Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-23
The Two Blaines.

President of the United StateS.--Rsclt-
naoasd GA. State
The Two Blaines.
The American people are presented
with two portraits of the Republican
candidate. .sLook here upon this pict-
IRE and on this
The one Blaine is ga plumed knight"
without fear and without reproach, the
typical and grand American, the ex-
FOUNDER of great issues, the defender OF
the Republican faith. His words are
strictly true, his methods fair and open
as the day, his acts honorable to HIM
self and to others. To him the OPP
pressed of all nations are to look as their
tower of strength, and under the magic
of his power the American flag is to fly
again upon all seas and be respected in
all lands. He yields success; he is rich;
he is smart; he is the pattern for Ameri-
can youth. He is the worthy heir of
Garfield, the fit successor of Washington
and Lincoln.
This is the Blaine for whom honest
minded and patriotic Republicans de-
sire to vote. They can not. He does
not exist. He is visible only to the shut
eyes and violent self-deceit of those who
having ears will not hear and having
eyes will not see.
The real Blaine is of another pattern.
He spells Nation with a big N, but
Blaine with a bigger B. His principles
are in his pocket. He appears first on /
the National stage, when the Nation is
fighting for its life, as lobbyist filing
his pockets. There is no speculation
which he can 1esist; but, rich as he is,
I, 4 ,,<xrov. 40 y.noI v,,0nou Inv anu VIC
ible business or profession. His polit,
ical and business methods are the
same which have wrecked banks.
robbed honest men of their savings.
defrauded women and children, sent
men to the Jail or to their graves, and
lured youth to ruin. This man is q
towards he writhes, and winces, and
bewails the s.agonies'' and s.bitter hui
mutations" of his financial crooked
ness; he receives insult without word,
| and still writes to his dear Fisher with
kind regards. Forced by threats of POI
| litical ruin to make good the yalueless
stock be has loaded upon those who
| trusted him, he boasts his generous self
sacrifice for his friends. He tells lies;
he contradicts himself; he asks others
| to-lie4 that he may pose as an injured
innpcent; he. takes forty -four millions
I of people into his confidence with the
! usual e$rOntery Of the confidence man.
AT last rs has it explained to the Amer
Eieaa people that he is not smart, after
s1E be has been the easy victim Of
| petty sharpers. His plume is the white
| feather.
| AS a statesman he has done nothing
that. makes leadership. He stabs honest
finance in the back by proclaiming that
M hn
| does. his best against civil-service reform
Nv appointing hostile committee.
When public opinion shows its drift he
tlfHs with the current-too late! He
will keep the people burdened with q
| needless hundred millions of war taxes,
and rid us of the surplus by turning
over to States which pay little, like
Maine, the proceeds from States which
paw much, to the utter destruction of
| local responsibility for local govern
ment. When the people prick this
sham he lets it go. He allies himself
with Reputation in Virginia, and takes
pains 10 his history to tell West Virginia
and Virginia alike how they may evade
their debt. Secretary of State. his pol
lev is buncombe. He can not spare
! time to care for an Irish-American in an
English jail. but he can protect the
guano CLAIMS of q newly naturalized
| Frenchman by bulldozing a broken
power into recognizing President who
will favor his friends. He DULLES Mex
| leo onlyto pocket the insult when she
quietly pockets his clustering letters
without reply. He has not the respect
even of his own Ministers. This great
American makes America aby-word
among the nations.
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men. At county fairs or railroad sta
tons he has abundant and particular
sweetness for every place and for all
people; he advertises his affiliations
with all religious sects which have
| votes, and every political question
| which he darcs not face he lodges as a
..iocal ISSUE He denies to nature the
Icredit of her bounty and to lat6F the
fcredit of its toll I'D skin Sthat - may
claim for party and q p0lt& the vel
fare Of country happlY to- nsperous
| to bs,rlfhed by all the nlista Of poll
tiohI1 Around him DIT Sthe worst
ne1a1 18th parties FiM4n. to quote
hfS I'm organ on Mrs. Mandelbaum,
the noted fence. he adopts s'a line of de-
Tense always in great favor at the
T0mbs. That is. not to establish ones
own innocenGa, but to prove some one
else's guilt
This is the, Zeal Blaine Blaine as
drawn by himself, in his own words
and acts. He is all of piece. His
letters are only the typical confession
Of an unworthy career. He is the worst
| possible ideal for the rising generation
of America. It is for this man that
self-respecting Republicansnare Askeds
for the sake Of the party's past. to vote.
Can they do ftp Il
Men do not change in day. sTkls is
1 the Blaine who. II elected, would b2the
head of this great Nation. Bukf4Will
not be elected. The tide is rising
against him. There j. moral ssnse il
the American people which, in is sober
second thought. sees through sham and
/ pretense, and which win see sttiAt no
tricks are played upon Justice. ~.
T. Times.
8sMr. st. John thinks that this a
no time for lodging. Mr.. Blaine ftink1