. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . F ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Hon. James G. Blaine (Steel) Frontispiece. Hon. James G. Blaine delivering tlie Garfield Memorial Address. Frontispiece to text. Hon. James G. Blaines Birthplace 21 Washington College as it appeared in 1847, when Mr. Blaine Grad-uated ., 31 Residence of Hon. James G. Blaine, Augusta, Maine 41 Blaine at Home with his Family 51 The State House at Augusta, Me 61 Roman Catholic Church at Brownsville, Pa., and the Cemetery where Blaines Parents are Burie
. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . F ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Hon. James G. Blaine (Steel) Frontispiece. Hon. James G. Blaine delivering tlie Garfield Memorial Address. Frontispiece to text. Hon. James G. Blaines Birthplace 21 Washington College as it appeared in 1847, when Mr. Blaine Grad-uated ., 31 Residence of Hon. James G. Blaine, Augusta, Maine 41 Blaine at Home with his Family 51 The State House at Augusta, Me 61 Roman Catholic Church at Brownsville, Pa., and the Cemetery where Blaines Parents are Buried 71 The Arena of Hon. James G. Blaines Struggles and Triumphs for Twenty Years 81 Hon. James G. Blaines Residence in Washington, D. C 91 During Blaines Twenty Tears in Congress 101 Blaine and other Members of the Cabinet Viewing Garfields Remains. Ill Hon. J. G. Blaine (Steel) when he was Speaker of the House of Repre-sentatives 121 The Chicago Convention 131 Exposition Building at CJhicago, where the Convention was held 141 Maggie Blaine at the Telephone, receiving the News of her Fathers Nomination for President 151. BIOGBAPHT OF HON. JAMES G. BLAINE. CHAPTEE I. ANCESTRY, BIRTH, AND EARLY LIJB* The first of the Blaines in America.—Settling in Western Pennsylvania,—^Birth of the fifth lineal descendant.—His father a man of wealth andculture, but of extravagant habits.—Beauty and genius of his mother.—Colonel Ephraim Blaine, Purveyor-General of the Army of Pennsylvania.—Providing food for starving soldiers.—West Brownsville.—Mr. Blainesreminiscences.—Boyhood.—Early education and training.—Literary ad-vantages at home.—Hon. Thomas Ewing,—Practical political training. FIFTY-FOUR years before the Declaration of Independ-ence, an adventurous Scotchman brought the name ofBlaine into Western Pennsylvania. He brought also whatmade the name worthy, his Scotch Presbyterianism—which,if it was as hard as the nether mill-stone, was also as firm andenduring—an
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