St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-20
BLATNE'S SUNDAY BUSINESS.
The Tattooed Man, Masquerading as a
Church Goer--JOseph Boswell
Manley's Panegyric.
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THE FAMILY PEW IN THE CAMPAIGN.


We are indebted to the Augusta cores
pondent of the New York Trib@ne-perhaps it
is the ingenious Joseph Manley himself
for fun and trustworthy reports of Mr..
Blaine's performance of his religious duties
on Sunday Since the nomination, the pub
lie has been supplied regularly every Monday
morning with an account of the candidates
devotional record for the preceding day, to-
gether with much incidental information
that comes through no other channel. We
have learned that Mr.. Blaine is a Thorough
PuFitan in the matter of church attendance; -
that with his family and household retainers
he occupies two pews in the Rev. Mr.. Ecob' 5
meeting house: that he is constant patron
OF the contribution box; that ne listens to
the sermon with sreverant attention, and
stands up at the right times; that he enjoys
the singing; that he walks to church in the
good old New England way" instead of or
dering out his carriage; and that he insists
that the guests at his house shall accompany
the family at least to morning service.
This is all very creditable to MIR. Blaine,
it it is true, and we see no reason to doubt
it, even in the midst of a political campaign.
A great many other citizens of Maine walk
to church on Sunday morning with their
families, conduct themselves during the en-
tire service wit h decorum, and then go qui-
city home to cold dinner at midday. We
should be far more surprised to learn from
the Augusta correspondent of the Tribune
that Mr.. Blaine was in the habit Of proceed
trf To hp of in 1tyT1aa l},ar
or by succession of hand springs, instead
of in the good old fashioned pc rpendicular
New England way, or that he ostentatiously
went a fishing at half hast ten O'Clock every
Sunday forenoon, or that he had walked de-
family down the central aisle of the meeting
house during the sermon, brandishing a
bundle of Ingersoll's tracts before the pull
pit. Why should Mr.. Blaine's doings on
Sunday be made the subject of long and en-
thsiastic DISPATCHES while there is nothing
unusual about them? Yet honest Joe Man
ley-or whoever supplies our neighbor with
its news from Augusta-gocs to the unnec-
essary trouble ofcomposing such dispatches
as this:
"AUGUsTA, June S,-To-day being observ-
D..
Blaine did not attend divine service with
the younger members of the family. For
many years they have belonged to the Gran
tie Congregational church. The other mem
bers of the family are fully as constant to
church attendance, and it is a rare occur
renee that the family pew is not filed on
Sundays"
| And this, on the next Monday morning
''AUGusTA, June 15.-Mr Blaine attended
the service to-day at the Old South Congrega-
tional church, of which lie has been devot-
ed member for over twenty-four years. His
two pews were filled with the members of his
family, as they always are of a Sunday when
he is here. The good old-fashioned New
England custom of churchgoing is strictly
enforced in the Blaine household and has
been for years. When partisan malice was
doing its worst, his neighbors were confident
that'not the slightest faint of wrong ever
stained the hem of Mr.. Blaine's garments
His reputation here has been long establish
ed, and knowledge of his integrity and
Christian character is too firmly in the hearts
of his townsmen to be overthrow by the
voice of detraction or abuse. When he was
going to church this morning there was not
one among the crowd of people on their way
to their respective places of worship who did
not pay him some token of respect; and
when afterward, as he sat in his pew and
reverently listened to the words that fell
from the preachers lips, there was not one
in that audience that knew the man but was
reminded of his numerous and generous
charities here, and the excellent influence of
his example on the morals and the habits of
temperance in this community. The conf
dence in this much abused man has never
been diminished or disturbed in the slight
est degree by the malignant and un-called
for attacks made on him.
Last Monday morning the enthusiastic adj
mirer of the much abuse man was on hand
again with his customary item of informa-
tion
''AUGusTA, July 6.-Mr. Blaine walked TO
church to-day and back to his house in the
good old New England way with the rest of
sthc chnrchgoing people"
While we are quite willing that the family
pew should he taken for granted during the
rest of the canvass, and allowed to remain
quietly in the Rev. Mr.. Ecob's church, where
it belongs, we are nevertheless somewhat
curious to learn from his indefatgable
chronicler what happened yesterday in
Augusta. Mr. Blaine's guests over Sunday
were unusually numerous and distinguished
Up to late hour on Saturday night Mr.
Whitelaw Reid, Mr.. Charles Emory Smith of
Philadelphia, and Mr. William Walter
Phelps were in consultation with the ststes-
man whose fortunes they have done so much
to advance. No doubt all of these gentle
men Willingly, and even gladly, accompan-
| led the mueh-abused man to church, and
from one or the other Of the family pews
contemplated the the influence of his ex-
cellent example on the morals OF the COM
munity. But Steve Elkins was also expected
in Augusts. Did Steve gracefully submit to
strict application of the unit rule: Did he
accompany the others in the good old New
England procession to the faEily pewl 1t
win be interesting to hear how Steve behaved
during the services.