The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-06-18
Blaine and Logan.
the REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT.
Brief Biographical Sketch of Each
OF the Distinguished Standard
Bearers Who Are to Lead the
Party to Victory in the
Great Campaign
of 1884.
HON. JAMES G. BLAINE.

/ Hon. James Gillispie Blaine, the
great and magnetic statesman from
Maine, nominated for President o.
the United States by the Republican
National Convention at Chicago on
Friday, June 9th. is one of the ables'
and best known men in America
His brilliancy, courage and frank
ness as statesman, his sympathet-
ic nature, his charming social quail
ties, and his remarkable magnetic
presence have combined to win FOL
him a place in the affections of the
people which no other living states
man enjoys, which sentiment is best
illustrated by the unanimity with
which his nomination was asked fol
by the masses in every section o.
the Union, and the enthusiasm with
which the result is received. He Is
a man of the people and for the peo-
pie, and as such will receive spon-
taneous support which will make
his candidacy irresistible.
James G. Blaine was born in
Washington county, Pa, January
80, 1880, and is therefore 81 years
old. His boyhood was much like
other mems. He had the same
troubles, the same quarrels, the same
successes, the same youthful sorrows
the same disappointrnents. 1t is
only phenomenal men who have
no childhood with the stone-bruises
the chapped hands and the bloody
noses OF the country boy. Mr.. Blaine
comes from fine old Revolutionary
stock. His great-grandfather was a
colonel in the Revolutionary war.
He lived in the great Cumberland
Valley, whose golden fields OF
grain, and bright green meadows
charm all beholders to the present
day. The Blaine family is still well
remembered in the lovely village oi
Carlisle. Colonel Blaine was the
intimate friend of General Washing
ton. He was commissary-general
in the northern department OF
Washington's army, and advanced
from his own means, and from con-
tributions obtained by him from his
friends, large sums OF money to-
ward purchasing supplies for the
army during the terrible winter at
Valley Forge, and Washington at
tributed the preservation OF his
troops from absolute starvation to
the heroic and self-sacrificing efforts
of Colonel Blaine. Mr.. Blaine gets
his middle name (Gillespie) from his
maternal grandfather, pioneer OF
distinction in Western Pennsylva-
MIA. His father lived at Little Wash
ington, Pa, and was prothonotary OF
the county several terms.
Young Blaine received a thorough
common-school education, and in
1S43, at the age of 13, entered Wash
ington College, from which he grad
uated in 1S47, at the age of seven
teen, and at the head of a large, able
class.
BLAINE'S YOUTHFUL DAYS.
At the college, with two or three
hundred students from all sections
of the country, Blaine was from his
first entrance a. leader. Endowed
with splendid physique, he was
foremost in all athletic sports. de
| is not remembered as a hard student
who burned the midnight oil. II
was not necessary for him to do this
as he learned everything quickly
and easily, and his standing in his
classes was always among the very
first. In the annual commence
ments and the frequent contents o.
the rival literary societies of the col
lege he was never conspicuous as a
debater or wrangler, but he was
known and acknowledged as the
power that managed and controlled
these things. Goethe has said
lone builds his talents in the still
ness and builds his character in the
storms of the world"
To the new boys and young fresh
man Blaine was always hero. TC
them he was uniformly kind, evel
ready to assist and advise them, and
to make smooth and pleasant theil
initiation into college life. His hand
some person and neat attire, his
ready sympathy and prompt assist.
ance, his frank, generous nature, and
his brave, manly bearing, made him
the best known, the best loved, and
the most popular boy at college
He was the arbiter among younger
BOYS in all their disputes, and the
authority with those of his own age
On all questions. He was always
for the under dog in the fight.
Like most college boys, he had his
sobriquet. Owing to the fact that
he was possessed Of somewhat
prominent, though shapely probos-
cis, he received the appellation o.
Nosey Blaine" )" which clung to him
all through his college life. His is
one of those noses that would haye
been the pride and admiration o.
Napoleon /, and would doubtless
have ranked high and gained great
glory among other prominent noses
whose owners were selected by Ma
poleon to form the shining ranks o.
his favorite generals, as a prominent
nose was considered by him a true
indication of genius and courage
After the usual term at college ht
graduated with distinguished honor
and carried with him into the world
the enduring affection of all those
! who knew him, and with whom
/ he was associated in his alma
mater.
I CARVING HIS OWN FUTURE.
j From this point in life Mr.. Blaine
began to carve out his own future
4 In those days the young colleg'
graduate did not loaf about home
!. a village beau, smoking cigarettes
and devoting most of his time to hi
hair-at least Blaine didn't. HI
struck out at once to seek his for
tune. 1t was very lucky strike fo
him, for if he. had not struck out a
he did, if he had not gone to Ken
lucky, and had not located near Mil
!, iersburg, he might never have me
Miss Harriet Stanwood, q woman
: who will "de him good, and no