The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-06-12
The Candidates.

inoton Countv u. .he sIst Of January. 1880. The
house in which he was horn the first stone house
built west of the Monongahela River. w, aau
every advantage. He had special Instructors Az. ~
advantage of preliminary training school at Lancas-
ter o. where he lived with his relatives, the family
of Thomas Ewing. the then Secretary Treasury
He was brought into contact with politics when a
mere lad of eleven. He graduated from the
Washington University Of Western Pennsylvania in
lS46 before he was quite eighteen His college
dian was his uncle, John II. Ewing, a member of
Congress. Mr.. Blaine excelled a student. There
appears period in his early life where he was not
successful. Indeed, in accordance with ordinary
rules, Mr. Blaine should have had much harder times
to have brought out his powers. As a teacher for
several years he fastened his coegs acquirements
while his subsequent ten years. experience as po-
1itical editor developed his powers as clear and
ready writer. Chairman of the Republican Central
Committee In Maine at the of twenty-five, he
since that time retained his ascendency political
leader Coming to Congress in 1862 he attracted
the attention of Lincoln. 1t was Mr.. Blaines habit
at the outset of his to make short crisp
speeches. He never occupied more than a page of
the Congressional Record. He spoke unless he
had something to say. This attracted Lincoln's
tention. He was almost the first man to divine
Blaine's future and accurately prophesy what he
would accomplish. At the age of thirty nine Mr..
Blaine was made Speaker of the House, and for six
years filed that post with ability that
ceded with ALL although his enemies regarded him
often arbitrary and high-handed in the administra-
tion of his power.
In religion, Mr.. Blaine has always been Presby-
terian-hfs mother Roman Catholic.
mMr. Blaine to-day is the owner of of the most
valuable coal properties in Monongahela County, Pa
This has been developed from tract of wild land
into great property which has for years brought in
a very handsome income. Mr.. Blaine inherited the
business qualities of his father He has made most
of his money in coal lands of Western Pennsylvania
and West Virginia. He went to Maine on account eff
his marriage with Maine lady. At the time of his
entrance into Congress- in 1862 his private fortune
estimated to be in the neighborhood Of quarter
Of million of dollars.
In all the outcry that has been made against Mr..
Blaine at various times by his political enemies
has been able to show that he defrauded any
one He has never been at the head of any stock
terprise gotten to swine investors. He has vio-
lated no trust funds, and has wrecked none of the
properties with which he has been connected.
1t is possible, because Mr.. Blaine is known to be
most excellent business that the public would
expect from him better judgment and greater cir
cumspection in business management than from the
average public man.
1t 10 scarcely necessary, at this time, to occupy
space in recounting the brilliant public services Of
James G.. Blaine. Every reader of the public
prints remembers how his brilliant career in the
House of Representatives rounded up by his
grand arraignment of the Rebel Brfgadiers and his
famous debate with the late Ben. Hill relative
murderous prison-pens Of the South. No man, per-
haps, in this country holds so firm place in the
great of the party in 1876 and again in $780, He
has been made the subject OF innumerabe personal
attacks from the enemies of himself and his country
but stain has attached to his character. Out
of all the great minds of this country, the late
President Garfield chose Blaine as his most inti-
mate personal friend and counsellor and they
were walking arm in arm when Garfield was shot.
The Republican party has never had brilliant
leader, and we go into the campaign with many
surances OF a grand victory.
Al
Many of the soldier boys of Jackson County have
personal knowledge of the briliancy of that grand
soldier, the "Blaek Eagle of Illinois," Many of
have the marching and fighting Of his battaiens
brigades and divisions and heard the crashing of his
rides, the thunders of his cannon, and the victorious
cheering of his men, while he was upholding the
laws of his country, and writing history with the
point of the bayonet.
In the Senate of the United States, Gen. Logan has
proven himself the faithful friend Of the Union
soldier, and we all know with what ability and tire
less energy he bated against the reinstatng Of that
contemplate traitor, Fitz-John Porter We subjoin
q sketch of the life of this grand man:
In 1898 DIR. John Logan emigrated from Ireland and
settled in Jackson County, Illinois, where, Feb
ruary 9, 1926 John A. Logan was born. His mother,
who was Elizabeth Jenkins, was q native of Tennes-
see. The early life of John A. Logan spent in
Jackson County, where he obtained some education
from his father and such school teachers CHANGED
teach in the district At the outbreak of the Mex
lean war, young Logan volunteered, and was chosen
Lieutenant in company Of the First Illinois In
fantry. As soldier he did good service and for
some time Adjutant of his regiment. In the fall of
1SS, his return to his home, he commenced the
study oflaw the Office Of his uncle. Alexander M.
jenkins, formerly Lieutenant-Governoro of Illinois.
In November, lS4s he elected Clerk of Jackson
County. In 1850 he attended of law lectures
at Louisville, KY. receiving his diploma in 1851,
when he entered into practice with his uncle The
following year he elected Prosecuting Attorney
of the Third Judicial District and In the fall of the
same year he chosen to the State Legislature, to
which position he was three times reelected. In
1856 he was Presidential Eector the Democratic
ticket for the Ninth Congressional District, and
voted for James Buchanan for President. Two years
later he elected member of Congress from the
district, receiving large Democratic majority
and the expiration of his term he reelected
In hecampaign Of 1850 he his ardent support
Stephen A. Douglas.
There has been rumors to the effect that the out
break of the Logan not the strongest kind
Union 1t has been asserted, indeed that he at
first thought of casting his fortunes with the South,
undertook to raise volunteers for the Coneder-
ate army. But the story has been denounced as |
malicious invention of his enemies and 1t is certain
that he among the first to enlist for the of
the Union. He attended the called session of Con-
Rress july 1891 Immediately Joined troops
going the 'front.' He in the first battle of Bull
Run, and among the last to leave the field. Return
ing his home Sep tember l. he assisted in raising
troops, and September Ii, the Thirty-frst Regiment
Of Illinois Infantry was organized with Logan COM
missioned as Colonel.
The FIRST engagement In which he and his command
participated the battle of Belmont, in November
Of the same year, when his ability a commander, |
and his dash and intrepidity, foreshadowed the
act that he was to play conspicuous part in the
operations of the army He participated In the move
nents Fort Henry, and at the battle OF
Fort Donelson, where he received severe wound, |
md did not rejoin his command until some weeks
fterward, on the evening of the last day of Shiloh.
Mapah {. made Brlgadier General, and