Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-17

bears the reputation of truthful man.
| He says that Blaine wrote the circular
| and that he saw him do it. Mr.. Blaine
has made no denial of the allegation
| II will be impossible for him to deny
shat he franked thousands Of copies o
the circular TO voters, for they received
them, and many of his franked en-.
teiopes are preserved. Erchange.
The Plumed KNIGHTS Loyalty to Kis
s Chief. @
a class Of Republicans, who style
conspicuous as the particular friends OF
special friend of Garfield, whose memo
That Blaine should have the credit OF
having been Garfield's friend. in the
sense Garfield Republicans represent, is
an anomaly. There has been no such
delusion IN the recollection of the pres
ent generation. Blaine, instead of be-
ing the unsel6sh. self-sacrificing friend
Of Garfield he delights to be trumpeted.
had purposes which. had they devel-
oped. would have exposed him in an
other light. Had Garfield lived. the
was. Tee relations of the two men
were admirably calcalated to give play
to Blaine's great powers Of dfssinula-
ton. and at the same time develop the
sense of dependence which was peculiar
to Garfield. Blaine's prosessed devo-
ton to Garfield was the measure of his
devotion to selfish schemes which he
carefully kept ont OF sight.
Anarf from fho can 90 fscs, ot,r,.o1 tn
the shocking tragedy of the Garfield
murder Blaine suffered a deep aisap-
pointment, which he kept to himself.
In Gartield's probable death he saw all
his plans perish. And still he chung to
them.
When Garfield was lying in the White
House the object Of sympathy literally
worldwide, Blaine. was scheming.,
Without waiting for the death of Gar
field. if that was to be the end of the
tragedy, or his recovery, If that was to
be. Blaine devised plan for .seizing
the Presidential office by declaring Gar
fields inability and bringing General
Arthur to Washington to s'run the
Government with Blaine, the Secre-
tary of State, as the master spirit.
Blaine enormously presumed that Ar
thur, almost overwhelmed as he was
known to be by the circumstances at
tending the tragedy, would be willing
to cooperate in such an arrangement,
and virtually hide himself under the
protecting wing of the Secretary of
State, to whom the spirit of Garfield
would descend, and who would person
ate the dead President to the end of the
term.
The Vice-President's position would,
according to Blaine's plan, satisfy the
uncertain requirements and intentions
of the Constitution and that was the
role assigned to Arthur.
Such a plan Blaine elaborated and
unfolded to the members, of
the Cabinet privately. His intention,
in case it was well received, was to call
the Cabinet together and formally pro-
mulgAte the scheme and set the machine
in motion. sIst slias,fzsss4 ae aY.tR
Secretary Hunt, of the Navy Depart
ment. gave the plan his earnest en-
dorsement. Secretary Lincoln, of the
War Department, was at first favorable,
but subsequently withdrew from 1t and
opposed it, as did all the other members
Of the Cabinet.
3 With this failure Of his plan for per
petuating Garfield I'M himself Blaine re-
Tired for a season to Maine and neve,
saw him alive again.
Blaine's hopes of dominating Arthur
and his supplications TO be permitted
TO remain in the Cabinet are known Ia
whoever was cognizant Of the events 81 4
the time Ever since then Blaine has
for the Presidential hominar
ion, as he would have done had Gar.
ield lived.
The stage in the canvass has not been
'eached for showing to nGarfield Repub-
leans how great is their delusiOn, in re-
,arding Blaine rs Garfield s friend, and
or that reason entitled to their love ana
earnest support. There has never been
time when The chapter in the Garfield
'eriod bearing on this question could
With propriety be written, or when 1
efficient motive for doing it existed.
There are Republicans tofwhom tina
tile Of Garfield Republicans, would APP
'ropriately apply. They, It is under
TODD, will supply the missing chapter
y showing what Blaine was aboutfrom
he moment he entered Garfield's Cab
net, who were working with him, and
DR. what purposes Garfield and his Ad.
were used. Garfield Repub.
cans will be made to understand how
reat is their delusion as TO Blaine.--N
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