The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-26
BLAINE,s nIGnr nowKR.

A Talk With brother Phelps About the MAJ
FruuI Maine,
TIie9ram 10 Cincinnati Tima'Siar.
Hon, William Walter Phelps was IN
dulging in bowl ofbrown bread and mill
in the House restaurant yesterday wher
your correspondent asked him about hil
trip to Maine to consult with Mr.. Blaine
upon politics.
~ did 60 to Maine" he replied, with {
smile, as he pulled q slice Of brown breaC
into bits and dropped it into the rich mill
which filled the bowl to the brim. ~ die
go to Maine, that Is true, and went TO SEE
Mr.. Blaine, for whom / have a great per
sonal regard, but the trip was not a poIiti
cal one. Indeed, politics was not talked
Of. During my stay there we talked about
everything else under the sun but not pol
itlcs, except as they might have been Incl
dentRlly mentioned in the conversation
with reference to Mr.. Blaine's persona.
friends here, he asked about his old
friends, and his enemies, too, and our visit
was purely social and very gratifying tc
me, at least"
show did you fluid Mr., Blaine personal
"Well and cheerful. l never saw him
In better health or looking better. He Il
q perfect picture Of health and content.
mont.'
HE does not seem to DO worrying over
the result OF the last election ?"
"Not at all. On the contrary he Is
cheerful and buoyant in his disposition
and manner. He Is giving his attention
now to a Cottsge at Bar HRrbor, which Il
being built for him, aud as he is a man
who does whatever he undertakes with
bis whole soul, he fiuds the cottage to
take bis time and attention and make the
subject a thoroughly enjoyable n 10
him"
she has finished his work upon his
book, has he?"
"Yes. That Is finished and he Is now
turning his time TO o perus Il OF his vasl
correspondence which aCCumulateddurinV
last campaign. There were about ID, 1000
letleTsaCcunuiated during thatt time, which
Of course he was unable to give his per
sonRl attention. Heis now going through
these and answering those which have moi
been answered by the lapse oftime. About
1000 Of the $1,000 he will answer In
person."
This must be a rather { strange sort o.
employment from this distance from the
campaign In which they were written2"
zone would think so. II would be Il
me a most melancholy task, but to him II
does not appear to be so at all. He Is &C
nnFtnb a nhtInnanbae and a man ~ annb
cheerful disposition that this sort OF thing
does not effect him as 1t would others
He Is a man who has no resentment-not
even against his bltterest enemies.
often think IL would be better for him 4
be had more Of that element which Ia
that man is general to resent injuries"
"Mr. Blaine will probably find, enough
in his new home atBar Hsrbor to interest
him during the coming summer"
"Yes, with that and the work which he
has now in hand he will busy himself
during the coming summer"
"Does he take any personal interest II
the Congressional campaign about L
open2"
1.-THE matter was not referred to durinS
my visit there. There was no talk Of pol
itics OF any SORT"
"How do you see the situation with ref
erencs 70 the coming Presidential cam
paign2"
II thiukit is in about the same SHAPE
that 1t was four years ago. There al,
three candidates who seem likely 10 claim
their share Of the support for the nomina
tlon-Blaine, Logan and Sherman. 0
course We cannot tell what may transpire
but go far l don't see that any new ele
ment has come to the surface"