Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 13, 1909, Page 6

e ———— T SOME POLITICAL ~ HISTORY Recollections of Gen. Grant's Attempt to Secure a Third Term. CONTEST IN THE CONVENTION Movements on board Before nation—The Garf! eock Campaign. the Politioal Chess- The unwritten code of the republic de- crees that tho president shall serve but two terms ample—an example strengthened by the re- fusal of Jefferson and Jackson to permit their names (o be used In connection with @ third presidential term—there has been but one attempt to overcome this tradition. None but a man of tremendous popularity, one capable of arounsing tumultuous en- | could have been brought for-| thusiasm, ward as a candidate for a third term. General Grant, the triumphant and m. Danimous leader of the civil war, was this and more. At the cloge of his second term in 1576 there had been talk of nominating him for another term. Startled by the rumor, several state conventions adopted resolutions declaring that as & matter of principle two terms should be the limit for any president. General Grant himselt stopped the move- ment by writing a public letter announcing that he was not and would not be a candi- date. Ehortly after his successor's installa- tion, he started on his famous tour of the world, returning to the United States In September, 187, landing at San Franclsco. His trip across the continent to his home in Galena, I, was a triumphal march. S0 warm was his welcome and so loud the popular mcclaim that some of the fore- most men in the republican party, including the United States senators, Conkling of New York, Cameron of Penhsylvania and Logan of Ilinols, combined in an effort to make him a presidential nominee. By the end of the year he was recognized @s a candidate for a third term. When nsked as to his own attitude In the matter | he refused to answer, saying that his life- long hablt was to make his decision when time for decision had arrived. In Aprll, | 1850, he returned from a trip to Cuba and Mexico. Soon after, at an immense meet- Ing heid in Chicago, it was formally an- nounced that he would accept the nomina tion 1f It were made in the right way. A Memorable Convention. The republican convention, the first of four held to name a presidential ticket in 1880, met in Chicago from June 2 until June 8. It was made memorable by the arduous struggle which this decision of General Grant’s developed. It was also remarkable for its oratory, its duration, and its many briliiant, able men. James G. Blalne had been an unscces: ful candidate for the republican nomination in 1876, His brilllant personality made him the idol of his adherents, who were deter- mined that this time he should win the coveted honor. General Grant's friends were as equally detérmined. For fixity of purpose and unwavering tidelity, they have never been paralleled, elither bofore or since. On the first ballot they gave Grant 204 votes. On the thirty-sixth, when Blaine's forces had rallled to the support of the compromise ~candidate, General James Abram Garfleld of Ohlo, they ' lined up as faithful as the Swiss guard of Marle Antoinette, and on that final ballot General Grant received two more votes than on- the first. At the opening of the convention three- fourth of the delegated were divided into two compact and hostile forces, skliifully managed, admirably orgar ted, each con- fident and eager for victory. Roscoe Conk- ling, senator from New York, was the cognized leader of |the Grant forces, as Jugene Hale of Maine was the leader of of Blaine. . John Sherman of Ohio had a strong fol- lowing. General Garfield, at the head of the Ohio delegation, was pledged (o his support and had been. chosen to make the speech nominating Sherman In the convention. He A4ld not, therefore, repre- sent the Blaine forces, but in the parlia- mentary contests of the convention he was the recognized leader of the opposition to w0 Grant. tars in the Drama. Others who played an important part P Waltham Don’t buy a Since Washington set the ex- | ———— In the drama were General Logan, George F. Hoar, J. Donald Cameron, Preston K Plumb, Willlam Pitt Ketlogg and Blanche K. Bruce, all' members of the senate Among the delegates about to enter that august body wers Benjamin H. Harrison of Indlana, Eugene Hale and Willlam P. Frye of Matne, Willlam J. Sewall of New Jersey, Omar D, Conger of Michigan, Dwight M. Sabif ef Minnesota and Phile- | tus Sawyer of Wisconsin. General Gar- ator-elect. FHis oolleagues on the Ohlo delegation were Governor Foster and former Governor Dinnison. Five of Gen- eral Grant's cabinet were delegates to the convention—Boutwell of Massachusetts, Creswell of Maryland, George H. Willlams of Oregon, Edward Plerrepont of New York and Senator Cameron. Other