West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-03
Hom's Defense OF Blaine.

Mr. llOar ~ making a desperate effort
To whitcwaSh the republican candidate,
and hc is rcSorting to about as many
Sinuous devices to accomplish that rc
suit rs il is possible for respectable
man To resort to and remain rcspccta-
Bile. But with all his ingenuity and
elasticity of resource, hc is unable 10
MAKO a saving defense OF MIR Blaine
without mprach NJ the Vcracity of MIR.
Mulligan. In his letter To "my dear
young friend he SAYS: "Rut Mr..
SchurH lays great stress upon MIR.
! Blainc's interview with Mulligan The
version OF that Interview given 10y
! Mtilligan seems TO me utterly improb-
able. 1t is lIatly and cont 'mptuously
contradictcd by MIR Blaine.
The interview To which Mulligan to,ti.
tics was partly i'm the presence of Eos.
ter and Atkins, and partly with him
alone, the parties passing and rcpassing
from one room TO another. II seems
to me utterly unlikely that Mr. Blaine
would pass from calmncss To Il stress
and agony, and back To calmncss again
in that way. To those who have known
that courageous and high-spiritcd pcn-
tlcman, there does not appear to bo much
of James g. Blaine i'm Mulligan's sto-
ry.' a great many things may seem
utterly unlikely to Mr. IIoar that APP
pear quito natural and probable 10
broadcr-mindcd men. 1t is not unu.
sual for Mr.. Blaine TO assume high
tragedy role with his wife and children
rs accessories whenever he is driven
into q corner For instance when ho
tclcgraphed Colonel liollid iy TO bring
suit against the indianapolis Sentinel
he said Political ISLANDERS | do not
stop TO notice, but this editor assails the
honor Of my wife and children. | am
sure that honorable Democrats. alike
with honorable Republicans, will usti
~ me in defending the honor of my
family, if need be with my life ~ How
naturally this would come from the
man who, according TO Mr.. Mulligan,
almost went ON his knees q few wears
ago, saying that if the committee should
get hoid oil those papers IL would ruin
and sink him forever; that Nj Blaine
had talked even of suicide and
made an appeal in behalf of his
wife and six children, and that then
he opened TO him (Mullgam the
prospect of Il Consul,hip abroad
that Mr. Blaine, finally wanted at
least ID be permitted TO look at the
letters, which Mulligan did permit MIN
to do on condition that lac would return
them; that Mr.. Blaine did return them
and then wanted TO look at them ayain.
and then refused 10 give them back,
aud against Mr. Mulligau protest kept
them in his possess on. This "mgh-
spirited gcntIoman,' whom Mr. Hoar
so admircs has shown that spirit ON oc.
casions when hc has had timid Senators
To deal with Mr. Iloar has mistaken
the bluff and blu.tcr of the bully for
the haulour Of the gentleman, for
Blaine is only q well-dres-ed bully, after
all. and as q bully is almost invariably
q coward when hc lacks advantage OF
position. nothing is more natural than
that nc should call his wife and chill
drcn to his rescue when driven 10 cover.
But Mr.. Hoar should find some other
way 10 let his candidate out than to IN.
sinuatc that Mr.. Muligan lied about
the matter. Mr. Mulligan's standin1
for truth and vcracity H. exceptionally
good as good rs that Of any man Ina
Boston, or even in Worcester More.
over, he has been more cOnsldcratc ol
MIR. Blaine than most men would hato
been in the same circumstances. B0a
tan JlO4f