From this prompt and decisive action of General Logan at exactly the right time the political reader will get an idea of some of the qualities which made him so successful as a leader in war. When he wrote the despatch there was no hesitancy about it; after he sent it, no regret. On the contrary he declared that it was a matter of conscience with him, and was the right and only thing to do. Many another politician in his position would have written no such despatch; would have favored an adjournment, and depended upon his excellent chances for making combinations and securing the great prize to himself. But here again, as in the case of General Thomas at Nashville, heretofore referred to,-he triumphed over self, and secured victory to the man whom he thought the people wanted to win it. And now that he is gone from them forever, the people, whom General Logan in so many fields of action served so conscientiously, so devotedly, so grandly, too late will learn to appreciate him in all the sincere, honest, manly beauty of his really lovable character.

At that time, however, his enemies continued to lie about him and try to mislead. In fact no sooner was he nominated for the Vice-Presidency than some envenomed tongue whispered that it was "a bargain with Blaine.' The Aurora Beacon of July 2, 1884, thus refuted the mean cal

umny:

It is claimed by many enemies of Logan, and by the Democratic partisans, that it was an agreed matter that Logan should be the Republican nominee for Vice-President in case Blaine took the Presidency. That this was not so, is proven by the facts in the case. On the eve of the Vice-Presidential nomination various members of the Convention desired A. M. Jones, who was recognized as Mr. Logan's next friend, to ask Logan to accept the Vice-Presidency. This, Mr. Jones refused to do. Later, Governor Long, of Massachusetts, urged this upon. Mr. Jones again, stating that there were twenty-eight States which would give solid delegations for Logan as Vice-President, and urging him to advise Logan to accept the position. Again he refused, but did telegraph to Logan the position, adding, "What shall we do?" To this, Logan sent the following answer :

"WASHINGTON, D. C, June 6, 7.30 P.M.

"A. M. Jones, Grand Pacific, Chicago:

"The Convention must do what they think best under the circum

stances.

"JOHN A. LOGAN."

And that is the history of the connection of Logan with the nomination for the Vice-Presidency. It came to him, not from any preparation, but from combinations of circumstances which compelled the Convention to the course it took, and it was a very proper and acceptable

course.

The writer can add, of his own knowledge, that besides the despatch from Mr. Jones, here alluded to, General Logan received a number of others from gentlemen of distinction at Chicago immediately after the nomination of Mr. Blaine, and whom it was fair to presume could control the choice of the Convention for the Vice-Presidency, offering him that nomination and urging him to state whether he would accept if nominated-to none of which did the General consider it proper to reply. Further than that, the same evening, several gentlemen of national distinction called upon him to beg him to accept the nomination for the second place, to all of whom he listened in his usual gentle and kindly manner, but gave no indication as to his probable course. The fact is, that he did not want the Vice-Presidential nomination, but was afterward reconciled to it by the remarkable unanimity with which it came to him, and his sense of duty to party and country.

HOW GENERAL LOGAN WAS NOMINATED FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENCY ON ROLL-CALL HE GETS 779 VOTES-THE NOMINATION MADE UNANIMOUS BY ACCLAMATION.

The manner in which General Logan was nominated by the Convention, at its evening session of the 6th, for VicePresident of the United States, must have been very pleasing to him. The story is very fairly told in the Washington Post (Democratic) despatches of that date, as follows:

The resolution, limiting speeches of nomination to ten minutes, passed, and the clerk proceeded to call the roll of States for nominations.

No response was made until Illinois was reached, when Senator Plumb of Kansas came forward. He said the Convention had completed two of its most serious duties-the adoption of a platform, and the nomination of a candidate for President. The platform was one on which all good Republicans could unite, and the candidate was one who could. beat any Democrat, living or dead. But it was still important that the best possible man should be named for the second place. It was but a matter of just recognition to the great body of soldiers of the War for the Union that a representative of their number should be placed as the second name on the ticket. The Grand Army of the Republic had enrolled more than three-quarters of a million men who lately wore the blue. In presenting a name from their ranks the speaker would mention a man fitted in every way for the first place; a man who would add strength to the ticket and justify the hopes and expectations of the party. That man was General John A. Logan. [Loud, long, and renewed applause.] The speaker did not present him on behalf of Illinois, or of any other State, but of the whole United States. He belonged no more to Illinois than to Kansas, where 75,000 soldiers would receive the news of his nomination with shouts of gladness. The speaker was commissioned by the State of Kansas to make this nomination. [Applause.]

Judge Houk of Tennessee, in seconding the nomination, said that while the Convention had not chosen his first choice, it had done well, and the speaker proceeded to pay a tribute to the Plumed Knight of Mainc. He hoped the Convention would come to a common understanding and agreement for the second place on the ticket. When the wires should transmit the news of the nomination of General Logan to the soldier boys of East Tennessee there would be rejoicing among them, as there would be everywhere. On the Presidential nominee his delegation was somewhat divided, but when they came to name John A. Logan they were united twenty-four strong.

