Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1885 — How Cleveland Did Blaine a Favor. [ARTICLE]

How Cleveland Did Blaine a Favor.

Cleveland’s manly action is said to have saved Mr. Blaine, after the Indianapolis libel suit came Jo an end, from an embarrassing The Democratic managers had lithographed in Indianapolis the letters concerning the Blaine family, which had been gathered by the Sentinel people iu anticipation of the libel suit trial. These lithographed letters they proposed to publish in immense quantities for distribution to annoy and humiliate Mr. Blaine. They wore of such a character that such a procedure would have greatly harassed the losing candidate. The matter came to Cleveland’s knowledge and he promptly put a stop to it, declaring that any one in any way responsible for it need never ask any favors from him. This attitude ended the plan, for those concerned in it were Democrats “with hopes in the future.”— Cor. Springfield liepublican. In England, France and the United States the average wealth per inhabitant is as follows: England, $1,249; France, $1,092; United States, $931. In France there is more wealth in land for every inhabitant than in England. The French have also more bullion. The English have more in cattle, houses, railways, movables, and sundries. The increase in population in the United States has been very great, and renders the increase of wealth per head materially less; The nineteenth century has been prolific in thought and discovery. Civilization has advanced with sure and rapid stride; but with all our progress in science, art, mechanism, politics, horse-racing, and so forth, the humiliating fact cannot be dodged that a reliable test for coming at the age of a spring chicken is one of the things that the best brains of futurity alone can evolve. It’s a cold day when the small boy remains in the house voluntarily.