names which have not been forgotten nearly thres decades have passed, Chester A. Arthur of New York, Colonel Quay of Pennsylvania, Willlam E. Chand- |ler of New Hampshire, Emory I, Storrs | ot Iliinots, Govenor Warmouth of Loulsi- ana and Henry Cabot Lodge of Maschus- etts. Blaine In his “Tweny Years of Con- | gress” says that probably no convention since the one which nominated Henry Clay had contained so many eminent men. When the convention assembled Senator Hoar was selected to serve as both tem- porary and permanent chairman, The rights of congressional districts to select thelr A tes had been indirectly affirmed In the republican national convention of 1876, when the unit rule was overridden and the right ot each individual delegate to cast his own vote was established. Yet, in 1850, it was part of the Conkiing plan to have the stat vote as units. General Garfleld was chairman of the com- mittes on rules and was one of the strongest protestants against the attempt to enforce the unit rule. It was largely through his efforts that the attempt failed. In several states, among them Iillinols, there were contests between dclegates elected on the district plan and those se- lected at a state convention, regardiess |of the dlstrict. In each of these contested | eases the convention accepted the majority report of the eredentials committes recom- mending that delegates chosen under the district plan be seated. The report of the committee on rules, as submitted by Gar- field, contained an amedment designed to protect the vote of the individual dele- gate which was a final blow at the unit rule, Conkling’s Attitu Conkling’s attitude toward those not sup- porting Grant was arrogant and Insulting. | At the opening of the third day he offered a resolution “that in the sense of the convention every member is bound in honor to support its nominee, whoever the nomi- pee may be, and that no man should hold a seat who is not ready to so agree.” In thi he Insinuated that unle: so pledged the Blalne men would bolt if Grant were nominated. The resolution was dopted with three dissenting votes from West Virginia, whereupon Senator Conk- ilng offered snother resolution practically declaring that by thelr action in not in- dorsing the resolution, these three delegates had forfeited their votes in the convention. The discussion between one of these thr Campbell, editor of the Wheeling Intelli- it, caught a flag and, wrapping it about her, stirred the crowd to a new frensy of enthusiasm for the man from Maine. Blaine was first placed In nomination by Mr. Joy of Michigan, seconded by Mr. Pixley of Californis and Frye of Maine. Conkling's nominating speech for Grant was delivered with great dramatic effect. Even today its opening sentence Is subject of controversy. Whether he salé, ked whence comes our candidal response shall be, from Appomattox famous apple tree," or used the simpler, stronger sentence, ‘When asked whence comes our candidate, we say from Appomattox,” is still a moot question. Finer that this in matter and form was his phrase. “His (Grant's) fame was born not alone of things written and sald, but of the arduous greatness of things done. General Garfield made the nominating speech for John Sherman, a calm appeal from the swelling tumult of the moment to the calm level of public opinion. Senator George F. FEdmonds was nominated by Frederick Bfllings of Vermont; Elthu B. ‘Washburne ‘of Tllinols, by Cassoday of Wis- consin; and Willlam Windom of Minnesota, by Drake of the same state. Contest of the Ballots. The balloting began Monday. The first Watches About Buying a Watch watch from a cat- alogue of a mail order house—you will be disappointed if Jjeweler; for his you do. Go to a own reputation, if nothing else, he will see that the watch you’ buy has been put in thorough order, properly oiled, regulated, and is running right, . Everyone knows that Waltham Watches are .as accurate timekeepers as it is possible to make, and yet there are a hundred accidents that may happen to a perfect watch after it leaves our factory. A good watchmaker knows how to remedy such things, and you may be sure he will do it before he takes your money. Waltham Watch Company Waltham, Mass. N. B.