The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-28
BLAINE UNDER THE LASH
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL GETS
HIS REVENGE.

Classed as the Catiline Of American
Politics and the Burr of Modern
statesmen-His Quotations Declared
to Be Based on Figures That He
Knsw to Be False
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Oct 27.-Post-
master General Dickinson spoke here to-
night in the same place where Blaine some
DAVIS since vigorously assailed him. After
discussing the Michigan campaign some
what. Mr.. Dickinson discussed Mr.. Blaine,
saying
Does anv one doubt that the real candidate
of the republican party is the man who controls
the majorities in its conventions, It's party
machinery, its policies, IT'S methods, ana ltS
leaders, If this party should be successful in
this campaign which God forbid; aye, if we
NAV Judge by the signs of these days, he has
already forbidden, Gen. Harrison would be the
titusr President, while, as has been well sad,
the unspeakable man from Maine would be
regent.
pEPEw's WORD FOR 1T.
We have the word of Chauncy NJ. Depsw that
he would be secretary OF state, and we have the
assurance of the personal organ of the hundred
millionaire of California-Leland Stanford
that the nominal candidate has given written
assurance to the same effect. 1t becomes there.
fore as important as in 1874 to discuss this real
candidate INTO whose keeping this great gov
eminent would be committed for four years in
tase of republican success Within a few days
Won have had him before you, and because of
what he said here in a wanton personal attack
upon me may be pardoned for a word the
same subject
THE MODERN CATILINE.
After a few words in depreciation of his
own merits to hoHor at the hands of his
countrvmen, Mr. Dickinson characterized
Mr.. Blaine as theCatiline of American poll
tics and the Burr Of modern statesman. Re
ferring TO Dir. Blaine's recommendation to
him Dickinson to study the history Of his
country, he said:
On any statement Of facts falling from the lips
of the improvisor of history and commended TO
me for instruction, | have the nsurmountable
objection to accepting them as truthful that
they came from MIR Blaine. and before finish
the subject promise this audience to show
that every one of Mr.. Blaine's statements male
here and apparently fortified by him from
history and statistics were false in substance,
false in. general, and false in detail.
wIILFUL PREvARICAToR.
Furthermore. | shall prove to you not only
that they were false, but on his own record that
he knew them to be false when he made them
He gives figures, as l learn from a report OF his
speech, pretending to read from official ones.
Now, l say to you that there were
no such statistics as read to- you
he gave in this city as to the consumption by
New England of western products were false
and fraudulent. He stated here, he is re-
ported, Unab IHeSe STATISTICS were IurnlSne1 MN
by Gov. Alg.r r. / don't believe that, because I
don't believe that Gov. Alger would
be guilty of fraud, aud statistics of
the consumption by New England and of
internal commerce were not in existence in any
official form. SO far as Mr.. Blaine's statements
of facts are concerned. here or elsewhere, dur
ing ibis campaign, he has been so successfully
inpeached before got here that so far as the
matter personal to myself is concerned, might
let that pass.
AMERICAN CLASSICS.
have elsewhere replied to the Islander manu-
featured By Mr.. Blaine at Detroit as to Score
tary Bayards son and myself. replied to him
il the words Of Horace Greeley TO his defamer.
They are classic because sooner later the
speeches and writings of Mr.. Greeley will be es-
teemed rs American classics.
Ill. Dickinson then went into a caustic
rev ew of Blaine's personal and political
history, and attacked the accuracy of the
statistics quoted by Mr.. Blaine and the de-
drctions Mr.. Blaine drew from them. Here
is paragraph upon Mr.. Blaine personally:
From the time Of his beginning of service in
the national field as the agent and lobbyist OF
the Spencer Rife Company at Washington
during tie first year of The war, through his
record in congress, through the Black Mulligan
history at the close of which he saved himself
from expulsion by audaciously Stimulating a
a stroke of divine providence, through the state
department, when the power of the government
through him was exerted in the Landau job
berry in guano down to his last record, he has
been the centre and light of systems of jobbery,
corruption, fraud and falsehood.
EVERY JoBBER HIS FRIEND
There was no jobber in Washington but was
his friend No other man when in the speakers
chair ever intmated TO or ever caused state
ment to be sent TO a man with a money scheme
before congress calling attention to tAe money
value of the speakers ruling. No other man
was ever turned from the state department and
his entire policy, in shame, reversed. And so
conclude my very general comments on Mr..
Blaine, AMI, with my compliments to him, be-
speak my kindest regards to Mrs. Fisher.
Naturalization at New York.