The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 18, 1884, Page 1

qePUBLICAN CANDIDATES. ' Repuprican Nominees ror PRESIDENT AND Biographies of the Men Nominated at Chicago. The Story of Their Boyhood Told in an Interesting Manner. 22a James Gillespie Blaine, the nomi- nee of the Republican party for Pres- jdent of the United States, was born January 31, 1830, in Union township, Washington county, Pennsylvania. He comes from the noted Scotch- | Irish stock, his ancestors having been among the pioneers who a century anda halfago ascended the great limestone valley in which Carlisle is situated, and founded the village. The stone Presbyterian church, which the second generation built, 15 still standing, and near by is the old-tashioned house where Mr. Blaine’s grandfather, Colonel Epharaim Blaine, lived for many years. This officer was originally a} Colonel ot the Pennsylvania Line, but during the last four years of the Revolution he was Commissary- General of the Northern Department and during the terrible winter at Valley Forge did his best to keep | the wolf-of famine and destitution trom the American camp. Colonel | Ephraim Blame’s son, ‘‘Squire Blaine’ as he was known the | community, was married Miss Gillespie, a devout member ot the Roman Catholic Church, but their in to | | | i | seven children—five boys and two girls—adhered to the traditional faith | ofthe Blames. The second of these } five sons was the subject 1 sketch, James Gillespie Blaine. STUDENT AND TEACHER. James entered Washington Col- lege in 1843, bemg then thirteen years of age. and became at once of this | | | { | ' } | prominent asa scholar among the two or three hundred other lads from ail parts of the country, and hecause of his splendid physique he was aiso a leader in all manly ath— letic sports. He was not a_ book- | ties of parliamenta worm, ora burner or midnight oil, | but he was a close student and pos- sessed the happy taculty of assimi- of lating knowledge from books and tutors far more easily and than most of his fellows. In ing societies he held his own and was Conspicuous by his ability to direct and control others. At the end of the usual tour years’ course at college he was graduated, in 1847, with the most distinguished honors of his class, and went forth into practical life well fitted in ac- quirements and training to deal with its problems, and hearing as 3 crown of youthful honor the affection and esteem ot all his associates. quickly debat weil, i | i From his alma mater young Blaine went to blue Lick Springs, Ken- tucky, and became a professor in the Western Miltary Institute, in which there were about 450 boys. Colo- tel Thornton F. Johnson was the Principal of the school, and his wife > had a young ladie’s school at Miller- burg, twenty miles distant. It at this place that Mr. Blaine was met} and ended with his resignation on Mi | 4 Miss Stanwood, who belonged to an| December 16, three months after | President Garfield’s death. The excellent family in Massachusetts and she afterward became his wife. Alter a tew years’ work as teach— | poltev. as defined by himself. v Yama and began studying law. tead law carefull He obtamed a y, and but never pres didate for ted himself as acan- 2 admission to the bar, EDITOR AND STATE LEADER. POLITICAL Miss Stanwood was a aative of Maine, and atter ‘her marnage to Mr. Blaine was anxious for him to make that State his home. Thrs he determined to do, and in 1863 the their home. | ed for Congress er Mr. Blaine returned to Pennsyl- | these. thorough knowledge ot its principles | to cultivate such friend } j \ i Yeung couple removed to Augusta, | YeaT- Mr Bhune entered mto partnership j tall. 3 P”, “With Joseph Baker, 2 prominent law- | pressive; he is slightly bald and hus | ways were recognized the next year } March. He has taken an active part ; would draw a bucket of fresh water. relations with all Ame i James G. Blaine. ee BUTLER, MI SOURIT, K PRESIDENT. Vice by hus electic to the Legislature, and the year following as prosecu- ting attorney in the Third Judical dential Elector in the Buchanan} campaign. Two years later he was j sent to Congress. the | first entered an was re-elect- This was jtime Roscoe Conklin a {that body. Mr. Loga at jed in 1860, In that year he was an ;4rdent advocate of Stephen A. | o} p | Douglas, and he addressed a mass meeting i Cooper institute, in New | | York City, in behalf of -the “Little | Giant.” | ened Wher trouble wast threat- the So in John A. Logan. th, however, he openly avowed his intention to see Mr. Lincoln inaugurated it elected, yer of that town, and the two pur- chased The Kenebec Journal, of which Mr. Blaine at once became editor. The Journal was a_ weekly paper, one of the organs of the Whig party, and exercised considerable po- litical influence. In 1857 Mr. Blaine disposed of his interest in tnis paper, the Portland In the campaign temporarily to his old post on the Kennebec Journ- the of in journalism and became Editor of Daily Advertiser. of 1860 he returned al on account of illness t Editor. His lasted oaly six years, but was mark- career ed throughout by ability and success, and it served to give him a good in- troduction to the world of px | and statesmanship. When the old