Mr. Thurston of Nebraska also seconded the nomination. He wanted the Republican Party to write upon its banner the invincible legend, "Blaine and Logan." [Applause, and cries of "Time, time."]

After a few other speeches, Mr. Robinson of Ohio moved to suspend the rules and nominate Logan by acclamation. The motion was carried, both the ayes and nays being very weak.

Mr. McKinley of Ohio moved the appointment of a committee to apprise the candidates of their nomination.

roll be called on The idea of a roll

Congressman Davis of Illinois moved that the Logan's nomination, and it was called accordingly. call met the approval of the galleries, and each chairman, as he an

nounced the vote of his delegation, was cheered as heartily as though an exciting contest was in progress.

Wisconsin voted nine for Logan and three for Lucius Fairchild, the latter being received with prolonged hissing. Massachusetts only cast twelve votes, and G. W. Curtis, on behalf of New York, asked time to make the count. The Wisconsin delegation withdrew their votes for Fairchild and gave twelve for Logan. New York being called a second time, Curtis responded with sixty for Logan, six for Gresham, and one. for Foraker. Total number of votes polled for Logan, 779.

The nomination was made unanimous this time, amid great applause.

When quiet was restored, a motion to adjourn sine die was put and carried, and the vast audience began to disperse.

NEWS OF LOGAN'S NOMINATION RECEIVED IN WASHINGTON—AN IMPROMPTU OVATION-LOGAN'S CONGRATULATIONS TO BLAINE -BLAINE'S

REPLY—BLAINE'S OVATION IN AUGUSTA-HIS

HAPPY REFERENCE TO LOGAN.

No sooner was the news of Logan's nomination for the Vice-Presidency known in Washington than the crowds around the bulletin-boards cheered themselves hoarse for the grand ticket. All seemed to feel that now the one thing needful to insure success had been done, and "It's a doublebarrelled-ticket," and "It's a double-ender," and similar expressions, were heard on every tongue. The old-soldier element was especially delighted, since they could not have Logan at the head, to have him second on the ticket. The news spread through the city like a flash. The Washington Post (Democratic), of July 7th, tells what spontaneously followed, in these words:

At ten o'clock last night General Logan sat in his library, an inner second-floor room, at No. 812 Twelfth Street, conversing with a friend upon the events of the day's session of the Convention at Chicago. All the doors and windows were open to catch the evening breeze, and the lights were turned low except at a desk in one corner, where the General's secretary sat writing. In the adjoining front room Mrs. Logan was conversing with a party numbering eight or ten ladies and two or three gentlemen. The picture was that of an informal evening

gathering of near acquaintances, and if there was any expectancy of an impending event it was successfully concealed by all the actors in the pleasant scene.

A card was brought in to the General by a colored waiter, followed on the instant by two or three perspiring gentlemen, who seized General Logan's hand and shook it heartily, offering him congratulations upon something which they were not given the opportunity to fully explain. There was a momentary sound of more excited conversation in the front room as if something of an agreeable nature had become known to the companion of Mrs. Logan, and that lady entered the library bearing a torn envelope and its enclosure in her hand. "Come, papa, here is something," she said, as she grasped his hand to lead him toward the light. A shout of three or four hoarse voices made itself heard from the street. A charming lady clad in pure white passed Mrs. Logan and seized both the General's hands, beginning an impressive and evidently a very welcome greeting. More gentlemen entered. Louder shouts came up from the street. Somebody proposed three cheers for something, and the result drowned for a moment all voices in the room. A sound of drums approaching from a distance lent its help to swell the noise.

The General's face at the first salutation wore a look of something resembling surprise, but it gave place to blushes and broad smiles, as he was seized by ladies and gentlemen and conducted to the front window in response to the din of demand from the crowded street below. "Speech! speech!" shouted a crowd of a thousand white and colored men, in about equal portions; and again the General, now a prisoner in the hands of his agreeable captors, took up his march. Way was cleared with difficulty through the hall, down the stairs, and out to the front door, where, standing upon the steps of the mansion, the General was cheered vociferously by his visitors.

Silence was secured, and General Logan, in a voice inaudible to more than half the crowd, said, "Friends, I thank you for your cordial greeting to-night. I am not prepared to make a speech. Again I thank you. Good-night."

The General and Mrs. Logan were conducted back to the parlor of the mansion, and then, the doors being thrown open, the crowds pressed in. Forming in line they decorously filed past, shaking the extended hands of both the General and his wife. In half an hour they were gone, and General Logan had an opportunity to read the paper which Mrs. Logan had brought him as the scene began. It proved to be an Associated Press bulletin announcing his nomination by acclamation for the Vice-Presidency.