form had been erected. Mayor Humphrey called the assemblage to order, and introduced Chief-Justice Appleton, who welcomed the distinguished guests. He was followed by the Hon. S. S. Blake.

Mr. Blaine made a few remarks, and General Logan spoke at length. Both speakers were frequently interrupted by cheers and applause.

BLAINE'S SPEECH AT BANGOR WHEN PRESENTING GENERAL LOGAN TO ITS CITIZENS-LOGAN'S HANDSOME TRIBUTE TO JAMES G. BLAINE.

Mr. Blaine's speech on the night of June 18th, in presenting General Logan to the immense crowd of citizens of Bangor assembled to welcome the two great leaders of the Republican Party, was as follows:

I have so often in the past had the honor of a Bangor welcome that I know its depth and sincerity, and I am sure it was never extended to me on any occasion before, when it was so grateful as it is to-day. I expected to encounter no such large assemblage as this. General Logan came to Maine on no public errand, but on a personal visit to myself and to our distinguished fellow-citizen, Senator Hale; but the ardor of the Republicans of Maine would not permit him to go beyond our borders without making manifest to him the cordiality with which he is welcomed to our homes and firesides. I am travelling only as his attendant, and to represent you as the Maine host in giving him a welcome within our borders.

Mr. Blaine here remarked facetiously that no man can play the hero among his own familiar friends, and that that must be reserved to him if he went to other States. [Laughter and applause.]

We are friends and neighbors, and I wish you to join me, as I am sure you will, in doing honor to that illustrious citizen of Illinois, at one time one of the great Democratic leaders of that State, who, when his country was in peril, forgot all political devotion and division, and drew his sword in defence of the Union. [Great applause.] I therefore have the honor, as it is also a pleasure, to present to you the great and brave soldier and eloquent and eminent Senator, John A. Logan of Illinois. [Long and continued applause.]

General Logan, as soon as quiet had been restored, said: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: My heart is filled with gratitude at the greeting I have received in the State of Maine while travelling through

it. Certainly, as far as I am personally concerned, I most fully appreciate the compliment that is paid by the citizens of this very beautiful town in its greeting to-day to your honored candidate and to myself as associated with him. It happens that the people of this country, from time to time, in accordance with the laws and customs of the Nation, are called upon to express their views upon the great questions that are agitating the public mind, and to select from their number persons to act as their agents and representatives in the management of the affairs of this great Republic of ours. A Convention recently met in the State where I live (Illinois), in the city of Chicago, representing all the States. and all the Congressional Districts therein, for the purpose of selecting a standard-bearer for the Republican Party for the coming election. When the delegates-being fairly chosen and representing the people of all sections of the country-were assembled together they asked themselves, "What is best for the interests of this great country?" The voice of a great majority of that Convention was that the time had come when broad statesmanship was required to place our country and its people in proper attitude before the world. The mind of that great Convention settled upon several propositions. They determined that the people wanted a man of broad statesmanship for its Presidential candidate, that they wanted a man of understanding and experience in public affairs. They wanted a man who sympathized fully with all the great interests of the country. They wanted a man who had manifested by his conduct in public life that he possesses an appreciation of the sentiment that pervades all classes of the people for the welfare and future progress of our common country. They felt that it would be prudent to take for a candidate a man who understands and appreciates our foreign relations, as well as our diversified internal interests; a man who has the ability to see that every right and interest should be cared for and protected; a man who would seek to preserve to us the advantages of our trade and commerce, and to keep open the avenues by which we may dispose of our manufactures and surplus productions, in order that our financial and material prosperity may be ever increasing. When these considerations weighed upon the minds. of that Convention, although there were many other good and honorable names mentioned that were strongly supported as well fitted for the position, the great majority of the delegates turned their eyes to your proud State, and said, "The man who comes nearer to filling the bill than any other names spoken of is the statesman James G. Blaine, of the Pine Tree State of Maine." [Tremendous and long-continued applause.]

Further telegrams of General Logan's movements in Maine were as follows:

AUGUSTA, ME., June 18th.-Mr. Blaine and party arrived here at 10.45 P.M. by a Pullman train. All were driven to Mr. Blaine's residence, where they will remain to-night. General Logan and Senator and Mrs. Hale leave for Washington to-morrow.

AUGUSTA, ME., June 19th.-Upon invitation of Colonel Smith, General Logan and Senator Hale visited the Soldiers' Home at Togus today, arriving there at twelve o'clock. As the party made their appearance, General Stephenson, the Governor of the Home, had the soldiers, to the number of nine hundred, drawn up in line, and a salute of seventeen guns was fired.

