The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-01
BLAINE AND HARRISON,
RESPECT4BIJITY IN ITS STREyGr u
AND WEAKNESS,
Contrnsted with tho Brilliant, Audac,o,.
Genius of the Towering Man from Mn,n.
SO Long ms blaine Was "a Preslde,t,a,
Possibility His Party wn. yi,torio,.

Genius of the Towering Man from N,in.
Long Ms blaine Was "a President,a,
Possibility His Party Was Victorious.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-Just before Christ.
mas ! saw Mr.. Harrison. the President, WALL.
ing with his Secretary. Responsibility In its
strength and weakness was attested In him.
IIe who attains responsibility has achieved
what oil tho world that is without genius Az.
pires to: but genius would rather BIO on ths
tramp than n subscriber to all the dull thinra
Responsibility e%nforces. We had q respecta-
BILE ticket last time and all the publicans and
sinners forgotto vote for 1t. There was but on.
man Of genius in the Cabinet, and he had long
been tired of tho eminence Of tho r~espccta.
bility which was petrined whom he spoke ur.
Temperament is a good third Of talent, and
without 1t the blood Of genius does not circu.
late. Yet in this country We rarely pass fa-
vorably upon n man of genius. 80 wanting in
the continental. the imperial spirit, are our
biographical conditions. Hamilton. pcrhap.
Burr. Nicholas Blddle. Andrew jackson. Horny
Clay. Marcy. Seward. Douglas. at ono time
Calhoun. Tecumseh sherman. Zebulon Pike.
Decatur. Blaine had It; only one Of them
reached tho Presidency. As early us 1910
Burr. writing to his son-in-law Aston. dc.
nounccd the drift OF our national politics to
promote tho stupid and the timidly wary and
secondary men like Monroe. instead Of the in-
ulNIuuhi' VII EhlllhI, Nlll llo men VI lifluelna-
ton and initiative. Said no: There is hut
1t Is Andrew Jackson"
Mr.. Blaine had failed because he let mon not
worthy, of him appear to absorb his friend.
hope Of tho public getting Blaine his party
was victorious. Deserted on tho one side by
t]Tation, ha wn, ON MIR tho d 25h y BY dt the tasam nmH ,
i T,l | De at q 2 III. T II hlNS sW Y TEsth mrn me wss Who Do,
yylra rnf for hin n tSSI tAT m ada him l.,
f stats. as 1' the s Snls GGr n2 sdw S %r e%aTET nrlisob the
sure that Harrison would. save. him. but he
loses the last seat OF Now York in the United
never before in nearly fifty years. 1 think, been
without one anti; Democrat from New York.
hi EHY b # %ll1 e or fiji Hil an and ri aiS MnrpS by III n!i so and
b M.rgs else and i F Fssto had c ssTnrd AND nGd HG r5s,t
now gives up the complement of seats to tho
successors, OF Herman.
takes In becoming too intimate with persons
He will go out of office without u scandal to
only temperament not temper. Since Willard
Fillmore respectability, has found nc, such per-
Charybdis OF them who avoid the Scylia Of a
strong individuality. that offending none they
The President in his mourning weeds looked
better than at any time. in his term, those
sable elothinGs making his eyes. which are
fore SreN Sec f"anSr i ident fheddf lad gone 90 "SP past anu DO
would seem to be some time bsioro she OBJ
tains another one. AS long as she was a de-
MED. but sho could not nominate Morton.
and when Hendricks was popular .he was op.
P Rpish, at w home by by tine ggGflesvehd ga fbSiI s OF
and at the CoRnxention ms was r. nentral n5 Mb{ the
Nice-Presidency twice. and this helped to
carry Indiana for HARRISON; In nearly all the
past Indiana has been the Pawn Of New York,
which at one time refused to assist her. and
some beaten son upon the ticket.
hope Indiana is satisfied now said Man.
York's will. set him behind Cleveland, where
suppose there might have been a hundred
recently. which supported Harrison this year
Harrison Is said to have been sure Of Indiana
this year. but Gresham played the Mcdonald
and EnsIish, to him.. and MOrton's posterit1
The disputahle centre has now conc beyond
In ind al wart to 10 nl hEIn' Or I;,i Wisconsin, ss ni or pfG}s s.
o putf%af% g St e",p; nft Villas sa and ethior await watt
to nlay the part Of tavorite sons OF other states.
of a Z nation to have too n much politics to the
sHuare foot; As 5, long eng IS 3ss Gop fEl was an an in l.
Republican Presidential possibility. In like
Edmunds for years affected New England in
and Palmer. Of Palmer and Morrison. she was
shows that tho Popullst party has played
tory Of Tie land. and that the two older parties
nre stu divided by q narrow margin, But the
the ratio Of the Democracy. Reed and Nc
yiys him; Ed% M Harrison. Blaine; sheT.
lon n may or may not be E9ssibilities still. .,,
Hayes. GARFIELD. Harrison. We're all the me2:
choice. There have been but, two prime lead:
ers Of the party all the while. Blaine and
Grosfam tho rsmat ninG factors. illinois want.
ed Gresham. in 1sSS. and would not have
vert Hsrt'i Is m islfG be a a. n oSG au as n n Ss he II Is s IN
The Republican party entered upon its series
Of personal plumbers by throwing out Blaine
AS President he could have appeased Now
Garfield was nominated; IF Blaine mad been
%selected We should, know, whore we stand.
the skill. and party regularity Of BIains would
have kcpt him n guicscent baron. But Garfield
tthheus sona aS si1eat d GHinE.tnE BY Sf "s Scw 3 Hd%ks T Hs
loose upon himself IN assassin. who ALSO
though an1 GEhptvt9 Dc a great, ni9Sdy. cunning decd.
1880. - N'''' 'N~ - tA"A pbN''
ousiy unknown.
Blaine. with some caution, amounting at
times to timidity. Was III" ar-sceiIg politician
OF his party. fertile in ISSUES. and strong to
make inr0ads upon the Democratic cities.
Blaines proposition to readmit tho states
was upon u constitutional change: "ltcp-
resentatives shall be determined ~ tax.
ing tho whole lumber OF per.pn=, except
those, dislranchised in any ~htale'hy raccor
color Tho ane idea has been u 20 within
Biaino opposed Thni~ Stnvnn-s t%yetematio
plap TO disqpalify q long list ~ r"n,l leaders:
avoid the errors II mo StrTe9s,Sumner-
Trumbull reconstruct Oh. &" I.{ n tho quar-:
rel with johnson, ami 90 '"at tho force bill OF
Grant and Bu'iIs, lJalleI 9,cd against the
impeachmcrt o. '~H- r'rt Johnson, Dec. 2.
when there was no longer IL minority on the
subject.
70 run Tor y rake", Itiaine received % votes.
to 81 ra-i ior hcrr. March 4, 1858. For TWEEN
ty.luur yrlTs lie has sustained himself like
nIiirs +;rius. He leaves his party almost