Telegram-herald., 1888-05-13
BALLOU ON POLITICS
WHAT ne SAYS Asour GEN. ALeeR.
The Psss and Issssr~teur fnssrsas~ed ey
Nashville R<pertsr-sts Thisks Bi.Ias
C<Dno1 be Nosns snatea--Alger the
Ideal Candidate.


The following from The Nashville znaers-
eaa. will be read with interest IN this COM
manity: William Hosea Bsiloa. poet
and litieratusr, one Of the most polished
scholars ana widely Travelled men IN the
United States, whose name 10 familiar 10
readers OF The C>atury. Bsrpe's sad eiAer
leading periodicals. and withai kepueii-
can OF influence iB bis party councils, has
been in the city for several days.
When seen last night at the Maxwell Mr..
Bsiioa appeared 20 be very much amused
AZ private dispatch he Was reading aud
which stated thst Blaine had yielded 10 the
importnnities OF his friends and had con-
sented 70 run.
"Do you believe there is truth in the re-
port" was asked.
Roscoe Conkling Is dead
"Cxn Blaine be nominstedg"
There was a time when the question.
Can duck swim would have been as
simple of answer. Personally. think not
We have made discovery of quite forest
OF Presidential timber since the Blaine
letter appeared. good healthy forest which
does not require daily bulietined certificates
of health. Iowa presents Allison, Illinois
offers Gresham, Michigan wants Alger.
n
rison, New York leans toward Depew, and
Sherman claims over 800 delegates. Mr..
Blaine has irretrievably lost his staunch-
est supporter, the Chicago Tribune, say
nothing of such powerful dsiiies as the
Iowa State Register, the Detroit Tribune, and
nearly all the States press are vocifero US
for their State candidates Those who
think the Conkling men, now thoroughly
and powerfully organized throughout the
l. t,ux k..sr skx.
| still warm soil on the grave OF the last of
the great statesmen, are simply mistaken.
| At most, Mr.. Blaine can only start with a
| hopeless minority in the convention, and
| the majority will not give way to a man
| who defeated the party in 1884 by his indis-
| cretions"
ITO what indiscretions do you refer"
Particularly 10 his alliance with Catho-
| licism, which caused the Methodist church
| 10 become a champion OF prohibition. The
attitude of the two churches is intensely
| hostile. and they can never be on the same
| side of any question: besides, the other
| Protestant churches sympathze with the
| Methodist in this matter. In the close
| States, like New York. few thousand
Methodists voting for prohibition decide an
| election l admire Mr.. Blaine. voted for
| him. Ii l intended to be in this country at
| the next election and he were the nominee
| i sDOuIQ vote ultu again. DIb CAST 1uCu
a ballot under silent protest"
who do You think. then, will be nom-
| inated?"
IA man with brains"
"His name"
well, we have a few m en- In the party
| with that function of being so scarce in
| politics; fe W men not mere automata, the
| Innings OF whose pockets are not witnesses
| of dishonest dollars; q few men who never
| purchased a vote nor waived a bloody
| shirt, nor enacted laws for corporations
| against the poor. nor turned and smote the
| friends who put them in office. nor SLAM
| dered the dead, nor hoisted a foreign BAN
ner over an American fsg to gain votes.
4 nor descended to the gutter of ward politi-
| cianism. We have few. l say"
| will you mention such q manf"
| Russell A. Alger."
| You refer to the Ex-Governor of Michi-
GAM"
III do. / refer to the man who gives
| suit of clothes and a ton of coal to each
of the poor. pair of skates 20 every child.
| food, clothing and aid to- greatly distressed.
| Alger went to the front in the war N q
| private and volunteer. He achieved the
rank of Hajor-Seneral. He ceased 10 fight
| with the tongue and sword with the sur
| render of Lee. He left the war penniless.
He went into the great pineries of Michi-
| gan with al axe and came out worth
| several millions in money. Many year
since he has kept his thousand OF employees
at work al a great loss to himself
| rather than see them idle and craving for
1 bread. Both as Governor anc citizen he
1 has contributed more TO the development
F! of the resources OF Michigan than auy man
has ever done for any State. This country
| is not in need Of political Governors and
| Presidents. 1t wants more OF high morals
and courage to direct the development OF
our business and intellectual prosperity
statesmen, to be brief Alger is identified
| with no faction in the party. he only is q
| Republican as the term is understood
! among men of honor. be is protection
ist who will not stamp out the little develop
| ment SO well begun. which is TO retrieve
| the fortunes of the South and make ii rich.
| powerful and prosperous in industries. say
| nothing of conserving the wealth gained in
| the North and West by years OF toll"