Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-02
LOGAN At FAIRFIELD
Grand Outpouring Of I'm
iOn-LOving People.
The Meu Who Have "Convic.
ti0ns" Were There by
Thousands,
Magnificent Grafton by Gen. John
A. Logan.
He is Enthusiastically Greeted
by His Soldier Comrades.
A Glorious Day for iowa Repubii.
cans Who are Now Marching to
a Grand Triumph October 3.
snecia, Dispa,ch to the I,swkeye

Special Dispatch to the liswkeye.
FAIRFIELD, Ia, Sept. 2S.--rhis has
been gala day for Jefferson county.
1t seemed a. il the whole county had
concentrated itself in Fairfield, be-
sides liberal delegations from the sur
rounding country. The only draw
back was the threatening aspect Of
the weather. 1t looked very show
cry early, and soon began to rain. and
continued showering until noon This
kept thousands living at q distance
from venturing out, but Tristan
ding this discouraging beginning,
not less than six thousand people as
sembled on the public square to hear
Gen. Logan talk spuare-toed repub-
licanism.
HON. JAMES +. WILSON
was made president of the meeting.
The cordial reception he received at
own home must have been as latter
ing to him as it was gratifying to his
friends. In few appropriate re-
marks he introduced the orator of
the day,
GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN,
who was received with the widest
enthusiasm. No one who witnessed
the eager, understandable manifesto
tons of delight at his presence, which
burst forth from that great crowd
could no longer doubt the hold he
has upon the popular heart. Espe-
cially was this expression intense
among the soldiers who gathered
there to greet their old commander
who led them in the days when men
had Convictions" and fought for
them
THE SPEECH.
was magnificent outpouring of gen
uine eloquence. As an orator Gen
Logan has few superiors. Certainly
few are the men who can more thor
oughly arouse popular interest in the
cause he advocates. No synopsis OF
the speech will do it Justice. Suffice
it to say it was Republican all over
the Iowa kind of Republicanism-
and touched the popular chord at ev.
cry utterance. The closing addres,
to the soldiers was especially grand
1t is not undue coloring of the fact to
say it was sublime. At it's close tht
General held
| VETERANS LEvEE
at which his old comrades crowded
around him to press his hands anC
exchange friendly greeting. II wa
interesting in extreme to watch tn,
surging crowd as they pressed arount
the general to greet him. There
were men who with him had faced
death amid the smoke of battle ant
all the horrors of war. Many Of thei
comrades fell on the battlefield o.
died in the hospital. The survivor
were here to-day to grasp the hant
once more of the man who never
ceased to care for them, and to do al
he could to lessen their privatione
and who always led them to victory
No wonder men laughed aud erie,
in the excess of their happiness at III
reunion. And as they saved thei
icountry once under the leadership u
their gallant general, they we're pres
ent again to-day to testify their readi
ness 10
| VOTE AS THEY SHOT.
| The rally has done great good here
1t has infused greater zeal into III
Republican ranks. We shall give
good account of ourselves at the polls