The opium-joint of the Republican irreconcilables - a cheap way of being happy. Illustration shows a scene in an opium den labeled Bloody Shirt Joint - Blaine & Reid Managers with James G. Blaine passing out pipes labeled Tribune Editorials, Blaine's Augusta Speech, Blaine Speeches, and Speeches to fellow Republicans labeled Chandler, J. Roach, Evarts, Cornell, Logan, Hoar, Foraker, J. Sherman, Brady, Dorsey, and Reid, unidentified is Elihu Root and the man dreaming of becoming the Secy. of Navy; they have resorted to opium as the panacea for their political woes and while in their drug-induced stupor they dream of Blaine's ascendancy to the presidential throne and of themselves becoming members of Blaine's cabinet. Date 1885 September 23. The opium-joint of the Republican irreconcilables - a cheap way of being happy. Illustration shows a scene in an opium den labeled Bloody Shirt Joint - Blaine & Reid Managers with James G. Blaine passing out pipes labeled Tribune Editorials, Blaine's Augusta Speech, Blaine Speeches, and Speeches to fellow Republicans labeled Chandler, J. Roach, Evarts, Cornell, Logan, Hoar, Foraker, J. Sherman, Brady, Dorsey, and Reid, unidentified is Elihu Root and the man dreaming of becoming the Secy. of Navy; they have resorted to opium as the panacea for their political woes and while in their drug-induced stupor they dream of Blaine's ascendancy to the presidential throne and of themselves becoming members of Blaine's cabinet. Date 1885 September 23.