Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1892, Page 1

EXTRA! 7:30 O'CLOCK P.M. - ——«s Che Kvening Star, | Vo. 81, No 20.445. ——— WASHINGTON, D. G, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1892. "TWO CENTS. | r | attacks induced the belief that be would re- | cover in this as on other occasions. “evidences of local organic disease have mani- | tested themselves recently, and it is beli | that Mr. Blaine’s present condition is due to | this cause,” was softened by the following statement “While there is nothing in the nature of this disease to warrant the fear of any rapid progress he has shown within a month past more signs of serious iliness than before. It is hoped that | statement can now be made as to the changes which may take place from day to day. At the present moment he is better than for « week pant.” ‘Thus «further attempt waa made tolull public apprehension, but to those who read between the lines of these cautious utterances of the physician it was apparent that a crisis bad ap- proached and | many years filied such a large place in the public was nearing nd. NEAR DEATH Mr. Bae on Cra, HIS FATAL MALADY IN POOR HEALTH FOR SOMF TIME. Mr. Blaine, well known, bas been in am very poor health fora considerable time past, but the members of his family and the physi- cians have refused to admit that there was any immediate cause for alarm. i About fortnight ago Mr. Blame went out for scarriage ride and caught cold. Since then be had been sinking _ateadily and yesterday the physicians, Dr. Johnston and | Dr. Frank Hyatt, issued o bulletin stating that | Mr. Blaine was a very sick man. For some time past the family have realized the precari- ous condition of the sick man, but they by no means gave up hope. At 1:15 o'clock this afternoon Dr. Hyatt called at the house again and was at once ad- mitted to the sick room. A Stan reporter who called at the honse a few minutes later was told that there had been a slight improvement noticeable in the condi- — -+———_- tion of the e retary. This morning there ‘had been a serious relapse, but since then he hed rallied somewhat, al + was learned on good authority this after- n that Mr. Blaine had had a hemorrhage that the attendants by his bedside were scien | dreading « second hemorrhage that would vem fatal termination of the long illness. Duriog the early pert of the day there were a number of prominent callers at the house to inquire as to Mr. Blaine’s con- dition. A few were admitted, but others were told by the butier at the door that Mr. Blaine | was in about the same condition. Dr. Johnston left the house about 2 o'clock, accompanied by Dr. Hyatt In answer to a query from Tue Stam man he said that Mr. Biaine was not so well this morning. “Yester- day be was very much improved, but today he seems weaker; but all I care to say is that Mr. Blaine is not so well” He dented that there was any truth in the statement that Mr. Bisine had hed a hemorrhage. At 3 o'clock there was no marked change in bis condition to be noticed and callers at the house received the same uncertain answers— uncertain now because there was nothing cer- tain to say. One of the doctors who was seen | at his house at thet hour said that Mr. Blaine was not dying. but there was no telling at what | hour serious complications might set in. He | said that at 8 o'clock there would be another | official statement made. Mr. Blaine, it was aaa aie | admitted, was weaker this morning than he was yesterday and might be weaker tomorrow. ‘That his condition was critical was not to be denied. It was realized that he might pass away at any time and that he might possibly HS HOME IN WASHINGTON sc scars _ i | The members of the Blaine family have been unwilling to make public the exact character of Boyhood and His Long! Mr. Blaine’s disease. It is believed, however, Public PHYSICIANS HAVE LITTLE HOPE. His Brilliant Career. ASketch of the Life of the Piumed Knight His . | with other troubles. Career. | Allittle later in the day young Mr. Blaine | went out fora short walk attired in an immacu- late frock suit and bigh hat. He was accom- panied by lis big mactiff,that ia such a familiar figure about the house. Mr. Blaine’+ condition is critical. Reporte Mr. Blaine told a Stam man practi- @ the most alarming ch totey were {Cally the same story—that bis father ee a te was worse this morning than be bad been yesterday. He had recovered a little of confiows ment tha: the distinguished 4.5. strength this afternoon, however. and at patient's condition was sucks that he might die | this time was sleeping quietly. It was evident & ony moment Little ground for hope could that young Mr. Blaine was afraid to leave be formed in the tetonents of the phrsiciany tHe tek room for any length of timé, for he re- , turned from hia stroll ina very few minutes, wther than thet death might not come Im-| scouring at the door for a moment to speak to tes ome inquiring friends, SS PROT Beas WaRsis2. WHAT MR. JAMES G. BLAINE, JB., Sa¥s. | SD cement tb ston At 4 o'clock a reporter was granted an inter- view by James G. Blaine, jr. The latter «nid: My father had a siuking *pell this morning, ae published exclusive st admictog that Mr. E Lame we anne ongame he worst one, in fact, which he hay yet bad. magi bes & : “SeM-\ We feared for a time that phattc manrer that the was aftictd |. recover, but he finally ¥ that permanently affected bis exe nd now appears to be a little stronger. At present he is sleeping quietly. If Mr. Blaine should have another sinking spell & serious as ts strong igh to survive it.” ‘THY DOCTORS SENT FOR. Mrs. Hale was at the house for several hours during the day and ma the afternvon. About 5 o'clock she left, and soon after Senator Hi lighted upearly and all the lower shutters closed. muse for a consultation between 7 that the man who had for #0 | to be « form of kidney disease, complicated | that of this morning it is doubtful whether he a second call late in | Hyatt and W. W. Jobneton, who were to! | WHAT THE DocTORS sar. | A little ‘after 6 o'clock this | condition this evening showeda sligh' prove- ed | ment over the morning. They did uot consider | “Advertiser, to| Convention at Philade!phia which nominated | it necessary to issue another bulletin similar | the one of last night. ‘A FATAL TERMINATION LIRELY. Dr. Hyatt said that be thought there was no doubt that Mr. Blaine