Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-06-11
vlCE.PRESIOENT.
Senator Plumb dominates John A. Logan.

The roll of states was called for the
President.
When Illinois was called Senator
Plumb, of Kansas, came forward and
spoke as follows
!Nr Chairman and Gentlemen Of tie
COnceati0R:
This convention has already dis
charged two of the most serious obi
cations which rested upon 1.-THE
adoption of platform and the nomi-
nation of Il candidate for The Prcsi
dency. [Applause.l The platform is
one upon which all good republicans
and ali good citizens can unite, and
of which they can well be proud.
The candidate for the Pre- idcncy
needs no e,IlOe ium from me. and can
also say for him that he can meet any
that man be dead or alive. Applause
Upon that statement it might seem IA
matter of comparative indifference a
TO who should fill the second place
but. Mr.. President and gentlemen,
there is such thing Is proportion.
Having nominated a statesman of ap
proved reputation, Il man of whom we
are all proud, we owe it TO the party to
nominate the best and most available
man we have for the second place.
Applause.
Mr.. President, this is the first time
in the history of the republican party
since the war when the man who is 10
fill the first place is not soldier.
There are million men yet living who
served their country in the late war.
And now, Mr.. President, twenty years
after the lapse of that war they are
bound together by ties as strong as
they ever were while serving under
arms. and the great brotherhood OF
the soldiery of the United States l.
one of the most important factors III
The social and political life of the
American Republic. Applause 1t
is dae not rs Il matter of availability,
but a IL matter of just recognition 10
that great body of soldiery who made
the republican party possible, that
fit representative of theirs should have
the second place upon the team--a
man who, wise within himself, has not
only the qualities of a soldier, but also
the American people are now beconi-
ing considerable of the second place
upon the National ticket, and 1t Is II
matter of grave concern that the man
TO be chosen shall be fit TO step into
the shoes of the man in the first place
Applause
Mr.. President, rs | said, if il were
only question Of clecting IA ticket we
nigh. nominate anybody. But il is
more than that. IL is not only a1ucs-
ton of carrying and electing prcsi-
dent and vicc-president, but it is a
question of the election of Il major i'y
Of The house of representatives IN
congress. Ii is a question of rehabil-
itating states where legislatures have
been lost, and consequently rcprescn-
tatives Ia the senate have been
equally lost. You want especially to
strengthen this ticket, if SO it may be,
by adding TO it man who has his rep
rescntatives in all portions of thi,
broad land, in every township, in cy-
cry school district, in every represent
alive district, and every county, in
order that the ticket may be carried
TO the furtherest confines of the re-
public, and its remotest places, with
that good will and recognition which
will make sure of Il full vote. APP
plause.
We have come To that point since
the war when the kindly feeling grow
ing out Of association has come TO bc
power, and out of that kindly feeling
has grown the organization of the
Grand Army of the Republic, which
has now in its communion more than
three fourths of the men who lately
wore the blue. Loud applause.l They
are Republicans because the republic
can party is true TO them, to their in
terests. and TO all those things for
which they fought and sacrificed and
it is only just and proper that, in max
ing tickets and in making platforms,
we should recognize that great body
of honorable and sclf-sacrificin. men.
Mr.. Chairmen and gentlemen, in
presenting TO YOU candidate | shall
present one to YOU who | believe ILLS
all the qualifications necessary for
even the first place upon this ticket a
man whose military and civil record
will not be obscured by even so bril-
liant a one as that of the head of the
ticket. Loud applause.l That is the
kind of man that we wan;-a man
tried in war and in peace, a man who
has in every capacity in which he has
been tried so acted that to-day
his name and fame are part OF the
proud heritage of the American peo-
pie. Loud Applause BY the terms
of your resolution YOU have abridged
that which | would say. but il is
enough for me 10 say that the man
whom present for your consideration
believing that he will add strength to
the ticket, and believing that he will
Justify the words | have spoken, is
Gen. John a. Logan, of Illinois. Loud
Applause.
The applause at this point was re-
peatcdly renewed. and lrsted for sew
eral minutes.
The speaker. resuming. said !: His
reputation is no more the property of
Illinois than il is of Kansas: bu: there
are 1000 cX-soldiers of the late war
upon the prarics of Kansas who, with
Que accord. when they hear of the
nomination of John 4. Logan. will
rise up and indorse il and ratiiy il.
Loud applause.l know Illinois be-
grudges him 10 the country like
Hosea Bigelow's wife, they wan,
him for home consumption. But. Mr.
President, it is a command which we
have right 10 hay upon them. and |
know that in Illinois, with that COM
mand upon them, they will do as Gen.
Logan would do himself. He obeys
the duty and obligation of the party.
the command of the party and the
country: and, in fact. he never DISC
beyed but one order. and that was
when he disobeyed an order not to
fight a battle.
Therefore. in behalf of the eX-sol-
diers of the Union, in behalf the State
Il