The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-08-25
NE W YORK LETTER.
New York Star Syndicate Letter to the MAG
NoLIA GAzErTE.l
NEw YoRK, Aug. IN, lsss.

New York, Aug. 21, 1888.
The town has been on a broad
grin for a day or two anent the
Blaine demonstration fiasco. The
man from Maine was expected to
reach her Wednesday morning at
the latest and great were the prep
araIions made to receive HIM. Ev-
cry Blainiac within a radius of 200
miles was drafted into service for
the occasion. Vigorous drum
ming had brought a number of
visiting clubs from as far West
as Kansas City. Uncle Money
bags Morton was given another
squeeze and the brass band and
firework men reaped rich har-
vest.
On Tuesday a fleet of little
steamers cruised about the Bay
awaiting the new ocean Leviathan,
City of New York with the White
Plume flying from the mlzzen
mast. An all night wait FIR noth-
ing. Wednesdays sun soon
bumped itself above the horizon
and settled down to business over
the old route. Still no Blaine.
Arother all day and night cruise.
The delegate from Pungo began
to road over his two-day excursion
ticket and felt in his pants pock-
cts for the remains of his four
! dollars.
| A Blalneless Thursday morning.
| The air was bluer than the sky.
The Pungo' gentleman enthusi-
asm was even more wilted than
his solitary collar. His finances
were on The ragged edge. The
day passed without sign or token.
Things were getting desperate.
The Pungoese had folded their
grIpsack and embarked for home
in second class cars. Thousands
were following. Republic ca n
Headquarters war, beseiged by
impecunlous visitors. Tom Plat
took another twist in the Morton
thunlbscrew. Night brought no
hope, and then everybody got mad
and set off all the fireworks and
music and welcomed Blaine home
hours before ne got here.
The next day he did steam up
the bay, was met by a tug, made
a few speeches and was given a
send-off IN the evening that was
quite respectable, considering the
very trying circumstances.
"Have you heard from Indi-
ana 2" was Chairman B1co's in
terrogatory salutation to your cor
respondent at the National DEM
ocratic Headquarters this morn
ing. 'sAnd do you think" he
continued, that there could be
PLAIN sailing for Cleveland and
Thurman IN the Hoosier State
alter the indianapolis fiasco?"
Mr.. BrIce IS not very talKa-
tive man, nor Is he given to bub
bling over of enthusiasm. 1t
makes no matter who calls,-how-
ever humble he may be, Mr..
Brice in the gravest mannaf pos
sible soIlcits his views as to GER
tain details of campaign work.
The enthusiastic delegates from
way back who have come few
thousand TO tell the managers how
to run the campaign is certain of
a very respectful audience. He
is allowed to rattle away just as
if he knew it all and his word
would be law with the Committee.
There ale Just about sevent-five
of them a day, to call at Head
quarters with plans for seventy
five distinctive campaigns. Each
one is loaded and primed with
that special information which
imbues him with the spirit of
prophecy with bountful re-
serve fund of disaster in case his
counseIs arc not needed. An in
finite tact amounting 10 genius is
displayed by the Chairman in
handling such subjects and send
them away so inflated by a sense
of their own importance that they
fesl like having themselves an
caored to the pavement lest they
should fad themselves coquetting
with Jupiter and Sagittarius or
the fickIe Pleiades.
The other crank most frequent
fly encountered at Headquarters,
is the man who wants to make
speeches. No one has ever heard
of HIM, probably, outside of a
radius of ten miles of his birth
'EpIace. This, however, does not
/ deter him from writing to the
Committee seventeen pages Of
| foolscap, lnterIlned and marked
sconfidential, offering his SER
vices to stump Alaska, or'to look
after the uncertain Nutmegs in