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ltt later than Friday at noon.
Mr.. BIaine's Qncer Health Certif-
cate.
The medical certificate issued by
Mr.. Blaine's doctor and printed in all
the newspapers is one of the oueerest
political documents it has been our
fortune to see. The medical gentle
man guarantees the Magnetic Man
'ssound in wind and limb, good for a
smart run and a four years term"
Further, he has been cultivating mus
Gle. 1T is gratifying to state" says
DIR. Madison Taylor, that his limbs
and arms are more muscular and
larger than they have been for years.
just why it should be gratifying, it is
not easy to see. The struggle ahead
of Mr.. Blaine is not a contest
with John L. Sullivan, MOI
yet is it a competition in
poses plastiques. 1t might be graft
fying-to Mr.. Blaine's friends-to hear
that the gray matter of his brain was
as rich in phosphorus as of old, and
the condition of his vocal cords might
we'll be considered interesting. But
Just what use Mr.. Blaine's muscle is
to his party it is not 50 easy to dis
cover, and one is almost compelled
to think that the doctors, being paid
to say something, had to a anything
that came into their heads to earn
their money.
The true interest in the certificate,
however, is in the inferential confir-
nation it gives to the theory that the
Man from Maine wants the Presiden-
tial nomination. 1t is, perhaps, the
queerest start that a Presidential
boom ever had; but it comes from
Mr.. Blaine himself, all the same, for
we learn that he went to Philadel-
phia expressly to have a thorough
physical examination made and
positive medical assurance given
to the party that he would
be able to go through the
iva if it gave him the chance.
From this time forward. all denials
notwithstanding, it may be regarded
as, certain that Mr.. Blaine is in the
fight, and means to win. His doctor
tells us he is not only we'll now, but
six months hence he will be even
better than he is now" Plainly, Mr..
Blaine is determined that neither
Russell Harrison 0 any other adhe-
rent of the gentleman with the large
hat shall do him out of the nomina-
ton by creating the impression that
he is broken in health or epfeebled in
spirit. He is a well man, very we'll
indeed, and if you don't believe it,
why here is the medical testimony to
prove it.
whether Mr.. Blaine "a get the nom
ination of his party. Ii he does, it
will he curious to see how the voters,
who one rejected him, will receive
his candidature. In the fight for the
nomination, he will have all the old
elements of opposition to contend
against, and this time they will be
backed with all the weight of Federal
patronage, used without scruple. The
Platts and Camerons and Sewells
will fight him to the bitter end.
and in doing sc they will have
the whole machinery of the Govern
ment to help them. On the other
hand Mr. Blaine will have in his favor
what may be called the romantic or
emotional element of his party. Such
leaders as General Grubb and
William Walter Phelps, with whom
the glamor of spirit and intellect
prevails more than the cold and
cruel Vaccinations of selfish greed,
will be with Mr.. Blaine
who has a superficial SEEM
ing of patriotism and public
spirit. 1t will be a fight of dash against
cunning, a combat in which the sabre
will be matched against the dagger,
or the flashing ann against the
furtive torpedo, as you choose to put
1t. Method, cunning, deIiberation,
organization will be on the one side;
Gre and noise and rush on the other.
And which will win?
Well. if Mr. Blaine can take the
convention by storm, he may be nom
mated. II the fight goes beyond the
Iecond ballot, he won't be in it. We
10 not forget that Mr.. Blaine has
Iome skill rs Il wirepuller too; but we
10 know that he is cursed with as