The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-24

engaged-once to the famous and witty
Chauncey NJ. Depew, senator from New
York Yet the young lady has been only
two years in society.
But as to young Blaine, everybody
wonders
Mr.. Blaine has a past and a consider
able one at that. He has, for instance,
been married beforehand divorced. His
marriage was without the knowledge of
his family and without the consent of his
parents. Those who recall it. will remem-
Der very pungent letter written by the
senior Blaine to the clergyman who per
formed the ceremony.
This, in effect, was young Mr.. Blaine
. first appearance in the public eye. Since
then the public eye has had considerable
Of Mr.. Blaine, whose career has been dec
orative in a high degree. He was 6t,orced
from his wife. The suit was rather a
nounced one, and Mr. Blaine made sew
eral spectacular appearances in connec-
ton with ito the great establishment
of the public and the sorrow of his
father, who already was under the be-
reavement of having lost his other two
sons, who had quickly become men of
mark in the railway world In this situa-
ton James G. Blaine Jr. was not a par
ticular consolation to his father
Nothing much was heard of young
with sorrow his fathers illness and
death. Then young Blaine became a
newspaper reporter in Pittsburg, having
first announced that he meant to settle
down and conquer that. much misunder-
stood ofession-journalism. Journalism
went on as before, and so did young
Elaine--with the result that even his
journalistic sponsors in Pittsburg were
forced to admit that the young man was
good a ~ hi 70 f,-x,
something harder than newspaper work.
which was evidently too easy for this
constitution. Young Blaine then went
home at times. At other times he was
seen and heard of in various WAYS and
in many localities.
When the war with Spain was under
way Mr.. Blaine Jr blossomed suddenly
forth as an army officer. He was not the
only son of a father who did the sans
thing, but he brought to military life
certain diyerting IDEAS OF the duties and
functions Of q soldier which enIivened
his surroundings considerably and drew
attention to military possibilities in his
case unlike those commonly ascribed to
successful martial leaders. In fact. it
was several times broadly limited that
headquarters would not have wept had
they heard that young Mr.. Blaine was
determined to offer his services in some
other field. But young Mr.. Blaine knew
that he had the cons ituent elements of a
great general concealed in his person
somewhere-and so he did not resign. nor
did he die.
But when 1t became apparent that a
force of men would have to be kept in
the Philippine islands, all hands conceded
unanimously that that would be exactly
the place for a young man of Blaine's
budding military genius. There were other
budding geniuses in the army, whose
fathers could carry certain localities at
any election, and the sons were there
fore. obviously destined for q life OF
heroic action in the field. None Of these
showed a 1.-THE Of the genius possessed
by young Blaine, whose feelings of dis
appointment at failing to meet the enemy
the first DAY he joined the army were so
acute that he had to do something to
mollify them. And he kept his disap-
polntment from overcoming him by the
same methods until every body wondered
what the Spaniards would think when
they met young Jim Blaine. Luckily
for the Spaaiards-
However, rs has been indicaEed, it
seemed well to have Mr.. Blaine go to the
Philippines. He started on a government
transport and, with the rest of the com
mand, went ashore at Honolulu while
the transport was provisioning. Honolulu
is not q large city, and a man of active
disposition and ingenious ways can soon
establish ilputation that will extend TO
the suburbs and even to the nearby
seaside resorts It may be here remarked
that Mr.. Blaine soon had Honolulu guess
ing. Tie islands had but recently been
annexed, and Mr. Blaine was a revela-
ton of American genius that could NOT
be overlooked, even by the densest ard
least civilized of the natives.
However as a military proposition Mr.
Blaine proved little bit too eomplieat-
ed. On the way to Manila the Transport,