The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-28

and both sidea were ueskino TO commune
cate with him. After Anishiag the resd-
ing Of tho letter Mr.. Blaine turned to the
chairman OF the committse and demanded
to know whether he had reserved any dis'
patch from Mr.. Caldwell. lsscstvin4 ar
avssiye anawsr MIR. Blaine assersed. az
| within his own knowledge, that the chair.
| man had received such q dispatch. ,"com-
| plstely and absolutely generating me
from this charge. and you have suppressed
It,"
The republican national convention WAS
now at hand, and MIR. Blaine was the most
prominent candidate for the presidential
nomination. He had n larger body OF on
shusiastio friends than n other leader OF
his party, and the stirring events OF tho
past few months had intensified thsis devo-
ton. On Juno II. the sunday p, eosding
the convention, just a. he was entering
church at Washington, he was proatrated
with the extreme heat. and his illness for q
vooates of his nomination, however. re-
manned unshakcn in their support. On tbs
first ballot he received $50 votes ont OF q
total of Tb4. the remainder being divided
among Senatof Morton. Secretary Bristow.
Senator Conklia, Gov. Hayes, and several
others. Ga the seventh ballot his vote
rose to 35l, lacking only twenty-eight OF 3
majority. but q union of the supporters OF
all tho other candidates gave Gov. Hayes
1854 and secured his nomination. lMmedi-
asaly after the convention, on the
resignation Of Senator Morrill, to accept
the ssoretaryship of the treasury, MIR.
Blaine was appointed senator to I'LL ths I'M
expired term. aud in the following winter
he was chosen by the legislature for tho
full. ensuing tenn. In the senate he OPP
possc the creation of the electoral commits
sion for the settlement OF the disputed
presidential election of 1876. on tho ground
that Congress- did not itself possssa the
mower Tint 1t rrODOSAI to COnI6r on tina
commission.
As the p.osident'al election Of 1887 ap.
preached il w. apparent tlat dr.. Blaine
retained the came support that had I'd
hersd to him SO tenacious!y four years be
fore. This contest developed into IN earn
est and FRO! .rged struggle between his
friends and .hosn who advocated a third
term for Gen. Grant. The convention. one
of the most memorable in American his
tory, lasted through six days, and thee
vote stood: & ant S0l, Blaine 2St. Sherman
9S, Edmunda 81, Washbu 1880, Window 10.
/. On the final ballot the I lends of
Blaine and Sherman united on Gen. Gar
field, who received 1856 votes to SOC for
Grant, and was nominated. On his cleo
ton Mr.. Blaine was rendered AID accepted
the Office of secretary of state. He re-
NAMED at the head OF she departments less
than ten months, and his effective admins
was practically limited by the as
of President Garfield to four.
that period. however. he began sew
aral important undertakings. His foreign
policy had two principal objects. The first
vas to secure and preserve peace through
1ut this continent. The second was to Gull
iivate close commercial relations and in
,rease our trade with the various countries
If North and South America. The accom-
,lishment of the first object was prelimin =
Try ana essential to the attainment Of the
and in order to promote it he ro-
,eoted q psace congress to be held at Wash
ngton. to which all the independent powers
If North and South America were to be in.
1ited. On Dec. 10 Mr.. Blaine retired from
The cabinet, and within three weeks his sue
,essor had reversed his policy and tn plan
was abandoned, after the ~invitati on had
been accepted by all the American pow ers
except two.
TYSON the retirement Of Mr.. Blaine from
The state department i'll December, 1881, he
was for the Il st time in % wears out of
public station. He soon entered upon the
composition of an elaborate histo ical
work entitled Twenty Years of Congress-"
Of which tho first 200 pages gave a sucoinot
review of the earlier political history of the
count Y, followed by a more detailed mar
rat We OF the eventful period from Lincoln
to Garfield. Thu first volume was pub
lished in April. 1884. and the second in jan
uary, 1886, Norwich, Comm The work
work had a very wide sale. and secured
general approval for its impartial spirit and
style. VIII n the republican ma
convention of 1884 met At Chicago il
was clear that Mr.. Blaine had lost none of
his hold upon the enthusiasm of his party.
On the first ballot he received 3341I votes.
p esident Arshu, 27S, Senator Edmunds 50,
Senator Logan 6312 and the rest we're scat
tering. HIS vote kept gathering till
the fourth ballot. wnen rs received
54l out of q total of sl3, and was
The oampaignethat followed
one of p%ecnliar bitterness. Mr..
b aine took the stump in Ohio. Indiana,
New York and other states. and in q series
of remarkable speeches. chiefly devoted to
upholding the policy of protection to Am
erican industry, dsepensd tho popular i'm
of his intellectual power. The
turned upon the result in New
York, which was lost to MIR. Blaine by 1,047
votes. whereupon he promptly resumed the
work upon his hlsto y. which had tcen in
terrupted by the canvass.
Mr.. Blaine took an active part in the
Maine canvass OF 1886. and later took n
months tour in Eutope. His
prominence before the republican national
convention of 1883. and his throwing his
strength to Harrison. a. we'll known to the
He accepted tue 20 tfolio of state
Presidsut Harrison. but resigned il
ju.t b fore the memorable Minneapolis
whete his name created n ler-
feet storm of enthusiasm. but where he
went down before the influence OF the
office holders.
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