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| Blaine at Home.It is stated that General Joshua L. Chamberlain, President of Bowd ' n College, will not rote for Mr. Blaine. This is much more significant than the fact that Mr. Andrew D. White, President of Cornell University, will vote for the candidate. No man knows Mr. Blaine and his wavs better than General Chamberlain. Chamberlain was one of the bravest of soldiers in the war. While Blaine was enriching himself through Government contracts obtained in the names of others by the favor of Cam-cron and Tom Scott, Chamberlain was at the front, where he received wounds which imperil his life to this dav. Hewas a man of first-class ability, the ibest edu ation, and of a patriotism and integrity that no one ever questioned. After the war he had a natural am hi- ! tion to go into public life, and he is j perhaps the only man in Maine upon whom Blaine looked as a dangerous rival. He had the confidence and admiration of ttie people, and would have had their support but for the power of j Blaine over the political machine* Hewas permitted to become Governor of the State, as Blaine’s personal activity and aspirations were in the National field, but every avenue to preferment in National politics was closed to him.Mr. Blaine for years controlled the Federal patronage of the State, and di- j raeted the action of the Republican organization at the same time. He used ! his power relentlessly to reward his friends and promote his ow n plans, and to crush into submission anv ©ne who opposed him. He was always free with promises, hundreds of w hich were never fulfilled, and in scores of instances he promised the same office to more than one man. His duplicity iu polities and in financial affairs made him many enemies, but he contrived to maintain his hold. When he got his -‘friends and neighbors” to invest $1.*M,000 inthe securities of the Fort Smith Little Rock Railroad he told them that he had put in his own money, and that they were getting them on the same ! terms as himself! As was afterward proved he had not put a dollar into them, but received $130,M30 of land
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New Philadelphia Argus
New Philadelphia, Ohio, US
Thu, Aug 21, 1884
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