Christian herald and signs of our times . ernment in this de-cision. When the news of the rejection reached[Washington, Mr. Blair had already started forhis new post. He frankly admits that he stillentertains the same views he held when hespoke and voted for exclusion. Ex-Senator; Blair has been one of the most active members< of Congress of late years and has been specially1 prominent as an advocate of public education,j He is now about fifty-five years of age, a man ofrugged physique and strong character, eloquent,and forcible in debate. It is highly probableI that the President may nomin
Christian herald and signs of our times . ernment in this de-cision. When the news of the rejection reached[Washington, Mr. Blair had already started forhis new post. He frankly admits that he stillentertains the same views he held when hespoke and voted for exclusion. Ex-Senator; Blair has been one of the most active members< of Congress of late years and has been specially1 prominent as an advocate of public education,j He is now about fifty-five years of age, a man ofrugged physique and strong character, eloquent,and forcible in debate. It is highly probableI that the President may nominate him as Mini-ster to Japan, in which event the Pekin mission[would probably go to a Western man. is a native of New Hampshire. His por-trait is given in this column. Ground was Broken at Riverside Park, NewYork, on Tuesday, April 27th, for the buildingof the long-deferred monument to the lateGeneral Grant. In presence of a most distin-guished attendance, including Mrs. U. S. Grant,Mrs. Sartoris and other relatives of the dead. hero, half a hundred military and naval officersof high rank, and a large representation fromthe different posts of the G. A. R., in severalstates, Commander Charles H. Freeman of theN. Y. State Department G. A. R., turned the
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