Whig party went to pieces Mr. Blaine joined hands with Governor Anson P. Morrill 7in o ganizing the Republican party in the Pine Tree State. Hs vigorous at- tacks upon the Buchanan Adminis- tration made him a power in the new organization. In 1858, when he was in his twenty-ninth year, he was elected to the Legislature. He | served two years on the floor of the‘ | Lower House and two years in the } chair, where he displayed the quali control that afterward gave him such renown in the National Legislature jat Washington. It is also worthy of ; mention that he took an « € part jas public speaker in the Fremont | campaign of 1856, REPRESENTATIVE In 1862 Mr. Blaine was nominat- mm the Kennebec and was elected by Te this posi- IN CONGRESS. District, ma— jority of 3,000 votes. tion he was successively elected, in each succeeding Congress, until his piomotion to the United States Sen- ate by the Governor of Maine, July 10, 1876, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Mor- till, who then became Secretary of the Treasury. He was subsequently elected for the unexpired term and tor the ensuing 1883. MR. BLAINE’S DIPLOMACY. a term expiring in Mr. Blaine’s diplomatic career began with his appointment as Sec- retary of State on March 5, 1881, wo principal objects ot his foreign First, to bring and preyent future wars P and South America: a countries s would iea crease im the export t Tnited States. lt was a pacific policy and was whol- Monroe rtrine and the characteristic traditions of American diplomacy. Iv in accord with the doc- THE MAN AND HIS FAMILY. even it he was obliged to shoulder a neatly trimmed beard 1s prematurely | musket and go to Washington S : > i grav; his brows are lowering—his eyes keen. On the floor of Congress he manifested marvellous power and ner His military experience and patri- otism sent the young Congressman into the army soon after the outbreak of the ciyil war. He was at Wash- ington attending the special session of 1861, when, early in the summer a Michiganregiment came through His voice 1s rich and melo- dious ; his delivery is fluent and vig- orous ; his gestures are full of grace and torce ; his self-possession is never lost. He appeared on the stump in almost every Northern State, and is | an exceedmngly popular and effective Washington on its way to the front. The ardent son of Illinois enlisted WEDNESDAY JUNE ls | Mr. Schurz told a reporter this even- . 1884. in the debates of the Senate and has | been noticeably a friend of the sol- : dier during his public career. At District ot the State. He was three! the present time he stands at the times re-elected to the Legislature. head of the Senate Committee on | Mr. Logan was at this time aj Miltary Affairs, and second on the Democrat. and was chosen 2 Pre sx | Judicary Committee. What Schurz Will Do. St. Louis, June ro. —Carl Schurz arrived in the city to-day and was in consultation all the afternoon with Dr. Pretorious, editor of the West- liche Post, which Mr. Schurz man- ed editorially, and of which he is still principal member ot the a stockholder, and of board directors. ing that he would never give his sup- port to Blaine and Logan, the Re- publican ticket. Beyond this he would nof tzlk, but Dr. Pretorious said in his presemee and with his ap- proval that Mr. Schwa was opposed to the Republican ticket. ‘principally on account of Blaine the head ‘uf the ticket, whom he considered very corrupt man. It did not make so much difterence what kind of a man the tail ot the ticket was, but he coulp not support a man for president with Blaine’scorruptrecord. The West- liche Post will take no actlve part in a | prin | the city of I {ed custom NO. 29 FOR SALE. 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The property is good, and the location cannot be excelled in southwest Missouri. Will exchange tor tarm or city proper- ty, or will sell on very easy terms. with ample time and easy rate of interest. For terms call on or address 26-tf Joun A. Lerxrr, Butler, Mo. nt wi m its | rv leadership and | | campaign orator. His faculties have a keen edge, his memory is remark- jably retentive; and his practical | knowledge of men and rs has a broad ra This onsive knowled deep, Is one ot the secrets of his populan- | He knows men trom one end of and he | : : | are thinking about, | st wi ! below it. His home in Augusta, near the State House, is a plain two-story | house. Several in State institutions the have receieved benetactions trom him, and his charity and gen- In he is a raan ot culture ) erositv are appreciated at home. | his own house genial host, a No | public lite is more fortunate in his He is the com- panion and confidant of his six chil- and refinement, a courteous gent lan. man in domestic relations. im no more than dren, and they fear |was badly wounded. | 1863. in its ranks as a private, and partici- pated in the first battle of Bull Run. He was among the last to leaye that field. linois He then hastened back to II- of to raise a regiment his own. Colonel! Logan took the field with the 31st Iilinois Infantry in Septem- McClernand’s He had a horse shot from under hir ber, with brigade. at the battle of Belmont. He was engaged at Fort Henry, and in lead ing the assault at Fort