Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-07-24
Blaine and Logan Ratification Meeting

Blaine and Logan Ratification Meeting.
New York, July l5.-A Republican
mass meeting, called to ratity the nomi-
nation of Blaine and Logan, was held to-
night at the Grand Opera House, corner
of Eighth avenue andTwenty-third street.
Every seat was filed and little later
every available foot of space in the vast
auditorium was occupied. The stage was
tastefully draped with flags and buntings
and on either side were huge portraits of
the candidates. The audience was en-
prominent Republicans, who took their
places on the platform, were recognized
they were Justify cheered.
Among some of the more prominent
persons present, were John A. Stewart,
John Jay, Judge John III. Davis, Gov
ernor Cornell, Senator Warner Miller,
George Bliss, Elliott S. Shepard, John @.
Fremont, Horace Russell, Jesse Selig-
man, Edward Mitchell, Ex-Postmaster
General Thomas L. James, John Jay
Knox, Whitelaw Reid, John D. Lawson,
General John II. Hawley, Judge George
H. Andrews, Ex-senator Thomas @.
Platt, S. V. R. Cruger, Charles A. Pea
body, Jr., Joel w. Mason, Judge Everett
Hall, Dexter A. Hawkins, Jacob Hess,
General Wager S. Wayne, James M.
Varnum, Colonel G. S. Spencer, General
Lloyd Aspinwall and William Down.
The exercises began with a song by
the campaign glee club. The meeting
was then called to order by Col. Chas. l..
Spencer who nominated as chairman
Chas. S. Smith. Mr.. Smith in his open
ing address asked what was the issue in
the canvas. A voice in the gallery re-
piled, Protection At this the audience
got up and cheered long and loudly. Mr..
Smith went on to say that he agreed
with the assemblage and made an argu-
ment of considerable length to show the
great benefits that were derived from
a protective tariff.
A long series of resolutions were read
by the Secretary, which were frequently
interrupted by applause when the names
of Abraham Lincoln, General Garfield
and Arthur were referred to The reso-
buttons say that in appealing to the peo-
pie for their continued support, the Re-
publican party referred to its record for
the past twenty-four years 1t was organ
lied as a party of free soil and free
speech and to protest against slavery. AS
such it was bound and pledged to
maintain the civil and political rights of
the freedmen. The services of the party
in the reduction of taxes and Introducing
the National debt were also cited. The
resumption of specie payment had furn-
ished the people with sound and stable
currency, and within twenty years AFTER
the treasury was Overlooking and the
country's credit Unprecedented. In all
that pertained to the welfare of the peo-
pie, the party had shown itself to be
progressive and the champion of law
and order. Confidence was expressed
that no true Republican would be deceiv-
ed into giving aid to the Democratic
party, which, while masquerading now
as party of patriotism and reform, was
the same as when it declared the war OF
the Union a failure, and denounced the
amendments to the Constitution, and
persistently opposed all efforts to i'm
prove the Civil Service.
Resolutions were then passed declar-
ing that the Republicans of this city
heartily approved of the policy of the
party in protecting American industry
and American workingmen from com
petition with the cheap or eervile labor.
The party was pledged to protective
policy, and at the same time it was de-
clared that whatever inequalities existed
in the present tariff would be corrected.