| Show A BLUDGEON FOR BLAINE IT looks quite likely that the chief republican candidate for the presidency in the coming struggle will be the old time champion james cr blaine repeated defeats only serve to stir him up for renewed action and there is no doubt that he wants the nomination of his bis party looking over the field now he seems to be the most eligible standard bearer the republicans can select for in spite of the ugly stories that have bean partly believed by the public he is a favorite with many voters because of his undoubted ability and his thorough knowledge and experience of political ica I 1 management ile he is more than li likely kely to be put up tip by the republicans as their leader in ia the next presidential ident ial campaign it is said that the knights of labor have a heavy club laid up in soak for the head of the 11 plumed lamed knight it is in the shape OP of a letter er claimed to have been written by blaine to his workmen during one of the agitations on the labor question in which he expressed himself in an obnoxious wayon the rights of labor and of laborers it is claimed to be a awro w contracted dictatorial missive of a character to injure him in the eyes of all working p people b 0 ale and that the knights intend to I 1 bring g it forth at the most convenient time to damage the man of maine we do not think that hat his bis opponents should rely a gre great deal on anything of this kind the knights of labor have declared themselves outside of politics we do not believe they can remain in that position nor noc that they are altogether wise in assuming it the ballot is a power to any organization in the states and the knights will make greater headway when they agree to use their forces in politics than they have ever made heretofore but supposing they should bring forward the hidden letter and flourish it in the asee of the ambitious james he is used to handling the letter business and is never a at a loss lor for ex and explanations the mulligan letters are not altogether alu gether unknown to same fame and sundry other that have been sprung ung upon Blai blaine lne promised to overwhelm him b a wever ever succeeded in greatly disturb disturbing his equanimity faults and all his failures blaines Bi laine prospects for the nomination are bright and if he is put forward by his party it will take the democrats all their time their er gies and their ingenuity to defeat him the letter of the knights may make a flutter flatter but it will not prove as much of a settler as some people anticipate |
