Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-06
pE1.Aw.Rr. FroRInA AND eEoRo1A

l DELAwARE, FLORIDA AND GEORGIA
 !: were called without response. At the name 0 Illinois the audience broke into great cheering . Senator s. M. Cullom mounted the platform and the aapplause was renewed. He sai' that twenty-four years ago the Republican
 party met in this city and nominated the frs
 Republican ever elected President-Abrahan
 Ldncoln--the most majestic figure in all mod
 ern times. Again in 1868 another convention
 came together in this city and nominated an
 other. eminent citizen of Illinois-U. s
 Grant (prolonged applause) and the Republican party was again victorious
 Again in 1880 the party turned to this political csntre and the martyred Garfield led the Republican hosts (renewed applauss)
 It was good for them to be here. There 1 were omens of victory in the air. History repeats itself, and there were promises of triumph to the party in holding it's conven-
 tion in this emporium of the Northwest. The commonwealth of Illinois presented to the convention fer its consideration another son of Illinois, one whose name would be recog-
 nizsd from one end of this land to the other as an able statesman, 8 brilliant soldier and an honest gentleman-John | A. Logan. The cheering which followed this name was scarcely as loud as that which greeted the presentation of Hawley's name and an effort to renew the applause proved a failure. This grand son of Illinois resigned his seat in Congress to march to the front,
 |
 His plume was always to be seen at the since his entrance to Congress. now twenty years in both hou= of Congress, | he has shown himself to be no less
 able and distinguished as statesman
 than he was renowned as soldier. I Courageous prudent, conservative in the
 advocacy of measures involving the public
 welfare, ready and eloquent in debate, fear | less, yes, repeat it, fearless in the defense f of the rights of the weak against the oppres-
 sion of the strong, he stands to-day without
 a disposition to pluck one laurel from the brow of any man whose name may be pre- day in my judgment closer to
 the great mass of the people of the country than almost any other man now engaging public attention Thousands of veterans are stand | ing around the telegraph offices to see if the | gallant leader of the volunteer forces is to be the nominee" He asked the nomination in the name of the North; in the name of the South, in the name of the sublime presence | Of the people assembled in all their majesty, | he offered the name of this man of courage i and this incorruptible statesman (great ap- l plause). General Prentice, of Missouri, sec- ended the nomination. MT. Prentice res | ceived but little attention and his remarks | were devoid of fire or briliRncy, 1 Ons-half the audience began to guy the | speaker with catcalls, hoots and misses and | cries of Let up, old man" The Loganites ! managed to get in few words, but the au- dience recommended it's tactics, cheering as | long Rs his lips moved and he finally abrupt ! ly ended his address and left the stage.
 ! INDIANA WAS THEN CALLED
 | and the audience rose to it's feet and looked I over in the direction of that delegation. I Richard Thompson half rose to his feet, but l resumed his seat and 8 murmur of surprise went through the assemblage Louisiana were called, but there were no re- sponses The audience suddenly became si- | lent. paper fell from the secretary's ta- ble and the rustic was heard yards away. The reading clerk hesitated moment and l then in a stentorian tone shouted t'Maine '' h second, yes ln less time,
 LIKE FLASH OF LIGHTNING
 it seemed as though every person in the hall was on his feet, as if every throat was shout ing every hat Tn the air. For five minutes l this scene continued. There was Hull for a
 moment and then the enthusiasm broke out with increased fury. Chairs were ! raised in the air, the ladies in the galleries tore the bunting from the walls and waved it aloft and the building shook to it's center. The band struck up but the tune was drowned. It was precisely 1-2 ! minutes before order was restored, and 8 passage way to the platform could hardly be I made for Judge West, the blind orator of Ohio, who WAS to nominate Blaine. hearty greeting was accorded him when he stepped to the front. He said: Gentlemen of the convention-As delegate in the convention of 1860 the proudest service of my life was performed ia voting for the nomination of that inspired emaneipstionist, the first Re- ] publican President of the United States. Four and twenty years of the grandest histo- Try in the annals of recorded time I have distinguished the ascendancy of threatened eur flag, but it is yet | there waving above the mansion of the presidepey. not stain on it's folds nor cloud I ascendancy depends on the action of this great concourse. With bated breath a na- ton awaits the result. On it are fixed the | eyes of twenty million Republican freemen | iI the North. To it are stretched forth the | hands of ten million political bondmen of the | South, while above from the harbor of light | is looking down the immortal spirit | ct the martyr who first bore it to victory, l bidding it God speed (applauss) Six times l in six campaigns has that banner triumphed, l that symbol of union of freedom of human 1 ity ando progress, led by the silent man of l destiny, the Wellington of the American army Ulysses s. Grant. Later by him at whose 1 untimeIy taking of 8 nation shiVered and | wcpt about great Garheld's grave (great l applause). Shall that banner triumph again,
 committed to the bearing of that chief, "a voics-James G Blaine) | the inspiration of whose 1Ilustrious character and great name will lift the hearts of our ! young men, stir the blood of manhood and 1 rskindle ths fsr9or of the veterans and the close of the seventh campaign will see him l spanping the sky like the bow of promise These great issues have ceased their conten- tion. The subordinate issues resulting there- ! from are settled, are buried away wita the l dead issues of the past. The odds of the l solid South against Not an electoral vote can be expected from that sec l tion. If triumph comes to the North, the 1 Republican States of the North must furnish | the cons uering battalions, from the paine,
 the workshop and the desk, from the hut of l the fisherman, on the banks of the Hudson, the Republican States must finish political l wisdom dictate and demand that your ear
 shall be given to him whom our reeple will l follow, not advancing by fansral marches to l certain defeat, but grand civic hero whom the souls o2 the people. desire to serve Gap p1ause), swelling the line with the enthusiasm
 of volunteers as they press onward and on
 ward to certain victory. Citizens, I an, ros
 here to take one jot from the puhlis integrity
 of G. F. Edmunds, qf Joseph R Hawley of John Sherman, or of the grand old black
 eagle of Illinois, and am proud to know that
 these distinguished Senators whom I have
 named have borne alike testimony to the
 public credit a9d the public integrity of him
 for whose conhr@ation to the office,
 second in dignity to the office of the 1 President himseif-the first premiership in the administration of James A. Garfsld-the man for whom thess Senators and rivals
 voted for Secretary of State of tka United
 States and who shall ks aur candidate {cheers
 and calls a1 Blaine and Arthur. Send :
 representative of a particular ia,er--', os
 particular class to tho tba ,S, Soctor. 0a
 candidssa, the lA~~-rs candi3sta and tb
 nisAs "' .,e resurrection would not fathor
 his November grave. He must b 8 thorough representative of Amer ican manhood, 8 representative of tn , living Republicanism that demands tn ablest industrial protection, whereby labo ! shall be enabled to earn and eat the food o F independent employment. He must be
 representative of that Republicanism tha