The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-10
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HoAiNAtiON
AUGUSTA, June27.-J. AsHoman is
one Of the leading and most iniiuen-
tial citizens ID this city, and was
formerly editor and propFietor OF the
Maine Former. He lives In the next
house 70 Mr.. Blaine'a Their fanatics
are intimate and always have been 80.
To-day Mr.. Holman said
Asa man, q neighbof and q friend
Mr.. Blaine Is ofa most generous nas
turei and no appeal was ever made 10
him on behalf Of any benevolent
cause % which he did not cheerfully
aud readily respond TO the extent Of
his ability. As an instance Of bis
uu0stentati0uE manner Of beEioWing
charity I win mention en- incident
that occurred sometime ago. A reia-
tive Of Mrs. Blaine was len q widow
with nine children and with little
means Tor their support. Almost the
entire property consisted Of dwelling
house on which there was G mortgage
Of $500. Mr.. Blaine paid the mort
gage and sent her the cancelled docu-
ment anonymously, and Il was yeats
after that she learned who the kind
friend Was who had enabled her 70 re-
tain possession Of her home.
on THE DAY OF THE NoNINATION.
81 was with him while the news
from the balloting came, and for
some two hours before. he related
incidents Of his life, many Of them |
suggested By the situation at that
time he seemed 10 be entirely free /
from any care, trouble or anxiety. He |
said 20 me one day: i am In q state /
Of mind where, whatever happens, ] j
am content. / have been now for |
several years out Of public life, and l |
have gone out Of politics. / have had
every reasonable ambition gFati1ed IN 4
my life, and 1 can say now that have
no desire aud no ambition for the
Presidency. ! have been for the last
two years engaged In another kind Of
work, which has occupied my time 1
and my heart. / have adjusted my
self 70 the work, and Il has become 50
pleasant aud 30 agreeable that Il
would be a wrench for me 20 break
away from u and 20 again into active
political life. IL the nomination comes
% me 10 will come unsOught. de-
teFmined from the first that would
take no part Whatever in the matter,
and have steadily refused my strong
est and best friends any cooperation
or advice In regard 10 the ccndidaey
for the Presidency was alone
with Mr.. Blaine until about fifteen
minutes before the dispatches came.
During that time he was perfectly
calm and free from anxiety or con-
Germ.
We were IN the northwest parlOr
when the dispatches telling the result
Of the first ballot came. As the vote
Of each state would come I'm, he would
mEke some comment on Il, saying
that such q vote was larger or smaller
than he supposed Il would have been.
l took the figures as they come In. !
kept tally Of them, and when the en-
tire vote was received, before added
the votes, he said i think, Mr.. Ho-
man, that Arthur will lead on this
ballot / said, No you are mistak-
en- He said II have been watching
the figures, and think Arthur viii
lead slightly.' Just Ct that moment
finished tabulating the returns, and
thur'G "a. When i told him the re-
suit be said: That is about what
some Of my friends told me Il would
be. But thought It would fall of a
httle.i While the second ballot was
coming In he said 10 me: You take
down the figures. Il am going into
the garden He went out with the
children and sat down in the ham,
mock. I kept at work on the figures
IN the hOnse q little while, but finally
they began to come en- so slow that |
gave Il up and went out, too. Then
MsFgeret Blaine went 10 the iele-
phone and kept tally.
now THE NEWS WAS RECIvED.
"After the third ballot, the ques-
ton Of adjournment came up, which
was to decide whether Mr.. Blaine
would get the nomination or not for
those who were opposed to him would
vote TO adjourn, and those who were
In his favor would vote against the .
When they voted
down the motion 10 adjourn we knew
what the result would be. Mrs.
Blaine and the children, Miss Dodge,
Miss Stanwood, Mrs. and Miss Man. :
ley, Gen. Beal. Of Norway; Mr.. Al
den Sprague, Of the Kennebec Jour
nal, Mrs. Holman and I were with
him when the announcement was /,
made. We heard 3 shout from the !
house, where Margaret was at the tel
ephOne, and instantly she rushed out !
Of the house and over the bank 10 the
hammock where her father was sit !
ting and threw her arms around him.
As soon rs she recovered breath she
made the announcement that her
father was nominated, and, though
we did not get the figures till late In
The evening, that was sufficient
mr.. Blaine disengaged himself
from Margaret, arose from the ham, !
mock, went over TO his wife and I
kissed her. People frsm all over the
.Own were there In q few minutes.
The first to arrive were o. ID. Baker, :
=. r. Pierce, and c. Hart, who drove G
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