would through the | gritically ill, nd any compli | to his illness, | THINK BE WILL LIVE THROUGH THE NIonT. | A little after 6:30 o'clock Mr. | Blaine, jr., came out to vee Tux Star reporter. | He said: “We think that father is consid- lerably better | than be was this morn- ling. He was dangerously ill during the forenoon. During the afternoon, | however, he seems to hare rallied somewhat. | The physicians have been here this evening, nd we now think that he will live throngh the | night and we hope for the best. be said that he is very dangerously ill.” THE EXD MAY COME BEFORE MANY HOUDA. ‘Thi cians as to the condition of the ex-Secretary. He is undoubtedly much more dangeronsly ill than bas been realized at any time by thoxe who were not at the bedside. Mr. Blaine i» understood to be conscious and to all appearances suffers no pain. « He is very weak, however, and those who are in a position brought to a final close before many bours. Mr. Biaine’s condition has fluctuated a great deal in the past few days, now giving grounds for considerable hope, and again causing the greatest alarm. At each relapse, however, he seemed to sink lower than before, while the subsequent improvement was less marked and much less rapid. NOTHING TO INDICATE A ORISIS. In ali the windows of the Blaine mansion to- and there was nothing to show to pnasersby that the great statesman was any nearer to death than he bad been for weeks past. James G. Blaine, } looked worried and distressed. Acurious feature about Mr. Blain as Thursday or Friday it was still said that Mr. provement. Acoupie of weeks ago Mr. Blaine was well enough to go for aride and to be about in his library for awhile. Every day since then a Stan reporter bas called to inquire about the man, in-whoss-condition the public were so much interested, and every day he was told that Mr. Blaine was a little bit better. must have been sinking steadily all the time up to yesterday when the official bulletin was issued. to warrant the fear of any rapid progress. has shown within a month past more signs of serious illness than before. A CONSULTATION. Some time ago Dr. Javeway, the famous New York specialist, came over and was in con- sultation with Drs. Johnston and Hyatt for ome time. It has been impossible to learn definitely the result of the consultation, but it was stated on good authority at the time that the three medical men were agreed that Mr. Blaine’s condition was hopeless. MR. BLAINE’S CAREER. A Sketch of the Eventful Life of the Bril- Mant Statesman. James G. Blaine was an ambitious man, Few men of this generation have been more so, but what has stood in the way of his ambition has blocked the progress of his country. Great preachers, great lawyers, great soldiers and great statesmen become national characters because their reputations are widespread, arc national. Blaine was in a much broader sense than this a man of the nation, His life has made an impression on the national character, which, though it may not be so cleng to his con- |intelligent student of history in the future. | Critics of contracted vision have asked what great deeds he has performed. what statute | bears bis name, what great service of any sort he has performed in war or peace. It matters not whether he has won « battle or penned a Jaw; even the fact that his political carcer bas » brilliant, that be has been of extraordi- uary service to his party as a leader in their contentions for supremacy, does not figure in the measurement of his statesmanship, Hie tion, Even his human selfishness sought grati- | fication through patriotism. | He was a man of extraordinary mind. He he would | MBerited fine qualities from an honorable | men of their times. neestry, and availing himself of opportuni- raliced | ties asa boy he developed those endowments | | nature gave him so that they able in later manhood. | HIS BIRTH AND EARLY might be service- West Brownsville, Pa., ina house built by his | great grandfather before the war of the revo- (lation, which still ‘time. The Gillespies and tho Biniues were people of weaith and honorable standing be- fore the revolution. Col, Blaine, who was | commissary general of the northern depart- called. The house was , meut of Washington's army during the revolu- | "tual interest, At the very opening of his | tion, whose services Washington held in high esteem. wes James G. Blaine’s great grand- | father. When a small child “Jim Blaine” | to Main ming both | Even the admission by Dr. Johnston that | doctors left. Dr. Hyatt snid that Mr. Binine's | where. bis great fame was wou. night. Atthesame time he is undoubtedly | ions that may | , this aggravation may pass off, but no positive | {rise would doubtless cause a fatal termination | a James G. | liant and distinguished, | House. | Blaine’s retirement from the cabinet in 1 Still, it must | | only diligent research discloses to most men, he | to know are afraid that his illness may ss | With natural powers which enabled him to lead | | aggrandizement and lie Was never adem: | His undertakings were ail ambitious and their | purpose bas always been to extend the power | | placed | stitutious 4s few men are capable of com day the shutters were open and the blinds up, | | of those institutions should be and wanted to 4 Me ba laa tittg aed general case cittian Alia each | received a number of | would be confined and temporary, however ‘those who called at the house and once or twice | tempting might be the inducement to mect came to the door with them as they left. He| long | illness was the reticence of the family to let his | sured he saw that the progress of the nation condition be known to the public, and as late | Blaine’s condition showed signs of slight im- | | no: too large a theater for American enterpris Yet he | There was nothing in thenature of the disease | He | locating at Angusta, He bought the Kennebec Journai and began his career as a| journalist, which finally led bim into politics, | After discon- tinuing bis associations with the Kennebec Journal he became editor of the Portland In 1856 he was a delegate to the | Fremont. Two years later he was elected to the state logisiature and was aiterward speaker of the lower house. ‘Ihe reputation he gained | there seut him to Congress in 1862, en began is congressional career of twenty years, Dar- ing the Forty-first, Forty-second "and Forty- third