— When buying a watch always ask your jeweler for a Waltham adjusted to temperature and position. Fry fleld aiready held his commission as sen- | Mr. though | ballot gave Grant 34, Hiaine 34, Shermon | 9, Edmonds 8, Washburne %, Windom 1 And Gertield 1. As chalrman of the New York delegation, it fell to Conkling to | announce the vote of his state. Having | falled to force the unit rule on the con ention and thue give New York's seventy Votes to Grant, he studiedly stung the anti- Grant delegates by his formula: “Two of the New York delegates, Mr. Chairman, are #8id to be for Mr. Sherman; seventeen for | Blaine; fifty-one are for Grant.” | And thoy were for Grant as were all his supporters from start to finish, going down with him to the last ditch On the thirty-fitth ballot, taken Tuesda: Grant reached his highest number of votes —313. The number needed for a choice was §78. On the thirty-sixth ballot Garfield, | | who haa fifty votes on the thirty-fifth, | was given the votes of the delegations | which had been voting for Sherman and | Binine. This record of thirty-six ballots has yet to be surpassed in a repubiican national convention. On ten of these thirty-six Lallots, QGarfield received one vote: on elght of them he had two. Oa the thirt fcurth ballot his small contingent had in- creased to seventeen, which was augmented to fifty on the thirty-fifth. On the thirty- sixth, he was nominated by 399 votes. Around the Vietor. Blaine in his book says: “The banners of the states were caught up and massed In & waving circle around the head of the predestined and now chosen eandidate, who sat pale and motionless In his seat with the Ohlo delegation. The scene of enthu- slasm and exultation long delayed the final anrouncement, which gave Garfield 899 | votes, Grant 36, Blaine 42, Washburne 5 Sherman 3. The nomination was Immed!- ately mads unanimous on motion of Mr. Conkling.” For vicepresident, Chester A. Arthur of New York, a friend of Conkling, was nomi- nated on the first ballot. Others placed In nomination for the office were Ellhu B. ‘Washburne of Iilinols, Mershall Jewell of Connecticut, Horace Maypard of Tennas- see, Bdmund J. Davis of Texas, Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi, Thomas Settle of | Florida, and Stewart L. Woodford of New York. The platform adopted declared the republican party to be In favor of a pro- tective tariff, of national ald to state edu- cation, of & thorough reform of the civil service, and opposed to the support of sec- tarlan schools. Democratic Leaders. The democratic national conventfon mot | at Cincinnati, O., June 22, and completed | its work June 2. So quickly was it organ- ized with George Headly of Ohio as tem- porary, and John W. Stevenson of Ken- tucky as permarcnt, chairman, that bal- loting was begun on the second day. On the second ballot General Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania was nominated for president. Before the result of the second roll call was announced, states which had voted for other candidates, the strongest among them belng Thomas F. Bayard, senator from Delaware, changed to Hancock, glving him 70§ votes, leaving but two to Bavard, thirty to Thomas A. Hendricks of Indlana, one to Samuel J Tilden of New York and one to Horatlo Seymour of New York. The Iist of names presented to the con- vention for the presidential nomination: fn- clvded Winfield 8. Hancock af Pennsyl- vania, Thomas F. Bavard of Delaware, Henry B. Payne of Chio, Allen G. Thur- | man of Ohlo, Stepher J. Field of Cali-| fornla, Willlam R. Morrison of Illinois, | | Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana, Samusl | J. Tilden of New York, Horatlo Seymour | ot New York and Samuel J, Randall of Pennsylvania. For vice president, Willlam H. English of Indlana, member of congrass | diring Buchanan's administration, was | ncminated by acclamation. Richard A Bishop of Ohio had been suggested as a candidate for the nomination, but his name was withdrawn. 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Priced ] AND R G O (3 tariff for revenue only, public lands for actual settlérs, civil service reformy a free | ballot, subordination of the militaré to the | olvil power, free ships and no discrimina- | tlon In favor of transportation lines, cor-| porations and monopolies. It declared that | the democratic party was the friend of | labor and asked that Chinese immigration | be carefully guarded. The democratic con- | gress was praised for its thrift and the republican administration eriticised, while Samuel J. Tilden, the candidate of 1876, who had refused to let his name go before the convention, recelved merited mention. | Minor Gatherings. The prohibition convention of 1880 was held at Cleveland, O., with Rev. M. Miner as chairman. Twelve states were reprs- sented by 142 delegates. Neal Dow of Maine was nominated for president and | A. M. Thompson of Oulo for vice presi- det. In its platform this year the party lgnored the Industrisl and finaneial prob- lems which supplied issues for the domi- hant parties, and confined fiself to a dis- cussion of the liquor question, a eriticlsm of both the democratie and republican par- tles and an appeal that the ballot be | grantcl to women. The greenback-labor convention met in Chicago from June 9 to June 11, 1850. Rev. Glibert