Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13

| ular leader of men. He had wonderful
magnetism, and, as 1 looked, his eyes caugh
mine, and rose and went over to him ant
said:
| "sMr. Speaker, hope you will pardon
| the presumption Of young and unknown
man in addressing you without an introduc
tion. 1 am the new Delegate from tn,
| Territory of New Mexico, ands this is m,
! first term in Washington. However we'll
may be known at home, am not at al
known here, and feel that need the ad
| vice and counsel of wiser and more expe
| rienced heads than mine in my course il
Congress want some one to whom car
| go to ask counsel, and if it is not too much
I would like to ask you now and then as t.
] what should do
"Mr. Blaine grasped my hand as came
over to him. He made me sit down and he
told me that he knew who was and thai
he had noticed me when had answered tt
my name He asked me what I wanted te
know and when told him that I wanted 9
general adviser as to my actions from time
to time he said he would do all he could tt
help me and that could call upoi him al
any time.
A Case of Love at First Sight.
''He then turned the conversation to oul
big ranches in the West, and drew me Out
to tell him all about my little successes out
there. could not see how he could be SC
Interested in such person as me, but I told
him and felt greatly 1attered at his inter.
est saw him after that several times be-
fore his family came from Augusta. He
lived then in the next block above me,
near Chamberlin's restaurant. and when the
family returned l was often at his house
Soon I became one of his enthusiastic fol-
lowers"
SHOW about Blaine's letter of declination
during the present canvass, Mr.. Secretary"
asked. "Does it take him out of the race
for the nomination and Is it sincere?"
II think there is no doubt Of its sim
certify" was the reply, 'and I do not think
that Mr.. Blaine will be . candidate.
''Can you give me an estimate OF Blaine,
Mr. Elkins?" said L "Wherein consists
his strength"
'.Mr. Blaine" replied Secretary Elkins,
is the most remarkable man I have ever
known. He is a great, big, broad genius,
packed full of the most wonderful amount
of knowledge upon the widest range of sub
jects, and possessing wonderful capacity
for receiving and absorbing information.
BIaine's Power of Intellect.
''He has the power of receptivity in q
greater degree than anyone 1 have ever
known. You may talk to him, and the idea
you wish to convey may not be developed
in your own mind. You give him an ink
ling Of it and he grasps it in all its possibil-
titles, and with his master mind brings from
it products you did not dream Of. He has q
most wonderful memory. He forgets moth
ing, and his capacity for work is herculean.
Take his Twenty Years in Congress- He
wrote some of that book at the rate of eight
pages a day. It was too much for any man
to do, and I told him it would break him
down if he kept it up, and think he shows
the strain of It to-day.
II knew Mr.. Blaine in his young days.
What . man he was and what moral cour-
age he had. He was afraid to tackle moth
ing If he thought it was right, and how he
fought for his convictionsl He has, how
ever, grown more conservative as he has
grown older and in proportion IS RESPONSE
bilities have been forced upon him he has
become cautious, and look upon him as
one of the conservative public men of to.
day. He is now at the maturity of his
powers, and his chief aim is the success of
his reciprocity scheme which he formulated
when he was In President Garield's Cab
met and which he has stuck to ever since. "
FRANK G. CARPENTER