The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-07-15
Mr.. Blaine and His Enemies.
FRANK TALK IN A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL.
[From The Worlds Washington correspon-

FRANK TALK IN A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL.
From The Worlds Washington correspoll-
dence.
WAsHINGToN. July 4. If the situation does
not change in very marked degree, Mr..
Blaine will he the candidate of the Republican
party in 1SSS. All the signs and all of the talk
of the leading Republicans point that way.
The Republicans who do not like him fear his
nomination, and those who like him devoutly
hope as they have never hoped before. There
is absolutely no one in sight on the Republican
horizon but Mr. Blaine. lie has a prominence
that it would be foolish to deny or attempt to
ignore As 4 simple private citizen of the
State of Maine his utterance> attract now more
attention than would those of any official at
Washington, except perhaps the President.
Certainly no member Of the Cabinet has any
thing like his command upon the popular at
tentlon. NO member Of the Senate or of the
House is so great an object of interest If Mr..
Blaine We're to revisit Washington to-day am
certain that his every movement at the Capital
would be a> carefully scrutinized and noted as
are Mr.. tleNeland'S acts. This enormous inter-
est i'll Mr.. Blaine is Il fact carefully noted by
the politicians. They see that he was never
less out of politics than at the present time
coninJ from N.imn 1a talifa,'in ,I ,'ii, ,'
StIIiel thn etr,ct nf tbn p.,rtin,,I ',no,I' W
Citizen Blaine, which was cabled to the Lon
don papers only to become a general topic of
blaine tn-,],v il tJn ,n,.tn, of tho n,,,''Il;,i
situation II he i NOT rennminnt IN, iu ,',
one who il onnosrL to him cam hn
one OF the peculiar things to be noted in this
Blninr,s enemies NV th7t h. i i, ,,.i,..,t.,
life he is still rs murh of :, tYr~et aI,mnit ,s If
he unrn III nuIJc ,,ln.n If ~, ,,,,ti,n. i,
mems to he haJ in N,n tbe ,nn,itin,' n;i
i cr4ditr, to thn m,Ii,rn imtnnnn,. of NJ,
Blaine. An anti -Rloin. man n,,nr rnl.,,,,.
lie iust hates and hgtr. ON With am nnnr,,. ~, i
abandon that know no rrst ,rhn .I,,.a nf Mr.
Rhine with thn ,nt i I,I,iun ,oI,,I, L,. J.,.oI
ed 10 n rIIh.,l,h If hns ,tnttn, In,n,I ,a'-
son into fine realm nf ,,nrn I,,ro.,.,,,i;,r ,i'
Those who do not admire NJ pI.in,, n.,Iiti,
and who lo mot tiini tbnt H., ,,',,lJ f,,ai -
"ooJ President. need nof feel nLI;,rrI t ,l,,r-
tinue to throw mud at one Of ,h. ,nnst ;nt.ro.t-
inc men in politics There is 50 IittIo in nn1i-
ties that is of interest th,t nver, nnn Ibn,,Il
pray for lone Hfa to titiznu RIoinn ,yLn.o
mere nrrs,nrr a,unn,. tbn Ii,iu,, ,,;,.,.S a nuir
tn the cons siIrratinr ~ ,,.nr,, il,I ,l;+ ;ii
sueculatior
veteran Democrat S.,i1 to n,r ,,vt,.r,,,.
..The ,}ay Of taIkin,r scandal oho,It I;I.inr i IN
the past. Eyerythin,r that can Ln s.iI ,,LnIff
him Ias been said. While To-Day Inc l,s ,e,,.,t-
tr individual hold ul0n the npopIc than any
man in the country. There is no usn in taII
iny about the dead matters of tb,. I.-t cam
paign The Pan Electric statesmen have .,rI,-
plcd new issues. The uarty that .unnort. an
administration thai carrie, \ttorury-t I tuurnl
Garland and his staff of Electric asSu,.iot,,
need not ask the pcopIr to helm if rt.bIIkn
Blaine'> candi,lacv.' This talk is common
among the better class of Democrats. They
SAY that they honestly advocated reform dur
inc the campaign and ma,l. themselves almost
i'll in their enthusiastic DESCRIPTION of The re-
forms to be brought out bv a Democratic nd
mni>traton Of the affairs Of tbc Government.
They see now no real chance in tbr Admins
trution of affairs at WASHINGTON, They Zee
the corporation power, which have so Ion.s
controlled WASHINGTON lav its pIanS TO have
and to hold the new Administration. They
see Il Democratic committee in fine House
unanimously report Il stock iohbino extension
bill in the interest of the Pacific Railroad ,ran,,
of pun,lrrcrs. without a word of protest from
the Administration officials charged with thr
supervision Of these roads. They see this
Swindlc of the Governments interest stopnrd
in tile House only through ncXSpapcr pubIiri
tv, and wondcrif the President could NOT take
his minl from the consideration of n few petty
pension papers to see if lac colId NOT dn some
thing to secure the Government, interest in
the enormous debt of the Pacific railroads,
now reaching the colossal hri,sht of one nm
tlred odd millions of dollars. Good work in
this direction would inrlinr the people TO look
rightly upon the awful crime of Siuniu,r mn