St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-20
BLAINE'S SUNDAY BUSINESS.
The Tattooed Man, Masquerading as a
Church Goer--Joseph Boswell
Manley's Panegyric.
New York snn

pendent of the New York T5f5wae-perhaps it
is the ingenious Joseph Manley himself
for ful 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 dag, to-
gether with much incidental information
that comes through no other channel We
have learned that Mr.. Blaine is thorough
Puritan in the matter of church attendanee;a
that with his family and household retainers
he occupies two pews in the Rev. Mr.. Ecob's
meeting house: that he is a constant patron
OF the contribution box; that he listens TO
the sermon with reverant 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 ct his house shall accompany
the family al least to morning service.
This is all very creditable to Mr. Blaine,
if it is true, and we see no reason to doubt
it, even in the midst of political campaign.
great many other citizens of Maine walk
TO church on Sunday morning with their
families, conduct themselves during the en-
tire service wit b 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
ing to the house of worship in wheelbarrow
or by a succession of hand springs, instead
of in the good old fashioned pc perpendicular
New England way, or that he ostentatiously
went 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 IngersolI's tracts before the pull
pit. Why should Mr.. Blaine's doings on
Sunday be made the subject of long and en-
thsiastie DISPATCHES while there is nothing
unusual about them! Yet honest Joe Man
ley-or whoever supplies our neighbor with
its news from Augusta-goes to the unnec-
essary trouble ofcom posing such dispatches
as this:
''AUGUsTA, June S,-To-day being observ-
ed as Children's Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Blaine did not attend divine service with
the younger members of the family For
many years they have belonged to the Gran
tie Con- regationaI 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 filled on
Sundays
And this, on the next Monday morning
"AUGusTA, June 15.-Mr. Blaine attended
the service to-day at the Old South Congrega-
tioue1 church. of which he has been devot-
ed member for over twenty-four years. His
two pews were filed with the members of his
family, as they always are of Sunday when
be 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 overthrown by the
voice Of detraction or abuse. When be 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
when afterward, as he sat in his pew and
reverentIy listened 70 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
denee in this much abused man has never
-bo,I Il fr.f Ii
est degree BY the malignant and uu-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-
ton:
"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
the chnrehgoing people
While we are quite willing that the family
pew should Re taken for granted during the
rest of the canvass, and allowed to remain
quietly in the Rev. Mr. Eeob's church, where
it belongs, we are nevertheless somewhat
curious to learn from his indefatigable
ehrouieler 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 stttes-
man whose fortunes they have done so much
10 advance. No doubt ali of these gentle
men willingly, and even gladly. accompan-
led the mitch abused man TO church, and
FROM one or the other of the family pews
contemplated the the influence of his ex-
eellent example on the morals OF the com
munity But steve EIkins was also expected
in Augusta. Did Sieve gracefully submit to
Z strict application Of the unit rule: Did be
accompany the others II the good ord SeN
England procession to the family pewi It
will be interesting to hear how Steve behaved
during the services