Show THE ICICLE WILL NOT MELT IT is well known tat that the cold blooded but bat able senator from vermont did not lift up his bis voice to assist blaine in the presidential campaign of 1881 but it was hoped by the republican managers that he would be prevailed upon to take the stump in 1888 senator quay endeavored to prevail upon him to make some speeches in aid ot of the party but to his bis disappointment and the chagrin of the other national coin coffi mitte emen senator edmunds has positively declined declined to do any public work in the campaign of course he be declares himself co n aident fiden tot of the election of harrison an morton morion and strong in the hope that they will be at the bead of national affairs it is not because of any doubts on that point that he will keep in the background but he claims that he be is unable to speak in public in the open air or indeed in a large hall before a numerous aum erous assembly the gentleman looks the picture of rugged vigor and is not an unaccustomed accustomed to close applina tion and addressing tue the multitude but it is evident that he has a disinclination cli nation to political wo work rk that does not I 1 bear upon his bis own position and to speechmaking speech making that is not remunerative senator edmunds is one of the last men to be affected by any appeal to sentiment to chivalry or to that enthusiasm thusia sm supposed to burn in the breast of every ps patriot Arlot he has achieved chi eved a proud position in the ranks of national statesmen and is recoe sized olied as a shrewd crafty and calculating I 1 ug part izan a thorough lawyer and an able debater but he is ii not lo 10 loved ved even by his party associates and while tie he is acknowledged to be a man of brain he is not believed to be a man of heart senator edmunds likes to have his bis own WILY way as do most people of character and does not care to follow vie de lead of others in campaign woi voi k he would have to play second fiddle to ro blaine and this would set his teeth on edge ile he is in not considered to have much affection for anybody but his feeling for the man of maine is wore like antipathy than anything else hiss hi refusal to speak mortifies the parta leaders but we do not think it will much affect republican interests |