New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-17
O,,F NIGHTS EVIDENCE.

LET us see how far the argument has adj
vanced. Opponents of Mr.. Blaine have iened
his personal uprightncSs, his craftsmanship. his
prudence in foreign affairs. his zeal for honest
money and resumption, and his regard for Civil
Service reform. What is the evidence
Ex-Secretary Evarts, Senators Hawley. lIoar
and Dawes. Governor Robinson, of MaSSachu-
sets. and Representatives Grape and McCook,
all have been associated so closely with MIR.
Blaine in public life at Washington that they
cannot but know the true character of the man,
and the estimation in which he is held by other
pure and worthy men in public life. They all
appear before great popular asScmblagcs IN one
evening. to testify their high regard for Mr..
Blaine. and to utter indignant rcbukes of those
who SANDER him. All of them save one opposed
his nomination. prcfcrring other candidates :;
but all support him with great zeal. In any
other field of human inquiry, would not the tes-
timonv of such men be deemed concusiveP
Assurcdly there is no man living in this coun-
try who is capable of apprcciating true states
manshp of the highest and best order, If cX-
Secretary Evartsand others of the gentlemen
named are not When they declare that Mr..
Blaine ranks with the great historic names OF
our Nation when a man of the lofty intellect
aud profound scholarship of Mr. EvartS classes
Mr.. blaine with Clay, Webster and Seward
what are we to thinl, of the diSpamgins cuti-
cisms of literary phrase makers and professors
of colleges Mr. Evaits paid ma eloquent tribute
10 General Logan also. and added regarding the
criticisms of those candidates. ut carried
~udiculc aud shamc | am sorry Ia say, upon
" the culturo aud the education of those great
constitutions that | revere Nor Is there a
purcr or moro elevated man in public life than
senator lloar, aud hi, comments upon Che soon
tcmptnous criticism of those gentle hcrmils oil
Cambridge were calculated 10 make President
Elol's ears Jingle 1t would not be well for
Harvard, if that great institution of learning
should come to be- regarded as dollhouse of
scandal and q nursery of disloyal feeling.
No men living have had greater opportunity
70 know the truth about the struggle for re-
sumption and honest money than Senators
Hawlcy and lloar. Both are men Of truthful
characters; both were leaders in that struggle;
and both testify to the incalculable services of
Mr.. Blaine to the cause Of public honesty and
public welfare. Mr. lloar. especially, declares:
L" | had known that he (NIr. Bancl was in the
"very inmoSt councils when the Resumption
"Act was framed and that his iniluencc'clrricd
ait Through the House over when he presided"
Dr. Freeman Clarke, therefore, was base SLAM
dcrer when ne n,iuuatcd that Mr.. Blaine was
not on the right side or took no active part IN
the glorious tnumphS Of the Republican inan-
cial policy.
Norman living knows more OF the truth about
Civil Service reform than Senator lIaNley.
He was chairman Of the committee Oh that sub
d. 1 b.,s Ia bpuprDf Inv al
sincere roformcrs as one of their most luilu-
entail leaders. His testimony covers not only
Mr.. Blaine but Senator Logan, whose hearty
and frank remarks on the subject he quotes.
Here, too. it may be added that at the same
Boston meeting on Tuesday night, there APP
pcarrd Congressman Long and Rice, and Henry
Cabot Lodge, who was one of the foremost
workers for Mr.. Edmunds in the National Con
vcntion as he had been one of the most Jealous
workers for reform in previous years. The
manly declarations of these men carry conyic-
ton to every mind not darkened by prejudice.
Finally, what sort of reform is to be cx-
pected from Cleveland Mr. Evarts shows
the great orator who 50 powerfully presented
the cause of reform in this city but short time
ago. He shows how the struggle for reform
led to the exposure of Hubert o. Thompson and
Sheriff Davidson and how these very men, and
the rings which they control, went to Chicago
and nominated Mr.. Cleveland AZ Il RciOrmcr.
Men who desire to make the very name of re-
form a stencil in the nostrls for all time 10
come. If they 90 with Mr.. Curtis and Mr..
Schurz, are quite likely to succeed in that,
though not in elccting President For the
plain people are not 10 be turned sour 10y the
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