Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-03
EUL0GIZING BLAINE.
Senator Frye Of Maine Before a BOs-
ton Audience.
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
And the Relation Mr.. Blaine Bore
to It's Work-He Expressed
Himself Freely to Senator Frye
and His Resignation Was No
Part of a Plot to Secure the
Nomination.

BosToN, May 2.-Music Hall was com.
fortably filed tonight upon the occasion OF
the eulogy of the late James q. Blame,
which was delivered by Hon. w. r Frye,
United States Senator from Maine, the
meeting being under the auspices or the
CITY. Mr.. FRYE reviewed in detail the lie
and achievements Of the great statesman.
OF the late Republican convention ne
! said:
"Mr. Blaine's name was presented 10
the convention, whether with his assent or
not, is not for me to say; l do not know.
l do know that two months
before that convention on Sunday
afternoon l spent pleasant and agreeable
two hours at his bedside. They were
hours which / now recall with de-
light: his mind had its full
vigor; his eye was undimmed; his talk
delightful / told him that he was to be a
listener for a while aud allow me TO be the
talker; that had come as an envoy from
the people; that was profoundly satlsheo
Of two things: First, that be could Do
nominated by acclamation In the approach
ing convention; second, that he could De
elected. / told him that then be could
withdraw his letter Of February 6, honora-
bly, that month later he could not; that
| thought his friends who had stood oy
him through all these years were entitled
to take advantage of this splendid oppor-
tunity and realize their hopes.
He replied TO me that he had given the
subject probably more consideration tnan
any or all of his friends; that he knew
himself and his physical condition better
than they; that any partlclpation on MS
part in a political campaign would Kill him
before the contest was over, that II, as L
suggested, he should remove himself from
its excitements, he could not live and per-
form the duties of the president of the
United States three months. be said that
his course was marked out, and that moth
ing on earth could lead him TO deviate from
it; that when the weather became
warm enough for residence at
Bar Harbor he should resign his
Office as Secretary OF State, ana
go to that summer home and never more
have anything to do with political office;
that he would devote the remainder OF his
life to his family and to himself and try TO
rest, as so beautifully portrayed in Clceros
| 'DeSenectute.' That such was his deno-
crate purpose l have not shadow OF
| doubt" ,
In conclusion, Mr.. Frye said: "The
Plumed knight is dead. Is he forever
lost2 No. thousand times no. Is he de-
stroyed! The black monster Death could
no more destroy this great soul than he
could stretch his Icy nanos upWsrq auu
snatch shining stars from the sky. Is our
dead chief forgotten? Will he not be miss
ed2 Thank God, the victory Of the Grim
Reaper was not so complete as that!
"Praxiteles, the great sculptor, sought
to perpetuste tbs smile of his beloved on
marble lips, believing that art could do
what love denied No art, no cunning
chisel, no undying marble are needed here.
We shall, indeed, never again feel the
warm hand grasp of our noble dead,
nor be GLAD in his sunny smile,
nor drink in the deep delights Of
his discourse, but sweet memories OF
his generous nature, of his chivalrous
bearing, of his devotion to principle, Of his
boundless love for his country, or his hdel-
ity to home, will survive.
"He was his own biographer, his own
sculptor, for he made his life part Of the
undying history Of his country and en-
graved his image on the hearts OF his coun-
trymen."