The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-19

MI; Blame was born at Indian Hill
Farm, Washington county "a, Jan:s31,
1880. His grandfatherfwas with; Wash
ingtonnsaat Valley; Forge, and named his.
county after his old chief. AT fifteen
Blaine went To school at Lancaster,
Ohio living III haho,usesofeT omsE1Ying,
then secretary T the treasury. In1s5O,5
he graduated from Washington college,
and became tutor III the Bite Iicks'
Spring., military academy. There he
met Miss stanawoodS 4 Massachusetts.
girl, teachliingsin tie Millersb,ulrg female
seminary, twenty miles of, and mar
riedf her. Hereturned, in q year TO
PennsyIvanfa and stuOdiedaawf,, But never
prasticeds SIn 1852 Re mosyvedtoM aines
became editor, Of the Ken9ebecs
journal, and later of the Port
land Advertiser. In 1858 he was elected
to the legislature !; nnd five timess.en
joyed reelection, beng speaker H,eflast
two terms. In 1862 he went to CON
gress. His first term was spent n
Understanding, but after that he came
prominentlyss heforeF5the country and
was elected speaker Of the Forty-frst,
Forty-second and Forty-thiird con-
crosses: In june, 1876, Mr.. Blaine.
was appointed by the governor of
Maine TO fllSthe vacancy in the sennte
caused by the resignation Of Lot NJ.
Morrill,, who had been made secretary
of the treasury. On the meeting fof
the Maine legislature in january, 1877,
Mr.. Blaine was promptly elected for
the5full term ending March a, 1883. Ii
bothSsbranches lie was q persistent and.
terrible debater against the South as
lmnssed on the Democraticsi side of house
md senate: InlS76.M NJ. Blaine's:nom-
nation seemed eertaih aatiCimcinfhatsti
His rivals we're B. H. Bristow, Roscoe
'Conkling 5apdsJohn I: Hartranft, gov,
ernor Of Pennsylvania. Solong as there.
was q possibility of Blaine's nomina.s
lion, the supporters Of Bristow, Conksi
ling and Hartranft remained steadfast.
On one ballot lnine came within a.half5
dozen yotessof enoughto nominate.gSo.
certaipwers his that lie would
securethe prize thatSthey telegarghed
TO all parts of the country that he had
the nomination in his grasp. The next
however, was o. surprising ones
Ohio ndgPennsygllvaniale led off Hayes
of0hio5 anda stampede SETTING Il, hs
was nominatsd byshn pyer@helming 8pte
amid greataxcitement. Mr.. Blainetook
his defeat philosophically and turned
his eyes toward 1880. Haven't into the
Chicago eenyshtion i that year with
284 votes. : GEM Grant Sherman, Ed
munds and e. B. Washbnrne, were
against him. His choice being impos-
siblessbissnpporfers nosminatedG Garfield,
and Mr.. Blaine became secretary Of state
in the new cabinet; and the controlling
spirit in the administration. Mr.
Blaine was with. the president the morn,
ing of July 2 IN 1881, when the assas-
sins bullet broughtssto painful endSa
career so full Of promise, and during
the Presidents eighty days Of suffering
hetwas daily at his bedside It was &c.
ting that Mr.. Blame should be selected,
as Garield's eulogist BY congress, and
his address on that occasion is,one Of
remarkable forceGand beauty. After
Mr.. Arthurs inauguration-Septs Is,
lS81AMr. Blaine remained In the cab
met until December, when he retired.
Eto.deyote himself to private business
Within the: past yearHhe undertook %
history of his twentyayears Of public.
life, awork that has already 5takenthigh
in Observation-Disclosures 3g