Show BLAINE BOOM great gathering of tive me republicans in the Count country rys capital ratifying tile selection of blaine and logan or dr western asid presa to tile D washington june 19 the first ratification action of the chicago convention by republicans of the district of columbia took place tonight to night with the accompaniments accompaniment a of a large and enthusiastic audience electric lights fireworks a bisp display ay of flags and bunting a fine band of music and speeches by some of the best oratorical talent of congress three large platforms were erected on the city hall piazza these the speakers addressed the assemblage judge pres presided ded at the princia principal al platform on which ich some of the most prominent republicans in official lifo had seats gen hawley called the meeting to order after which judge Shel labarg or er opened itin it in a brief speech judge william lawrence of ohio read a series of resolutions in dorsing and ratifying the republican nominations for president and vice setting forth the reasons why blaino blaine and logan should be supported and elected by those who had at heart the best interest of the country the resolutions were adopted with cheer cheers judge Sli ellabarger introduced introduce I 1 lion non john sherman aa as the first speaker sherman said in the party I 1 will support the nomination of blaine and logan aa as I 1 have done those of fremont and lincoln and grant and hayes and gar field applause and this I 1 would do fellow citizens even if they were less worthy than I 1 know them to be be the tile distinguished honor proposed for them I 1 would doit formy for my own honor I 1 have no pati patience encie any man who for himself or any other person would take his chances for success in apolitical convention and when disappointed would seek to to thwart the action of tho the convention blaine and logan have been beers selected from among the millions of their countrymen to represent not themselves but the Ue republican publican party of the united states they represent the America nUnion one and indivisible snatched by war from the perils of secession and disunion they represent a strong national government able I 1 IJ trust in time not only to pro hect our citizens from foreign tyrant tyran ny but from local cruelty intolerance and oppression they represent that party in this great country which would scorn to ob obtain tain or hold power by depriving by crimo crime and fraud more than a million men of their equal rights as citizens they represent the party that would give the laboring men of our country the protection of our revenue bylaws by laws against undue competition with foreign labor they represent the power achievement achievements and aspirations of the republican party ary that now for 24 years has been g greatly ea t y trus trusted ted by the people eople and in return has greatly advanced advanced yow your country in strength wealth I 1 ca courage age intelligence and hope and in tur the e respect and wonder of mankind A generation of younger men are coming to the front in the south aa as well as in the north and are determined to overthrow the narrow bourbon sec of the democratic party they live in the mountains a and i nd on tho the plains of the west they breathe the fresh air of the hills of virginia north carolina and tennessee they are the hardy li liberty berl loving oving laborers of every state T they e y come from fatherland they come from old ireland they arc are active spirits native and naturalized zed of a ten generation aeration of freemen who never felt the incubus of slavery and who wish only as americans to make stronger and plant ant deeper the principles of the efel republican party for every advance every reform every improvement for the krotec tion of your liberties the tha building of your navy the assertion of your rights as freemen the maintenance of good money a good dollar good in every land worth a dollar in gold all these objects desired must await the movements of the republican party it may be slow but if you turn the democratic party in you will always find it watch watching inz and waitis waiting ig for the good steady citizen of the olden time grounded on the resolutions of 1798 and the times before thorah tho wah 5 it is is said blaine is bold and agre agres saive siye that he will obstruct the business in interests of the country I 1 would like to try such all a president he ile might shake off on some of the cobwebs of dips dip jomacy and invite the attention of mankind to the existence of this country countr there will always be conservatism ism in Con congress grebs and inertness enough in the democratic party to hold in check even as brilliant a man mail aa as james G blaino blaine what wo want now is an Aine american ricAn policy broad enough to protect the rights of every man poor aa as well as s rich and bravo brave enough to do what ia is right whatever stands in the way we want protection to american citizens and protection to american laborers a free vote and a fair count and an assertion of all the powers of the government in doing what I 1 is right fit it is because that I 1 believe t the I 1 e administration of