The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-13

uhto hiveLuo mad spoken eighteen minrfaa IA
partly lost his grip on his hearers ana ,-s-ai
raPpiIig was necessary, but a few happy SEN
fences ana the mention Of Gen. Grant gaye I'm,
new sway, which was not lost again. Mr. R,an5
agee commenced ii at nineteen minutes of i ana
the sun went down on his peroration at fonr
minutes AFTER = the speech having Consumed
twenty-thfee minutes.
The decent cheers which babe farewell, a
the portly figure Of Brandagee had hardly died
away when the secretary. runnino rsniJlS.
down the list OF states, met an obsfrnctian y
illinois, which developed in the shape Of q
ramrod-hke, black-robed form, surnl ,anted
by an eagle beak and a rasping voice srr
rounded by a Presbyterian elder sort Of face
all bearing the name of Shelby M. Cullom
United States senator.
de mad himself heard magnificently ana
made a better impression on the convention
than some better speakers. The applause
evoke just at the right time was indicionsiv
distributed among the names of Lincoln Grant
and Logan-the latter, of course. receiving
double measure.
The frame work of the speech was not so dia-
tiinctly biographical as Brandagee's, and as
there were more frequent catch nhrasas for or
plause, Mr.. Cullom may be said ia have dona
himself proud When Gen. b. III. Prcntiss Of
Bethany, Mo-, ascended the platform
and commenced to second the
nomination of John A. Logan.
his auulence was chary OF applause at first,
except when Logan's name was mentioned and
on one occasion, evidently as a sort of relief
the applause was prolongeduntil the chair had
TO call order. After that the fundamentally
be 1t sp~oken-guyed Gen. Prentiss. and. when
he got mixed IN his historical selections IRON
ical cheers drowned him out. He stepped
down, and no one was saddened.
Expectation waited for the name OF the state
OF Maine, was generously rewarded by such a
clamorous burst of sound as had not been
heard from human Threats since the rafters of
this same building trembled obedient to the
name OF Grant four years ago. There was no
crescendo Of applause, but q thunderous crash
tnat prought delegates, ~aiternates, and report
erS TO their feet in q moment. The cheers
were 50 distributed on the floor that the silent
spaces were concealed when they rose, and the
whole audience seemed to be ON its feet: every
handkerchief, fan and other object OF portable
property In the hall seemed to fly into the air,
and every voice in the building seemed to join
In the screaming diapason of mad applause.
After the chairman had succeededin produc-
ing comparative quiet; Judge West of Ohio was
introduced The sensation was intense, and the
interestin Mr.. West on account of his command
ing presence, and sympathy for his inirmity,
brought all to silence In the vast half. The
fine quality of Judge Vests eloquence was not
married by injudicious and indiscernible cheer
ing as 1t progressed
Many a correspondent saw mis- paper dimly
through eloquence-bidden mist of tears as
Judge William West of Bellefortaine lifted his
sightless eyetoward the sky and pointed with
his long, scholarly finger toward ssthose portals
of light" whence Abraham Lincoln looked upon
the scene,
The tall attenuated figure, Southern in general
aspect and dress, was seated after the first few
sentences, but still lowered above any II its
neighborhood. The eyes, which can only look
inward, had nothing CHASTITY; their steadfast-
ness, and the marble lips and t~ypically Ameri-
can face, and its Brother Jonathan beard of
grayish tint told thrillingly of the emotions
seething in the heart below, and transmitted to
the thousands in front by a high, resonant, at
ention-compelling voice, and incisive accent.
His presentation was as follows:
Gentlemen, the Republican party demands Ct
this convention a nominee whose inspiration
and glorious prestige shall carry the
presidency with or without The state
the legislatures OF the several states and avert
the sacrifice of the United States senate; that
shall sweep into the tide the congressional dis
trictS TO recover the house OF representatives
and restore it to the Republican party. Three
millions of Republicans believe that that
man who. from the baptism OF blood on the
plains of Kansas to the toll Of the immortal Gar
field, in all that struggle of humanity and
progress wherever humanity desires succor,
where love for freedom called for protection,
wherever the country called Tor a deiendsr,
wherever blows fall thickest and fastest, theretn
the fore front Of the battle to wave the white
plume of James 9. Blaine, our
HENRY OF WARE
Nominate him. and the shouts OF september
victory In Maine will be re-echoed by the thun-
der of the October victory in Ohio. Nonnlnlte
him, and the camp fires and beacon lights VIII
illuminate the continent from the Golden Gate
to Cleopatra's Needle; nominate him, and the
millions who are now IN waiting viii rally TO
swell the coiemn OF victory that Is sweepinz On
In the name Of the majority OF the ueiegates
from the Republican states, and Of our glorious
constituencies who must fight this battle, ]
nominate James g. Blaine OF Maine.
Gov. Davis Appearance.
The cheering at the close Of Vests speech
was not long enough to embarrass Coy. Davis,
whose portly form, attired in a rather too full
skirted frock coat, appeared on the platform
lust at the right time. His manner was easy
and assured. The speech was barely four
minutes long, but the close left no sense OF
incompleteness Perhaps the highest compii-
ment paid it was the buzz Of inquiry as toswho
this man Davis is" that succeeded the first
pause of inattention.
Cushman X. Davis OF Minnesota-Mr. Presi-
dent and gentlemen OF the convention: In race
Of the demonstration which we nave seen
and heard 1t would seem scarcely necessary
to second a nomination. which appears already TO
be a foregone conclusion. lCheers and appiausel
In the name Of the people Of MlnDesota
it gives me the greatest pleasure
@. Blaine Of Maine Vigorous cheeringl,
who has never been defeated by the people.
ICries throughout the house: NO, no; never mas
becr, defeated.rl He has borne his great faculties
so nobiy that year after year In success
and adversely, he has grown so completely Intc
the affections Of the people OF this country that
at this moment he Is Ia his own person tne ese en-.
for president Of the United States: lCheers ano
applause and cries Of Louder. This preference
Is not the growth Of any locality or q any 2ne
idea. It springs not froIi any cold calcuiatlon
of exnodipncv. although IL Is c0fnclueut VIII