The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-26
IS BLAINE GOING TO PIECEsq
A Washington Correspondent Says
That He Is.
From the PhaadeIphia Record.

4udC ne Is.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Mr.. Blaine is going to pieces. was on
the train that took him to Boston, and !
went with him from Boston to Augusta,
and from Augusta to Portland. His friends
were panied to see how he had changed
since 1884. His mind is not as clear as it
was. This shows in his speeches and ac-
tions. Every speech he made, even two or
three sentences of thanks to the crowds
that gathered around his car to see him.
had to be fixed up, revised and altered be-
fore it was given out for publication. In
some of the speeches revision was cloak
for rewriting. As the speeches were deliv-
cred they were faulty in expression and
construction. Mr.. Blaine would start to say
something, and before he finished he would
be saying something else. His mind
wandered from the subject, and his words
wandered apart from his mind.
There is little color in his face His eyes
frequently fill with tears that start down
his face if they are not brushed away. His
mouth vacillates, and he has an old and sick
mans way of allowing his saliva to escape
involuntarily while he is speaking. His
right hand is partly palsied; he says this
comes from too much exertion. The fingers
curl up and he does not use 1t. His left
hand is little better. Both are without
color.
HE TIRES EASILY
1t was apparent in the speeches he made
that his stock OF vitality is not large He
went from New York to Boston in easy
stages to prevent exhaustion. The exertion
of few speeches from the cars, not equiv
alent in all to a Quartey-hour speech, used
him up so that he could hardly speak the
next day. At Portland, where he was
promised to deliver the opsning war cry of
the campaign, he stopped before he was
half through and abruptly left the hall He
spoke from notes, which seemed to weary
him. So he put them down and went to
speaking extemporaneouSly. This was not
to his liking and he simply stopped after
having said nothing but promise TO say
something after awhile on the fishe y ques-
ton and a short defense of trusts At
present he is resting in Augusta to recruit
from a trip from New York to Augusta,
little further than from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg.
One thing that was frequently mentioned
while Mr.. Blaine was in New Y ork was the
English attire he wore. With tri1e higher
collar and more Respondent cravat, he
could pass for dude. He wore brown
pot hat with a band little darker brown
than the hat. His coat was an English cut
away, low cut to show the shirt and a
curled gold stud His trousers were a big
check, which looked different according to
the light and angle. Over vanished shoes
he had checked outgaiters of the same cloth
as his trousers. He was more fashionably
dressed than Walker Blaine, his son.
Weather Indications.
I Special indications for North Caro-
EMR lima, South Carolina Georgia and
Western Florida: Fair, slightly
warmer, except nearly stationary
temperature on the coast, variable winds,
generally southeasterly. For Eastern Flor
ida, local rains, nearly stationary tempe
nature, winds generally easterly.
Comparison OF mean temperature at Savau-
nah, Aug. %. 1888. and the mean of same day
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