The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-06-04
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Ga strong Wade paper) corroborates
this statement 10 one of his Conven-
tion letters. He says
"For a marvel In such affairs, IL
was oberved that not drop of liquor
Of any kind was to be had around
tho headquarters of the Indiana can.
didats. II will be a good thing if
the result shall help to Danish the
not very creditable practice of urging
each candidates claims over a great
array Of bottles, Tho unlimited
supply Of free whisky at the Wade
headquarters did quite as much
harm as good, aud the SANE may be
said of the similar displays by the
first frieads" OF other candidates"
l DO not charge all this directly to
Mr., Wade, but he certainly placed
the management of his affairs in the
hands Of men who, he knew, would
resort to such reprohensible meas
uros.
One other circumstance Is worth
recording as a good joke on the ven
cradle Congressman FROM Cleveland
who charges us with "bad faith"
On Monday evening, when the effort
was pending to unite Ohio In support
Of Wads, Mr.. Spalding stepped to
the door moment, then returned
and with beaming counlonauoe, au-
uounced that he had just been inform.
cd by the Chairman of the Iowa dele
cation that they would "vote solid
for Wade ou the frst ballot, and they
begged Ohio to present united
front" This was almost dramatic,
but it failed to produce "uui,ed
front" in the Ohio delegation. The
next morning, purely out of curiosity,
one or two gentlemen visited the
Iowa headquarters aud were astouish.
ed to learn that there was not Wade
man in the delegation. This was
alterwurd shown by the fact that Mr..
Wade did not receive a single Iowa
vote on any one OF the i've ballots.
The whole Wade movement at
Chicago was a most astonishing affair,
from the inside. Nobody wanted
him on the ticket, if questioned pri-
vate'y, yet everybody was "going
for him" Two-thirds OF the "Wade
men" would admit to their own
friends that the bluff Senator would
be heavy weight in many parts of
the country, aud in the next breath
would shout "'Rah f'r Wade r. The
principal reason urged in his support
was that his nomination would be a
deserved rcbuke' to Chase aud the
seven anti ntiimpeuchmeut Senators, aud
a fitting Endorsement Of impeachment.
But as all this was better accomplish
ed by simple resolution, the argu.
mcut had little weight. Wade's ap.
parent strength in the Ohio delega.
ton, and in the Convention, is large.
ly accounted for by the fact that
most people believed he was going to
be successful. Many delegates who
deprecated his nomination, could see
no use in running against a stone
wall, and SO gave their assent to what
seemed inevitable. l believe the
feeling on the part of seven-eighths
of the Convention, after the choice of
Cofax, was one Of great relief. Doz-
ens Of those who we're regarded as
strong Wade men in the Convention,
! privately expressed their satisfaction
at the delivcrance. The growing
comes only from three or four gen.
tlemen who organized a ring aud
staked their reputation as wire e-pul-
lers on the result. Had not these
gentlemen charged bad faith on those
delegates who opposed Mr.. Wade,
this statement would not have been
made, but under such charge silence
would be pusillanimous.
The assurances Of hoarty approval
which have received from men Of
all shades of political opinion, but
particularly from Radical Republi-
cans, convince Ce that did not
misrepresent, at Chicago, either my
own District or the State Of Ohio. d.
While yielding to none in appre-
citation of Mr.. Wade's good qualities
aud long service, cannot see that
the proper way to reward him for
his faithfulness is to make him an
instrument Of defeating the very
cause he served through life time
of conflict. Had he been nominated
the Republican party would have
been on the defensive from May to
! November, aud, what is worse, there
are many things 10 MIR. Wade, s char
acter aud record which cannot be,
and ought not to beg defended by a
party protesting to be aetuated by
moral ideas. BY his character aud
language he has succeeded 10 secur.
lug the dislike of several very large
and inaueu classes inside his own
party. Eor instance his conspicuous
profanity and anti religious views
have alienated many thousand infu
entail christians; his comparison OF
foreign voters with the negroes of
the South, has offended tue pride Of
race; his manifesto against the renom'
ination Of Lincoln is not forgotten;
his declaration that an advocate Of
tho greenback theory is a "peniten-
tiary Bird would not prove a while
some campaign document. And these
are only part of the luggage that Mr..
Wade would have brought to the
ticket. That he has insured these
enmities inside the Republican par
ty is Mr.. Wade's misfortunei was the
party called upon to make his mis-
fortune its own by making Mr.. Wade
its standard.bearer?
A, b. NETTLEroN.
Sandusky, May 27.
Savere on the Dogs,