St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-08
INfAMY AND OUTRAGE
Blaine's Denunciation of the
Mckinley Bill That Wrecked
His Party.
The Most Shameful Measure
Ever Proposed to a Civ
ilized People.
He Predicted That 1t Would
Send the G. o. P. to Per-
dition.
The Result Of Last TUESDAYS
Election Makes Him a
Prophet.

WASHINGTON, Nov. z. Senator
Blackburn, in an interview here con.
corning the recent election, says:
"Thcre is something left of the Repub.
lican party. Yes. out of the general
wreck arises a solitary figure. alone, but
conspicuous. That figure is Mr.. Blaine.
Always towering. he now appears peer
less in pre-eminence. He alone emergesi
from the crush of dire disaster, unhurt, j
unruffled. TO him his party will look
as the only Moses or Joshua that can
lead it out from the mire of defeat to
the solid ground where a footing may
yet be gained, and now that It Is
all over l viii tell you of a
scene that [ witnessed, In which
MIR. Blaine was the principal actor.
a scene that to me was SO full Of
intensity as to be almost dramatic. and
which will never fade from my memory.
1t has never been told before. The Nc
kney bill had been passed by the
h IHse and was on the calendar of the
mate, though not yet taken up. 1t
Was particularly warm day in July,
when Senators Allison, Hale and my
self sat in the senate appropriation room
waiting for Mr.. Blaine. with whom We
were TO consult as subcommittee about
the consular and diplomatic budget.
There was present no one else except
the clerk of the committee. Mr.. Blains
finally appeared. and with him Mr.. Cur
tis. the accomplished secretary of the
Pan-Amerlcan congress. Mr.. Blaine was
attired in rather neglige costume. as
suited the temperature, except as to Il
particular glossy and
ErrcprOachabIe SILK Hat.
a brand new, shining plug. The tariff
bill. mind you. had nothing to do with
the subject in hand, but in casual way
| broached it after the usual greetings
had been exchanged. Probably asked
Mr.. Blaine how he liked it. Imagine my
surprise, and shall l say qualification,
when he launched forth torrent of lna
yective against the act that Mckinley
fathered. He said: This bin is an in
fanny and an outrage. 1t is the most
shameful measure proposed to civilized
people. Go on with il and it will carry
our party to perdition.'
II was feeling considerably interested
and said: Il wish yuu were in the sen
ate, Mr. Blaine, to announce yourself in
such terms
~ wish l were he answered. IF
so [ woula stamp it under my feet and
spit upon it, and then, advancing
toward Senators Allison and Hale, ha
snapped his fingers i'll the face of each
alternately. and, with rising infection.
said: Go ON with your driyeling idiocy,
and see 10 what destruction it will lead
the Republican party. Pass this bill.
and in '92 there will not be man in all
she party SO beggard as to accept your
nomination for the preSidency'
Here he began to dissect the bill
mercilessly, particularly the sugar
schedule. This he inveighed aeains6
with all his force. ] reminded him that
the senate had improved upon the Ia
bOrS of the house as regarded sugar;
that to protect an American industry
involving the enormous labor of boring
q hole i'll q maple and
Boiling the Juice.
the senate had agreed to give the maple
sugar growers of New England bounty
of two cents. This was the first he had
heard OF it, and he seemed hardly able
TO credit what | said. 1t isn't true,' he
said. Allison and Hale confessed that
it was. i supposed this was done at
the solicitation of Morrill, and Ed
muEdsp he inquired. /
''Mr. Allen replied in the affirma-
tive.
"It is good example Of the breadth
of their craftsmanship, said the seere-
tary. aud then the climax came. His
new beaver hat was lying Oh the table
within easy reach. With a sudden
blow he brought his ciinched hand down
on it with such force as to mash it fat
ter than a pancake. and then, seiZing the
battered chapeau, he hurled 1t against
the wall. never saw such an evulu-
ton, but it only emphasized the deep
with which the secretary
argued against policy about which his
opinion as then given now seems pro-
phetic."
"Wili he be the Republican nominee
In lS92?''
Certainly. From now on no other
man will be thought Of, and henceforth
you will see still wider divergence on
his part from the course of the harrison
administration"