The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-11
THE TICKET.

out his own seeking or the interposition
Of political managers. has been called to
the candidacy for the most exalted posi-
lion in the GIFT of the American people,
was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in
the November OF 1881, and is now be-
tween forty eight and forty nine years
old. Al IA very early age he manifested
that consuming thirst for knowledge |
which has inspired HIM in the acquisi- |
ton OF the splendid mental attainmenis
of his busy life, and though |
the educational opportunities OF
his boyhood were comparatively
meagre, they were all improv-
ed % the utmost limit, and this early ex-
cTcise Of a mind Of great natural clear
ness and vigoT. strengthened it for The
mastery of the more generous adVanta-
ges which the years had in store for the
dawning statesman. In 1856 he gradu-
ated at Williams college, after which he
turned his attention 10 teaching. and,
having a natural taste for theology, drift
ed into the ministry Of the Christian. or
Campbellite church, of which he has al
ways remained staunch member Later
in life he studied law. and eventually
becoming associated with politics, lie
was elected to the state senate of Ohio
from his district in 1889. AT
Columbus he was appointed member OF
one of the prominent committees of the
senate-that of finance If our memory
serves us--and distinguished himself by
the thorough research which he display
ed In the execution of the work commit
ted 10 him A friend Of the writer, in
whose family Garfield boarded during
his stay at the state capital, says that
every detail of the work imposed by his
senatorial trust was mastered by dinl of
the most thorough canvass of all infor-
nation which records and statistics
could furnish, and that no means were
| left unemployed which could heighten
his qualifications for the duties which
had been assigned HIM.
In 1861, Garfield entered the union
army, and served through the war, in
which he attained the high rank of a
4
mainly and kindly consideration en-
deared him to all under his command,
and his bravery on the field of battle,
has invested his name with lustre that
shall never fade. When the rude
alarums of war had ceased aud our
chastened country had emerged from its
red baptism of blood, James 4. Gar.
field returned to his home and the pur'
suits of peace, and as fitting recogni
ton of his splendid services was
congress, of which body he has evel
since remained a member and in whose
deliberations he has ever lifted his voice
for the sovereignty of those measures
which have vindicated the honor of OuI
nation at home and abroad, established
the integrity of her finances, and vouch
safed pro lection To the lives and proper
ty of her humblest citizens. For NOR
than decade of years he has shaped tn
pCAcy, in the lower house, of the party 4
whom the government owes its preservs
ton, and last winter he was elected by
r unanimous vote of the Ohio legislator
to succeed Allen q. Thurman in IN
United States senate, and would hav
taken his place in that distinguishe
body ON the fourth Of next March, bu
for the demand which the nation hS
made upon him for still higher service
His pure life, his devotion 10 the gran
principles of his party, his eminent adj
ity as a statesman, the personal imagine
ism of as magnificent physique as th
> soul of patriot ever dWelt in-all cOm
mend him to the earnest support of IL
= party which he will lead To sweepin
victory IN November.
MIR. Chester \. Arthur, the candida
for the second place on the ticket, q
:. though not possessing the national re-
!. utatlOn Of his principal, is we'll know
II In his own state, where he has larg
II and influential following. During Il
a administration of General Grant, he WI
appointed collector of customs vi Il
i, port of New York, and has discharge
il the duties OF that important trust wi
NJ distinguished ability. Mr.. Arthur is
gentleman of ma gnificent business qul
ifications and possesses II high measu
Al of executive ability, which will rend
ID him very efficient presiding officer
K the United States Senate. His nOmin
nf ton is warmly endorsed by the prom
n. nent politicians of New York and d
IN east, and his selection will add much
IN the strength of ticket which provid
n for a community of interest between d
NJ east and the west.
ir The Republicans go into the Cal
paign with platform which is the a
thoritative expression of the great boz
., of its voters, and unites them on all 4
ii principal issues of the time. 1t Sc
i. forth all that has been accomplished
m Republican legislation, and pOrtrays 4
nr infinite disaster which the accession
ID the Democracy to power would enta
m II is to the end that this terrible pOssIb
v ity may he averted that Republica
III everywhere, whatever may have be
iva their presidential preferences prior
o. the nomination, will unite heartily
, the support of the excellent ticket offer
". for their suf,rages, impelled by the &C
mr. viction that, above and beyond all CT
ar siderations of personal bias or individu
ha predictions, is the success of the PAL
nc in whose hands alone the government
al. Al.