Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-07
THE NoMINATroRs.

Announcing the List OF Victims Grant.
Blaine, Sherman and wsshburne Pro-
sonted 10 tho Convention Window
Len without . second-5poeches by
ConklinE, Garfield. JOY. Frye and 9th
ers
After an unimportant discussion
about the time Of making the Presiden.
tial nominations, the roll OF States was
called. When Michigan was reached
Governor JOY took tho platform, and
said
A Weak Blaine Address.
Mr.. Joy-Mr. Chairman and gentle
men OF the Convention. ] shall never
cease To regret that circumstances have
been such as % impose the duty upon
myself To make nomination Of candi.
date "a this Convention. ! have been
from the country for the past two
months, and arrived home but just 10.
fore thus Convention. Since the Con-
ycntion has been in session ! hav, been
employed upon the floor all the time.
II, therefore, words Of music arr impor.
tant for the candidate who shall be- pro-
posed they will benefit him but little. !
will, however, bring him before the
audience and the Convention in IN
brief u manner as In possible. That II
will be very brlci will, ] presume, satisfy
the Convention and the audience. bo'
cause W. are now all impatient Tor the
voting II was in 1860. ! think, that
another young man, born IN the old
Keystone State, but u resident in the
State oi Maine, entered the House Of
Representatives IL wasa time when
the sky VIA lowery; when the horizon
WIS hllcd with clouds indicating n
tempest. II was just before the war
The clouds, the tempest burst upon the
country, aud the war cnsucd, which
ragged for lOur long years. Fortunately
for the United States there were at the
helm Of the ship oi State the right men,
aud IL was manned with the right crew.
After the whirlwinds of war had ragged
for four years the element OF strength Of
one Of the coutcnding parties gave way
aud peace at length settled down
upon the country. Then cnsucd
the contest for reconstruction, and II
occupied nearly three or four years
more During all oi that time that
young man always true, always brave,
always eloquent, applied his talents IN
all the debates aud IN all the procedures
which were necessary either tO carry on
the war or Ia hringabout reconstruction
upon proper basis. When rccOnstruC.
tion had sbwn secured, and during the
reriod Of those controversies his rcpu'
tatiOn had been emerging, growing, tow
rrlng, until ~ last, when, in 1868, recon
structiOn had been practically secured,
his reputation wns towering before the
country, and his name was one
that had been spread abroad all
over the land. II had become u house
hold word 1t was familiar to every cor.
ncr; II was looked up Ia from every par,
OF the country. That name was the
Hon. James Il. Blaine, the Sen
ntor from Maine. Great outburst Of
enthusiasm. When the stormy period
Oi
Andrew Johnson's Administration
had passcd away, or was passing away,
and the nomination of General Grant
WAS made to the country Tor the PreHl'
dcncy ol the United States, all eyes IN
the Northern section ol the country
turned up to the Hon. James G. Blaine.
lie WAS called upon Ia canvass the
country. lie canyussrd the country
from Maine 10 the Mississippi and he
yund. lie made himself familiar with
the great North and the great West.
The people became familiar with him ~
the North and IN the West, and lac had
about him that wonderful power oi at
traction, which, about hall u century
ago, Was possessed in II most eminent
degree 10y another great man IN this
country; thc great son ot the great state
ol Kentucky, Henry Clay, In the sec
ond nomination Of Gen, Grant IN 1872,
hc was called upon IN the same
way. aud Travelled through the country
exercising his power, his ability aud hhs
eluQuruCr iur the cause ul his country
over the same extent ui TINS northern
territory. lie had become ~ we'll known ;
the people oi the country had bcCom"
20 we'll acquainted with him, hn had
fastened lhrm To him by attractions M
great, that In the Convention, which was
held ut Cincinnati four years ago, he had
become the leading candidate OF the
Northern p,np'c Tor the Presidency Oi
the lnltcd States,
Hayes asa Wet Blanket.
lie was thr iaVonta candidate al the
State which Represent In this Conven-
ton. Its lrhgatcH icnl o. that Conycn-
ton with view oi urging and securing,
II It were possible, his nomination. He
cime within few votes Ot success,
when Tor some reason bis column broke,
ami the result Mas another nomination
which had not been before the country.
You all know the dlsappoint
mrnI' luu all know, perhaps,
the Rstnulshmcnt which was
created ~ some sections Oi the country
at that result By the State which ]
hunr, II Vas considered almost Calam.
Nv to the individual members oi the
Republican party ~ that State; they
irIt II almost as n personal blow; but
while We had been dlsappOint.
rd reasonably IN the results, when the
canvass came aud when the fight sas q
close one. and when II was doubtful
whether the Republicans would succeed
In elecling their candidate. although he
had been rrpudiutrd NJ tie convention,
hc huckled oh LIS harness and hs en-
tered the ranks, he trayersed the com.
Try, he fought maniully, glorOusly, Wig
Ofousiy, until the battle Vas won APP
plAuscl though 10y a small ma aloflty.
The result was he endeart-d hims,li ten
fold more To the working Republicans
ui this Northwest than he had ever heen
before Louder and when thu.
Convention Mas called, the people ot
the state which represent. and
which bad ~ earnestly advocated
him bci,Hr, determined again Ia plsfe
him he'nrt this Conyeniieh. pn but
executing their Nish when ] 10 81.
Nov, gentlemen, will say In rrIsrd Ia
the state II Michigan, u Is no doubtful
state !, IL a state which stands by iis
banners all the time. Applause IL
will not matter. - far ~ the visr and
energy which that state xill put into
the contest, whether he be nominated
here or not. We stand by the flag there,
whoever NAV he the standard bearer
Will these remarks, geBtlemen, longer,
than intended. ! have the honor "
present. 10 ths Coo tsalloa &c The can
G,t.t. a. an. pr.-~sli ~a an cflsif fof the