Evening journal., 1891-11-13
1AE a VA CANDIDATES.

not is matter OF taste nut the siieL
but constant what is.it between Presi-
dent Harrison and Secretary Blaine is
deeply engrossing to them and entertain
ing to the country. They are displaying
the same species Of rivalry which inoites
the rustic ardor Of two neighboring
farmers boys TO obtain a country lessie's
favor
The country pumpkins meet at church,
at tho blacksmith shop and at the
post Office on friendly terms They
wrestle. box, swap lies and
run foot races as il they
we're on the most amieable and intimate
terms
In reality they are. Each one knows
all about the others history aud treas
ures, from the precise number Of nicks In
the big blades Of their respective pocket
knives to the trips by which each
can be thrown In friendly wrestling
bout. But when Mary Jane is about she
has all she can do to prevent them from
lighting In her august presence
or course. the boys have friends. The
friends do the part for which friendship
seems to exist for some people, namely,
that OF telling ell the mean stories they
can gather, or inveut, or exaggerate to
create dissensions among neighbors, and
make the rivals long to chew each other
into delicatessen bits.
President Harrison and Secrstar,
Blaine, like the country bumkins. have
.heir friends too, who perform the
same useful Office that friends
perform every where else for rivals and
nelghboring clodhoppers who are pursu-
ing the same buttsrmilk beauty. or
statesmen angling for she same elusive
southern post Office holders votes.
These officious friends are just now re
markably busy 10 proving the one that
President Harrison is pushing pork, win
ming triumphs for corn meal in Europe,
and that he negotiated the treaty
with England relative to the Beb-
ring Sea seal fisheries, The others,
Secretary Blaine's friends put in
their specifications and claims for
several varieties Of. diplomatic triumphs
months ago Then they made the general
and comprehensive claim, such as the in
surance agents use ITO cover everything
in stock or likely to be acquired
under a blanket policy, that Mr. Blaine
was giving us magnificent admins
tration. Expecting that to coverall risks
Blaine retired TO take a long hard rest
That seems to have nettled the Presi
dent, and after shutting down on Prince
Russ In some manner unknown to the
public, but none the less effective, he
began to get in his work on Chill and
China, and on Salisbury; TO hurry war
ships of to sea and give
sly Winks to his friends to
, PROMPT the new spapefs TO tell who was
running things, and to remind the people
that Blaine was not In it The friends
went scurrying about tslllng-not rosy
checked mllkmaid ~ but Uncle Sans
various pensioners whose votes were
needed that Blaine was practically I
dead man, and. that the President moi
only invented the reciprocity trained
mule, but he was making the beast show
all Of his best tricks.
Secretary Blaines friends have seeI
this treaehery but they do not know
whether TO be amused at it's awkward
ness and thin disguises or TO get angr.
and withdraw. after casing and label
ing the different triumphs Mr.. Blain
has won to be carried of with the ap
paratus with which all the brilliant
magnificent aud superb experiment
have been accomplished, and set up
private circus They could NOV
Mr.. Blaine and HE entire diplonati
equipment back TO Augusta and &C
complish equally brilliant triumph
from there Il is chiefly a matter 0
lime light. Anything that Mr.. Blsin
does will show brilliancy. magni6cenc
and superbity II the right light Is throw
upon II.
or course II one looks at these thing
in plain, commonsense way, with hi
eyes open and his mind clear, active an
free from the exhilarating exitation o
hero worship, these diplomatic triumph
will not appear grand Quite the contrary
they look crude, coarse. trave
stained with the paint rubbe
OF like the scenery Of
farce comedy troupe stranded at wa
station at the end OF the season when III
manager has run of with funds and I'll
skirt dancer and the dilapitated treas
ursr has not money enough to rescue II
trunks from an experienced and har
hearted hotel keeper.
But diplomatic triumphs must not
looked at that way The Blaine roote
won's have It and, when the harris,
otice-holders will do il, the rival
between the two prodigious statesme
who are trying to run the industries
the country, becomes funny-ve
funny.
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