Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-28
unit rule or any process of sitting or mis-

unit rule or any process of sitting or mis-
representing minorities.
The election turned upon the result In
New York, which was lost to Mr.. Blaine
by !, 047 votes. DR.. Burchard' alliterstiye
speech about "Rum, Rumanism and Re-
bellion" being credited with having large
influence in causing his defeat.
In 1888 there was another attempt to
nominate Mr.. Blaine for the presidency.
He had written q letter from Florence.
Italy, refusing to have his name presented
to the convention, but delegates known to
favor his nomination were elected every-
| where.
The choice of Mr.. Blaine was generally
| conceded as inevitable, when a second and
more emphatic refusal to accept the nomi-
nation was conveyed in q letter to Mr.,
be candidate led to deadlock in the
convention, which was finally broken by
the nomination of Gen. Harrison.
The United States having lost most of
its South and Central American trade, and
there being no prospect of its revival under
the restrictions of our new tariff laws, Mr..
Blaine conceived the idea that It could be
restored by adopting the reciprocity policy
| with the countries south of as BY free
interchange of certain products with them.
His suggestion was carried out BY the
government, and Mr.. Blaine became more
| popular than ever with his admirers His
| enemies said that the reciprocity idea was
Gar6eld's, but be that as 1t may, Mr.
Blaine carried it to successful issue.
Mr.. Blaine was appointed secretary of
| state March 5, 1881, and he resigned De-
cember 10, three months after President
Gar6eld's death. The two principal OBJ
jects of his foreign policy, as defined by
himself, were-6rst, to bring about peace
nd fpk -
South America, and second, to cultivate
such friendly commercial relations with
American countries as would lead to
large increase in the export trade of the
United States.
During President Garfeld's long illness,
after Guitesu's revolver had done It's work,
Mr.: Blaine's devotion to his chief won gen.
eral admiration.
In February, 1882, he was chosen by
congress to pronounce formal eulogy up
on the dead president, and he delivered
just. comprehensive and admirable address
upon the dead presidents great csreeer
and character.
Early in 1884 Mr. Blaine published the
first volume of his Twenty Years In Con-
gress," and in the following year the Sec
ond volume was issued. This work covers
the period from Lincoln to Garfield, with a
review of the events which led to the polit-
ical revolution of 1850.
In 1887 he issued q volume of "Political
Discussions, Legislative, Diplomatic and
Popular" in which was collected the
cream of his public discussions for thirty
years.
Mr.. Blaine was not poor man when he
entered congress in 1858, and he died
millionaire. For about twenty five years
past he owned valuable coal tract near
Pittsburg, which yielded him handsome
income fer many years before he entered
congress. His business affairs were al
ways managed with prudence and shrewd-
Eess. His home in Augusta is plain two
story house.
Official Statement of the Attending
Physicians.
The beginning of Mr.. Blaine's illness
dates back some years. The earliest signs
of Ill health were associated with, and no
doubt due to a equity tendency, which |
manifested itself in sub acute attacks of
govt, disturbances of digestion and prog
ressive innutrition and anaens. Suisse
quent development proved that at this |
time changes were going on in the arteries |
which resulted later in symptoms of oblit- |
Grafton of vessels, and In chronic disease |
of the kidneys. The attack of paralysis in |
1887 was connected with similar sltera-
tions in the blood vessels of the brain. |
During the summer of 1892 the evidences |
of failing health were more decided, and |
in November after his return to Washing
ton his symptoms suddenly as
sumed an aggravated form. From |
this time, although there were per-
iods of apparent improvement, he |
continued to grow worse from week to |
week. The symptoms were at first more |
directly connected with the kidneys and |
examinations of the urine showed that |
there was a progressive interstitial change
going on in that organ and that he had a |
form of chronic Bright's disease. In De- |
oember signs of lung complication ap-
peared, which were no doubt connected
with the general disease, but as tubercule |
baociln were found In the sputs 1t is |
probable there was some tubercular infec- |
ton as we'll. Much of the distress which |
Mr.. Blaine suffered was associated with
this disease of the lungs and his death was |
certainly hsstened by It.
Toward the end of December the heart |
began to show signs of unusual weakness |
from cardiac degeneration and dilatation, |
and on December IS he had an alarming |
attack Of exhaustion; from this he rallied, |
several occasions.
From the middle of January these at
tacks ceased, and the action of the heart
was uniformly good. There was, however,
daily loss of flesh and strength.
For three days before Mr.. Blaine's death |
there was no marked change in his condi- |
ton, each day he seemed more feeble than |
on the day before, and on the night before |
his death he did not seem to be in imme- !
tot ,orIs ha nf
the 9th inst. his pulse was observed to be
very feeble and his breathing more en-
barrassed. As result of the failing heart
action oedema of the lungs occurred, and
he died without much suffering at II
O'Clock.
During the whole of Mr.. Blsines illness
the digestion was well performed and
liquid food Chiefly milky was taken in full
quantities. His mind was generally clear,
except when clouded by urSmia and dis
turbed brain circulation, and although I'M
able to express himself in words, he recog
mixed all the members of his family up to
within few moments of his death. Drs.
Janeway and Loomis of New York were
called in consultation and rendered i'm
portant service by their advice.
(Signed)
WILLIAM W. JOHNSTON, NJ. D.,
FRANK HYATT, M. D.
Ahl5 SeohOAhohS Va eho Phy SAoAS'o "AAa NV
be supplemented by an autopsy upon the
body of Mr.. Blaine, the members of the
family being thoroughly satisfied as to the
cause of the death. The body will not be
embalmed for burial, the family objecting
to any disturbance of it.
Funeral Arrangements.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27,-The undertaking
establishment of Joseph Gawler has charge
of the funeral arrangements and his direc-
lions were received by firm as to the
casket. This will be very similar to the
one in which the remains of Mrs. Harrison
were conveyed to their final resting place.
1t will be plain and simple in appearance,
devoid of any show or ostentation. 1t will
have extension silver bar handles. The
material used in the construction will be
red cedar, which will be covered with black
cloth, and on the inside the casket will be
lined with full tufted white satin. The
solid silver plate on the top will contain
the following inscription:
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