Congresses he was Speaker of the House, SENATOR AND CABINET MINISTER. | In 1875 Mr. Blaine was appointed to the Sen- tion of Senator Morrill, and the next winter % people, by the legislature to the succeeding | Peon! His career im the Senate was both bril- it had been in the He was called from the Benate to en- ter President Garfield's cabinet as Secretary of State. “The death of Mr. Garfieid led to Mr. | comber, 1882. From that date until he en-| tered Mr, Harrison's cabinet as secretary of | Stato he was in. private life, except daring Lis | campaign for the presidency in 1834. Whethet public position or in private life, he alwa ined a central figure in national affairs, | ing jhis retirement he wrote bin“ weuty | | Yeurs of Congress,” a work of great historical value. AN A STATESMAN. Mr. Blaine must rank in all impartial history | | as one of the very first American statesmen. | probably the strongest statement that | has yet been made by the family or the physi- | He was a man of extraordinarily keen percep- | tion and of broad views. ‘The horizon of his Vision encircled the universe aud bix sympa- thes put him in touch with mankind. Hav extraordinary intellectual endowments, he was | ® diligent student, and uot eatietied ax most | brilliant men are to flash forth the ideas that | ‘ome from quick perception, he studied deoply questions which called tor bis attention and completely mastered all that he ever unde took. Cupable of discovering at a glance what devoted ume to the careful study of and went to the ry Lotiom of a stion, toiling as earnestly as the veriest plodder. His brilliancy. thereiore, had something eubstantial | in itand his sagacity was as great as his wit, | etaile men his aims were always higher than personal | ogn uitude often placed them beyond the ui derstanding of the mere poiiticiaus, who are in the majority in affairs of government. His ud sufluence of the uation, He would have | 1s republic before the whole world. Me comprehended the spirit of our free in- e- | bending them, He could sce whut the growth | remove ali obstacles and encouraze their ex- | pansion to the logieai extreme, In all affairs of government he aimed at that which would | present demands, He recognized that the ad- vantage of this government over all others lies in the searcity of restrictions placed upon the | individual and the opportunity it opeus to all for the pursuit of prosperity. With liber depended upon the enlargement of the oppor- | tunities for individual effort. He believed it to be a function of the government to open up | and expand the opportunities of its citizens. | and that then individual effort would develop the progress which would place this first amouiz | nations. To his mind this whole continent was He saw the undeveloped wealth that lics at our | borders; he knew that there was a great com- merce of the western hemisphere to be devel- oped. It was a question whether this wealth aad commerce shoutd go to strengthen the monarchies of Europe or whether it should be developed under the institutions which our forefathers planted on this continent; whether this continent should be developed and made productive for its own people, or whether it thould be merely contributory to a power at variance with the system of government which prevails here. AMERICA FOR AMERICANS. To his mind America was for Americans and ali were Americans who came under republican institutions, He regarded it as an unpardonable neglect of duty aud almost asa crime against the |human race to fail to improve every oppor- | tunity for the development of this continent | and to preserve it with all its weaith and power |4s a home for freemen, independent of and superior to foreign despotiams, He saw that there could be but nominai independence where a nation’s commerce was con:rolled by foreigners in the interest of a foreizn power, | and his ambition always was to preserve the | commercial indep ce first of this country and, second, of this continent, Al! his efforts were directed toward the preservation of lib- erty, the eucouragement of industry and the temporaries, will be found by the careful and | ambitions Lave been for the nation’s glorifica- | war He was Lorn on the Slat of January, 1890, at | nds, though scarred by | THE BLAINE MANSION ON LAYAVETTE sqcane tem, but it bad been nsseried that all his ail- mente bed been due to temporary causes and local conditions which readily yielded to medi- eal trestment. The careful concealment of the real condition of Mr. Uiaiue’s health both by the family and the physicians in attendance had lulled ‘ue general public inte a sense of security, and the rallies that the naturally vigorous constitution of the ‘etinguiabed invalid bad made to all former ‘ | studied in a little red schoo! house near the and 8, were sent for just before 5 o'clock. Dr] place ot his birth and lived the life of am active Hyatt was the first toarrive. He reached the house | cone ge bees not Pirate al Nal a farmer. n eleven years old he aheat five mieaban: ites a8 wae eer td ica da eee a OF soon by Dr. Johnston, Senator Hale was seen | Shere his mother's father, Neal Gillespie, an by @ Stax reporter on his leaving the house. | Later be attended Washington College at WIS CONDITION CRITICAL. Wash P; duati it th ft male = | Washington, Pa., graduating al we age o The Senator said that Mr. Blaine coemed ©). Vsuteen, He won distinction as a stedent, Little more comfortable than hebad been eartier | ang. indicating that those traits of character in the day, but that his condition appeared to tia: have been so marked in him during bis be critical, “It may be,” he said, “that he will | Inter life come from nature, it is recorded that recover, but those who have an interest in him Me Wasa leader of thought and action among have to be alarmed. Ia fact, bis Hs fellow students, veason \ condition is alarming. It is difticult! SCHOOL TEACHER AND JOURNALIST. } houl at to name the trouble. Itie © general physical, After leaving college he taught schoul ut Blue Lick Spri . It was as a professor in the breaking up. When be takes'acold it brings | “ck Sprines, Ky. : ‘on # consuming fever, aud he is not ina con- | quaintance of the lady wio afterward became dition to withstand it, Besides there are the | his wile. Later he went to Philadelphia, where “ he taught school and studied law. After pros- ordinary