The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-23
GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN.
Enthusiastic Reception at Peoria.-A Reply
to Mr. Hendricks.

Enthusiastic Reception at PeOria.-A Reply
to Mr. Hendricks.
PEORIA III, Oct 22-The demonstra in
honor of Gen. Logan, to-day, was the largest
and most imposing ever witnessed in this city.
He was met at Galesburg by reception commit
tee numbering over 100, from various organiza-
tions and escorted here. At point one mile
west Of Knoxville a dastardly attempt was made
TO wreck the train conveying the party. The
train 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 stand until the engine
had run over two of the four ties which had
been laid across the rails News of the diabol-
ical attempt on the life of Gen. Logan and his
escort spread rapidly, and aroused the most in
tense indignation.
The arrival of the train shortly after 3 o'clock
was announced by the blowing of whistles at all
manufactures along the line and by the wild
chez of the assembled thousands. The local
and visiting clubs formed in line and escorted
Gen. Logan to his hotel where he took
dinner. The line of march was thronged with
people, who cheered enthusiastically as the car
rage containing General Logan passed An i'm
mense crowd was awaiting him at the wigwam,
and when he entered the vast interior rang with
cheers. When the escort had filed in there
seemed not an inch of standing room to spare.
Fully 1000 people were crowded together. In a
graceful speech Miss Belle Minor, in behalf of
the Union Veteran Club, presented General Lo-
gan with large square floral emblem showing
his name in letters of blue, on a white ground,
and in behalf of the Young Mems Republican
Club with an elegant basket of flowers Being
introduced with few eloquent remarks by Hon.
Washington Cookie, postmaster of the city, who
has been voter over fifty years, General Lo-
gan thanked the club heartily for their
floral tributes, and paid a handsome
compliment to the young lady who made the
presentation speech. General Logan was very
hoarse. having made thirteen speeches yester-
day, and having spoken already three times to-
day; but with an effort he brought out his voice
and made himself heard all over the wigwan,
speaking more than an hour He first reviewed
the tariff question, to which most of his speech
was devoted. He then replied to certain re
marks of Thomas A. Hendricks. The latter, he
said, had declared that the Republican party
had been robbing the country by piling up q
surplus in the treasury General Logan said 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 not had the
money. Replying to the statement of Mr. Hen
bricks that the surplus amounted to $400 900 900,
he said that $780, 900 was reserve fund
for redemption of greenbacks and $240.
OoOO0 for redemption of silver certificates
and certificates of deposit The latter circulated
every day among the people as money. The
balance, he said, was held to pay bonds and in
terest He supposed, he said. that when Cover
nor Hendricks said turn the rascals out" he
meant the Republican party. If So should they
be turned out because the Republican party had
prevented the spread of slavery in the Territor
ies2 Because they had achieved national honor,
glory and SUGGEST Because when rebellion un-
dertook to strike death blow at the Republic,
they maintained that it had power inherent in
itself to save ITSELF Because fhey had given the
known, and because they had raised a. 600 900 of
human beings out of the deep gulf Of despair into
full American citizenship The Democratic party,
he said, were treading sixteen years in the rear
of the Republicans, and had always opposed
everything they had ever done until it had been