people were very interested in no radio. no internet. newspapers and public speaking were the ways politicians operated. we also have to remember that newspapers are very partisan in those days. right. shamelessly so. and self-admitted. and a particular individual, group of individuals, would start a newspaper, not only just to report the daily news of their community but also to promote a particular political view or particular political party. so was his interest in the republican party how did the newspaper business and the republican interest intersect? it is i have interesting. 1854, the year he comes to augusta and becomes the editor of the journal is the year in which the national republican party is founded. he s involved in that. other famous mainers are. the newspaper is very much alive with that rise of the party in maine. i m going take a telephone call from washington, d.c. marvin watching us there. caller: hi. find it very fascinating. i m wo
our state legislature is all republican too. we re out of time. we ll thank a number of people here. thank you to the governor for hosting us it he governor mansion tonight and the director of the blaine house here and the staff has been fabulous to us as we ve been setting up over the last couple of days. we do take over the place. they ve been wonderful. maine historic preservation commission, thank you for your help and historic research and also to our cable affiliate, wonderful cable affiliate, time warner cable of augusta for all of their help and support in bringing c-span to this community. we ll close the program just the same way we opened it by giving you a look at the campaign memorabilia and particularly listening to a group called independent silver band as they sang in 1884 blaine/logan victory song. thank you for being with us tonight. on sundays this summer american history today presents the con tend ders. this 14-week series highlights key political fig
blaine s foreign policy thoughts as secretary of state. what would his what his opinions were, did he go abroad? specifically interested in south central america. i was born in cuba. and during towards the end of the 20th century, you know, the cuban revolution was just had just started. i was wondering if mr. blaine ever went to countries outside of the united states and what his opinions were on colonialism, say, like spain or other countries. and if he did anything about or had any feelings about those types of issues. it is a great show. i will hang up and listen. thank you. thank you. your question is so timely. it is time for us really to spend time learning about his years as secretary of state. we said earlier he served three presidents and some historians suggest that we look at blaine s legacy. it is really in the area of international affairs. can you speak to his influence and answer his question about whether or not he left the country? sure. maybe i
journal, still published today and involved editorially with the portland advertiser, a daily paper. there we are seeing today s issue of the journal. we re in the study of the blaine house. the newspapers of the time, he was both a newspaper man and involve about whatever their policies were. and certainly there was no television. people were very interested in no radio. no internet. newspapers and public speaking were the ways politicians operated. we also have to remember that newspapers are very partisan in those days. right. shamelessly so. and self-admitted. and a particular individual, group of individuals, would start a newspaper, not only just to report the daily news of their community but also to promote a particular political view or particular political party. so was his interest in the republican party how did the newspaper business and the republican interest intersect? it is i have interesting. 1854, the year he comes to augusta and becomes t
this 90-minute program was reported at the blaine house in augusta, maine and he s sunday through labor day weekend at this time, watch the contenders here on american history tv, here on c-span3. you re looking at some of the images from the 1884 presidential election and listening to a campaign song in support of james g. blaine of maine and his running mate, john logan. we re live from the blaine house in augusta, maine, home of james g. blaine and since 1920, the official residence of maine s governor. inside the blaine house with main s sitting governor paul lepage. governor, this house is filled with blaine memorabilia. do you have a sense of the man while you re here? yes. first of all, welcome to maine and welcome to the people s house. thank you. mr. blaine is here every day, and we see his spirit every evening. we always say good night to him. what is your sense many people have lived in this house over the years, but he is present in a lot of ways