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tions, and when Michigan was reached Gov.
Joy took the platform and said:
,Jov,s Presentation of Blaine.

joys Presentation Of Blaine.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conven
ton: Shall never cease to regret that circum
stances have been such as to impose the duty
upon myself to make a nomination of a candi-
date to this convention, / have been absent
from the country for the past two months, and
arrived home but just before this convention.
Since the convention has been in session have
been employed upon the floor all the time.
If, therefore, words or music
are important for the candidate who shall be
proposed they will benefit him but little.
will, however, bring him before the conven-
tion in as brief manner as possible. That it
will be very brief WILL presume, satisfy the
convention and the audience, because We are
now all impatient for voting.
1t was in 1860, l think, that a then young
man, born in the old Keystone State, but a
resident in the State of Maine, entered the
House of Representatives. 1t was at time
when the sky was lowering, when the horizon
was filled with Clouds indicating a tempest.
1t was Just before the war. The
the country and the war ensued
which waged for four long years. Fortunately
for us there was at the helm of the ship of State
the right man, and it was manned with the right
crew. After whirlwinds of war had ragged for
four years the elements of strength of the con-
tending parties gave way and peace at length
settled down on the country. Then ensued the
contest for reconstruction, and it occupied
nearly three or four years more. During all of
that time that young man was always true,
always brave, always eloquent, applied his tai
euts in all debates and in all procedures which
were necessary to carry on the war or to bring
about reconstruction upon its proper basis.
EWhen reconstruction had been secured and dur
ing the period of those controversies his reputa-
ton had been emerging, growing, towering, un-
til at last when inl868, reconstruction had been
practically secured. his reputation was towering
before the country and his name was one of the
great names of the country, that had become
spread abroad all over the land. 1t had be-
come household name. 1t was familiar in
every corner. 1t was looked up to from every
part of the country. The name was the Hon.
Jas. G.. Blaine, the Senator from Maine. (Great
outburst of enthusiasm.
When the stormy period of Andrew Johnson's
administration had passed away, or was passing
away, and nomination of General Grant was
made to the country for the Presidency of the
United States, all eyes in the northern section
of the country turned to the Hon. j. G.
Blaine. He was called upon to canvass the
country. He canvassed the country from
Maine to Mississippi, and beyond. He msde
himself familiar with the great North and the
great West. The people became familiar with
him in the North and in the great West He
had about him that wonderful power of attract
ing, which half a century ago was possessed IN
a most eminent degree, also by another
great man of this country, the great son of the
great State of Kentucky. Henry Clay.
On the second nomination of Gen. Grant in
1872 he Was called upon in the same way, and
traversed the country, exercising his power,
his ability and his eloquence for the cause of
his country, over the same extent of this
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known, the people of the country had become
so well acquainted with him, he had fastened
them to him by attractions so great. that in the
convention which was held at Cincinnati four
wears ago, he had become the leading candidate
of the Northern people for the Presidency of
the United States. He was the favorite
candidate of the State which l repre-
sent in this convention. Its delegates
went to that convention with a view
of urging and securing, if it were possible, his
He came within few votes of
success, when for some reason his column
broke, and the result was another nomination,
which had been before the country.
You all know the edisappointment,'y 'yon all know
perhaps the astonishment which was created in
some sections of the country at the result. By
the State which have the honor to represent
upon this floor. it was considered almost cal
amity to the individual members of the Re-
publican party of that State. They felt it as
> personal blow. But while he might
have been disappointed reasonably in tie
the results, when the canvass came, and
when the fight was close one, and when it
was doubtful whether the Republicans would
succeed in electing their candidate, although
be had been repudiated at the convention, he
buckled on his harness and he entered the
ranks. He traversed the county, he fought
gloriously, vigorously, until the bat
tie was won (applause) though by a small ma
jority.
The result was he endeared himself tenfold
more to the working Republicans of this north
west than he had ever been before, and when
this convention was called the people Of the
State which represent, and which had SO ear
nestly advocated him before, determined again
to place him before this convention. am but
their wishes when do so.
Now, gentlemen L will say in regard to the
State of Michigan it is no doubtful State 1t is
a State which stands by its banner all the time
(applause) It will not matter so far as the
vigor and energy which that State will put into
the contest whether he be nominated here or
not. We stand by the flag there whoever may
be the standard bearer. With these remarks,
gentlemen, longer than 1 intended, have the
honor to present to this convention, as the
for the presidential chair, for the
ensuing term, to be voted for by the people, the
name of the Hon. James Ct. Blaine.
The applause which followed, increased for
soue time. Most of the delegates remained
sitting for few moments, but as the audience
became more enthusiastic, delegates rose to
their feet and Joined in a scene that for a few
moments suggested the scene of the night be-
fore. Pixley of Colorado sec, nded nomination
in short address after which having obtained
permission of the house
HON. W. P. FRYE
then stepped to the front of the platform and
spoke as follows:
L saw once storm at sea in the night
lime and one staunch old ship
for its life with the fury
Of the tempest. Darkness everywhere,
the wind shrieking and bowling through the
rigging the huge waves beating upon the sides
of that ship and making her shiver from stem
to stern. The lightnings were Tapping the
thunders were rolling, there was danger every
where. l saw at the helm calm, bold, cour-
ageous, immovable, commanding man. In the
tempest calm, in the commotion brave, in the
dismay hopeful. L saw him take that old ship.
and bring her into the harbor into still: waters,
into safety. That man was hero. l saw the
gosd old ship, the State of Maine (applause),
within the last year fighting her way through
the same darkness, through the same peril,
against the same waves, against the same dan
gers. She was freighted with all that Is prec-
ious in the principle, of our Republic, with the
rights of American citizenship, with all that is
guaranteed to the American citizen by our
constitution. The eyes of the whole nation
were upon her and intense anxiety filled every
American heart Hest the grand old ship, the
State of Maine, might go down beneath the
waves carrying the precious freight with her.
But sir, there WAS man
at the helm (applause) calm, deliberate,
commanding, sagacious. He made even the
foolish man wise. Courageous, he inspsred the
timid with courage. Hopeful, he gave heart to
the dismayed, and he brought that good old
ship safely into the harbor, into safety, and
there she floats to-day, brighter, purer, strong
er from her baptism by dauger. That man, too,
was hero and his name was James G.. Blaine.
cloud applause.) Maine sends greeting to this
magnificent convention, with the memory of
her own salvation from impending peril fresh
upon her. She says to you, representatives of