Telegram-herald., 1891-09-02
THE ENGLISH Rate HIN
% oays ssnstcr william Washbura
Of Minnesota
BLAINE WILL SURELY Be NOMINATED
fhs osaases oa1s He Fersign "Trip was
Nearly Spoiled ~ sAs esseies Abess
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Senator Washburn, OF Minnesota.
teiievcs that Blaine viii be nominated
by acciamatioa tn 1892. and has very
earnest feelings against the instigators
OF the lies 90 freely circulated concern
lng the health and mind OF our worthy
Secretary of State The Senator WAS
On his way home from Europe. and
when at the Grand Pacific Hotel. 20
the Chicago Post said:
'sThere - no doubt but that there
has been u conspiracy Of defamation
tD drive Mr. Blaine from the field.
II fs time the public should know the
source OF the viilainous lies concern
ang Mr. Blaine's health which have
been circulated. deliberate attempt
was made 20 convince the world that
his health was broken and that his
brilliant mind had failed. All lies.
l cannot imagine who could be so
devilish as 90 endeavor TO destroy a
man ip that way. The men who
oppose Blaine and dislike him certain
~ nook q most scoundrelly method
OF iniuring him."
AS President Harrison Is Blaine's
reputcd political opponent. do you
think him cognixnnt OF these effortse''
II can not think 80. can not be-
iieve that President Harrison would
stoop TO anything 80 low and vile.
But some one Is doing it. They are
trying to ruin Blaine's reputation not
only IN this country but In Europe.
The meanest, most damnable attack
of all was when they said he had lost
his mind. There are several elsmcnts
antagonistic TO Blaine. A few Repub-
licans oppose him. The Democrats are
afraid of him In 1892 and would be
glad to see him out of the way. The
English hate him. They dislike all
Republicans, but they hate Blaine
more than all the others. Ii Is a no.
ticeable fact that all attacks on Blaine
are printed at length in the English
papers. All these combined to drive
him out. They could not do IL by fair
means. 20 they had recourse to mis-
representation, hoping 10 hurt him
that way. Worry will often kill a
man who l. proof again disease. They
hoped to worry Blaine into his grave
These lies about Blaine's health came
naer1y spelling my trip. Before /
sailec saw Mr. Blaine at Washington.
He told me he was an excellent health.
That he had but one weakness-indi-
gestion-and that this proved n bless
ing In disguise, because IL made him
cai eful o. hi diet and thus was . bcns-
ht.
Therefore when read these stories
In British papers I at first paid no
attention to them. Coming back from
Cape North got copy OF the Lon
don Times at Droutheim. The first
thing saw wan a flaming dispatch
from Bar Harbor announcing that
Blaine was dying ] called Senator
Hale and promptly got a reply that
Blaine was steadily improving. But
) was scared and so were all the
Americans In Europe.
''As to the future? Blaine will he
nonf*nated by acclamation- He viii
be elected beyond doubt. Nothing but
his death or peremptory refusal 10
run can prevent this. No other name
will be heard ia the convention. HaT-
tison will not bc q candidate when
he hears the unanimous demand OF the
Republican party for Blaine. He will
support Blaine. The Northwest IL for
Blaine. Everybody is for Blaine"
Prom your conversation with him
do you think he will ba a candidate?"
well, now. what Mr.. Blaine said
to mr. could not repeat" said SEN
tor washburn "He + not a candidate
In the ordinary sense OF the word. but
my opinion Is that he viii not refuse
the nomination. There will he no
Florence letter fn 1892 to stop the
action OF the masses OF the Republican
party"