St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-31

AluCl iCuII,
Not only did Mr. Blaine rise to the
level of every occasion he was called to
confront, and prove equal to every task
committed to his hands, but he iIumi-
mated and adorned with the
Luster of His Genius
whatever he touched. His lofty bearing
and Respondent talents distinguished
his whole career. In the counses of
his state, on the floor of congress, i'll the
speakers chair, in the national senate,
and as the head of the department of
state-aS an author, an orator, dia-
lectician and diplomat-in all places
and in all lines of occupation, he con-
stantly displayed those high qua litieS of
mind and character which secured the
deepest respect and the warmest adj
nliration.
He was born leader. His command
of men easy and natural. He com
manded, not by virtue of any invest,
ment OF conventional authority. but by
the inherent force OF his attractive quail
ltleS and his great personality. OF him
1t can he said. with simple truth, that
no other American statesman, soldier or
citizen, has had firmer hold upon the
affections of the common people, or
numbered more
Warm Personal Admirers
among the toilers of our land than he
did. His rare and Tatchless qualities,
his distinguished ability as a party
leader and statesman, were all summed
up and expressed by himself, when.
speaking Of Henry Clay. he said: '.Other
men have eXcelled him in specific pow
ers, but in the rare combination of quail
tiles, which constituted at once the
matchleSs leader Of party, and the
statesman OF cOnSummate ability and
lneXhauStlble resources, he has never
been surpassed by any man Speaking
the English language"
Senator Smith Knew Him.
The closing address of the day was
made by Senator J. d. Smith, without
notes, and was in substance as follows:
Prior to the war / lived in the same
county with James q. Blaine. and | de-
sire to offer small tribute to the mem
DRY of a man whom l have known and
loved during all of these years. The
first time lever met him was at poit-
zeal meeting held in an OLD church in
Litchfield. Kennebec county. Me. This
was in the autumn of 1858. He was ac
companied by Arson P. Morrill,, who
had been governor of the state. Mr.
Blaine was then fine-looking young
man OF twenty-eight years of age; tall,
we'll proportioned. with light brown
hair and full beard, with large spark
ling gray eyes. The candidate for gov
ernor opposed to the Republican tina
year was man whose given name was
Ephraim, and [ shall never forget the
grim humor with which Mr.. Blaine an
nounced that as long as he was to speak
in church it would be appropriate for
him TO announce a text; so he gave
chapter and verse, and his text was
'Ephraim is cake not turned" and
then Mr.. Blaine calmly said. Now we
will proceed to turn him." While he
was sarcastic often times, and under
stood we'll
The Power OF Esitlicule,
yet | never knew him to attack or
mallgne the private character of pub
lie man | saw Mr.. Blaine in 1876 when
his connection with the Little Rock
railroad was under investigation by the
house Of representatives, and when GER
tain private letters which he had
written were under discussion in
the public prints, walk down the
broad isle of the house of representa-
tiveS in Washington, and announce to
uiiS iip'oS NiiUU AlO plOpOoOOs uONCfCL
humiliahng it might be to him, to take
into his confidence forty millions of
people. and he proceeded to read the
letters to the house and crowded gal
lerieS. Then he turned abruptly to the
chairman of the committee, who had
been trying to find Mr.. Caldwell, and
asked him if he had received telegram
that day from Mr.. Caldwell. then in
Europe, completely generating him
from the charges which had been made
The chairman of the committee made an
evasive reply, when Mr.. Blaine said:
Il charge you with having received
such telegram today, and that you are
suppressing it with the intention Of in
juring me in this body"
No Response Was Made
to thls;s but it was afterwards ascer-
tanned that Mr.. Blaine told the truth,
and telegram had beenreceiyed as Mr..
Blaine had stated.
The celebrated encounter between
Mr.. Blaine and Benjamin II. Hill. of
Georgia. in the house has been alluded
to i'll eloquent terms by the senator from
Dakota county. Tony personal knoWl-
edge Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Blaine, in the
years that followed prior to Mr.. HIPS
death, were the warmest personal
friends. During Mr.. nilfs last illness
there was no more frequent or beloved
visitor at Mr.. HIPS bedside than Mr..
Blaine, and when at last he passed
away Mr.. Blaine felt that in his death
he had lost personal friend.
Mr.. Blaine was absolutely incapable
of harbOring resentment or earring re-
venge in his heart. The personal en-
counters that he had in congress and on
the stump with antagonists that never
forgot, Mr.. Blaine hardly remembered
day.
L heard him in 1882 when he delivered
in the hall of the house of representa-
tlveS at Washington that
Memorable and Classic EuIogy
on the life and services of President
Garfield. 1t will be remembered that he
there named as the parliamentary lead
ers of the century, Henry Clay, Stephen
A. Douglass and ThaddeuS Stevens.
Senator Timothy 0. Howe remarked
Immediately after the conclusion of the
address that Mr.. Blaine had not named
the greatest of all parliamentary lead
erS. and could not without naming him
self.
Mr.. Blaine was born in Pennsylvania
sixty-three years ago; his paternal
grandfather served as an officer on Gen.
Washington's staff in the Revolutionary
war. After graduating from college
and teaching for few years. he re-
moved to Augusta, Me, the place which
has remained his legal residence since
that time. AS has been truly stated,th
people of Maine, during all of his trials
during the controversies of his busy
life, have been true and loyal to him and
his reputation.
1t would be impossible to do justice to
the life and character of Mr.. Blaine
without taking into account his domes-
tic life. He was a model husband and
father; his highest delight was found in
the home circle; he was companion
for his children; he was
Temperate in Everything
except work. 1t is we'll known that
his mother was Roman Catholic,
and his political adversaries have
often sought to make political cap
ital ont of that fact Rut Mr.