The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-02-03


good? Burchard has offended one class
of citizens-is not correction as likely
equally to offend another clasp
''We stopped at Meridian, Wallingford,
Hartford and New Haven, and aG every
place were showered frOm sidewalks and
housetops with dodgers containing Bur
chard's speech. 1t was the unanimous
conclusion of the gentlemen and Mr..
Blaine that he shonld make reply at
New Haven, which he did. But the IA
tai work had been done, and history will
record for all ages that that one sentence
defeated the most brilliant candidate
ever offered by a party for the Presi-
dency of the United States, and changed
the policy of the country.
1.-The friends of Mr. Blaine" added
Mr.. Depew, "who have been such in de-
feat and victory for quarter of cen
fury, but who sustained General .Hatri-
son at Minneapolis have been very liber-
ally criticised. Mr.. Conkling's enmity
to me during the years of his autocratiC
control of the party in this State was due
to my friendship for Mr. Blaine. 1 never
had any quarrel with Mr.. Conkling-on
the contrary, l had done my best to pro.
mote his ambitions at every critical pc
riOd of his political life when he needed
assistance. When l was Secretary of
State had placed the whole patronage
of my office at his disposal to aid him in
the life and death struggle which he was
then having in his Congressional dis
trict; and he told me often afterward
that it had saved him from humiliation.
AFTER Mr.. Blaine's letter last Febru-
airy to Gen. Clarkson as Chairman of the
Republican State Committee, peremp-
tori refusing the use of his name in the
Convention, asked General Hustled to
90 down to Washington and see Mr..
Blaine. The General had very full
conference with Mr.. Blaine, for they
were, and always had been, Intimate
friends. AS General Hustled reported
the conversation to me he said: Blaine
said to me. Chauncey Depew is entitled,
if any man is, to know exactly my posi-
ton in reference to this nomination. |
cannot if l would and would not if l
could change from the position have
taken in my letter to General Clarkson.
am not and wall not be candidate be-
fore the Convention, and if nominated |
will not accept.'.a tG.1It ytGli s1
Il saw Mr.. Blaine few days before |
went to Minneapolis az the Fifth Avenue
Hotel in New York. We had most
cordial and interesting discussion for a
couple of hours upon the situation. He
was intensely i-terested in Republican
success. l told him was for General
Harrison. He said that. General Harri-
son had made good President, but he
did not believe that any President could
ever be reelected in this country again.
He said that as the population Increased
the applicants for offices SO infinitely out
ti.nI io oS sle ol!icss 70 pe GiSCripulsa
sneO .ne uissppolhCmehts Woulu oe sur
nolenC 10 ueieaC any fresloehI no hat9er
now nov soou MS administration might De-
ne Wene l9rther ana MADE the remarka-
nl@ IN VHsS az I,s I ~
for anv RannIItinan 'to he oioc4ad : t' ~;
tin,e ~ St''SS9e1 g ''-..-
"a d;s+;nn,,;.tol -, 90 H. -
ont no,,sa - " s1e Piss
timate f,iapd W ~, pi"; ~ %ir
cenflv ,nast;onad X; ,o = A9s
RIa;ne,s comJidaoa ~ NT;S"S;, UT
IN me t;ioss s',
mo dstn;toI, ti ~ S,,'o %
naitber bao 6 oo s Pulps;R ~ was
nrnner f,,, bi,,o 90 -, 4as;;t m
tthot Lo tt;n in W hooP oS Ss ~ Gnu
at tbe conuentinn U'ith LIN fr eSS, Was maS
mntnr;1u ~ + q oo S iaoi mn
co. 10y V'Yi'ii'n Wy thp lfi'gf ~
-. MI: Blame enjoys the unique distlnc-
t,on Oh having been better understood by
,,an pan peoPie Vi Cne O1lteu olaoes and
Iii 'nTiousniy hISunueIrsfooqq py ~, us
Us, ouuo"Ceu anu nypeffcFilleai Gu
me mo 'u Tho any otler one Oh our STATES ~
imo;i;t,i mo SeoieS Vi his ms success Was us
1917 anu 1anIor: thaC iuciuiCy ana
,,aao % OoinGlneu VIII lillIaoie quick
t;n,s Ua a aI ~ earhestness ana &c
unUn cieat seii Vie IMPRESSION IN tne Mug
" " Ja lnOglieit enaG ne was trlckster-
a a. uau soIouS iaS'Sr III PoiiCics, man 10
oe wa'cheq ahp ieeanreeqp,1
mo statesman of our country, save
Henry Clay, has eyer had such a hold on
tne popular mind, and no one has been
ia eu9lI oiose Iouoh WIN Cne people. AT
any Iiule wlV,ln Tue last twenty years ne
" mouiu rave Oeeh gIflnnphshsiy erected
IresluenC except Ior unIoward accldents
anu extraordinary mlsrepTesenGatlous
y. whlch eVeryoo1y regretteu aiter the elec-
!loh was over II was exceealnSly Couch-
my 70 slt "a earr9om OF "a country no
Cel where the Whoie ecounCrystde sath-.
ereu, otto hneeO aiVer Ohe county com
mlItee meeoinY, aC receptioh given Dy
some clOlzeh, the representatives OF all
Gne Uown ana near thenf taik aooutf I'm
Blaine, WIN personal ataIec1on ana an
apparent lhtlmaIe acquaintance as II ne
i,oi L Prota Nv go &c IT, wv" M an.
NET h;n, oDd yat he ,ra .to n assa go
rart % tba;r nsrsonaI rnI;t;na1 eSd ~"
p;ai ' l;uoS NJ, p I' npOsasSad tho 80
facnitv which ;s ;n ;tsaIf 9e1 @;st ~ ,no r"re
Iar;tn of neuor for% ot snU co. " pOru
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