The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-27
BOZEMAN, M. T., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 1884,
SPENT Up Warnings" or James 4.
Blaine's Soul.

1t is abont rs amusing to read some of
the taffy given by the party organ to its
presidential candidate as it is disgusting
to read the abuse that it heaps on the
opposition candidate. Sometimes the
tafy is also disgusting It is too sweet.
and there is too much Of it. The follow
ing,taken from late issue of the Man
chester Union, Republican paper-is
simply immense.
"Mr. Blaine walked to church very
quietly and solemnly last Sabbth and It's
tened to the sermon with deep attention.
Whenever allusion was made to Lincoln,
Garfield, or to those who had made great
sacrifices for the cause Of their country,
his feelings were apparent to all. So
deep were his emotions that, by a mag
netlc sympathy. the vast congregation
was soon baptized by an old-fashioned
sou: relieving crying spell. MIR. Blaine
can never listen to religious music but
lips quiver and his eyes suffuse with tears.
To relieve the pent up yearnings of his
soul he sometimes HUNS tune himself"
Here the news is heralded to the world
that Mr.. Blaine walked to church quiet
ly and solemnly.' Was it necessary to
tell US thisa1fIas Mr.. Blaine heretofore
gone to church in a boisterous manner?
Now if Blaine had pirouetted to church
singing John Browns Bony and firing off
his six-shooter, that would have been
something to write about. He went to
church like an ordinary man and we can
not see that for that he is deserving any
credit. He listened to the sermon with
deep attention" which wa very credita-
BILE considering that lie had the ability to
''sass back, at the preacher if he had
wished to do so; and further considering
that he is man who doesn' like to be "a
dead head in any enterprise"
Probably the preacher was Repuhli-
can, did not quote from the epistles of
James to Mulligan, or refer to the candi-
dates missionary efforts in the guano
country, as the bold, had Democratic ed
itors do.
How touching it must have been when
allusion was made to Lincoln and Gar
fields sacrifices for their country's cause,
to see eagle eye Of the man who aspires
to fill their chair spring leak-to see
him unostcntatiously drop ascalding tear
into the contribution box! ., it was too,
too touching. We are glad that We were
not present. 1t would have been 40 afi:
ecting. There is not enough moisture in
us to produce brlny tear, but ho doubt
we would have been filled with svmpa-
thetic emotion, and we would have had
to do something. Possibly they would
have allowed us to - relieve our pent up
soul by splitting out of the window.
To see that magnetic sympathy catch
hold of the congregation and wiring "old-
fashioned" tears gut of their weeping eyes
until al! the color faded out Of the ecarpet
must have been gorgeous a sort of old
fashioned gorgery akin to the Republican
simplicity that used to exist in the past.
We are glad to learn that James q.
Blaine "relievesltle pent up warnings of
his SOUL by humminga a tune to himself,
and not as We do down here in Texas,
where candidates usually relieve their
pent-up yearnings by filling up on cheap
whiskey, and painting the town red.
Even our Democratic readers will rejoice
to learn that Mr.. Blaine "hums'' when his
yearnings get SO pent-up that he is in
danger of coneesting his lung pad. Es-
pecally will it please them to know that
he "hums to himself" He is not vain
enough, as some people would be 60 hire
hall and hum to SO cents head au-
tlience.
Mr.. Blaine should give the Manchester
Union the $4,000 subsidy that Siftings
didn't get, and the above eulogaic gem
should be used as campaign document.
Texas Siftings.