The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

went mad. The roar of victory swellee
along the lake front and was taken VI
by those outside. The tears. ran dowT
my cheeks and they were by no means
the only tears II the house. l waved
a little white wrap until my arm gave
! out; then a stronger arm took 1t and
/ held it higher. Then it was tied to q
cane and that was spliced 10 an UNI
brella. and a man standing on the edge
of the box waved it, and shouted for q
happy half hour.
Young John A. Logan was in the
audience, slim and trim from his West
Point training. We were both guests
/ of the family of the Hon +. w. Pal
| mer, then occupying the Logan home
/ on Calumet avenue. When Manning.
as he was named until after the death
/ of his father, saw the generals chances
lessening for the presidential noInina-
/ ton, he was dOwncast. When Blaine
was nominated and his father was
wanted for second place the boys
pride could hardly endure it. Nv first
thought after the joy Of victory was
of Manning, and as I drove down the
avenue wondered what kind things
l could say to him. AS I reached the
gate / heard my name called JOyoQsIy.
and, looking up, / SAT- young Logan
coming to meet me with a Blaine flag
in one hand and the Stars and Stripes
in the other, ringing out at the top
OF his voice, Three cheers for Blaine
Mrs. ClarksOn, three cheers for Blaine -
was filled with admiration for the
lad who could take defeat like a thor
oughbred. It was splendid-clean, true
grit The boy was father to the man,
for he died on the field of battle, like
the gallant that he was.
Most Turbulent ConveY,fior,
The convention of 1883 was a whirI-
wind. 1t takes my breath away now to
think of it. The grand old party ele-
phant came trumpeting into town,
loaded down from trunk to tail with
valiant Ajaxes bravely inviting the
presidential lightning The man from
the west with the linen buster hob
nObbed with the silk tiled man from
away down east; the broad brimmed
planter and his northern brethren ex-
changed ideas and clasped hands in
friendship. There was not a dull or
undressing moment from the begin
nlng until taps" We're sounded. six
days later on.
The committee on credentials had
sorry time in settling differences. The
virginia dispute-betWeen General Ma
hone. with his deliciously quaint WAYS.
gathered trousers and ruff1ed cuffs, and
John ,. Wise, a strong personality who
dld not care for the aforesaid General
Mahone-was most vexing. The DELAY
was so long that some business had
been transacted, which, of course. was
entirely unDarliamentary. This was
self-willed convention 1t was the most
turbulent body I have ever seen, save
and excepting a board of trade.
The naming of candidates was final
" reached, eight names being placed
before the convention in this order:
Judge Gresham, Benjamin Harrison.
William B. Allison, General .AIger,
Chauncey NJ. DeDew, John Sherman.
Mayor Filter Of Philadelphia and I'm
Gle Jerry RUsk." With all these as
pirants in the field there is small Won
der that the convention hall was filed
with a buzz of consultation, trading
promising and threatening. At least,
the sounds which f1oated uD to our
balcony seemed to convey as much
The balloting began with Sherman in
the lead, with AIger second, and so if