The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-31

positive mental force "a Distinguished
from mere iots3iecsa2l c1ickaess: de1ies
hira politics. foresight OF p-ssc.ence. The
ct1erss1. Sums % i1s besit.ls-asut u
Elaine - folIovs:
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f@ghff = iSs s.ztgts 3ooks % tie ai.so-y q rs
! eTzsf,y- NJ 5lklrse tss z lss every station II
AfSsccsa gz5iSc life b. .as Highest. had
FS@er 70 s1s,,s lsg4slstsoz Il congress 81 te1
year. sae v5si5s1 a5ga sc-4zls1-atgrs t1ae-
sAsl tss Ere aas Eesz tie ies1s- Of ks rz-sT
~ s@a years &c tbs s0sogt@ serks sases 1ss 10
ys@re4s4 In e3vl American history ;aas side o
!afAsc5, sr1 hss ae9i ID rsco-1 CO er1Gr1ar per-
'e-tss1ee - reIl future gsas.silgzs that Sc
lived twenty yss-s Eas-s5@r 81 eJng-ssss rs
ta-zss . ssssesslsc viz 10 zrss. vo-E 81 ssgls-
asiso14 I~Ses secretary q state, 1.sscry Vii
sSfs1s a2s 2sr.s sii1 70 achievement 81 PSF
Gaz-ez. Ts1ze - sos cD1at-T.
he soz1dnssz Of this estimate depends
upon q question ri fat. Few persons. re
think. Who read tie record Of Blaine n
congress from tas days o. the draft act,
TIE rsconstruc:ion acts; the defeat 81 the
force bill: the Chinese restriction policy,
doEn 70 the reciprocity poslcy aud the
diplomatic work Of NJ. Blaine under
Carried and Harrison will agree wish tie
CregoHjan that Blaine was 9 politician
rather ffsan . statesman. Of course. there
are Statesmen and statesmen; orators and
orators; great men and gres. men OF
coorss Blaine dEarfs before Burke and
Dsrnosthenes: there is 10 room for coGot
about that; there is ID dorb; that he does
DO; hold place among OR American
Statesmen Of arz. rank; bat that De was
not statesman, bot politician: tia. the
historian could look in vain for anything
II The work Or quality Of Blaine 70 explain
his leadership seems 10 Is rather narrow
and preiudieed view.
The real weakness with B'aI1e was one
which he shared si;h great men ike
Webster. Hamilton and Jefferson; be did
not always fee hox i'm por,ant i. IS tina.
public man not only sbould always be
right. bu. should always seem 70 be right.
IS Judge Chase once pat il. This would
have saved him ffsfn tie only serious bot
Oh bis fame
The New York Sun replied last year as
Blaine would rank in craftsmanship and
general educated ability with Gladstone:
In ststssraaDshlp the American take rank
with tie Eagl!shrnsa. They oo,a poe -ess poIjti-
eel ability OF b!gn order In the.r mental
qualities tas two uen do not resemble Ga b
other. We are inclined 20 think that ii Blaine
hal been N Gls1stoDe's place his statesman
chip would have beeu better aad stronger than
G.s1.toae's, and tast II Gladstone had been n
blsEns'. place bis siAtesuanship would have
Deen inferior 70 Bains's.
IL party ies9ership both Glad stone AID Blaine
are shfesd and skl4: uL Gladstone 10 . more
psiisn. sod iess i'm pglsive man than Blaine,
WHO has ooi9eY and more ardent spir., than
Gladstone q a1s,0ne, whose career has been
Tar longer than Blanca has often been placed
Ia more trying situations, as q politician, than
Blaine was ever placed IN. Blaine has made
come b.unders IN his career; Gladstone has
made tee tnaes many. AZ q party leader
Blaine has had g more enthusiastic body OF al
he;eDts than Gladstone G YER had st any time II
bis life. In party leadership as well as In
ststssfnansbip. Is aine 10 the peer OF Gladstone.
a. speech makers both y ains and Gladstone
stand we'll, about a ieve-- Both of them
are ready deba,ers. Blsine's orsioYy IL more
rosy at times than Gisds.one'z In addressing a
"rniscelisEeDus su IieBee' Gladstones speech 10
less swaysng than Il .aiue's
G.ad=top and Blaine are both able writers;
thsi is 10 say, can write in ar ineligible and
impressive way, but neither OF them takes rank
with the masters OF the literary art
Ar. = alne may Yet have q long public career.
He stii I'm the prime OF life. Not until the
year 1918 will he re a. Old as Mr. Giad.'oae now
Ia. Before he reaches the end Of his career he
may have the opportunity OF winning rsnown
above that Of any other state. Of his time.