Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-12
WcE.PREsIDeNT.


Senator Plumb Nomiaates jsha A. Logan.
The roll of states was called for the
nomination Of candidates for Vice
President.
When Illinois was called Senator
Plumb, of Kansas, came forward and
spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Contention:
This convention has already dis
charged two of the most serious obi
cations which rested upon 1.-THE
adoption of platform and the nomi-
nation of candidate for the Presi-
dency. [Applause.l The platform is
one upon which all good republicans
and all good citizens can unite, and
of which they can well be proud
The candidate for the Presidency
needs no eulogium from Inc. and can
also say for him that he can meet any
man in the democratic party, whether
that man be dead or alive. [Applause.l
Upon that statement il might seem a
matter of comparative indifference as
to who should fill the second place
but, Mr.. President and gentlemen,
there is such a thing as proportion.
Having nominated statesman of ap
proved reputation, man of whom we
are all proud, we owe it to the party to
nominate the best and most available
man we have for the second place
[Applause.l
Mr.. President, tins is the first time
in the history of the republican party
since the war when the man who is to
fill the first place is not soldier.
There are a million men yet living who
served their country in the late war.
And now, Mr.. President, twenty years
after the lapse of that war they are
bound together by ties as strong as
they ever were while serving under
arms, and the great brotherhood OF
the soldiery of the United States ia
one of the most important factors in
the social and political life of the
American Republic.- (Applause. 1t
is due not As matter of availability,
but as a matter of just recognition TO
that great body of soldiery who made
the republican party possible, that a
fit representative Of theirs should have
the second place upon the team-a
man who, wise within himself, has not
only the qualities of a soldier, but also
| the qualities of statesman-5ecaus
the American people are now becom-
ing considerable of the second place
upon the National ticket, and it is a
matter of grave concern that the man
| TO be chosen shall be fit to step into
the shoes of the man in the first place
Applause
Mr.. President, as l said, if it were
only question of clecting ticket we
nigh. nominate ANYBODY. But il is
more than that. 1t is not only aues-
ton of. carrying and electing a presi-
dent and yice-presidcnt, but it is a
question of the election of q maj iiy
of the house of representatives in
congress 1t is question of rehabil-
itating states where legislatures have
been lost, and consequently represen-
tatives in the senate have been
equally lost. You want especially 10
strengthen this ticket, il so it may be,
by adding to ii man " no has his rep
resentatives in all portions of this
broad land, in every township, in cv-
cry school district, in every represent
alive district, and every county, i'll
order that the ticket may be carried
to the furtherest confines of the re-
public, and its remotest places, with
that good will and recognition which
viii make sure of full vote. APP
plause.
We have come to that point since
the war when the kindly feeling grow
ing out of association has come to be
a power, and out of that kindly feeling
has grown the organization of the
Grand Army of the Republic. which
has now in its communion more than
three fourths of the men who lately
wore the blue. Loud applause.l They
are Republicans because the republic
can party is true to them, TO their i'll
terests, and to all those things for
which they fought and sacrificed and
it is only just and proper that. iii max
ing tickets and in making platforms,
we should recognize that great body
of honorable and self-sacrificing men.
Mr.. Chairmen and gentlemen, in
presenting to you candidate | shall
present one to you who | believe fills
all the qualifications necessary for
even the first place upon this ticket: a
man whose military and civil record
Will not be obscured by even so bril-
liant a one as that of the head of the
ticket. Loud applause.l That is the
kind of man that we wan;-a man
tried in war and in peace, man who
has in every capacity in which he has
been tried SO acted that to-day
his name and fame are part OF the
proud heritage of the American peo-
pie. Loud Applause.l By the terms
OF your resolution you have abridged
that which | would say, but it is
whom present for your consideration
believing that he will add strength TO
the ticket, and believing that he will
Justify the words | have spoken, is
Gen. John \. Logan, of illinois. Loud
APPLAUSE
The applause at this point was re-
peatedly renewed, and lrsted for sey-
eral minutes.
The speaker, resuming, said: His
reputation is no more the property of
Illinois than it is of Kansas; but there
are 5000 eX-soldiers of the late war
upon the praries of Kansas who, with
one accord. when they hear of the
nomination of John A. Logan, will
rise up and indorse il and ratify it.
Loud applause.l 1 know Illinois be-
grudges him to the county; like
Hosea Bigelow's wife, they want
him for home consumption. But, Mr..
President, il is command which we
have right 10 lay upon them, and
know that in Illinois, with that COM
mand upon them, they will do as Gen.
Logan would do himself. He obeys
the duty and obligation of the party,
the command of the party and the
country: and, in fact, he never DISC
beyed but one order, and that was
when he disobeyed an order not to
fight battle.
Therefore. in behalf of the er-sol-
diers Of the Union, ia behalf the State
of Kansas, by whom am commission
ed for this purpose, and i'm behalf,
generally, of the great body of the re-
publican party of the Union who adj
mire and esteem this man, / present
his name for your consideration and
hope that he may receive the pomina-
ton at your hands. [Applause and
shouts.