complications, His mind is perfectly ecuting his stadieg of prem teri Pleawl «oF clear.”” abandoued that profession and in moved military schoo! ther that he made the ac- | development of commerce, and his graap of | ull great questions was such as to give great | magnitude to all his plans; yet xo clear were | | they xiways as never to leave a doubt as to ihe | possibility of their fulfillment, He has alwas | had the people with him, for he has made tem (understand his purpgses and appreciate nis | patriotism, and his failures are camly attrib- | utable to his being in advance of other political | leaders of luis time and to the spirit ot jealousy | which has thrown obstacles across his path | He has bee landed throughout the coun- | tries for poli i he has formed and his | political aswociates (of both parties) have re- |fused or fuiled to carry out. Measures of whic: he has been the author have been | rejected at the time, and afterward those who | were instrumental in their failure have taken | | them up and got distinction by them, though bat partly comprehending and but feebly pre- senting them. ‘The enemies of Blaine have fat | tened on his ideas, though often incapable of digesting them. The greatest leader of this generation, admired by the whole people and Having a ‘personal following hardly to be | matched in our history for extent and enthus: | asm, envious mediocrity, malice and falsehood have constautly stood in Blaine’s way seeking to distort and circumvent his most patriotic plans. He has always triumphed over his enemies in the end, but the harassing guerrilla re has retarded his progress, delayed the | fulfillment of his prophecies and prevented him | from enjoying the ripened fruit of his labor: But in this hid expericuce is that of most m: Who have stood out prominently as the great HIS GREATEST AMBITION. | Blaine’s greatest .embition was the commer- | cial subjugation of this continent, This in his | mind did not imply political domination by the United’ States over the otixcr republics of the lcontinent. He did not week annexation, but his broad purposes for the advancement of the interests of hix own couutry necessarily carried a Denefit for the less powerful republics, whose | rights he wouid not encroach upon and whose [liberties he would help to preserve from the insidious encroackmen:s of forern intlaence. ‘The only baud with which he would hold these nations together is the band of sympathy and | book, “Twenty Years of Cougress,” his ambi | tions for hus country are disclosed in the ear- | nestness with which he speaks of the incalcu- lable benefit of the acquisition of Louisiana from Napoleon I. After spexking with enthn- siaam of this stroke of statesmanship, and a scribing the efforts made to secure the terri- tory und the good fortune which finally threw it into our hands, he says with evident feelin; “It seems scarcely creditable that the acquisi | tion of Louisiana by Jefferson was denounced | with bitterness surpasing the partisam rancor | with which later generations huve been familiar, j No abuse wis too malignant. no epithet too coarse, no imprecation too savage to be em- ployed by the assailants of the great philosophic statesman who laid wo bi and deep tho | foundation of his country's growth and gran- |deur. “resident of « feeble repablic, coutend- ing for a prize which was held. by the greatest military power of Europe, and whosy possession wus coveted by the grentest naval power of the world. Mr. Jefferson, through his chosen and trusted ugents, so conducted his ot ne- rotiation that the 8 ates was successfully ini te to fill the vucaney caused by the resigna-| can commerce which would rival and at a cost so small that the total sum ex- pended for the entire territory does not equal the revenues which huve since been collected on its soil for a single month in time of reat pul . Such statesmanship as this called forth Mr, Blaine’s admiration, and such he was himself capable of pertorming. A much :aote prudent mau than he was represented to be by his ene- mies, he was sufficiently bold to do the right thing at the right time, whatever interfered. He belioved it to be tie duty of statesmen of this country to encourage trade between the people of this continent and the surrounding islands by every proper means, to secure the greatest frecdom in the interchange of products, to encourage the building and floating of great merchaut ships, and thus to develop an Ameri- P Sie world, bringing wealth and power not only to our own d have freedom ade, ' He would have reciprocity of trade in its broadest sense on this continent. All his efforts were to secure universal peace and prosperity. WHAT MADE HIS POPULARITY. ‘Two things made Blaine popular: The people admired and had confidence in his ability and | he had a sensitive and sympathetic nature, which pus him in touch with all mankind and nude him always true toa triend. ‘The poses- sion of these qualities. produced that attract- iveness which is sometimes called personal magnetisin, and $0 he bs the most magnetic men in public life. Yet he was nota man who sought with soft words to pl as ax fierce in fisht as | a tig mentary batt he y usual these qu: ities first attracted public attention to him. 4 when he wax a boy he was a leader at schoo! among his clas first because of his pluck ad will power and then by reason of his mas- the popularity his courage was supple- und strengthened by the ndmiration his abilities won for him. Hie always had the courace of his convictions, tor those convie- tions were reached by the application of aquick and philosophical mind to careful investigation and study, Witty and bright in coaversation entertaining in the casual talk of the hour. Mr. Blaine did not keep his more serious thoughts always on exintition for th . could be more severe on occ: mented ‘ble to be merely « gioss over more serious thought. His manuer in both public and in private ht was auch that without his other qualities he would have been popular. Aso prrliamentary leader Blaine has had no superior. His quick perception, his keen wit, his magnetic nature, his ud vision and h studious babits and grasp of great questio: made him a power in Congress, Appleton's Cyclopiedia, without partiality, thus briefly re- views his congressional career. HIS CONGRESSIONAL CAREER. “To the House he was chosen for sever suc- cessive