St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-21
BLAINE IS NO WORSE.
lie Retains the Advantage He
Wrested From the Angel
of Death.
His Improvement Such as to
Give No Hope Of Ulti-
mate Recovery.
The Real Nature Of His NAL
ady Has Not Yet Boen
Given Out.
At Midnight the Sufferer Was
Sleeping and Resting
Easily.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-According to
The report that come out from the Blaine
mansion this morning the eX-secretary's
condition showed signs of slight but
still noticeable improvement. DR..
Johnston, after bis early morning call,
hardly went as far as this. He told the
reporters that Mr.. Blaine was no worse
than he was yesterday. Mr.. Blaine
passed a fairly comfortable night,
and managed to get consld-
erable amount of sleep. Today
he felt trie stronger for his rest and
seemed to be quite bright and cheerful.
Later in the day, when the sun came
out from behind the clouds, his spirits
revived accordingly, for he has room
facing toward the south and enjoys the
genial sunlight, of which there has been
so little for the past few days. The
Evening Star sums up the situation
thus:
Even the physicians and the mem
bers of the family who are about the
bedside do not regard the improvement
in the great stateSman'S condition as of
such a nature as to give grounds for
hope of any lasting rally. Another
such case of heart failure as the patent
suffered on Sunday, it is admitted,
would probably be
More Than He COuld Survive.
1t is said that the members OF the
Blaine family have still hope that he
may recover sufficiently to be removed
from the city TO some point IN the
South, where a warmer temperature
would be beneficial to the sick man. In
FYra ,ft thn familW fear that
any such hopes on their part are base
less, land they are prepared for the worst
at any time.
Newspaper men again asked of the
physicians this morning what was the
real nature of the disease from which
Mr.. Blaine is suffering. They were
given to understand that it was by the
wish of the family that this is kept
from the public. They think that If 1t
were. made public it would open large
field for discussion that would be IN
tensely disagreeable to his family and
friends. The opinion has been gain
ipg ground steadily that there
is something more the matter
than Bright's disease; that if Mr..
Blaine is sufferer from that malady
that, at any rate, it is not the only
trouble. Whatever it may be, it is ad-
mitted that the disease has made sucn
inroadS unOn his constitution that there
can be but the very slightest thread
from which to hang any hope OF his Nv
ing for even short Space-ef time. Inc
statement that he is no worse than he
was yesterday carries with 1t but llttle
hope of improvement. 1t is reared Chat
there may be another sinking spell at
any time, and the question at once pre-
sents itself whether the sick man has
strength enough to last it through.
Suffering From Exhaustion.
Congressman Boutelle, of Maine, is
quoted in the Post as telling the follow
ing story:
haustion. He has drawn upon his gray
matter for years and years without any
regard to his health or the possibility OF
impairing his vitality. His book,
Twenty Years in Congress- would be
monument in itself to any man, and
vet il is only one of the many great
things Mr.. Blaine has done. 1t was
composed with rapidity that stands
unequaIed in literary history, unless
the novels of Sir Walter Scott be eX-
eepted.
"Mr. Baine's versatility is wonder
full. remember in the administration
OF Gov. Garcelon, when the Democrats
were irving to wrest the state from US.
and when Maine was in fever heat and
civil war seemed impending, Mr.. Blaine
was the chairman of the state commit
tee. and had charge Of the Republican
fight. We had been endeavorlng to get
tie governor to submit the questions at
issue to the supreme court, but had not
succeeded MIR. Blaine led the fight
ing, was aggressive and unyleldlng,
and, of course, nothing that he coulO
say would be listened to by the othel
side. 'aSently there appeared letter
to the governor signed by Lot nj. Nor
rill, who was known everywhere as
peace-loving, conservative Republican,
asking the governor 10 lay before tht
supreme court the questions at issue
The letter was mild in tone
frank and fair in its express
sions, and adroitly put upon the
other side the onus of refusing
to submit the dispute to arbitration
Public sentiment at once changed; The
governor was obliged to submit The
matter, and the decision was In faVOr o
the Republicans. For years MI Nor
rlll received the praise OF hundreds O
men, NOT only in Maine, but through
out the United States for his wisdom
and tact Mr.. Blaine wrote that letter
Mr.. Morrill, simply copied it and slgne(
MIR. Blaine is sleeping, and is nov
resting easily at midnight. The doctor
say there is no danger OF his dying to
night.
Hard TO Arouse.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.- Mr.. Blaine i
resting Quietly. He has, during TIT
greater portion of the evening, been il
profound slumber, in fact so profount
That it was with difficulty he could b.
awakened by his attendants to receive
the usual nourishment. His physician
who called at midnight, stood at his bed
side upward of half an hour for th'
purpose of conversing with him, but a
he showed no sign of awakening, he lef
the house. In reply to the questions O
the reporters, he said:
The tact that Mr.. Blaine sleeps s.
goundly is not evidence that ne is in
state of unconsciousness. On the con
lrary it shows that he is enjoying
natural rest aided in measure, o
course. by the usual soothing opiates
He has spent a remarkably good da
and evening and there is no present Ill
xioatinn nf Immediate DANGER"