Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-10-30
General Logan.

PEORIA. October 22-The demonstration
il honor OF General logan to-day was the
largest and most imposing ever witnessed
in this city. He was met at Galesburg by
the reception committee and escorted to
this city. At poiht one mile west of
Knoxville dastardly attempt was made
to wreck the train carrying the party. The
train was running at the rate Of forty miles
an hour, and upon rounding curve the
engineer noticed an obstruction on the
track. He put on the brakes Immediately
but did not succeed in bringing the train
to a stand until the engine had run over
two of the four ties which had been laid
across the rails. The news of the diaboli-
cal attempt on the life of General Logan
and his escort spread rapidly and aroused
the most intense excitement.
The arrival of the train shortly after 3
o'clock was announced by the blowing OF
whistles at all the factories and wild
cheers from the assembled thousands The
local and visiting clubs formed in line and
escorted Logan to the hotel where he dined
An immense crowd was awaiting Logan
at the wigwam, and when he entered the
band was playing and the vast interior
rung with cheers. When the escort had
filed in there seemed not an inch of stand
ing room to spare Fully 1000 people were
crowded together.
In graceful speech Miss Belle Minor, in
behalf of the Union Veteran Club, present
ed General Logan with large square flo
raj emblem, his name in letters OF blue on
white ground; and, in behalf of the Young
Mems Republican Club, with an elegant
basket of flowers.
On being introduced, General Logan
thanked the clubs heartily for their floral
tributes, and paid handsome compliment
to the young lady who made the presenta-
tion speech. Logan was very hOarse, hav-
ing made thirteen speeches yesterday and
spoken already three times to-day, but
with an effort he brought out his voice and
made himself heard all over the wigwam,
speaking more than three hours. He first
reviewed the tariff question, to which the
most of his speech was devoted, and then
replied to certain remarks made by Hen
bricks. The latter he said had declared
that the Republican party had been rob-
bing the country by piling ny surplus
in the treasury. Logan stated tlat if they
had piled it up it was because they had the
money to pile up, while, if the Democrats
had not, it was because they had no money.
Replying to the statement made by Hend-
ricks that the surplus amounted to $40,
100000, he said that 81 39, ,OOO, ,OOO was re-
serve fund for the redemption of green
backs and $24O, ,0OO, 600 of silver certificates
and certificates of deposit-the latter cir
culated every day among the people. The
balance, he said, was held to pay the bonds
and interest. He supposed, he said, that
when Hendricks said "Turn the rascals
out" he meant the Republican party. If
so, should they be turned out because they
had prevented the spread of slavery in the
territories? Because they had achieved
national honor, glory and success? Be-
cause when rebellion undertook to strike
death blow at the republic they maintain
ed it had power inherent in itself to save
itself? Because they had given the coun-
try the best currency the world had ever
known, and because they had raised four
millions of human beings out of the deep
gulf of despair into free American citizen
ship q? The Democratic party, he said, were
treading sixteen years in rear of the Re-
publicans and had always opposed every
thing they had ever done until it had been
accomplished.
The Prohibition Candidate.