terms. His growth in positi fluence was rapid aud unbroken. In his earlier years be made few elaborate addresses. Dur- ing his first term hus only extended speech was au argument in favor of the astumption of the war debts by the general government, and iu demonstration of the abili carry the war to a successful conciusion. But he gradually took a part in running discussion nd soon acquired high repute as a facile and effective debater. For this form of contention his ready resources and alert faculties were sin- gularly fitted, He ‘was bold in attack, quick in repartee and apt in illustration. ‘His close study of political history, lis accurate know)- edge of the records and re ations of public men and his unfailing memory gave him a grest ad- vantage, Asa member of the committee on post offices ho was largely instramentalm se- curing the introduction of the system of postal He earnestly sustained all measures for the vigorous prosecution of the war. but sought to make them judicious and practical, In thix spirit Le supported the Lill for a draft, but opposed absolute conserip- tion, He contended that it should be relieved by prov for commutation and substitn- that an inexorable draft never been resorted to but once, even the absolutism of Napoleon, At the same he enforced the duty of sustaining and strength he armies im the ficld by using all the resources of the nation and strongly advocated the enroliment act, The measures for the r construction of the sttes that had been in ri beliien largely engrossed the attention of Con- gress from 1865 till 1569, and Mr. Bluine bore a prominent part in their discussion and in the work of framing them. The basis of represen- tation upon which the states could be readmit d wax the first que ermined, haddeus Stevens, chairman of the committee ion, bad proposed that repre- n should be proportioned according to nber of legal voters, Mr. Blaine stren- ly objected to this proposition and urged that population instead of voters should be th: bays. He snbmitied a constitutional amend- meut providing that representatives and direct iaxes shall be apportioned amonz he. everai states which shall be included aking ot pe r ts or privilee the constitution of a account of race or color.’ He advocated this plan on the ground that while the other b of voting wou'd accomplish the object of pre- venting the south from securing representation of blacks unless blacks were made voters, yet would make « radical ghange iv the apportion- ment of the northern states, where the ratio of voters to population differed very widely in different sections, varying from a minimum of 19 per cent to a maximum of 58 per cent. result of the discussion was an abandonment of the theory that apportionment should be based on voters, and the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, as finally adopted, embodied Mr. Binine’s proposition in substance. AMENDMENT TO THE RECONSTRUCTION BILL. ‘On February 6, 1867, Mr. Stevens reported the reconstruction bill. It divided the states lately in rebellion into five military districts and practically established military govern- ment therein. Civil tribunals were made sul ject to military control, While a majori evineed a willingness to accept the bill, M: Blaine declared his unwillingness to suppoi any measure that would place the sou: under military goverume at the same ‘time prescribe the method by which the people of the state could by their own action re-establish civil govern- ment. He accordingly proposed an amendment providing that when any one of the late so- called confederate states should assent to the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution and should estabiish equal and impartia! suffrage without regard to race or color, and when Con: gre Utled to representation and the provision for military government should become inopera- tive. This proposition came to be known as the Blaine amendment, In advocating it Mr, Blaine expressed the belief gat the true inter- pretation of the election of 1366 was that, addition to the proposed constitutional amend- ment (the fourteenth, \partia! suffrage should be the basis of yeconstruction, and he urged the wisdom of declaring the ‘terms at once. ‘The application of the previous question ruled out the Blaine amendment, but it was renewed in the Senate aud finally carried through both branches, and under it reconstruction was completed. ~The theory that the public debt should be paid in greenbacks developed great strength in the summer of 1867, while Mr. Blaine was ab- sent in Enrope. On his return, at the opening of the next session, he made an extended speech against the doctrine and was the first man in Congress to give utterauce to this op- position. SOTECTING NATURALIZED CITIZENS, “The long unsetiled questicn of protecting naturalized American citizens white abroad at- tracted special attention at this time. Costello, Warren, Burke and other Irish-Americans had been arrested in England on the charge of compheity in gel wap Costello had made aspeech in 1865 in New York which was re- carded as treasonable by the British govern- ment, and he was treated as # British subject cceasisiv~ of the one and ier. signs ewer, country, not yet roads to but to our neighbors, with whom we | ft been cailed one of | The | Ar it did not! charge and you have suppressed. ik’ A pre; ation was created and Gen. Gar- ‘ss should appzove its action, it should be en- | treaty of 18 . in which Great Britain aban- | rated a policy designed not only to maintain doned the doctrine of once a subject always «| the dignity and power of this country, but to subject,’ and accepted the American principle | promote peace and commercial prow of equal rights aud protection for adopted and ! this eutire continent. for native citizens. AS SPEAKER OF ‘THE Hovse. “Mr. Blaine’s administration of the speaker- ship is commonly regarded as one of the most brilliant and successful House, He had rare ap for the duties of presi plete mastery of pari terity and physical endi patch of business and h in the annals of the ude and equipment ing officer and his com- | between all the countries 0’ mentary is de: lurance, his r@pid dis- firm and impartial spirit were recognized on ail sider. “Though necessarily exercising a powerful | bit 00d offices were exercised to bring about influence upon the course of legislation, he seldom left