The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-06-11
BLATNR AND LOGAN

N.IN u
N.we sisted last week in an ar
ticle On the Republicans Convention,
which was then about assembling
II Chicago. that it wsuld doubtless
have done It's DO by now, th" names
- IN. head of this article are the
re-uIt Of its work-fOr President Ans
Vice President respectively. And
while we know il Is customary for
-xpedisncy'r sake, for partisans and
partv organs 10 enthusiastically as
ssrt. hoist. aud fiaunt TO the breeze
their nominees as "the strongest and
hest selection that could possibly
have been made" eandor comPels
q. 10 admit. that this is. undsubted-
strsng ticket Quite number
Of prominent names, In addition 70
Blaine and Logan, were put IN nom
inatisu before the Convention Tor
Pre,idsnt-uamsly: President Ar
thur. George F. Ednunds, Of YER
msut. aud John sherman, of OhlS
and Others were likewise voted for,
namely. Gen. W. 4. Sherman, Rob-
srt r. lincoln, Joseph T. HawlSy
Postmaster General Gresham and
several others. Deep interest and
much anxiety. enthusiasm and eH-
element prevailed among the
friends Of the respective candidates
from the very beginning, Arthur
friends at first apparently having
the inside track, but Blaine leading
him by considerable majority on
the first ballot, which increased rap
idly tall the fourth ballot, upon
which he was, at-o'clcck--,
On June 9th, nominated amidst fiut-
teriuE flags, booming caRnens and
the widest cheering and snthusias-
ticdemonstrations-whereuPOA the
nomination was Immediately made
unanimous. Then the Convention
bv reclamation, unanimously nomi-
mated L. :. Senator John A. Logan
for Vice President, who had inme-
diataly before telegraphed from
Washington withdrawing from the
Presidential contest in favor Of
Blaine.
We had thought ii would be
Blaine and Lincoln, or Blaine ard
seine New York nsn-but Logan
adds much strength to the ticket
not only a. q statesman of Promi-
neuce, but especially with the Fed
eral soldier element Of the party,
who are quite numerous and whose
influence is great.
So that, fellow Democrats, as
there is no doubt about the nomi-
necs accepting their respective
nominations. we have, in the per
sons Of James G.. Blaine, known as
the "Plumsd Knight of Maine, and
John A. Logan, of Illinois, from
leading. though Republican States,
aud representing both the cid fac
tious Of the Garfield Conkling-
Grant Arthur elements OF the party,
which Of itself augurs harmony flor
the Republicans. unlike the Domo~
Gratis, beat the devil to quarrel at
pleasure among themselves and har-
monte ditto), We have ioemon wcr-
thy OF our best steel. We publish
elsewhere their platform. which i
but n rehaSh Of their stale, vauntod
sayings-on repeated aud as Oft
broken promises to the people.
The National Democratic Con
vsntien meets in the Same city
(Chicagol on the Sth Of July. They
have an important work before
them. Being somewhat divided on
the questions ct tariff aud internal
revenue reform, they should en-
deavsr to harmonic all fsSiions rs
far a. possible, for the Republican
party is a unit, outsPOksn and har-
monious on these questions, to which
extent, outside Of the fact that they
have the Government, two hundred
thousand Office holders and millions
Of moaey from high protected cor
psratiOns and monopelies TO back
them, they occupy the vantage
ground. so We trust they will weigh
well these vital matters and enunci~
ate = platform OF principles, Prsg-
nAnt with sagAcity and bristling
with tangibIity and germs of inspir-
alton and enthusiasm from which
the country may De aroused and
electrified from ocean to ocean and
from the placid lakes of the North
70 he great guile shs South