Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-16
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
BLAINE AND LOGAN.
The Ball Opened in New
York.
A GREAT MASS MEETING.
One Hundred PIumed Knights
in Attendance.
A LIKE Meeting IN BOSTON.
The Party RaIIying for the
Ticket.
LIKE MEETING IN BOSTON.
The Party RaIlying for the
Ticket.
BLAINE AND LOGAN.


A Grand Ratification Meeting New
Kork's Grand Opera House Filled to
OverhoWfng-A Set of Ringing Res
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Evarts Makes
Rous1ng Address.
New YORK, July 15.-The first grand
Blaine and Logan ratification meeting was
held this evening in the Grand Opera House.
Long before the time announced for the
meeting to open the building from orchestra
to gallery was filed to its utmost capacity
and hundreds filed the alcoves. The attend
ance was SO large that an overflow meeting
was held outside the building, which was
addressed by prominent local Republicans
The stage and boxes had been appropriately
decorated for the occasion. A large portrait
of Mr.. Blaine hung on the right of the boxes
and another of Mr.. Logan on the left. Near
ly five thousand persons, including many
ladies, occupied seats on the stage. Among
the prominent persons present were ex-Gov-
ernor Cornell, Burton B. Plumb of Kansas,
and Collector Robertson. A prominent fea-
ture of the meeting was the entrance of one
hundred men attired as plumed knights.
Charles S. Smith presided, and after the
reading of long list of vice presidents and
secretaries General McCook read a long
series of resolutions of which the following
is an abstract:
First, That in appeal to the people for
their continued support we refer them to
what the party has done during the past
twenty-four years it has been responsible for
the conduct of national affairs as the best
pledge of what it will do in the future It's
first President, Abraham Lincoln, issued the
proclamation of emancipation, and the Re
publican party is pledged to maintain the
civil and political rights of the freedmen. It
restored the seeding States to their former
relations with the government, and in its treat
ment of the enemies of the Union it has
been magnanimous in peace as it was I'M
yielding in
Second, In devotion to the principles and
in prompt response to the demands of the
country, the Republican party of to-day is
the'same as the party of other years.
Third, By the census of 1880 the city of
New York is shown to be the largest manu-
featuring city in the Union. Its twelve
thousand manufacturing establishments en-
pIoy $50, 900 men, women and children who
produce goods to the value of $500, 1000, 900
annually and their yearly wages amount to
800, DOC, 900.
The resolutions after referring to the mill
tary and civil record of John A Logan
closed as follows:
The Republican party comes before the
public in its seventh presidential campaign
with credentials of approved courage, great
experience, tried faithfulness, high ability
and it stands now as in the past for just laws,
pure administration fair ballot, full wage,
profitable industries, peaceful homes and a
foreign policy worthy of the traditions and
position of the great republic.
After glee club had sung several songs,
the chairman introduced the Hon. William
M. Evarts,. who was received with
after
" abiding to the results of the
two national conventions recently holden in
Chicago he compared the mode of selecting
the prime ministers of England and France to
the system adopted of electing the President
and Vice President of the United States. He
said we had been upheld among the nations
of the world, extended our territories, raised
I'D wealth and governed over fifty millions of
people. f'And now said Mr.. Evarts, 'came
the all important question, which party will
you select to govern the country, or are you
for the plaintiff OF defendant. For the first
time in the history of our country we have a
new school of politicians who, not
satisfied with electing Cleveland for Governor,
want to elect him to the presidency of the
United States. This new school also want
to place Republicans in power, but they don't
want Mr. Blaine to be President. They don't
want the Democratic party to obtain control
of the government, but they do want Cover
nor Cleveland for President. Now let me
warn you of what may come OF an error.
Wise men if they know what party they be-
long to will follow their own flag and keep
time to its music. The Republican party
has always represented the best instincts and
l the highest desires of the American people
The Democratic party is hungry and thirsty
and will use every effort to obtain control of
the government. At the coming election
some of our party may desert US without
betraying us, ond others may betray us
l1ea -4a1ay fI-rNT10
| the party who intend to swell the
votes of the Democratic party may make
| that party a little sweeter, but one thing Is
certain that they cannot make it any sourer.
From the reformers we have protest, a
| threat. Why not be patient and just and
| when four years hence the convention meets
| again you will perhaps nominate some one
! that everyone will approve of. These re
| formers it appears only want to be sem1-de-
I tached from the Republican party and only
| semi attached to the Democratic party, but
| they cannot suck principles from the breasts
would kill them. Two factions of the
| city politicians took John Kelly to Chicago in
| q cage of unit rule and made show of him.
But am sure,' said the speaker, ''that you
| don't want to sacrifice the reformers to their
| so-called reform Democratic Governor. The
| nominee of the Republican party has shown
/ his passport at every step of his life, and he
/ has also shown that he has right to be use
I full to his country, and that he is well ac-
| quainted with the laws of this
| country and with those of other
| countries; and if the British govern
| ment had the power of nominating the
next President as they used to appoint the
| governors in the time of George III, they
| would not nominate James G. Blaine. Some
| timid people seem afraid that if Blaine is
| elected he will get the country into trouble. "
| He would tell those people from his expert
i ence that it was never outspoken, manly
| truths that got governments into trouble, but
misguiding the people had l,- often produced
Senator Haw1ey was the next speaker. He
l was received with great applause. He pre-
/ faced his remarks by saying that after listen
| ing to the great Grafton of Mr.. Evarts he felt
| much connforted Before he thought and
| felt that he was right; now he was sure he
/ was right The Republicans" he said, " did
not need a platform The twenty years of
| the greatest history ever written was their
| platform and the great topics and issues of
1 the election will be the tariff question and
/ the revival of true Amerlcanlsm. The Sen
/ ator then made an elaborate review of the
1 beneficial effects of protective tariff upon
| fine manufacturing interests of the country.
He compared the tariff and taxation system
| of this country with those of Great Britain
and added that England was in his opinion
| one of the strictest and most vindictlve pro
/ tectionists in the world. The speaker was
| frequently interrupted with outbursts OF
applause.
ton.
| BosroN, Mass, July 15.-Tremont Temple
| oyeraowed into the Meionaon tonight with
| the enthusiastic Republicans who gathered to
ratify the nominations of Blaine and Logan
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