the chair to mingie in the coutests on the floor. | had criticised bim for bei resolution providing tor alleged ontrages perpetra ‘On ove of those rare occasions, in March, | 1871, he had a sharp tilt with Gen. Butler, who BR the author of the an. investigation into ted upon loyal citizens | of the south and for being chiefly instrumental in securing its adoption by the republican | caucus. TRE SOUTHERN AMNESTY BILL. “The political revulsion of i874 placed the | democrats in control of the Hou: Blaine became the leader of the minori nd Mr, The session preceding the presidential contest of tention, 1876 was a period of stormy and vehement con- | A general amuesty bill was@rought forward, removing the political disabilities of ution xception of supporte: speech. After a of the government and amnesty had alrea the proposition in an impa: rting the great magnanimity participants in the rebellion which had been | i by the fourteeuth amendment to the | Mr. Blaine moved to amend by | Jefferson Davis aad soned pointing out how far been carried, he defined the grounds of his proposed exception. Teason was not that Davis was tl as Mr. Blaine affirmed, knowingiy, doliber confederacy, bnt that, he was the author, guiitily and willfully, of and crimes of Andersonville.” | Mr. Blaine tary atrocit | burst naturally prod | in the House and through Blaine’s obje a pol arouse partisan te: | tory to the president | of Georgia not oniy defended cusations,which he prono! preferred similar charges of southern prisoners in | Mr. i laine tur e chief of the the gigantic murde In fiery words veded to declare that no mili- | ju history hed exceeded those | for which Davis was thus responsible. His out- | edn deep excitement | pout the country litical If leader was to ing and activity prepara- {I strugg! An’ acrid tivvate tollowed, he eded, Kenjamiu H. Hill sumed the lead of the other sid Davis against the a anced unfounded, but aiust the treatment the north, In ropiy d upon Mr. Hail with the eita- tion of a resolution introanced by him in the confederate senate | soldier or officer of the roviding that every nited States cap:ured on the soil of the confederate states should be | presumed to have come with the intent to in- | e:te insurrection and should suffer the penalty | mand in-| of death, This episode arrested universal at- Mr. Biaino a stili stranger | tention and gav: hold as leader of his part | haa received ¢ Kailroad Compau | On April 24. 18 nation ia the Ho and produced le:ters from 009 fri ne oO! ¥. CHARGES AGAINST AIM. “He now became the subject of violent per- f the north to | Snsl assault. Charges were circulated that he om the Union Pacitie for some undefined service he rose toa rsonal expla- answer. He ers of the com- made any and from the bankers who were said to av transaction. and that ccived a dollar from th proceeded to add that fea railroad as a gr b | market price, and that, instead of deriving any | profit from them, be’ bad incurred « large | A few charge was made to the eff jeeived as a gift bonds of the Kansas Pacitic | na party toa suitconcern- ing them in the courts of Kansas. auswered by producing evidence that bis name | bad been confounded wi | pecuniary lose, railroad and bad bs negotiated the drafts, clared that there had never been any such | Blaine bad never re- | which they de- mpauy. Mr. Blaine the charge had r. atnity days later anothy that he had To tl that of a brother, who was one of the carly settlers of Kansas, and who had_bot fic before Mr. ‘ed for Congress. On t stock in the Kansas Pa- ine had e the lution was adopted in the House to invest'gate n alleged purchase by ti the Union Pactffic Rail- road Company at an excessive price of certain bonds of the Littl med at Mr. Me MUL gation was 4 through years actions. had fal named Mi nd Fort Smith rai Biaine. LErTERs. “An extended Lusiness correspondence on | his part with Warren Fisher of Boston, running | nd relating to various trans ‘a into the bands of a clerk | Ligan, and it is alleged that the pro- | duction of this correspondence would contirm the imputation a | possessed | with memora of of | personal explanation a: power of the House to com inst Mr. Blaine, ligan was summoued to Was! dum that con, Pon | aud abstract. On the Sth of When Ma the letters, together ned a full index june he rose toa d after denying the el th Ns ii i his willingness to go | to any extrem} fis tl | sense of humiliation, ) whieh I think any man ix feel, I invite the contiden | rymen while I réad j dest matic scene. Josiah | railroad. who had fall kn: sides were | Blaine turned to the mittee and demanded to recei | | man had received such a absolutely exonera found ‘I have been defense of his riz declared that he proposed to reserve nothing. Holding up the ictters be exciaimed: “Thank | God, Tam uot ashamed to show them, very original package. d any dispatch from Mr. ceiving an evasive answer. Mr. Blaine asserted, | as within his own knowledge, that the chair- i he ‘there Aud with some ith a mortitication Ido not attempt to conceal, with a sense of outrage a My position would ce of 40,000,000 of my these letters from my The demonstration closed with a dr: Caldwell, originators of the Little Reck and Fort smith one of the owledge of the whole | transaction, was traveling in Europe and both eking to communicate with him. | | After finishing the reading of the letters Mr. ‘airman of the com- know whether he had ‘aldwoll. Re- dispateh, ‘completely ting me from this a long time in Con- gress und never saw such @ scene in the | House. | our foreign relations.and in trying to enlar, In 1878 he very carnestiy | by means of a subsidy tion of the | not do for the adoption of a singie depreciation of sil to confer upon the jee eee o | session’ of Congress to make this matter, pointing to the icy by foreign countries, and | arguing that there was-no reason why it should ter transportation what it had | done for railroads, His object was to build up our commerce with the nations of South and Central America and the adjacent islands. On financial questions he occa} tion, believing in bime! gold standard or the Soon Ss ject and resisting all nttempta. to teriorate silver coinage. On tions he took a strong stand. electoral commission im 1876, Congress did not have the is 1m the hard fight over in B19, which grew out of the HIS CAREER IN THE SENATE. Y On entering