The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-21
BLAINE'S SAD FATE.
IN EXPIRING ECHO FROM THE MIN
EAPOLIS CONVENTION.
The Leaders Greatly Observation-Disclosures
ColdbIOOded Friends and Their Methods
Office Holders on Deck-Ise1d a Load

There was, perhaps, never IL coii'clooi.
I'm this country the acts OF winch c''u>eu
such unfavorable comment.
There was absolutely no enthusiasm
except for Il moment when it was dls-
covered that Harrison was nominated,
and when Mckinley asked if the cohvell-
ton desired to make it unanimous tneio
were fully 800 delegates VINO SILL siicn'
and grum.
rhe Work Of The Onicc Holders.
Around the corridors OF the west iiou'e
there were many EXPRESSIONS ol oia'o'
tent among the delegates OF the hoi'iio
and eastern states. The maJori'! oi uie
New York delegation were as liii'u do i'oi
nets. They declared openly that IL was
on out,.,re to have a candidate thrust
upon the party by the votes OF Il lou OIL
states which could do nothing Whatever
towards his election.
Ex-senator Platt said: III tne Voies vi
the people of the democr;iuc Suites nau
only been equally divided between the
two candidates. Mr. Harrison Wouiu iioC
have been nOminited DuC WIFI thcoc
states practically solid for him, ana tiie
otfice-hoding delegates and their TRENDS
from other states, of course, we cotiu ITO.
defeat him. As it is we Will go Ill anu
9lfnmpt to elect him..
Rut it. is quite evident that 1laCC VIII
not exert himself very much SIMPLY ioI
the reason that he does not beheVe 'iiitC
th re is any hope of the repuh!cahs carry!
Inr New York The Harrison people,
Knowing the anger of the men VINO nave
always been the leaders OF the repupncah
n1,.ty in New York. wrote to FasSett,
begging him to accept the wee prcSidcn-
tol nomination. They offered to give IL
w In
he would not accept under any clrctm-
stances.
Then Reid Came In.
Then it was decided that WhitelaW l.eld
should be the nominee. The New 1ofk
delegation selected him because PRESIDENT
Harrison had expressed Il preference lor
him. and indeed for month or more 'iie
nomination had bean practically deter
mined upon. Had it not been Tor tle
fiscontent of the New Workers the nolnl-
nation would never have been offered
Fassctt. Reid will be a load upon the
ticket on account of the opposition OF
organized labor TO him.
The Story of BIaiue's Slaughter.
Here is the neatest piece of descriptive
work done on the convention. 1t appears
In The Minneapolis III neS and was written
by James Gray. the managing eultor.
Ills done but yesterday king
And armed with kings TO strive,
And thou art Il naIncieSS liliiiS'
So abject, yet alive
These lines of Byron. written to comlnemo-
rate the fall of Napoleon, are the only Worns
zion of James O. Blaine.
Blaine the man of many battles. the rupert
of rcpubIicanism. the plumed knlEht WI" No.
like an armed warrior, marched Gown NE
halls of the American congress and threw MS
shining lance full and fair against the pra4cn
forrhrad of every defamcr of the country
pf honor.
typc of Clay is dead. dead, not in falr nght
with armor on and lance i'll hand, nut stra,l,
vled like Il criminal in his cell. or Ike an oId
horse, shot to death, by the weapon oi tniI it
Ing policy. The republican party could h s. NOT
his past services demanded II could not ,; ia,
rquatcly pension him. 50 it ASA slna1eui nun
with n gurgling cheer in its throat ana ''itear
- NI1nrrons rs were the events of the con
ycnton. the last great struggle OF ,he Iepnp,
lean party for Il hold upon the gallantry ana
gratitude of Americans. the one overshadow-
Ing fact is the assault deceaSe ana hlutiia-
tion of Blaine 49,
MYTHOLOGY tells us that the field of Mar
fius on a time when Rome was young, inc
senators went forth with Romuius me a M
nf their city. and returned without him. Nhcl!
the pIcbS inquired for him they were assured
that Il great storm arose when they We're III
council, and in the midst OF II hoill ,nS us-
the gods took Romulus to themselves after
the manner that Jehovah called tll1ah hlenGr,
This cock and bull story was belitEeu ny ,hc
unsophiSticate,l, but the reporters alleged thae
the politicians cut him to pieces and carried
his body in sections back to the city under
their cloaks Certain bloody indications about
The persons of the senators told that this eX-
PLANTATION. appalling it appeared, was the
The republican council is The storm
of applause is past. The thunder OF conten-
ton is Il memory. and the republican auto
Gratis have departed to their homes, caaIrAinis
each piece of what was the living. breath
Ing James c. Elaine Depef~d as me if GonnT
lie carries the CHASTITY head of the man who
was his lifelong friend and the chief pro-
moter of his political ambition Inc Rana
that was 50 often raised in the defense OF re-
publican principles. whether good or bad be
longs of right to William Il. Mckinley. The
blepdin. trunk is carried forth by Frank
Niscock. the most physically capable ana
mentally deficient Of all the band or bngandS
who turned the hand of assassination against
shrr chief The republican senators may be
able to fool the plehs again. They may per
he is not. but blood will tell, and when the
devoted followers of the once great secretary
demand, in frenzy the body of their prophet
for the public funeral, they will find 1t mu-
tilated with the stabs of his once obsequlous
This is the record Of those who struck down
Blaine. How stands it with those who put
him i'm = position To be gaShed and killed when
they brought him out of Elba with the Specous
promises of new empre and revivifcd old
guard?- Clarkson. Who beguiied him with
rosy hopes of an army. cOnqucrng and to con
Ouer:-ouay. Who his NJ. Roughly. when
the final test of endurance camc?-Forakcr.
nation OF his taking OFF, than Depew or His
cock or Mckinley. They hcguilcd him with
false promises of support. They dragged him
from the SecluSion of an honorable dcclina-
ton. They induced him to tn" madness of
his revolt from the cabinet. They forced him
to violate the solemn promise, my name will
not 20 before the republican convention"
They put him up as Il target to be shot, and
they finally refused to expose their bodies to
defend his. They dared not go down in the
melee with their faces toward the foe hut
turned tail and ran. Some threw away their
arms and sought safety in iGn0mnous
render; others, too craven to fight. too fearful
to trust in safe conduct through the enc
mics lines. sought another leader and dis
appeared in the dust of guerilla SkirmiSh. 4
Assassination was not the gravest offcnSe of
the slaughter house. There is weeping and
Captain Boutelle. BlaineS official Nemesis,
is going back to tell the wOrShippers that the
shrine is broken and the cathedral is closed
for repairs. How will the Blaine of
New England reconcile the ridiculous fiasco
with the proud expectations. that their sphinx
had but to speak to receive the obeiSance of
the convention? Can BoutClle explain it?
The chances that he will not try. Can
Manley put it in Il reasonable light? He
only meandcr over his figures again and driye
on into pitahc lunacy. Can Blaine. himself
divorce his mind long enough from the central
fact that he is ghost. to tell where and when
and how he Invested of his corporal en-
caSeihent? Wonderful as he is as Il iuggler
n i evident that BIainc cannot He can