General Logan was presented to the men by General Stephenson, and made a speech. As he finished he was given three rousing cheers. Senator Hale also spoke, and, after taking lunch, the party returned to Augusta, and will leave for Washington at 3.50 o'clock this after

noon.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE STATE REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATIONS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL--LOGAN'S STRENGTH IN INDIANA, ETC.

In the mean time, the various State Republican Associaciations, at Washington, were holding meetings and adopting resolutions strongly indorsing both Blaine and Logan. The Maryland State Republican Association, besides indorsing the administration of President Arthur, adopted this resolution :

Resolved, That however the members of this Association, in common with other Republicans, may have differed in opinion respecting the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates to whom should be committed with greatest assurance of success in the pending contest the standard of the Republican Party, they heartily ratify the action of the Chicago Convention of 1884 in presenting for the suffrages of the American people in November next those eminently representative Americans, the brilliant civic leader James G. Blaine, and the not less brilliant soldier John A. Logan, a second conjunction of Maine and Illinois, full of the presage of a Republican victory as decisive as that of 1860.

On June 16th the Ohio Republican Association adopted resolutions, the first of which was a splendid indorsement of

and tribute to the head of the ticket, while the second read

thus:

Resolved, That we cordially indorse and ratify the nomination of that hero of two wars, the fearless and able soldier statesman, John A. Logan, as a candidate for the high office of Vice-President of the United States. In him we recognize a soldier whose courage and fidelity have never been doubted, a military chieftain great among the greatest in the world's history, a statesman whose ability, logic, and eloquence place him in the front rank of the great statesmen of the age, and whose voice and whose votes in both branches of Congress have supported the great measures of public policy which have blessed the age in which we live.

These are simply given as samples of the resolutions passed by the various State Associations.

From an interview with a defeated candidate, as given by the Washington Post the day after the Republican nominations had been made at Chicago, it appears

that

In regard to the nomination of General Logan for the Vice-Presidency, Senator Edmunds said, "It is the best thing that could possibly be done. The soldier element will be most fittingly recognized in the selection."

In the same paper, Senator Cameron, of Wisconsin, was reported as saying:

Mr. Blaine is without doubt the preference of a majority of the Republicans. I am a strong personal admirer of General Logan and should have been glad to see him nominated, but I am heartily pleased with the result as it is, and have not a doubt of the success of the ticket.

The Washington Republican of June 17th, said:

Congressman Calkins of Indiana has a firm belief in the ability of the Republicans to carry his State this year. Senator Logan's nomination for the Vice-Presidency, he says, will make the National ticket peculiarly strong there.

On June 19th, the Republican State Convention of Indiana met, and Mr. Calkins was nominated for Governor on the first ballot. It is hardly necessary to say that the Conven

tion ratified and approved the nomination of Blaine and Logan, and pledged to them "the united and earnest support of the Republican Party of Indiana."

GREAT RATIFICATION MEETING AT WASHINGTON-AN IMMENSE

GATHERING,

ADDRESSED BY LEADING REPUBLICANS-TWO OVERFLOW MEETINGS-GOOD THINGS SAID OF BOTH BLAINE

AND LOGAN.

On the evening of June 20th, a Blaine and Logan ratification meeting was held at Washington. The National Republican said of it that it was "the most imposing political demonstration ever witnessed in this city. The crowd far exceeded the limits of a mass meeting, and it was possible for only small sections of the great assembly to come within range of the speakers' voices, although there were three stands from which some of the best orators in the land declaimed. This is going to be the people's campaign, and the outpouring of the people last night is a promise of what is going to happen wherever free discussion is possible. There have been no names before the people these many years that evoke such enthusiasm as Blaine and Logan. They were nominated in obedience to the popular voice, and the same power will elect them."

From the lengthy account, in the same paper, of this remarkable demonstration, under the heading "Victory in the Air," the following description of the scene is taken :

The nomination of Blaine and Logan was ratified last night in front of the City Hall in "thunder tones." The vast concourse present represented every State and Territory in the Union, and the great enthusiasm. of the multitude, coupled with a brilliant display of pyrotechnics, electric lights, and decorations, formed a thrilling and picturesque scene. The sea of heads in front of the court-house building was brought into bold relief by an almost daylight of electricity from four large illuminators, representing 16,000 candle power. The high statue of Abraham Lincoln in the centre of the crowd stood like a grim and motionless sentinel, reflecting its whiteness in the glare of showers of bursting