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VOL. III. JUNE torn, 1884. NO. 77. 1155 Broapway, NEw York. Published every Thursday, $5 a year in advance, postage free. Single copies, 10 cents. Back numbers can be had by applying to this office. Vol. I., 20 cents per copy; Vol. IJ., at regular rates. Rejected contributions will not be returned unless accompanied by a stamped and directed envelope. E wanted Mr, James Blaine of Maine badly—we and the Grand Old Party—and we gothim, That isa triumph of which we can scarcely be too proud. It was lightly won, but none the less are we disposed to enthusiasm. * * * E wanted a man witha record. We got him. There is both a good deal of man and a good deal of, Record in Mr. James Blaine of Maine. We assert boldly, that no man ever chosen by the Grand Old Party had sucha Record. There are few such records anywhere as that in the private possession of Mr. Blaine. There is no Record, we believe, that will bear as much investigation, or furnish more food for the admiring press in the fretful days to come. * * * N Mr. Blaine we find the Statesman, A man who has been so well known a diplomat in Peruvian circles, in Pacific Rail- way settlements and other financial negotiations, can scarcely fail to comprehend the matters which usually tangle the minds of the unsophisticated in Washington, Every patriot who votes for Mr. Blaine will feel that there will lie no dollar in the United States Treasury so humble that Mr, Blaine will not look after it. In fact Mr. Blaine’s Record shows that for some years—no doubt in anticipation of the glorious event we now celebrate—he has taken a kindly interest in the United States Treasury and its con- tents—especially the contents, for the Treasury itself is, as most of our readers know, not movable. * * * M*. BLAINE, too, isa man on whom we can depend for instant recognition of any rascality which may go on in Washington during his term of office. We will back Mr. Blaine against any man in the country to gain first knowledge of any scheme to pillage the nation by means of legislation. Mr. Blaine’s eye for this business is and has been for years trained, and we do not believe his superior can be found. There will be no more grand combinations against our great common vaults, therefore, without Mr. Blaine’s being at once in possession of the facts. Mr, Blaine’s letters to Mr. Mulligan have long since shown this. It is lamentable to see in our esteemed contemporary, the New York Times, a slight lack of enthusiasm over Mr. Blaine’s nomi- nation. Ifthe Grand Old Party had chosen a pickpocket to bear its standard, we do not believe our esteemed contemporary could have maintained a more icy aspect, or spoken with more severity. If it were not for the fact that respectable Republican journals all over the country have followed suit, the Zimes might be looked upon as somewhat unfavorable to our choice. For the first time in our history, a Republican nomination has delighted the Democratic Party. This alone shows what a Record Mr. Blaine has when even his party's foes rejoice at his success. No man knoweth what the 4th of November will bring forth. It will depend largely upon the selection to be made by our hideous foe, the Democratic Party. If it gets a man with a Record, we can feel sure of Mr. Blaine. If not, we will mourn, One thing is certain, however: Mr. Blaine is not a candidate about whom there can be two opinions. Those who have read the leaders published East, North, South, and West, apropos of his nomination, can but feel that only violent partizanship has swayed such journals as have swerved from the verdict which the nation at large has pronounced upon Mr. Blaine’s nomination. * * * RIVATE: ‘“P,S.—I want it distinctly to be understood, however, that I still have the Bar’l. You will observe that I decline early in the season, This gives my estimable ‘ rural friends,’ the editors, a chance to work on the feelings of the boys and whoop up the sentimental. It will also show the impossi- bility of enlisting anybody else. Then there can be a sort of pilgrimage, don’t you see? I will coyly consent—the patriot sacrificing himself for his country and al] that sort of thing, do n’t you see? And then?—but, pshaw, you see exactly how it goes. I think I can depend on you to put it right to the boys.”—S. ¥. 7. * * * ENERAL Order, No. — In all the newspaper offices in the country: Put these galleys on Edmunds, Sherman, Arthur .and Logan, away in the room devoted to obituary col- umns. You may leave the Lincoln, Hawley and Gresham gal- leys stand over under Candidates for four years. Distribute Hayes! Clean off Blaine and put him in first column to-morrow. Get his picture if you can. If impossible, use Conkling, Blank Blink, Night Editor. * * * R. MILLS and I think of changing the name of our paper to the New York 77yblaine. Whitelaw Reid. * * * HE Convention to Chandler: Willy, we have missed you. comicbooks.com