Donaldson For gailant and effective service he was rapidly | promoted. He greatly assisted Grant im the Northern Mississippi | £1862: Major- commanded campaign o and as General of volunteers the Third Division, Seyenth Army Corps, McPherson, Vicksburg brave under in the movement against in Besides fighting Fort Gibson, he rendered noble He suc ser- vice at Champion Hills. command ceoded Gen. Sherman in of the Fifteenth Corps in November, at} j that the old ticket would hz | tention to remain permanently out of the campaign, except to give Blaine then. The inde- pendent Republicans are to have conference in New York in a shot now and a a few] days, which Mr. Schurz will attend, and it will decided what j then be f course they will follow ring the campaign, or perhaps they will journ to meet again after the ad- Demo cratic convention, and then deter- mune upon their course. Mr. Hendricks Interviewed. Indianapolis, June r1.—Hon. Thos. A. Headricks in an interview concerning Tilden’s letter of declin- ion, said the news was not a mat r of surprise to him, for when he visited Tilden in August lJast that gentleman firmly announced his im- politics On a succeeding visit in] Apnil last the same determination | Mr. Hendricks but had been expressed. thought there was little doubt © unan- imously nominated at the Chicago | ; Ps | they fear one of their own number. : | ete 1 ? * 1863, and made Huntsville, Ala- | 1 Mrs. Bla is the model wife and ss Z ne ! 1 _|bama, his headquarters. He join- ; mothe 1 more 1s due to her y | ay 1 : ed the grand army which was to strong judgement, quick perception h tl hG A | ate a hrough Georgia next year, | and heroic courage than the world |'™arch t 8 8 Years will ever know. and distinguisned himself at Resaca, ne ces coe, Wiles Girane, oe Ee Se Mountain. At a graduate ot Yale College and of the battle of Atlanta aE succeeded he fae Schad of Columbia Cole McPherson, on the latter s fall, and Toces Hess a membenct the bar of with marked magnetism rallied the ei ecral States. and has been credita— Union forces. Atter Sherman fairly bly engaged in public life in Wash- started for the sea General Logan ington. ‘The second son, Emmons | C4™€ North to make speeches for Bisnis is a graduate of Harvard Lincoln and Johnson. He rejoined College and the Cambridge Law Sherman at Soe and shared in School. The third is James G. the grand review at Washington in | Blaine, jr., alad of fourteen. The May, 1865. i three daughters are named Alice, Having declined President John- Margaret and Harriet. The eldest | son's offer of the mission to Mexico, was married more than a year ago to | General Logan returned to the civil | Brevet-Colonel J. J. Coppinger, U. seryice of his country as a Congress— | S. A. | | | | man, being re-elected to his old seat | }in 1866. He remained there until his election to the Senate in 1871. Among the most conspicieus of his acts in these four years was a power- | Joann A. Logan. John Alexander Logan, the Re- | publican nomimee tor Vice-Presi- was born near Murphysboro, | ful speech on Reconstruction, which Jackson county, Ill... February 9g, | was reprinted and widely dessema-— 326. His father was a native of|ted as a campaign document. On Treland, and his moth of Vennes- | the title page was an announcement fle enjoyed slight educational | that this was in reply to the utter- es, his tather afording most | ances of a Brooklyn mem eral Logan was also one of the man ant of the boy’s early mstruction. igers of the impeachment trial of The Republi- His first public service was in the Mex He enlisted as a pri vate, became heutenant, served as | cans did not control the Legislature | of illinois in 1877, and Judge’Davis. Andrew Jolnsen. an war. adjutant of his regiment, the rst IHi- | nots Infantry, and came out as quar- of the United States Supreme Court, twas elected as an Independent to termaster. j : H ;succeed Mr. Logan in the Senate. , On returning home be began the Mr. Blame is now in his fifty-fifth | study of law m the office of his un- | But two years later General Logan A rough above medium ! cle, Lieutenant-Governor Jenkins, i 7 i is Where they haye ever since made | height, he is so compactly and pow- | of Lilinois. He attended lectures. at | Oglesby, who is this year the Re- married me by accident, but don’t In the foslowing year | ettully built that he scarcely seems ! Louisville, and took his dsploma in |.publican candidate His features are large and ex- |} 1851. as chosen to succeed Richard f. + for Goyernor. next ir His legal anility and winning |Mr. Logan’s term expires Gen-} convention if it had not been for the He said that the | demand for it among the Democracy | declartion to-day was almost universal and greater than | any movement of the kind ever seen in politics. Personally he telt no great disappointment; did not want the vice-presidency eight years ago and‘do not want it now. If the old ticket had remained in the field, he should have considered the election of that place a great honor conferred by the people as a rebuke to what they considered a great wrong. It would have prevented the seating of Hays in 1876 from becoming a pre- cedent to future elections. 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