The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-06-14
BLAINE n LOGAN.


The Republican Convention which
assembled in Chicago last week end
ed its labors by putting forward as
the representatives of the Republican
party the above named candidates
for President aud Vice President.
There can be no.doubt but the ticket
il a strong one-the strongest that
could be put in the field. Blaine's
great popularity on this Coast is al
most certain to carry the Pacific States
solid. So great was the popularity of
the Maine statesman at Chicago that
no combination of adverse forces was
able to keep him down. His nomin-
alton is a signal victory of the masses
of the Republican party over the cor
rupt influence of Wall Street and Fed
eral patronage. Following is the vote
on each ofthe ballots taken at Chicago:
First ballot-Blaine, 334K; Arthur,
276; Edmunds, 90; Logan, 63M John
Sherman, 80; Hawley, 10; Lincoln, 4;
Gen. Sherman, 2.
Second ballot-Blaine, $40; Arthur,
276; EJmunds, IS; Logan, 81; John
Sherman, %; Hawley, 10; Gen. Sher-
man, 2; Lincoln, 1.
Third bollot--On this ballot Blaine
gained ID over the second ballot.
Fourth ballot-Blaine, 544; Arthur,
207; Edmunds, Al; Logan, !; Hawley,
10; Lincoln, 2.
The Convention then took a recess,
and on reassemb bling, John A. Logan
was nominated for Vice President by
reclamation.
We annex a short biographical
sketch OF the nominees of the Repub-
lican party:
BLAINE.
His name Is James Gillespie BlaiHe.
He vas born in Washington County.
Pennsylvania, January 81, 1880, and
Is therefore 81 years old. He was an
editor and wrote for several Maine
papers. lie was elected to the Maine
Legislature in 1859 and served four
terms, two OF which were f. Speaker.
lie was elected 10 the House OF Rep
resentatives and served seven terms,
three OF them az Speaker. When J..
NJ. Morrll WAS appointed as Secretary
OF the Treasury lie Was elec, Cd TO I'LL
the vacancy, aud was elected 10 serve
the following term, which expired
March 4, i,s3. lie was then made
Secretary OF state III Gariields Cabinet
and resigned when the President Was
assa~ssinatsd. He has since been busy
writing recollection oflwenty Years Of
aud bas.seyeral children.
LOGAN.
John A. Logan was born In Jackson
County, Illinois, where he received a
commoh-school education, and subse
quently graduated at the Louisville
University; enlisted as private IN the
Illinois Volunteers and became Quar-
ter-master IN the war with Mexico;
studied and practised law; was elected
to the Legislature OF Illinois in 1852,
1853, 1856, and 1857; was Prosecuting
Attorney from 1853 to 1857; was
Presidential Elector in 1866; was elect
ed to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-sev-
enth Congresses; resigned and enter
cd the Union Army as Colonel, and
reached the rank of Major General in
the war for the suppression OF the re-
bellion; was appointed Minister TO
Mexico in 1860, but declined; was
elected TO the ForLieth and Forty-hrst
Congresses; was elected to the United
States Senate as a Republican, 10 sue
coed Richard Yates, Republican,
serving from March 4, 1871, to March
3, 1877; resumed the practice of law
at Chicago; was again elected TO the
United States Senate as a Republican,
TO succeed X. j. Oglesby, Republican,
and took his seat March Is, 1879.
HpS term OF service will expire March
3, 1885.