Show I 1 jig ait at IT 9 oar c chronic conlo candidate mr blame of ali maine lue line lias mot met with another misfortune soma born BuDo mo has baa gone gona and reported ono of his hia speeches again agaba without giving him bim an eunity to tore lovise viBo the notes and expunge clinge what lie say aay lie la Is certainly ler tamly a most unfortunate aw aal aol abused person ot Of all thy this professional candidates that has hasiot yet arisen arisen to bom boie a patient and long people mr blaine takes the load lead in excuses and apologies for things which he aid nt say 11 or more properly which he be said raid oat ot ateon eon wherever lu he goes there seems to be always some inconsiderate cabbler ej r hovering about to write him down low n at the very moment when he desires least to go into print A man who makes a pro bession ol of the vote traffic as mcblaine mr blame Blaine of maine has been doing for the past twenty years knows pretty well that to be identified with a principle or platform which is is gap supposed posed to te be constant at all places und and under all circumstances is la to open a way tor for criticism from portia qua quarter arter and to unite the opposition of those who may intelligently object to that ann kiil ciple Ile hence fice air blaino of maine blaine chooses the more sensible son siLlo course of being brilliant and knowin gand and malting making principles adapt thetus elyea to circumstances ilia would without any question ie be a striking sinking success were it not tor for that imports nent neat newspaper joau ivilo per sita in writing him down precisely be CB goos goes so mr air blame blaine who might otherwise bo be tho the most applauded man of his dayis day 11 com compelled polled to devote half maltbia his most moat valuable vala ablo time and gies agles to explaining mr blame of mamais in cm principles plea but as a candidate he be dont care to be quoted ali aa anch hence to the editor ES lor 0 f ils kennebec journal I 1 thank you for calling my alten liou to a circular by the to so called callad independent committed Commit tm teI I 1 doring deriu tho the recent canvass it ID to teaching aching my position on the finest ion of civil service reform absence from borne for foi sevil beveral rat weeks has prevented proven teJ ft 1 my seeing i it booner er the circular embodies a singular perversion of what I 1 said and a still more singular perversion on 0 of f what I 1 quoted in n my speech on tho the loth of october lit huntingdon pa how the llie error of misrepresentation originated is is not forma for meto tussy bay my ID perm sylvania were accurately reported for foi the by a skillful stenographer and I 1 personally baw 8 tho the report in in no other paper I 1 send you herewith the speech of october luib its ia it appeared in in th the iren an d I 1 respectfully ask you to ro re publish it in you r columns side aide by side bide with the circular issued by bytha lie independent committee I 1 thank you furl further her for submitting to rno me I 1 allm is public lotter loiter of october h frow from mr mi martin brimmer at 0 boston in in which I 1 am accused of ing the re rd form of the civil with a sneer 11 perhaps ps mr air drummer 1 inconsiderately L based his remarks neou the circular of 0 the pendent 10 ni Lit littee tep an binl has thus beon been led i uto into publishing a statement stat emont which dof me lilt it a arent injustice if my tion be correct coi mr air Bri brimmer turner will a ab a a gentleman withdraw his li lung naRB it ia la scarcely necessary to say that I 1 have never repudiated reform in in the civil service nor dor abated ray my interest th train crain nor have I 1 ever regarded dod the aneer as a formidable molo mole of argil arga ment I 1 tempted to resort to it 1 should direct it not lot against the re for form of the civil the hypocrisy of those who wish illo conditions of that service to be en forced force against their political appon ants bat not against again Rt their political frion friends ds the point which I 1 sought to establish in in my at hunting jou was entirely confused and obscured in in the independent circular or in short though I 1 did not say any so in word I 1 meant to convey my belief that the very first loaders find and guides for the continental republic are those who persist in seeing seeing the perfection of nt human government in in an insular monarchy whose conditions lons are in in all respects radically dif ferent erent from those of of our own land the mass of independents should learn earnt that bat aane aflean inspiration ends w where here the imitation of En angland glaud beus gills very respectfully jamis JAMES G BLAINE |