Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-08
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS.
4 United States Senator Sheds Some Light on
James G. BlaiUe'S Celebrated Indiana Suit
for Libel.

United States Senator Sheds Some Light on
James G. BlaiUe'S Celebrated Indiana Suit
for Libel.
A Washington dispatch relates the par
ticulars of the outcome of Blaines law
suit for libel in Indiana as told by United
States Senator Daniel w. Voorhees,, other
wise known as ''the Tall Sycamore of the
Wabash In the course of a confidential
talk the senator said:
The Indiana republicans are not for
Blaine. For a man who is credited with
political sagacity and has had so much
prominence he made worse mess of
things in our state than is generally
known. For instance, man who brings
suit for slander against himself and wife
and then withdraws the suit and pays the
costs must either have very little sense
himself or have acted on the general sup
position that the people of the United
States have no sense. He brought suit
with a great flourish of trumpets. Every
Blaine man in Indiana. and, [ presume,
in the United States, took Joy and en-
couragement from this bold stand in de
Tense of himself against an alleged youth
full smirch and he was expected to set at
rest this relic of the fight against him in
lNoV- NOW. NldJ was IllG IGSulb. Ilt
suit was permitted to drag along. In the
meantime | understand the supposed Ii
belers gathered many additional facts
which made a lively story and were only
too anxious to have Mr.. Blaine and his
counsel come on. After much delay Mr..
Blaine did come on with his letter, con
ceding sufficient eccentricities in the
matter charged to let the bottom out of
his case"
"This might furnish additional cam
paign reading matter!"
Il don't know about that. The parties
will exercise their own Judgment. When
Senator Harrison was directed by Mr..
Blaine to withdraw the suit it was talked
around that it was on the ground of Mr..
Blaine's own assertion that he could not
get justice in the court. That was the
worst plea he could have made and show
ed up the hallowness of his pretensiOns
of innocence. Why, the case was before
the federal court. Judge Wood, in whose
court it was to be tried, is a republican
of the most pronounced views. The dis
trict attorney was a republican, the jury
commissioner was n republican, and the
inference is that it was a madeup jury.
In fact, everybody about the court was a
republican. The reflection on the court
that Mr.. Blaine based his withdrawal on
the ground of inability to get Justice
made Judge Wood furious. When Sena-
tor Harrison asked to withdraw the case,
Judge Wood said: You can withdraw the
case-that you have right to do; but at
the request of your client you can not
impugn the honor of this court. He in
timated that if that claim were set up he
would fine his client, Mr.. Blaine, for CON
tempt of court. This whole affair turn
ed out such complete farce that mar
ratlve of the facts as they were, in a
campaign, would only add to the multi
tude of grounds why Mr.. Blaine is not fit
to be trusted with the vast responsible
titles of the executive Office of this great
nation"
Give Us Blaine and we will show you
what Cleveland can do on the second
heat"
Then you look for CIeveland's renom-
ination!'
Il do. There was considerable talk
about discomfort among our people. l
hastened back to Indiana and l remained
there attending the convention. 1t was
charged that he had crossed the dead-line
and that the party traditions and expec-
tations had been violated and ignored.
l very carefully sounded the convention
on that subject and found the greatest
enthusiasm for the president. There may
have been dissatisfaction in the begin
ming, because the far-seeing policy of the
president was not appreciated. It was
new departure from old time party
methods, but the party now yields to the
superior wisdom of the presidents policy
and is willing to be led by it. Mr.. CIeve-
land will be renominated and will be re-
elected.