The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
PRESS EOH OEs
OF the Popular Verdict on MIR. Blaine's
Confession.
Octob Der.

a. And when he found that he was wed
This secret man of Maine
Went slyly to another State,
And in secret wed again.
Mr.. Blaine has been weaving a tangled Web
about himself, and his Islander chicken" has
come home to roost-Paducah (KyO News.
Such absurd and silly answers as Mr.. Blaine
makes too thin to lay hold of-too airy and I'M
substantial to criticise.-Nashville World.
The air of deep mystery that surrounds Blaine's
woman he married, justify the belief that all was
not 'squaar "-IllinOis State Register.
1t does not seem to be generally known that the
reason Governor Cleveland has never married is
that be was never able to find out whether or not
marriage license was necessary-Chicago Times
We predict that they will continue the case on
one pretext and another until after the election,
and then withdraw the suit. Such was the upshot
of q like suit some years ago that he brought
against paper in Maine-such will be the upshot
of this.-Eashyille World.
He pretends to plead ignorance of the law. 1
venture the assertion that every boy and girl in
Kentucky OF the age Of sixteen did then and do
now know the general provisions of the Kentucky
statutes in that particular-that is, that license
is essential before a marriage can be legally SOL
emnized in that State.-Kansas City Times.
Mr. Blaine does not ask the recording angel to
drop tear on the record so that humanity may
rejoice ii finds the page il not written,
insists on the truth Of the record and demands
justification at the hands OF the mothers and
fathers of virtuous daughters of America. De-
graded indeed would be the standard by which
such conduct could be Iusthed.-Cor. Galveston
News.
We hold Mr.. Blaine directly responsible for the
degradation of the canvass 1t has been charged
paper Mr.. Blaine procured the publications. of the
lying Buffalo calumny. At all events The could,
by word, hint, have stopped its circulation by
his own press.-New Yorld World.
1t must be remembered, however that Mr..
Blaine is not a gentlemen whose word has always
passed unchallenged in this country, and in the
subjected 10 more than usual scrutiny, Chicago
News.
There is no twenty-year old boy on earth who is
not aware that at legal marriage the priest, the
Judge or the Justice OF the Peace is absolutely es
sential under the forms of law.-Nashville World.
We fear that Mr.. Blaine does not read his Bible
as carefully as he should. If he would turn TO his
Bible. he ought TO be able to answer in three min
utes when he was married and when his first child
was born.-Kansas City Times.
He put on a bold front and thought he could
not 90. The Sentinel held him strictly to the
text, and when he saw no way out OF the untor-
tunate dilemma his daring disposition had placed
him in. he began to dodge just as he did on the
temperance question.-Fort Wayne Journal.
Why does he not bring libel suits against schurz.
Curtis, Bishop huntington, President Eliot, Sena-
tor Edmunds and Others? why is he not as care
III Of his public as OF his private character? Is
not his family affected when he is branded as
public corruptionist, a venal and disgraeed pub
lie officer New YORK World.
He pleads in avoidance and sets up as a fact
hat is unquestionablg falsehood: The Repuo-
leans say they are going TO make this man Prei.
dent of the United States.-Nashvtlle American.
why, in Blaine's letter to Phelps AMI IN his
swers TO the questions OF the indianapolis senti-
the lines that Blaine did not marry but only bun
died. in Kentucky, and what lie Moyne says con-
firms lt''-Illinois State Register.
Oh, yes, Ex-Congressman LIE Moyne witnessed
Blaine's second marriage" but declares that he
never had any idea that he was married before.
All around, il would be much more TO Mr.. Blaine's
motto and 'tell the truth."-Chicago News.
Sarah C. stanwood died years ago. OF course S.
l. Blaine is dead too-if he was ever anything
else but dead. Strange that Mr. James 6. Blaine
while about it didnt also give the name of some
preacher VINO pretended to marry him. He could
him.-Nashyille World.
The explanation OF his double marriage and the
reasons Tor IT, II there was possibility that an in
sesen person eo pr accept them as true would
an idiot when he was in kentucky.-lllinois State
Register.
Mr.. Blaine, by bringing this suit. acted false
hood. In telegraphiDg that the charge was tut
terly and abominably false in every statement and
in every Implication he deliberately stated a
American people.-Nashville American,
This undertaking to deceive the public is not an
appeal to the magnanimity and generosity OF the
lea, but is miserable whining lie. told under
the expectation that truly magnanimOus and
generous people will make display of their char
scter merely because their msgnanimfty and gen.
erosity are appealed to.-Galyeston News.
We have it upon reliable authority that Mr..
James G. Blaine will not be the guest OF Colonel
John c. Shoemaker editor of the Indianapolis Sen
tinel, during the formers visit to Indianapolis.
But we are informed that, at some subsequent pc
Rod, Mr.. Blaine will be entertained in a lively
manner by Colonel Shoemaker in the indianapolis
courts.-Chicago News.
What a stupid crowd il must have been, to be
sure. Blaine did not know the marriage law:
Blaines wife did not know the law. and they were
both teachers in college and both interested par
ties, and ii occurred TO them 10 inquiries the
party who married" them did not know the
law; the select few friends did not know the
law. What a stupid crowd, to be sure. What ev-
idence is there that there was any such marriage,
anyway Nothing apparent but the word of the
author, and he the purloiner of the Muiligan let
lers.-lllinois State Register.
1t is NOT against Mrs. Blaine. the faithful wife
and mother nor Miss Stanwood. the betrayed and
sighted girl, that we have aught to say. But who
can forbear an expression OF inetfabe contempt
for the clumsy and miserable subterfuge by which
this man attempts 20 force for himself a passage
to the White House. The lofty hero before whom
the high melted Cleveland was held up as
monster of iniquity, steps. selfcouvicted. from
his pedestal. The plumes OF the fallen knight are
broken and trailing in the dust.-The People.
In other words. candidate Blaine asks the
American people to believe that after little over
two years acquaintance his agony reached such
pitch impel a secret marriage, and vet after
connubisl experience of just nine months, lacking
one day, and the soemnization OF second secret