de la Matyr of Indiana was the temporary, Richard Trevellick of Michigan | the permanent, chairman. James R, | Weaver of Iowa was nominated for presi. | dent on the first ballot. Other names pre. | sented were Hendrick B, Wright of Fenn sylvania, Stephen D. Dillayg of New York Benjamin F. Butler of Massachu: Solon Chase of Maine, Edward P. Allis of Wisconsin, Alexander Campbell of Ilinois, On a vote for a candidate for vice pr dent, B. J. Chambers of Texas recelved 403 votes and Alanson M. West of Mississippi 811, whereupon Mr. Chambers was unanl mously. nominated. The greenback pl, declared that all money should be issu»a | by the government and not by banking corporations; that bonds should be re funded, legal tender currency substitute for national bank notes, the national bank ing system abolished and the unitmit.q cplnage of siiver established by law; that labor should be protected, the eight-hour | law of congress enforced: the santtary co dition of industrial establishments placsd | under control, competition of contract con. vict labor abolished; a bureau of labor statistics established; factorles, mines eng workshops Inspected, employment of chil. dren under 14 forbidden and wages paid in cash. It reed with the republicans democrats in asking that public land kept for actual settlers and that immigration be regulated. It deno coramittee rule in congress and askea f & regulated income tax and a congressic regulation of Interstate commerce, attorn | anda be Chinese 1 A Close Contest. 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Ehbnrn(!l{ trimmed in nickel—sale price Two weeks before election, the famous Morey letter, a forgery purporting to have been written by General Garfield and de- signed to represent him as approving Chinese immigration, was scattered broadcast. It cost General Gartield the electoral votes of Nevada and New Jersey and five of the six votes of Californla. He carried every other northern state, receiving 214 electorial votes. General Hancock carrled every | southern state, recelving 156 electoral votes. The election took place Noyember 2, 1S80. Thirty-eight states voted. Out of a tota. popular vote of 9,218,251, Garfleld recelved 4,454,416; Hancock, 4,444,952, Weaver, 308,67, and Dow, 10,305, During this period congress had in the democrats, thirty-seven Independent and one readjuster. the Forty-seventh senate thirty-seven republicans, one In the house, 130 democrats, 152 republicans, nine natlonals and three readjusters. The forty-elghth congress had In the senate thirty-six democrats and forty re- publicans. In the house, 200 democrats, 119 republicans, four independents and two nationals.—The Voter, Chicago. Street Railway for Adel. ADEL, Ia., 1 12—(Speclal)—The spe- clal election held here Tuesday to vote upen o franchise granting the Adel City Rallway company the right to construct, operate and maintain for a period of twenty-five years a street rallway over and along the streets of the town of Adel car- ried by nearly a unanimous vote, the result belLg 207 votes in favor oy granting the tranchise and but six against it. There belng no real opposition to the measure thé question did not draw out & very larg The granting of this franchise will rican active efforts upon the part of the Adel City Railway company to vote promote | the construction of one or more interurban lines to connect this city with Des Moines and points to the west ¢nd northwest. en Vote at Election. ia, Nov. 12—(Special) ty-three women voted at the special election held here yesterday on the proposi tion to spend #,00 for additional grounds purposes. The women gave a majority of fifty-one for the tax, while the 251 men only gave the tax a majority of three. It was the afternoon for the meet- ing of the Penclope club and many women voters came to the polls in society gowns. The school board plans in time to erect a gymnasium and manual training bullding on the newly acquired property. Dentlsts Elect o:ficers, MARSHALLTOWN, Ia., Nov. 12—(Spe elai)—The Waterloo Distriet Dental society at its meeting hero elected the following officers President—C. B. Miller, Cedar Falls. Vice President—L. F. Kellcgg, Marshall- town Secretary—C. N. Shane, Waterloo. Treasurer—George P. Kier, ldora. Waterloo will have the next meeting in the spring. BEa * Shot While Hunting. TIOWA CITY, Nov. 12.