The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03

Blackbur had notable career In the National
House Of Representatives as an orator and even
as a leader Of a certain sort =. .,o ,roo
traders tbsE candidnte for PT sp pea bs
against nd Randall but Tor the co1sssrvatisImI q
@ s9ahfsn members wa9 td p eSs s hae
stephens Of Georgia, and Atkins Of Tenpess
defeated him, Carlisle could have beaten
Randall i had AL ss.ss Rs SS III In Of 1s rs
when they forced Blackburn out Of the way.
Blackburn was superb presiding oiilcer.
whole, 40 he frequently was. he held the floor
ct vas ss%s ; i%s il sas sSry eighties that
sP S@H %a M'f Sssaa HS's t sasntry
the action OF that name in the Mexican war;
that the distillars of Kentucky, were anxousto
hsSH p rs ipeSb T SSs
time he had been. and was then. the stormy
Tss Of Hth etS: and
as wen as Tor his Mexican, aud CSaisder:
.seO dead 4 Nae n be e sysS be ss
E %s% ,5s sss9 s:s.; 81 .,Is
for reelection to the Senate, This, would have
been an easy matter had not Caysle preferred
a majori.y y the I.sI.iasars sSossS i iss$
sai Z ~ SEs
s snsh 9 u9 ae% ' Ens
lists. He did not expect to defeat Williams Beck
was the man he was after and he hoped
s sl Wliams 70 Eafraqs him il sshalienEisS
Ss Hsn r. ssss"s sHpy asy
tie se 10 baoted
Blackburn thirty odd and Sweeney twenty odd.
sHeSss Ma ss
mated aud elected. He was then at the zenith
In a tumuituous body like the House, Black
burn had been - his element: in deliberative
body like the Senate he was ciph1esr6 For
s%eunt g anything IN 's tie ssn.te man must
your mare talker only amounss to "a
tool Without handr." IS Bal7af would say:
match but III. Yoke Of q OXEN could not have
dragged him to that scratch again, and neither
could ingalls, drag him TO 1t; and once. so il Is
by the ear. These are the fruits OF his states
deliherative BODY on earth. He was fortunate
IN his colleaguss, however-Beck. Carlisle and
Lindsay-ail elnttons for work. and all know
And now came the day OF tribulation. As
long as the Republicans were In power at
WashinEton, BLACK burn had life tense on his
seat. but when the Democrats elected the |
President. Blackburn's friends who had done
go much for him, wanted HI i'm to do something
for them. Unfortpnately HI, was too old to
learn how to play that role He had been pct.
ted too long-too much had been done for hi m.
He was lavieh Of promises Nat promises which |
he ground out aa he wouI grind ont money II !
he were the govern m emit, He had so many |
promises outstanding that in 1898 he was re-
duced TO the necessity Of 1uarrelinE with the
adnlnstration for appearances sakeIthe ad-
the best Federal oflce In Kentucky Ottimes !
It is great relief to Senator in Congress- to |
be persona non crata n the White House.
Up 10 lS,5 stevenson. Preston. Beck, Wat
terson. Carlisle. Brecknrdge. Knott Lindsay. |
Buckner. and others Of that iik had done the |
thinking for the Kentucky Democracy. Joe |
had done the bulk Of ths talking. Now. how
business, and unfortunately. thought Is not his |
strong suit. A hand and a half as talker he |
Is only piece Of a hand as a thinker. Buths |
Ia all tmperious and powerful will and by its !
exercise he forced P. Wat Hardin off the Demo |
cratic platform in 1893. with the result that |
the Democrats were beaten In State election |
Tor the FIRST time since 1855. a period OF forty |
Kentucky went Republican in a Presidential |
His race in 1857 for third term In the
senate is a disgraceful episode IN American
rohttcs. He fs again q candidate. this time for
t III sh2e G hti eggs are in G9eoeIs
will No: be chosen Senator next winter. Mr.
Goehel Ia mighty smart man, ana the smart
Est thing he ever did was when he httched Joe
Blackburn to his train.