New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-22
A Stricken Man.

"A SGrlCA0u Mdus
Neither friend nor foe will withhold 8
willing sympathy from MI. Blaine il
these days Of his overwhelming aff1ictior
Unmerciful disaster seems to follow fast
and follow faster upon the footsteps Of
this great and unhappy man, and mis-.
fortune marks him for her own. Disap,
pointed in the close of a splendid public
career, Mr.. Blaine sees the later years OF
his life filled with a series of private
and family griefs that might well bow
the head and break ths heart of a young
er and robuster man. The quick nature
and responsive heart that have given him
among strangers the title Of the "magne-
tic" made family ties peculiarly strong
and the family relation peculiarly tender
Yet within the past few years he has
been called upon to mourn the loss OF
three children by death, and to bear a
burden for fourth yet living which Is
not lighter than that carried for those
who rest in the grave. First it was the
sudden death of beloved daughter that
married his home and brought the clouds
into his life, Then the brilliant Walker
Blaine, the one Of his sons best fitted to
understand and sympathize with his
his fathers work and career, was taken
without warning, in the prime Of man
hood, lust when his work was most valu-
able. and valued, 1t was stroke from,
which Mr.. Blaine has never thoroughly
recovered and probably never can. Next
there was the pitiful revival Of all the
scandal connected with the son who
bears his name, into which the fathers
name was dragged, and which must have
cost him many a bitter pang Of sorrow
and humiliation. And now the remain
inc son, the one who had kept out OF
stormy paths, and who was the reliance
and comfort Of his Old age, is taken with
such suddenness that there was no time
to reach his bedside. This i. "a series OF
bereavements that must move the hum
an heart to pity, and that appeal to mil
lions of people who admire and love the
man so -pitilessly assailed by malignant
fortune
His Affections, too, are cumulative
Just at this tine he courted and needed
and arduous years He has given much
to his country and his party. He has
fought battles such as sap the strength
of strong men. Denied the object of {
great ambition, he has devoted the last
three years to the councils OF, the nation
and has helped to mature and carry out
policies that will render memorable his
administration Of the departmental state
an often failing health, and a constant
political pressure by his friends. Las
Of all came the public misfortune by
which All unauthorized use of his name
was made at the Minneapolis conven
ton, invoking no little of surprise ant
criticism. 1t seems to have been under
stood that Mr.. Blaine would accept q
nomination if it came to him as the prac
tically unanimous voice Of his party, but
he was carried into the thick of the figh1
by men who had their own purposes tx
serve with what results we know. This
could not have been other than a severe
blow to a proud and sensitive spifit,co
scious though it might be of the popular
affections And scarcely Ia Mr.. Blaine
reached the coveted seclusion of his sum.
mer home, there to repair by the ses
waves that he loves the waste and Wea1
of these eventful years, when fate, grim
herald, bore to him the last message Of
disaster, announcing the death of the
son who had been and was to be the
pride. and comfort of his declining years
Mr.. Blaine has been passionately loved
BY many thousandssof his countrymen
Not alone from these, but from those
who have criticised and from those who
have opposed him, he may be assured Of
receiving deep and honest S sympathy in
this time Of greatest trial. 1t is5a sorely
stricken man to whom the people of the
country tender their silent but sincere
compassion in this houl Of almost UNI
measured grief. Pioneer Press.