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us constituents to this day Telisiou.iy be
he'e. They held public meeting, and re-
laested Mr.. II. TO contest the elec,ios, which
ae d'd But tho democrats had the power
IN toe II ouss Of Representative, also, and
we're qsite as sunscrupulous ~ the dei.ocrat
ie Legislature.
IL order, therefore, TO avoid the pos.ibili.
CT defeat, they resor,cd TO the .1,raor.
din.ry .IPedieni Of eieeting Jones Speaker
ot tue House, With the contested election
hanging over Kim While Mr. C.ye John.
sou . hcaious Partiran, moved = resolution
winch required the committee to whom tL, +,
case vas referred to consist Of six demo.
orsts Aud three wings, Instead Of ave to four.
40 nsd been the uniforn custom to that PC
fiod. When, at last MIR Bolts forced TN,
committec into action, aud they found from
'oe Investigation that there was ,eriou, ,ea
sen " lear Tor the safety cf the speaker
'IeJ reported against him before having
tuuo through one-ihud Of the .yidenc. !
men u came before the House the same no
Pfeheasion vas manifested Th. bour rul,
.pphed, anf no eutreaty ftom the whig.
eoaia ibduos the democrats to extend the
'"'s ior allowing him 10 expose the corrupt
eosise The House aud con lait,ee had pur.
sued towatds him lie went home and
took The stump for Mr. Clay aud 10y hi. al.
st eu.ided Efforts he succeeded in revs-
iuuohiIIng the district which gave that
great patriot majority Of about s5O
in 'eiJ, JUS; after the defeat of Mr.. CLAY
Tue most unparalleled apathy seemed TO .mi,e
lne hig' over the whole country. by which
TIE democracy IN that Cong'ess obtained the
useIamp pied majority OF 20 in the House
OF Representatives, Mr. Bolts va. again
lh-h!aaoas!y nominated ~ ais part, FOR
congress Dir. Jones, who declared on the
hoor Of Congress that he would rather ruu
agaiust any IS men 10 the district than
meet Mr Bolts, declined = recollection.
Dir Sedden, stranger in the district, AMI
not known TO the peopl,, wa, elected, for
tue simple reason that the loss Of Mt CIay,,
election bad carried dism.y into every W Liy
heart, and It Was impossible a, ;ha, time 10
rally.
TIE confidence Of the party in Mr. Bott,
vas however, increased, and. in 1917 he
Was aga'u unaBimou..y called into the con.
test' and to tto terror Of fhs Democracy
ahu u widest enthuslasm of the Whig Par
y'hioushout tho State aud country, he va.
Te-eleet' to Congrsssby majority oi 500
'o'es Ihus was the "cap-stoue" removed,
and the dead restored triumphautly to life
III the short space u TWO terms
While Mr. Bolts was smoothing the way
aud removing distractions iusuImouutable
no competitor appeared before him bu, his
unprecedented triumph nO@ brought many
ambitious asPirauts on the course, all anxious
10 have bin set aside, that the.r chauces for
the succession might be elu.lized. That
Opportunity "a, presented ~ the year lSfs.
in the memorable contest between the friend.
OF Mr.. Clay aud Gen Taylor The State
OF Virginia declared in eonvoa;iop for Gen
Tsyisr, when il was known tho party in the
State were for Mr. Clar. Dir. Bolts ad-
hered TO the fortunes Of Mr.. Clay ustii the
action Of the Phiiadelpkis Convention re-
moved ito last hope Of success. Mortified
aud grieved by what be copsidsfsd the folly.
IS we'll As :he injustice done to the founder
aud loader of the wbig Party, be va. slow
IN coming TO the support OF Gen. Taylor.
But at last be did, aud made a .peech nj
Vsuxhall Garden. in the City If New York
when, at the request Of Mr.. .Clayhim.e.f he
withdrew bis uame aud urged thc'numerous
Clay organizations IN the State to surrender
their favori'e aud rally upon Gea Taylor.
This they did, aud thus secured the vote
OF New York aud saved the election Of Gen.
Taylor, az was admitted by the New York
Herald at the time Tho speech Of Nr
Boiis sa that occasion made a deep impres.
sion upon the Thousands who listened 90 him.
AMI visible emotion seemed TO ,bnll every
heart As Mr. Bolts closed his speech. the
supporters Of Gen Taylor gave vent To- their
eIuitstion. which the friends Of Mr Clay
could a"i then hear EiiAos; Js;a At! ihey
demonstrated their displea.ure bS hisses
Mr Bolts reminded them " wLat was
s,sked upon the result. and u,Ssd them 10
be tpagnauimous The New York Tribune
hauled down tho Clay tanner.
aud ncHt morning raD up Gen. TAylofs CO.
lofs this vas ,hs ubAnimous course Of the
Clay Adhefehts IN that State
Al this uus there were many waiting
Mr. Bolts pace but unwilling 20 meet him
themselves, they msnbged 60 get Tsylor
candidate in the Geld. gentleman VI .1me
taieui snd great amiaJi.ity. With tbe y,ss Of
letting The paHy defeat blm
With this Taylor candid.ts on the ons
band sud . Dsmoeta,,o csodidate Oh The 9th
eF. be vent into ihe cavass 50 battle for
pfineiple, and 9th such eject that 10 =
ihr s-1sy election that the TAYLOR caad!I.
ats Tscoivsd bat 81 votes. whilst his osh
an ounted 10 800 ia, tLis division oiih.
parry lost him hs section Of c,urse. the d..
triet Shish be had With such l.Lor brought
oT.f from the Democracy sss again bfoasht
f'ck into their hsods sui they have held 10
evrr sine
10 Irjl Be Wasagais unanimously called
BY ,hs Convehti3s of Lis d,.tr 81 o. take the
heid He reluctantly 6beyed. Ba, sst.
hcd est thc disssnsl0n iu - go nos en-
tre.y removed b. subssqueBily dscliasd leo
Bsw,sation sod iuvited tbe Convention O.
choose smother esudidsts .. tho slsoti9a ha!
been YOs,pooCd ffoa May 10 October The
CunVestisn again assembled sbd sas afafa
unanimous ~ eooierftsg she SON ssiisn
uFoi' biu and insisting that bs sLoald ran
Nf Belts bejsg ~ The Convention ~
mAkiug nss Coss,itsii0n ksd l.bsfsd up
on tae basis qss.ti. ~ orisT 10 give pro
tsefon - rfopsT'y sd representation 10 men
This ~ addition o. tbs division ~ the Tsfty.
msds defest sppsSsnt. bat - altsf6siVe
-. lsfi and b. s.nt ,s,o th. sss,s.s 18th
hit arshcs
Taos - ses thst Mf. R3s~ 49, ke.a 8af-
isss isecs ~ psfty egvesfoss LaesA D..
fsrs 1hs people, asd t'.mps-suy sisstsi
sea tunes oni - sas krau.ssa Aad shes
ooisstsd - Htsot 'ks shois poser q ftk.Lsg
o. stare 70 ovsfesse h,s s,5sd byt I8s<f
b.uss - CoDgfs.s f,sis -Ai.A o.. s,on p.
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