blaine and logan will give eive us such a policy and that I 1 know the democratic c catl party is not capable of it that I 1 now invoke your aid and promise you toll mine to secure th the e election of the tile republican ticket cheera cheers senator hawley was then introduced and began by calling fort forth hrco reo cheers for james gillespie blame blaine heartily responded to then for three more snore for john alexander locan like response then some one in the crowd shouted three cheers for ll awley 1 the republican party jio said ithe is not airdo made a up of ten or fifteen biln nun dred good men of boston any more than 1500 drops of water mako make the mississippi river thesel these good d men might try to establish the new now party of tile future but tho the republican party halt the good will of the tile busi nesa nes V and had tile name and did not propose to discontinue gen hawley then spoke of tho tile glorious achievements of the republican party and in concluding said there never was a presidential nomination that more fairly lilly represented ahn actual choice of th the 0 people I 1 e cheers he ile bowed to it gop lie respected it and no doubts of its success loud cheers th the e son af win wal walter ter phel phelps ps told the story to the convention lie Ile said on one eide side were senators and members and bosses and office holders and politicians on the other wore were the people plain honest american folks without money and without leadership but with grateful recollections of the services which for twenty years james G blaine in a ous position bad rendered tho the party and tho the country and with honest and sturdy american intent to repay them that was enough these plain american citizens were from the farm from home and schools where they they had bad studied little more than the records of lincoln senator frye ridiculed the idea that the republicans would have to fight a defensive defens iyo battle eulogized blaine and logan and predicted their atrium pliant election in november senator harrison commenced by saying sating that wherever reyer a chri thriving ing population WAS to be found throughout the land there blaine was the strongest he ile was strong among the people who did not seek office but helped the cause ft ith their votes what asked harrison arrison II is the mailer matter with blaine bring forward fori yard the best and ablest of the nations assemble the greatest men not only iu ill our land but in oth ers let lie summons 0 go out to alie nations of europe let bismarck and gladstone be in the cow company and cewill wo will not fear to have their measure applied to our candidate good good blaine will stand among them them all a representative of whom the american people will not noi fed feel ashamed he lias stood in the house of representatives when its rolls bore the names of bur dur most representative men and no man mail counted blaine to be inferior to tile best in the senate no man counted him antin an worthy opponent in gar ga r fields cabinet he lie stood dished loved and leaned upon not only in the labors of public life but in the friendship and personal intercourse of him whose noble name wo we revere applause in the saino trust in which garfield leaned on the arms of blaine when tho assassins bullet struck him down do abo republicans of tho country lean upon bilto him today to day but some say ho is will ill introduce an aggressive foreign policy A voice thank god for that I 1 am ain free ato 0 confess there is a about james G blaino blaine that I 1 like the aall mau mall gazette ii i i reported to have said england would w look with grave apprehension upon this contest in america as it was inclined to believe that blaine would supersede british commerce with american commerce if ouy any elc lo 10 ho that england or tho the united states should have the tile trade of brazil I 1 have no doubt ho lie would say the united states by cultivating inter the states of south america ho lie would endeavor to brin bring t to 0 u us s the commerce that rightfully u 1 eel belongs n k s to us applause f r think thin that if it gets to be well understood in this country foreign country does not want james G blaine elected president of the united states the american people ivill w ill be just obstinate enough to elect biro him laughter Laught erand and applause fred douglass presided at one of the flae stands and made a short shott speech the other speakers were representatives bayne dingley perkins horr goff Ol OHara lara belford Bc lford miller of pennsylvania smalls of colorado mulliken boutelle Buu tello and reed Aletter A letter was read from secretary lincoln now in new york elpes express sing hearty concurrence in the object of the meeting and hoping that all who wish the success of the republic can call party and principles will unite in an earnest and vigorous support of blaine and logan A letter was also read from sena senator tor hale re regret gretting tins liis ills inability to be present to say a few earnest words in support of the tile nominations tha the ticket lie says rep represents resents the spirit and belief of the party arty today to day tile meeting adjourned about midnight |