the best families of the place. She is
apparently in good health, and the white
spots, which keep charging and spreading
over her body, cannot be accounted for upon
any other hypothesis than that she has "a
peculiar skin disease that is working out this
wonderful transformation. 1t gives her no
uneasiness whatever, because it is painless.
THE LITTLE END OF NOTHING.
Wheeling (IH. Va Register.
From the way the republican papers talk
about Blaine railroads in West Virginia one
would think that he had this state all cut up
with them. The fact is that he owns q little
bit of stock in little bit of u road, about
fifty miles in length, in little bit of neck
of a little bit of corner of the little bit OF
northeastern section of this little state. II
his chances for nomination are no larger than
his West Virginia railroad interests his show
is bad one.
ABORIGINAL LAWS IN A CIVILIZED STATE.
NeW HqUen Palladium.
The little state of Tlaxcala, the Rhode
| Island of Mexico, has codes peculiarly its own
| This state was an independent republic
defYiRaUtB eaHd" fhU6 uh6 Iaht.a ahY hyesn it RS
are said to be much the Same as they were
| then in many respects the only instance, II
is thought, where the aboriginal laws have
been preserved for civilized commonwealth.
SHOWER OF YOUNG ToADS IN YUCAIPE.
San Francisco (Cal) Times.
NJ. Simpson, of Yucaipe, was in town to-day
and gives good reports of his section. Among
| other phenomena of the present season, he
reports a shower of young toads, which, il
they did not rain down, at least came from
some unknown region in untold millions i'm.
mediately after one of the heavy rains and
covered the ground thickly in all directions
and were crushed beneath the wagon wheels
| in the road.
THE DIFFERENCE VERY SLIGHT.
Savannah Net0s.
1t is probable that Secretary Gresham viii
be asked to put on embargo on tho eminent
Russell Sage's mail on the ground that hi
establishment is nothing more nor less than 1
policy gaming house. The difference between
his puts" and calls" and gambling is hardly
as great as that 'twixt "tweenledum" and
"tweedledee."
HE'LL NEVER LET CO.,