the Senate in 1876 Mr. Blaine at | Publicans all over nt to the front as a leader and took a | * lead the party. he took an active part ge cur commercial relations, advocated the estab- lishment of a ‘line of mail steamers to Brazil He repeatedly urged ‘succemfal at a stro i- lism ‘and resisting a1 political oo ie ef Sonn resulted in an fe ih rll p- peared in the form of an assertion that he had received bonds of the Little Rock and Fort | and the friendly feeling brought abont and that these is had been sold through the Union Pacitic Company for his benefit. To this he respouded that he bud never had any bonds « xcept at the | he gion Mr. Blaine | production | ity on Be projected a pence | congress to be held at Washington in which | representatives of ail the North and Soush | American countries were to take part. His ob- ject was to promote such « friendly under- standing between all the powers as would pre- Vent useless and destructive ware gpd at the same time promote the growth of commerce this continent | Has retirement from the cabinet prevented bis carrying out this plan and his successor aban- |doned it. The war between Chile and Pera was raging when he entered the cabinet aud a Just aud amicable settiement between these | two powers, | Daria bis short term in the department he indicated a policy which attracted uuiveranl at- tention on account of its boldness aud wisdom, His enemies, finding nothing to criticise in bis olicy, accused him of “jingoism” because of orous defense of American rights abroad. They tried to create the impression that bis Vigorous policy was but rashness, There was never any foundation tor this criticism, has sufficiently proven during his secon: {im the State Department under Presidemt rison. No other department of the government on as has the State Department under the administration of Me. Blaine. He was recognized from the fir main support of the administrauon and upon him devolved tremendous responsibilities aud cares; nor were his labors coutined to bis own department, but as au adviser of the Prosident aud a statesman the welfare of whose country Was always uppermost in his mind. he assisted | ministration and of the party in which he had so long been a leader, Ms RECIPROCITY PorICY. Itwas if accordance with his original sug. | gestion and due to his carnest efforts that pro- vision was made in the McKinley bill for reei- Procity treaties, which has been eminently suc throughout the counts He would have gone further than this provision permits, When the sugge: Was first made by him the value of it was not fully ppre the majority in Congress, but the earnestness | with which he presented his proposition fu | reciprocity compelled the consideration of th committee and at once this plan became pop Jar throughout the country, and its adopti has redounded to the credit of the party in Control of the Congress which put st iuto the w. IN PRESIDENT HALRISON'S CABINET. ing our diplomatic relations were pending when Mr. Harrison called Mr. Blaine to assume | the portfolio of the State Department. These | questions had been gaining for a long time and liad sorely perplexed his predecessors, Witinin @ short tine he had them ail settled or progress- ing favorably toward settlement. In every in- stance he has shown the vigor which his | career caused to be expected of him and a con- | vervatism which confounded his critica, The plan for an international American congress, which he had first projected, had beeu adopted with some modification by Congress during the previous (democratic) admmistration, and. ap- | propriating his idea. Congress had minds pro- visions for the congress of American nations to meet in Washington. The then admivisrtration going out of power it fell to the lot of Mr. Blane to orgam:ze this congresa, which he did with most satisfactory resulis. The bureau American republics is now a branch of the tate Deparsment and the tact and skill of Mr. Blaine has insured a growth of friendly re! { between this country and all the oth countries of this continent. As a result of the provision iu the MeKimiey bill for reciprocity y the meeting of the mternational congress several reciprociy treaties which promise great ad- vantage to the country have been negotiated and others are in course of preparati ‘The complication with ( of the unsettled state of affairs speedily adjusted under Mr. B 's direction, and the seal tishery dispute with Great Britain, which has presented one of the most perplex- ing questions in the kisto macy.coming over to Mr. administrations and wh positive threatening the peace of the country when Mr. Biaine entered the department, demand attention at once upou his entering upou his duties, He was thus thrown im controversr ‘owing out 1 Samoa and in bis management of his case showed him scif to be easily their equals, being at all umes ready in argument, informed as. to the bistor: of the controversy, vigorous in asserting the right of the Uni ciently e maintaining ble azreement has | | Boe reached tor the present and the matter has every promise of being speeduy settled by arbitration, ‘The complications arising out of the lynchin, of ns at New Orieans and the killing of American seamen at Valparwso were also dis posed of while Mr. Blaine was at the head of the State Department. AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. The presidency has several times seemed to be within the grasp ot Mr. Blaine, yet he has not received that high preferment from the ‘ople, In i576 he had an enthusiastic foilow- ing in the convention of his party and all but got the nomination. A suddenly formed com- bination of his opponents, however, resulted in the nomination of Mr. Hayes. Iu the con- | Yention of 1880 there was a bard struggle be- tween his supporters and those who favored # third term for Gen. Grant, Grant's support, though not sufficient to nominate him, re- mained unbroken during a great number of ballots, and Blaine and Sherman united their forces and nominated Gen. Garficld. Iu 1584 he received the nomination, but in the election was defeated by Grover Cleveland, the demo- cratic candidate, whose election was assured by a small majority in New York. There was a general demand for Mr. Biaine to take the nomuuation again im 1888 and be couid have had the nomination by the votes of at least seven- | eighths of the delegates bad he been