Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-21

been exaggerated. lie may De In part re-
sponsible for this himself. He came from
| Washington very much fatigued, aud the
parting with his daughter, who sailed for
| Europe, was a trial for him. Then he
saw good many people and his condition
was not satisfactory. He had not been
eating regularly. He had been hard at
work, and instead of taking the excessive
care of himself that is alleged to be one
of his peculiarities, he neglected himself,
as no intelligent laborer on the streets
would have been likely to do. Then he
ate big dinner at Carnegie's, the next
morning felt badly, had an acute indiges-
ton, and his old enemy, govt, jumped in
at this interval. He has been subject to
| that trouble for long time, but il is
rather an annoyance than danger. 1t
is, | believe, an inheritance from his
| grandfather. He was just about feeling
himself able to return to Washington,
where he was anxious to be to meet the
president, when the govt came on and
had him IN letters.
The fact is he has been well enough to
go to Washington if he could have
| reached the cars without a fatigung
| journey. There is more trouble and wear
mess in going from Seventeen street, New
| York, over the pavements of the west
| side, crossing the ferry and going from the
| landing to the cars than there is in the
| ride from that point to the depot in Wash
! ingtOn City. Mr. Blaine'S family are APP
prehensive about him going to Washing
ton now, for the spell of hot weather that
struck him when he came to New York,
| they think, had something to do with
making him sick, and now there may be
expected any day in Washington a spell of
| the hottest summer weather. In the lat
| itude Of the Potomac, one of the hottest
and most trying spells of summer weather
usually comes early in June. This is why
Mrs Blaine is so strange in her desire
q M r lai Tag Oh MI not inn, . hn N..vrr
England air.
you ask me whether | think there is
anything i'm this illness that will cause
serious change in Mr.. Blaine's plans or
prevent his going on with his duties as
secretary OF state-in word, with the
continuation with his career as a public
man. | do not think we need APP
prehend that. The elasticity of his
constitution will be manifested again,
| presume. He has been in bet
ter shape during the last two
years than for some time be-
fore, and there is nothing to my knowl-
edge to warrant the belief that he will
not, after the vacation that he has so
amply earned, be able to go on with his
work with full strength. | think we
shall find him here in the fall on the way
TO Washington in a condition that will be
very Disappointing to his enemies"
"DO you say he is going to be a candi-
date for the presidency"
1T is my point of Republican policy
that the presidential question should not
be discussed until after March next. |
am sure that Mr.. Blaine doesn't banker
for the presidency. He improves upon
the example of Clay and Webster by not
insisting upon it that his party shall con-
stantly confer the highest hOnorS upon
him. He has more seriously and honestly
declined presidential candidates. than any
other American, living or dead, with a
single exception. That exception is Cen
eral Sherman, who is the man Blaine
wanted 10 run for the presidency in 1884
! | should think that if Mr.. Blaine were
convinced that he was the only republi-
can who could be elected to the presi-
| dency, he would withdraw all objections
to making the race, and l am of the i'm
| preston that the circumstances that
would implant that conviction in the mind
| OF Mr.. Blaine would also persuade the
the president to the same effect, and that
the president would himself lead the way
as Blaine man."
SHOULD he be nominated would he be
In condition to make the fight of hot
canvass?"
II am well persuaded that he would
not take a nomination that implied that
he must go upon the stump as he did in
| 1884 and make speeches in half dozen
states. | don't think that such a task
should be set before him or that he
should accept it. | do not doubt that he
would go TO the front and make a few
| speeches. In other days he found it de-
! lightful to speak in the open air He
| felt that 1t was a recreation to go out in
his own state and talk, where he could
get the flavor Of the pine woods. There
is no telling how much he would do were
he a candidate for the presidency. 1t
might be difficult to keep him off rather
than TO get him on the stump. But /
shoul think prudent friends would ad-
wise him against 1t. | am quite confident
that IL he ever runs for president again
he will be elected He will need, there
| fore, to save his strength for the dis
| charge of the duties of the office"
| do you think. in the physical condi-
tiOn he is in, he could endure the per-
| formance Of the duties Of presidential
Officer"
81 think he could in this way: Mr..
Blaine would waste no time in indecisive
worrying. He would know what he
wanted and do 1t promptly. He has an
admirable executive faculty. More than
that, he would throw the whole detail of
| department duty upon department Off
GERS. He would do the rejecting and de-
| Gliding and advise with his cabinet and
| they would have the drudger to do. He
couldn't wrestle with a million Office
seekers. They would wear out man as
| tough as horse, II he would let them.
He might even break up the great Amer
lean fashion of being shaken to
death by the hand; and it would
/ be a great blessing to public men
| if he should produce revolu-
| tiOn to that effect. / would not be sur
prised If the presidency should after all
/ 90 to Mr. Blaine, that he would find it
rather refreshing to him physically"
DO you think IL Cleveland were can
| didate that Blaine would beat him this
| time?'
II do. ! believe Blaine would carry
/ New York by many thousands, and that
all the old Republican stronghOlds would
| rise up in great strength for him. so that
| there wouldn't be a doubt about any
| Northwestern or far Western state"
DO YOU think that the Mugwumps
would rally to the support Of Cleveland?"
Il do not think there are enough
! OF them to rally to any purpose.
| gave close attention to the election
| returns Of New York in November
last and couldn't see where there
was a Mugwump vote. 1t would be proper
to use the phrase The Mugwumps we're
not in It, | think they are confined
chiefly to four newspaper Offices"
do you think Mr. Cleveland will he