James G. Blaine

The most conspicuous figure among ooi nation'a great men ha8 been removt& Death has been busy harvesting s the tail corn for the past two weeks ■XD& held not his hand from the tallest ij th field. JameaGillespie Blaine is aow written on the roll of the nation' .Swned and honored dead. It is too soon to say what will be his oíieein history, personal feeling is too ÍBteBse as yet, regard too strong, or enMBty too bitter; time must be given for ti8 dispassionate historian to arise. But ■tul we that have seen and beard him, ÜMne followed h8 leadership and supjwrted bis policy mustgive of liim the xepoTt upon which this future hittorima'e estímate will be based. So man bas been so followed, has bees so generally loved, since Clay. No ana has so controled his party's policy, lasso restainedthe impetuous and infiíed the slow, since the gieat Keníatiian. He has been great amidst jtrfiy corupeers,conspicuou8 amidst emiaest associates. He was preeminently a man of action - the man who did íhings - and practical in the true senne. AUhongh so especially adapted to tulannretrative work - dtaplayed inch fceen intight into what a given eituaücb demandad- he was actually in x mklve poBition but a very brief porticn abis public career, but that portion irctzld have raieed him to 'the rank of Webster and Seward had his other Bainent public services never Leen ren de red .