The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-02

F~II-TT-|TIl IUfff0T 0-iuuriniluu "A
| Mr. Wtine. IN the suintuOr ui 80 Ne.
iuy WAS iu Europe, While nn his wat
hniup The Republican slate rnnNenliui
ui Michigan appointed him one IN ~
| Iplpatfa --at-laTgn IN the Chicago rut
Vpntiuu, aud ut the same tlmeinstiuctcu
lts delegation a. woe fur the "numinniiui
NJ Mr.. blaine. Forthwith there wa
much comment among Me- Joy
/ friends, N lNn knew Oi his contempt li
/ Mr.. Hlaine, aud the rCasOn ho had given
lOr 10 a. TO what he would dO iu ihu mat
ter. These comments uame Ia lho ear,
of u prominent Federal officer here ana
u warn supporter of Mr. Blaine's noini'
Alarmed at tho possibility II Mr., JOYS
| declinuliun Ia serve AMI of hi puhiit
statement Of his reasons Tor declininsr
this official hurried 10 New York, mot
Mr.. Joy an his arrival aud told him Ol
his appointment ~ u delogatc, lie
urged that Mr., Joy knew the sentiment
al Michigan was Overwhelmingly ~
favor uf Hlaine's nomination, infatuated
states Senate would he blocked
h Mr.. JOY II he opposed Mr.,
Blaine, and induced him 10 consent "a
present Mr.. Blainu's name 10 the con
ventiOn. Every u Is familiar with the
hating and embarrassed fashion IN
which Mr., Joy did present MIR. blaine's
name Ia the convention, even referring
10 him rs "James Il, Blaine" The pub
LEGATION herelnheforo referred Ia of the
story in the Chicago papers must have
confronted him 10 his shame.
An OVERWHELMING ARGUMENT.
In the same general connection, your
correspondent sends herewith II para
graph from the Detroit Free Press OF
this morning. Tho prominent eX.Ee-
publican referred To, IL understood TO DC
| Tx, MAYOR William q. Thompson, who
was twice elected Mayor 10y the largest
Republican majority ever given in this
city, but who il now making vigorous
speeches for Cleveland II Is one oil
many prominent Republicans In this
State Who are opposing Mr., Blaine's
candidacy. Mr.. Baldwin is the Presi-
dent of the Second National bank, oi
which Mr.. Joy Is n Director:
Ex-senator Baldwin IL but very re-
Gently come from Europe. lie encoun-
tered II prominent eN-licpublican for the
first time since his return. Common
place greetings passed-weathor and
families Were considerably inquired ai-
ter. Then the ex-senator observed: 81
am sorry that you arc mol supporting
Blaine"
sand ] am sorry that you are support
ing him." retaliated the other,
"Why SOP" questioned the Senator.
"Because YOU know him 10 he Il dis
honest man. was the bulIs-eye answer,
The Senator vas n triile Disconnected,
but ha asked how that was.
'Yuu know the particulars of James
L. joys going down To Washington
when Mr.. Blame was Speaker of the
House, to consult him about putting n
certain man on the railroad committee,
You know that Mir. Blaine made II Lnan-
cial proposition TO him, and that when
Mr.. Joy returned he denounced Blaine
i'm Il leading bank here as n dishonest
man. Doesn't this demonstrate That
YOU know him TO be cGriUpt2"
"But that was entirely i~nterential,'
/ exclaimed the Senator.
"When a man takes your watch out OF
Your pocket and walks oil with IT," said
the eN-RepublicGn, shat isn't an infer
ence. IL r. u cold fact. isn't liz"
Apropos If the statement oiMrs. Nor
rill touching her late husbands estimate
of Mr.. Blaine, the following is the opin-
ion of his associate, Congressman Jay
Hubbcll, expressed in conversation with
several Eentlemen here when on a visit
to Detroit last spring: al regard Mr..
Blaine" he said, ''as the most dangerous
man in America. II was a fortunate
thing for the country that Garfield died.
Had Blaine remained at the head of The
State Department he would either have
Inundated us or would nave involved
us in a useless foreign war; Special
To New York Herald.