The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-09

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SAKE. Being called back to England
by the uprising of the Scottish followers
of the poor, miserable Charles Stuart, he
achieved some distinction by reason OF
his prompt and energetic military move
ments. but his brutal and vicious and
cruel policy after the victory of Culloden
caused him to be detested in every Sec
ton of the civilized world. It must
have required great deal of British
LOYALTY to strike medal in his honor
designating him as "a British Hero
He was very mean example of the
British bulldog.
TWO SILENT MEN.
Two men who are just now attract
ing the greatest attention politically in
this country are David B. Hill and
James G. Blaine. Mr.. Hill has not yet
recovered from the cruel basting which
he and his friends received from the
hands of Cleveland's furious followers
at Chicago. He has not opened his
mouth to say that he either cares to
see Mr. Cleveland elected or defeated,
but he is pretty certain to advocate the
election of Mr.. Cleveland before the
campaign is over. AS professional
politician with future there is nothing
else for him to do, but when he does it,
it will be with such poor grace that his
followers throughout the state will feel
that they are in a measure absolved
from supporting Mr.. Cleveland. People
who study the situation think if Mr..
Hill had been as shrewd a politician as
his friends represent him to be he would
Immediately have proclaimed himself a
warm friend of Mr. Cleveland after the
nomination, and thrown himself into
the campaign in this state with
vigor. In the event of the cleo
ton of Mr.. Cleveland this would
have placed him in the front rank as
a candidate for the presidency in 1896.
Mr. Hill has, however, chosen to let his
party understand that he is decidedly
angry, but it is presumed that he under
stands his own business. AS for Mr..
Blaine, there is personal reason for
his not taking an active part
in the campaign. His domestic
affections have absolutely untitled
him for contact with the world.
A gentleman who visited Bar Harbor
recently assures me that Mr.. Blaine is
in excellent physical health, but that
his spirit is much broken. He receives
no visitors, and, although daily solicited
to furnish an interview on current poll
tics, or write letter for general cam
paign circulation, he declines to speak.
It is not believed that he is sulking be-
cause of his defeat at Minneapolis, be-
cause he has more than once manifested
a desire to see Mr.. Harrison reelected.
He is simply untitled for the political
arena at this time, and it is probable
that he will take no part beyond writ
ing short appeal to his party friends
some time in October.
A PHASE OF JOURNALISM.
There was sad illustration here the
other day of the Moloch character of
the big daily newspapers. A man
named Michael Hennessy, one of the
editors Of the Times died after short
illness. Few people outside of the
Times office knew Mr.. Hennessy, and,
strange to say, only a small number on
| the inside. He had for years edited the
commercial department of the paper.
His work did not require him to be
| about the Office great deal, and as the
| new people came and the old people
went Mr.. Hennessy found himself al
most a stranger in the establishment.
His work went on with ceaseless regu
| larity For forty-one years he was a
member of the editorial staff of the
| Times. Indeed, he assisted Mr.. Ray
mond in the organization of the Times,
and was on his pay roll month before
the paper was issued. He was, in fact,
the doyen of the staff. His
| funeral called for unusual respect from
! his associates. just five members of
| the Times force attended his funeral.
| One of these was Gilbert Jones himself,
be it said to his credit, and another a
| counting-room clerk who had known
Mr.. Hennessy Intimately; compositor
and two editors One of these, a TWEEN
ty-three year member of the staff, told
me this story with tears in his eyes.
| He was shocked to think that SO old a
servitor of the Times could fall by the
wayside and have no more respect paid
TO his memory. But this is journalism.
Mr.. Hennessy had outlived the friends
of his early days and the exactions of
his daily drudgery had prevented the
formation of new professional ties, and
so when he died he found himself almost
forgotten by the very newspaper which
he had helped to create, and which
had for forty-one years enjoyed and alb
sorbed his richest faculties.
A NEW STEAMSHIP LINE.
An interesting news note reaches me
which directly concerns every American
citizen who expects to travel to the far
east. It is to the effect that the Mes
sageries Maritimes, whose procession of
magnificent steamships now runs from
France to Egypt, India, China and
Japan, propose to extend their lines to
America. Should this arrangement be
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