Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-11-19
JIM BLAINE, POLITICIAN AND
DEMAGOGUE.

Few men in this country have made
politics profession but Mr.. Blaine has
studied to be politician from boyhood
to manhood, from early morn to dewy
eve, and from dewy eve to morn again;
all his instincts are political, all his poll
tics are based on policy; no speech OF his
life will live after him. There are no acts
of his life which stand for great princi-
Piles, which express great sacrifice on his
part, or in any manner OF a prevailing
sentiment, other than politics. He is
"partizan" OF the first water, and yet so
much OF a de enagogue, that he will steal
the livery OF heaven to serve the devil
in. This is especially noted in his former
and recent efforts to secure the Irish vote.
In every instance where he thinks he can
pander to the prejudces Of the Irish by
an abuse OF England, he is sure to do it.
Where in any way he thinks he can draw
votes from the Independent Republicans,
he is an ardent Civil Service
reformer; in any place where he
thinks he can secure more by sneerng
at civil service reform, he becomes a
"stalwart" Republican. In early life he
began the study as to how he could best
secure the personal influence OF men to
build up his own political fortunes; he
commenced by making an effort to call
every man he met the second time by
name ; he studied out personal history /;
every effort and every power of his be-
ing were subsidized to political ends
gifted with good memory, he has un-
doubtedly trained himself so that he is
able to call more men by name than any
other man in America. BY this power
as he meets men, he creates Il personal
interest in himself by seeming to have q
personal interest in each man he meets.
With no affiliations whatever, based on
principles, with the Catholic Church, he
seeks every opportunity to make Catho.
lies believe that he is their friend. He
even draws on the influence of his deaC
relations, some OF whom happened
to be Catholics, in order tC
turn Catholic influences to himself
To-day he is the seeming friend and ad
vocate OF the working man; himself ;
natural tyrant, as he is a natural Repub
lican, his chief friends are among TIL,
leaders OF great corporations, and thos,
who control large interests, and whose
power is expressed by the money whicl
they control. He is the pet Of Jay Goult
because he wants the money of Jay
Gould to help him in his political cam
paign; Jay Gould takes him to his bee
and board-because he knows that j
Blaine is promoted to any high position
that Blaine, wearing Jay Goulds collar
must do Jay Gould's work. We simply
use the name OF Jay Gould in this con-
nection, because it is expressive OF the
very powers to which Mr.. Blaine is
pledged, and for which he must do ser
vice wherever he goes. To take Jim
Blaine AZ being the advocate OF the
rights of man, or OF his being imbued witt
the reform of humanity, would be like
asking Satan to rebuke sin. Were
Blaine a citizen OF the Empire of Great
Britain, he would by every natural in
stinct be an ally of monarchy, and an
oppressor OF the Irish people. The grea
purpose OF his life has been and is, to be
come President OF the United States
every step upward has been on the stair.
way to that position; every act of his
tongue or pen or hand, has been simply
for Jim Blaine, and for Jim Blaine alone
Whoever analyses his motives, whoever
understands the inner nature of the man
and whoever judges him by his acts, will
find that he is actuated by the most self.
ish motives OF a politician 1t is high
time that the people OF the country
should have this mans acts and motives
dissected and held up to view, so that al
who run may read, and know that Blaine
is simply politician and demagogue o.
the first water.
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