St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-08

James G. Blaine was sixty years old
last week. Men are not usually good
for many years of service when they
have been three score years in active
life, aud the greater part of the time in
exciting public service. There are
few distinguished exceptions. like Mir.
Gladstone. who IS now four score, but
they are so rare that the general rule
above stated may be accepted as gov
erning the cas-, unless there is some
extraordinary vitality in the man. The
exceptions are fewer in America than
in easy-going England. and from what
we know of Mr.. Blaine's life, there is
no reason to expect twenty more years
of public service from him. He has
been an exceedingly active man, an
has suffered some from the strenuous
ness of his eXertionS. If he is not
candidate for president in 1892. he will
never De-and it is not likely that he
will be candidate for ANYTHING less.
Therefore. Mr.. Blaine's official life may
be regarded as approaching its end.
This does not imply that his influence
when he had one foot in the grave.
FROM the vantage ground of dignif1ed
retirement he sent out an influence that
went far to shape the policy of his
party. 1t is not certain that Mr.. Blaine
would last as long in retirement as the
sage of Grammercy park. His life has
been one of greater stress and almost
devoid of the calm equanimity tn It
characterized Mr.. Tilden. How he will
fare when the stimulus of active public
life is withdrawn remains to be seen.
AS Mr. BlaineS' career is drawing to
a close the question arises, who will
L..
of the Republican party? Conkling and
the mightIer of his contem p0rarieS are
gone. The man who will control the
Republican party. in all probability. is
grooming in the lower house of con-
gress. Who will it be: Reed. Mckinley,
or what other? Perhaps it will be John
anamaker. or, more likely. Quay. or
possibly Platt. The respectable Re-
puUIicans. like Chauncey Depew, have
comparatively no showing. The e. o. p.
is going to the bad.
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During the hottest of the fight in the
house recently, after Mckinley had
been quoting bad precedents on the
Democrats. says the New York Com
merciaI Advertiser, Congressman TarS-
ney walked up to Republican in
solemn and confidential manner and
said: II guess your speaker Must be
right in his ruling; there is precedent
for it,
''What is it?" asked the eager Repub-
-iican.
% why said the Missouri member,
ssSOme years ago the Missouri legisla-
lature had an able lriohman for q speak
Ell. There was measure very popular
with the speaker, but which had little
support on the floor. The speaker was
IL
and one day he got it up for vote.
All those in favor of the bill will
please say yes when their names are
called, he said. Half dozen men re-,
Sponded. Those against it will say
naw' Nearly a hundred men voted nc,
! The yeas have it, the speaker declared
Then there was tumult like this.
and several members appealed from the
decision of the chair.
.. So Its appaIe ye does, cried the speak
ser; thin Oi will put the question. All
in favor of appalin' from the chair will
say yes.' Nearly the whole house re-
sponded. Those opposed say naw.'
About six men voted no.
1.-The chair looked at the house for
moment and then spoke: 1T takes two
thirds Ov yez TO aprale from the chair,
and it is the opinion Ov the chair that
there aren't two-thirdS ov yeZ present at
all. The bill is passed."
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Julia Marlowe has never undergone
the terrors of the interviewing fieud.
says the New York Star. and it re-
manned for an ingenious Philadelphia
reporter to make the last attempt-so
far as is known. The fair star, when
playing in that city, was in the habit of
driving in Paramount park. and some
times alighting at the Zoo" where she
enjoyed the antics of the various api-
mails. The bear pit was favorite spot,
and here one afternoon the ingenious
reporter had stationed his sister, with
instructions to enter into conversation