White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1868-07-16
R-fected Bids.


.Ou;fs . number Of bids were offered to
the New York Convention. which were
rejected, mach 20 .he discontinue Of tee
bidders.
F,apk Blair made biz for the Prcsi-
depcy. rebel sad revolutionary enough to
hsve satisfied the party. but it failed Of
its aim. However. they rewarded him
with the nomination for Vice President.
which suits him ss well, as he was viii
ling to take anything they had to spare.
Susan B. Anthony male It'd. to Sc
cure woman's rights plank in the plat
form. She fairly bednubed the Democ
racy with praise, thereby OVERRIDING toe
thing. as she gave them credit for what
she and they knew was false. She said
the Democratic party had always been
the frs. to extend the right OF suffrage to
the disfranchised. when she well knew
that the Democracy have bitterly Tough,
every measure to confer equal rights upon
the poor and oppressed. A Convention
report thus relates how her bid was re.
ceived:
In the Convention to-day Susan b
Anthony was unceremoniously snuffed
out. Her letter asking the privilege o'
being heard before the Convention was
received with great laughter, and on Gov.
Seymour proposing to refer it to the plat
form committee. the Convention tumul-
tuousIy demanded it's reading. TIE cries
were so long continued that Seymour bad
to yield. I:s reading was accompanied
BY uproarious laughter and cheering. and
thereupon Susan. instead Of being invited
to the platform. was referred to the Plat
form committee. and so suppressed.
That was the last heard Of poor Susan
and the "Sorosis" raid upon the Demo
cratic party. Woman's Rights find nc
place in the platform.
Aady johnson made q bid fot thu
nomination. in long letter to somebody
which won him about FIVE votes in th'
Convention. The Democracy have suck
ed the juice out of that orange, and hss'
no farther use for the peel:
Salmon P. Chase made couple bids
The first was made in letter, about th'
time the Convention WAS assembling, il
which he surrendered bis life long princi
Piles. and fairly begged for the nomina
ton. Here is the letter:
july 1. 1868.
"Please say to your friend that he il
entirely right as to my views of suffrage
and State Rights. What l desire for the
Southern States is peace and prosperity,
with all acknowledgements and disabilities
removed and ell rights restored to all cit.
izens. But the practical disposition oI
the question of suffrage, as well as oil
other domestic questions, is for the peo.
pie Of the States themselves, not for out
siders. On thi. question l adhere to my
old State rights doctrines. In the event
of nomination and success trust / should
so act that neither the great party which
makes the nomin alton. nor the great body
of patriotic citizens whose CO. o-operation
would ensure success. would have any
cause to regret their action. 1t is an in
tense desire with me to sea the Dem ocrat-
ic party meeting the questions OF the day
in the spirit of the day. and assuring to
itself long duration Of ascendancy. 1t
can do it if it will.
"Yours truly, S. P. CHASE"
This bid did not answer the purpose.
A platform was adopted. the very reverse
Of wha: he bad desired. and he was max.
ing no headway in the Convention. He
therefore got down still deeper in the
dirt. in this fashion:
Mr.. Chase has telsgrspbed here. in re.
ply to inquiries. that he is not satisfied
with the platform ou-6nancisl subjects.
as be supposes large part of the Con.
vention are not. but that it is capable oI
an Interpretation which be approves. and
that therefore be should not make it On
objection. He has put his case in the
hands Of half dozen friends. who be has
named. John j. Cisco. Col. Van Buren
and MIR. Kennedy being among them, as
we'll as Hamilton Smith, of Indiana.
He was willing to deceive himself and
the country. BY contending that th, plat.
form meant what it did not. If they would
only give him the nomination. This bid
was answered by the Convention casting
q / vote for him, in derision: and at the
conclusion. be was paid Of in in full in
this sort Of currency:
Mr.. Kiernan, of New York. at the sug.
gestion of many members of the various
Delegations, moved that the thanks oil
this Convention be rendered to Chief.
Justlcs Chase for the able and impartial
manner in which be presided over the
impeachment trial of President johnson.
1t was Chsse's boast, that bis highest
ambition was to 60 into history ss On
honest and upright Judge. But how
will be go into history? As q Judge
who tsmpered with justice. conspired to
accquit . convicted criminal. betrayed
his lifelong friends and principles. and
crswled in the dirt like the vilest dema-
gogue-dishonored himself. and blasted
his own fame and prospects-to secure .
nomination for the Presidency from an