Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-08-28

The nepublican Candidate Despendenf.

1t has been an open Secret among Mr..
| BIaine's close friends that he has never
| recovered from the shock that Cult
eau S pistol caused him. He was ar1n-
in-arm with Garfield when the assassin
fired; he saw the President totter and
fall. and he believed that the next shot
would be received by himself The eff
feet Of that shot was to give him what is
known in his own Stale as 1.-THE hypo. =
He is convinced that he has an organic
disease, and although the best ply 81
| clans in the country have assured him
that he Is wrong, he will not believe
them Last summer he panied his
friends by asking constantly how they
thought he looked. Somebody told him
that the little pools of water left by the
ebb tide on the oeks of the coast were a
spe cifle for the disease he thinks he has.
and he was often seen drinking from
them and bathing his face and arms in
them During the past winter, when
he was visited by prominent politicians
who wished to talk with him about his
nomination, he surprised and saddened
them by indifference, and he told one
man that he had rather live in peace
and quiet than to be elected President
and die in the Office For few DAYS
before the convention met he seemed to
be like his real self. and after he was
nominated displayed to those nearest
him some of the energy that was cna--
aeteristic of him in the DAYS of his
prime. But that did not last long.
After the Democratic Convention the
old conviction that he can not be elect
ed returned, and with it his depression
OF spirits. He is now said to he de-
spondent. and those who are nearest
him believe that unless the hypochon-
dria can be shaken OF, all the work of
the canvass must be done without much
help from him.
MIR. Blaine has already received a
great deal of Information respe ting the
political situation, and he thinks it jus
tifes his despondency. He claims at
all events that his political forecasts of
last winter We're correct. and that the
country has entered upon canvass that
will be unique, and that viii show some
unexpected results which the wisest
man can not now pred CT.
While MIR. Blaine has no such organ
lied corps of clerks, letter openers and
assistants as were at Mentor in 1880,
yet ne has a bright and energetic son
and diligent secretary, through whom
great zeal OF correspondence Is con
Quoted. The news thst has already
come TO Augusta agrees in the main
with that received by the National Com
mittee. 1T is far from cheering, though
it Is not thought by Mr. Blaine friends
to justify his own despair The reports
confirm the suspicion of some of the
shrewd politicians who were at the Chi
cago Convention that the Blaine enthu- /
siasm WAS not genuine. but was manu-
featured to great degree, if not to
some extent bought. The reports that
are trustworthy already received, both
by Mr.. Blaine and by the National Com
mittee here, show that there exists
throughout the great Republican States
of the Northwest no such fiery and |
Overwhelming desire that Blaine shall 4
go to the White House as there did in
1876 This is precisely what Mr. Blaine |
saw to be the case last winter. He |
knew his heyday was in 1876. and that |
since then his popularity has waned. |
like that of all politicians who have |
passed their day. All the tiattery of
the men who sought him last winter
could not dissuade him from that belief. |
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