The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-01

Mr.. Blaine died at his residence in
Washington, d. G., at IL O'Clock a
Friday, Jan. q, 1898. James
Gillespie Blaiue's death, although ii
has removed from the world a carac.
ter who has been prominent 10 every.
thing he undertook, caused but little
surprise. The news of it had been
so long discounted that there remain
ed but the nnouncemeu 1t was a
foreg0ne conclusion that his battle
with death would be the final defeat
of his life. Though the facts as to
his illness have from the first been
studiously concealed, through the
official channels of communication,
he was q sick man when be returned
to Washington to settle down for the
winter; death aud its bereavements
added more aud more to his ailments.
He has grown worse aud continued
on his journey to the grave as fast as
the days would carry him. And skill
has furnished him the weapons Of de.
fence for a comparately long time.
But his death has furnished the eud
of the fight. He was a doomed man
from the start and to all %iutents, he
has been a dead man for these many
days past. His mind had been al
most a blank for weeks past, his 10.
cid movements having been but few
and at times far between but his
physical frame has withstood the
ravages of wasting disease until now.
Naturally enough there has been a
disposition on the part of the family
and the attending physicians to either
conceal or distort in some way the
real conditions existing 10 the Blame
mansion, but from time to time &C.
curate information as to Mr.. BlaiLe's
condition has been obtained and
faithfully reported Dating from the
cradle to the tomb, Mr.. Blaine's six.
ty.three years have been active ones
All the trials and fluctuations that
fall to the lot of a public man have
been his, and have earned for him
the peaceful ending of a career which
closed when life's candle made its
last flicker.
In the death If Mr.. Blaine, Amer.
lea has lost her mast distinguished
citizen, and the Nation mourns the
loss of its greatest and most beloved
statesman since the days of Henry
Clay. As our neigbbor of the Frank
lin NeOS we'll puts it: "Mr Blaine
passes into history as one Of the mos,
powerful and brilliant personages q
his time and country. His matchlesi
skill in debate, his incisive speech
and trenchant logic, his graces o
diction aud his fascination OF manner
will long be remembered. He reign
ed in the affections of many and b.
commanded the admiration of ALL"
Mr. Blaine lacked but four days o
being SO years of age. He was borl
in the village of West Brownsville
Washington county, Pa, and he wa
the second son of Ephraim Blaine
his mother being a Miss Gillespi
prior to her marriage.
The President issued the followin
proclamation:
EXECUTIVE MANSION. |
WASHINGTON, d g, Jan 81, 1893.
= ut is my painful duty to announc
to the people of the United STATE
the death of James Gillespie Blain'
which occurred in this city to. day
IL o'clock. For a full generatio
this eminent citizen has occupied
CONSPICUOUS and iDfLeutial p%ositio
in the nation. His fret public se
vice wal in the Legislature Of b
State. Afterward for fourteen yea.
he was a member of the n%ationI
House Of Representatives aud WI
three times chosen its Speaker.
1876 he was elected to the Senat
He resigned his seat in that body
accept the position Of Secretary
State in the cabinet of Preside
Garfield. After the tragic death
his chief, he resigned from the cat
net, and, devotipg himself 10 litera
work, gave to the public 10 /
Twenty Years in Congress" a mi
valuable aud enduring contribute,
to our political literature. In Mare
1889, he again became Secretary
State and continued to exercise |
office until June. 1882. His devoti
to the public interest, his mark