—(Special)XWil H. Younkin, editor of the Lone Tree Re- porter, is the first vietim of a serious hunt- ing aceldent in Johnson county the current season. He was out hunting with James Lux and the latter, failing to see the news. paper man in concenlment, blazed away at bis quarry and emptied the contents of both barrels of his shotgun in Mr. Youkin's legs. Fortunately no vital t of the vietim's body was even touched by scatter- ing shot. He s painfully wounded and euffering mueh, but is in no grave danger if blood polsoning does not ensue. JOHNSON DECKED WITH SPARKS Negro Champlon Sports a Bunch of | Diamonds Worth Twenty Thous- sand Dol There's an fllustrated phenomenon In town which is puzziing Broadway astron- omers. It was visible around San Juan Hill and In the region of “Baron” Wilkin's hostelry at times last night As there are | no comets or heavenly derelicts for the earth to bump Into now—except Halley's, and that's several million miles away yet— the brilliant light caused much specula- tion. Like a meteor, the pecullar object, which to many had the shape of a human | being, flitted and flashed from Thirty fifth street us to Harlem and back, daz- zling the eyes and whirling by like a| shooting star. Persons v ho shied to one side as the Iit-up object passed describe it as a gi- gantlc being, with legs and arms like a man, but wonderfully disguised in raiment of colors which sparkled and twinkled in fearful energy. Great lights of some 20,- 000-candle-power, possibly, gleamed from the front of the creature, casting effulgent rays on colors in stripes and bars and | squares in wondrous blend. No such spee- tacle ever bewildered the Great White Way before. 1 During one short interval it moved slowly and with measured step as it passed ini and*out of Hammersteln's, but usually these immense lights were described as il- luminating the way for a fast automobile, whose front lights were hardly visible the expanse of illumination as it n ap- proached. As it seemed to center about the negro district persons labeled it the San Juan Aurora Borealls. This phenomenon, later identified a¢ Jack Johnson, has totally eclipsed all pre- vious flluminated human bodies. Of the $26.000 the negro bonanza got for pounding some sense Into Stanley Ketchel's head about $20,000 has gone into diamonds—real ice, t00. A ten-karat searchlight on his necktie furnishes him with both gas and electricity; a studded watchcharm and chain gives him light to see the second hand at any time of the night, and he can glance at his ebony-hued, manicured “pink- ies"” any moment of a day and see that no speck of dust mars their rounded though rugged grandeur. There are four of these | finger bulbs. The “ice” packed around his time appa- ratus could be exchanged for a steamboat line, Of course, there is nothing against John “Brady" Johnson, or “Fingy" John- son—as & hoodlum hailed the distinguished colleague of Booker T. Washington yes- erday—for the precedent was set by Mr. Conners at a reception in the home of a Buffalo soclety matron the night when the statesman remarked at the table: “Well, T notice them what's got wear ‘em.” S0 “Diamond Jack’ has all the liberty to which precedent and his prowess entitle him to sport his llluminations. Bob Fits- simmons had one In a front tooth until the Cornishman went broke and a dentist took the gem out while Bob slept. ‘em Johnson's row ot glittering gold teeth fully illuminated by the Tiffany bulbs, glves you the general idea of a jack-o'- lantern head on a Mallowe'en night. It is to be regretted that Jack didn't flve two centuries ago, when he could have decorated himself with more personal sat- staction, likely They used fit pretty to use the ears and nose to things into, and certainly such daditions to Jack's person now would not detract from his princely Zulu countenauce. In fact, Jack could easily look like a SenJ) egamblan Salome with one or two addi tions. One of these fine days a great big bear— not the constellation—will hit *Diamond Jack,” and he'll lose a lot of his aurora borealls.—New York World. WIESE GETS IOWA CONTRACT South Omaha Man Secures Governy ment Job om Fort Dodge Federal Building. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—(Special Téle- gram.)—Bids were opened today at the Treasury department for the construction of an extension to the public bullding at Fort Dodge, Ia., the lowest bidder b: J. H. Wiese of South Omaha, at $114§ Other bidders were: General Construet company, Milwaukee, $116,958; Hazelton Wallin, Chicago, $118,000; Paul Relsen Sons, Milwaukee, $118777; J. W. Miller, St. Paul, $121,000; W. J. McAlpin, Dixon, 1L, $127,600. The secretary of the interior has rejected all bids for the construction of the Path- finder dike in connection with the N4£ a Platte irrigation profect in Wyoming Nebraska because they were too high has authorized work carried on under small contracts. URGES JUDGE COXE FOR HONOR Vice President Sherman Pry New Yorker as Peckham' Successor. | WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Vice President sherman came to Washington today to lay |before the president the name of Judge Alfred C. 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