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ity. He will undoubtedly receive the
support Of the Second district Repub-
lican members.
E,fIC BLAINE.

MIR. Adam NdSHouin
q .zrrrE an extract taken from an IN
torr;ow with Senator Blackburn, OF
Kentucky, just after the generalelec-
t;on Of two years ago, when the Nc
Kinley law was first made the ISSUE
Senator Blackburn, as is well-known'
;s Democrat, and speaking in his
usnal eloquent manner and from a
non-partisan standpoint, said:
.There is something left Of the Re
publican party. Yes, out OF the gen,
eral wreck arises solitary nSute
alone but conspicuous. That hgure
/ is Mr. Blaine. Always towering, ne
now appears peerless in pre-emlnehce::
He .lnne energies from The crush OF
dire disaster unhurt, unruitled. 10
him bis party will look as the only
Moses or Joshua that can leao II o.l1
from the mire of defeat to the soma
ground where footing may YET oe
gained Z
Senator Blackburn then relates a
little scene between Mr.. Blame, Sen
ators Allison, Hale and himself IN the
senate appropriation committee room
before the Mckinley bill had passed
Tho senate Senator Blackburn
broached the tariff question, and this
is what Mr.. Blaine said in reply:
That Mckinley bill is an lnfamy
and an outrage; it is the most shame Ia
FIJI measure proposed to civilized
neonle 10 on with it and it vii carry
our party to perdltlon. 49,, ...
was feeling considerably interest
ed and said: Il wish yoll.were III tiie
senate, Mr.. Blaine. to announce your
self in such terms. ere
II wish I were" he answered. II
so 7 would stamp it under my feet
and spit upon it, and then advancing
towards Senator Allison and Hale. he
snapped his fingers in the face OF each
alterpativelv and, with rising infiec-
ton, said, Go on with your drlvellns
idiocy and see. to what destruction 1t
will lead the Republican party. Pass
the bill. and in '92 there will not be a
man in all the party so beggared as 10
accept YOUR nomination for the pfesl-
dency.'' IL,
Then he began to dissect tie bill
mercilessly. particularly the sugar
schedule. This he invelghed against
with all his force. | reminded nm
that the senate had improved upon
the ]abors of the house as regarded
sugar: that to protect an American IN
dustry, involving the enormous LABOR
of boring hole in a maple ana ooll1ng
the Juices, the senate had agreed 10
give the maple sugar growers OF \; New
England a bounty of two cents. Inns
was the first he had heard OF it, and he
seemed hardly able to credit what
told, at isn't true" he said. Allison
, and Hale confirmed it. Il suppose
this was done at the solicitation OF
Morrill, and Edmunds?' he inquired
Mr.. Allison replied i'll the affirma-
tive. 1T is good example of the
. breadth of their craftsmanship, said
the secretary. and then the climax
came. His new beaver hat was lying
on the table in easy reach. with
sudden blow he brought his clencheo
: hand down on it with such force as te
mash it fatter than pancake, anc
then Selling the battered chapeau ne
hurled it against the wall. l never
saw such an ebulition, but it only EN-
phasized the deep earnestness witt
5 which the secretary argued against
policy about which his opinion as ther
given now seems prophetic.
Has man ever uttered words more
true than these words of the creates
living American statesman. VIM. II
Seward, standing upon the steps 9
/: the capitol at St. Paul over thlrtv-tiv'
: years ago, and predicting. that hi
stood on spot destined to become
the center of vast empire uttered
? words that in score of years cam
: true. Blaine uttered words that cam
e true in a month. and two years later