willing to accept, but he bad long before declined to again be a candidate, and when it became evi- dent that the convention would probably tender h rds soccneing we in 6] at of bis declination, 1e wrote ano! tter declaring emphaticall | that ne would not sccept the nomination if ten dered to him. The events preceding and attending the re- | Cent Minneapolis convention are too recent al- | most to necd recounting. Naturally as the time for the assembling of the republican na- | tional convention a hed thousands of re- land looked to Mr. Blaine Blaine was indaced to permi organized and the nomi- | metion went to Mr. Harrison. | Up to the end of his career there has been | Sesaen ‘sthndo: Semetey ierorts camoes oe @ whole Country, largely to party, then that of Jamed. Baise ee + e+ _ MRE. BLAINE IN WASHINGTON, and with but brief intervals he bas been in pub- lic life ever since. His home was here in the formation of the policy of the entire ad- | cessful and met with the highest popular favor | ated by the leaders of | A number of very important questions affect- | with tie most skilled diplomats of the worid | At that time he had rooms im the residence 1310 F street, adjoining on the west the Mer rick This house a cood resident vorality, | for F street was not the business theroughtare that it is today. ‘We FIFTEEN TS STRERT Pog He made bis home at 821 15th street for over ten years, end then tog bait the a dence fronting on Dupont Circle he sold the 01d house and took posession of the new one, ‘The desth of ‘feld and Mr. Bia reure ment from public life caused a change im bis a4 and be ieased bis pout cre. FL rom several he spent « po pied the house Gen, Teale’ 4 by the deugbter scott of Pennayl- sentative Mra. Scott Townsend ™ OLD sEwARD of then administration home, @hich won the ware, ond ie hk Ad place by About the begin he purchased his i opposite wide of the | the Seward house | oceupied for | dated cond thorough « | the quaint toa | teotare, be ob | with mod has been the home of u | the H adimiuistrate in the fatere, bat ot wi j the re: tions of » with the be ot the old-t it into an quipments and facies, avements winch robbed the taraty carcie of two loved members and plunged the home of urwing. Here bis dought i here the last da ere spent, mPLacn. | Where the Distinemished Statesman Spent Mis Childhood's | Srecial Dien The Evemin Brownsvintn, Pa, De | Hau Farm, West Brownsville, Blaine was property before she m: and both settled dow place it is now back been inh families Front tons of pillars upholding the porch and veranda. Pillars of brick and toppling, bare of cement and ganntn the house | ot bag. boi ie hunt asm 1) in Brownsville who remem- Mar orn, wae original ed Ephraim 1. lane, A bettered olf after having for many years wnat ited by coal-diggere and their ¢ the river are «till the ahele tw et off in patche walls when bricks entire bricks ‘There are m | ber the Blain There are one or two who were intimate with James G. Blaine whens Capt. Van Book is hearty al:hoagt J considerably over se years of age. He | was related to | remembers the b 18 byrotie read his books the village echo Booth, now an infirm memory bas failed, hry mother's ade mod i. A studious youth chief while be thing very bright at first teacher, Mr 1 gontieman whose town, He can ettll re whew the name ts Ale tastes | fon, ae of ps from use | pupil, bat bi Ory Goes not inte detoad j he | first to dine: my,” as everrbody j enlls him. Me always got the | keting to do. Occasional aght eggs and sizatiar pr | and so amazed war the at {ures that she predicted be | man. | The coptain semeasber }L. Baine, “A man whe of a dollar and kept pen hou-« He was e great whig, ant lity with the. 8 On Over the river at te Blaine sometimes sat through theme dicae tu when the captain was there, bot bie bs never did. The postmaster at Weet # Met. E. Adams, was a choo! Sine. He remembers his plays veal = future Nee tate am . “ | Mr. Adams think uch woe hoe age sae het he did not require much preparation with tie lessons, and he did net always bestow a= much care as he might have Mr. Adame © got licked on account of James, aud tells the story thus “Jimmy, his brother Eph and another boy and myself were down the river benk. The ) Bluines bad been f by thetr father from | going in swimming. yh and we three | wanted to badiy. Jin nuldn't go im nor would he promise that he would not tell Hed but promised it would have been jequare, as his word was enough. | Eph and he went off « bit talking, and then seemed to quarrel. Eph called me to ‘ come and lick Jimmy, but I teld him te birueelf. ‘Then be said he would lick me, so [went back to see the trouble, Eph and i | squared up and I knocked bim back on tile hands, When be rose up, however, he got even, for he brought up with him a chunk of sun-baked clay that bit me under the chin. Jimmy and 1 were firm friends from that time Jimmy himself could fight pretty fair. He was jast an awkward, thick-set chunk, ye might say, and | not nice to handle. He did not tike to ght in that he was just the opposite of Eph but don’t you crowd him. He would wait till be was crowded, then he'd strike. He wasn't to be | imposed on. j 405 LOVE FoR PrODERE, Mr. Adams remembers bis aptitude for fig- res and says, “Mathematics was just nowhere with him.” It is generally beliewed that his | mother, “a grand woman,” bad a grest deal te | do with the forming of the boy's character. | These old folks also agree that when the facher | went to Washington a» prothouotary things were at a very low ebb and had it not been for that timely assistance James migut never have “He'd got on jest the same” ia, however, the verdict. Mr. Biaine had « wonderful memory for faces. On his last visit to bis native place, | about six years ago, he knew Adams, Van Hook and others, although be had not seen them for over thirty years. Boooth, bis old school master, be failed to recognize, Adume has played ball with him many « time, and ‘Van Hook remembers the trrkey story,which has been told *o often, As already stated Jimmy dii the marketing and as expected be was sent one day to buy a turkey. On bis return the cook made en uproar asked what sort of a turkey this was, His father was called to arbitrate and the bird was pre duced—a very veteran old goose.” ‘Jummy, don't you know any better than to buy this for a turkey “How should I know any better,