| Show AFTER SOUR GRAPES secretary james G blaino blaine our minister of foreign Af affairs faire unlike the roman dictator csisar if he cannot canno t bo be the first in homo rome in ia this case in washington is willing to be second at least such seemed to be his disposition after gen garfield had won the tho nomination for which the senator from maine blaine had bad twice been an applicant now however it appears that he still carries his plume erect and entertains hopes of reaching the r t A art A A C goal which ho be so narrowly missed in 1876 and 1880 by dispatch from new york Y ork we leam learn that a close friend oatlie of the secretary of state assured it new now york 11 herald erald reporter lie could under no circumstances be ind induced uceAl to servo out his terman he lie had bad fully made up mind to retire the reporter adds that it is still his intention to be a candidate forthe for the presidency in 1884 is unquestionable and lie seems to be clear cl earin in tho the belief that his chances of carrying off the prize would be infinitely better out of the cabinet than in it the publication recently of the letter which lie wrote to garfield accepting the place in the cabinet waa was not accidental ci it was really the first step in the canvass for the next nomination this has been followed by other movements since which arc are only known to his most trusted followers blaine within a few days has urged arthur to take immediate action on his resignation MR milt JOHN WALTERS the proprietor of the london times now on oil a tour four across this continent was in tei viewed by a reporter of the chicago cao alews who among other lorac oracular ar expressions of the owner of the elicited tho the following follow ilic replies tow how do you like america I consider it to be a wonderful country and I think there are men now alive who will live to see the time when it hag has a population of people As regards the feeling that exists in england towards america it is most driendl friendly and why not hot when wo we consider t that lt it was only a little over a hundred years ago when both countries were under ofle the same government true they could not agree and separated but the differences feren ces created then have ion long since since been settled and we people of of E england look upon our foster oster f children in america with pride 64 what do you think of the free trade question simply this I cannot see how low it is protection to a countr country y to make one part of t the be people pay a double pr price C a f for or an all article in order to give the ot other her part tho the benefit of it mr walters proceeded to relate a story about the purchase he had made of a pair of gloves while in america on a previous occasion they were bought at bloomington illinois and for fr them he h c paid pal when ho be returned to england he be asked his glover what he be would charge to duplicate them two and sixpence was the answer this t mr bauers said demonstrated the value of free trade the american leonle people if it was in vogue would not need nee to pay an extortionate price for an article simply for the sake of giving gi ving the monopoly of the trade in the said article to a class of their countrymen he felt assured that the era of free trade was coming for the united states |
