The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-06-04
TIFFIN OHIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE a, 1865

the position OF wee BreSldeut OF the
United States. 1t was moved aud
seconded to lay tho resolution on the
tab'e. Carried"
This report is signed by w. l.
Myers, Of the Tifhn Tribune; Socrc.
tary of the delegation. 1t may be
pertinent to add that there was only
one vote in opposition to the tabling
of the resolution, which ought to be
a fair test of Mr.. Wade's strength,
as a Vice Presidential candidate. in
the Ninth District delegation at Col
umbus. The rejection of this resolu
tion meant either opposition to Mr..
Wade's nomination or. an intention TO
leave the matter to tho judgement of
the Chicago delegates, aud either
construction fully justi6es my action
10 the Convention.
Going to Chicago without any 10
structious FROM tho district | in part
represented, | determined to do what
in my judgment would fairly repre-
sent my district, and at the same time
most conduce to the good of the
cause aud success of the ticket.
was firmly convinced that to nomin-
ate Mr.. Wade would be to invite de.
feat, aud resolved to do what | could
to avert the misfortune. At least
one.half of the Ohio delegates admit.
ted in private conversation that the
nomination of Mr.. Wade would ue
iujudicious and dangerous, but most
of them yielded to the considerations
of State pride. and personal regard
for tho aged Senator, aud cast their
ballots for him, while feeling that he
would prove a load for Grant aud en-.
danger the success of the cause. The
names of these delegates could be
given it necessary or proper, but
no ono who knows anything about
the facts will dispute the statement.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette records the fact that several
Ohio delegates secretly y worked against
Wade while ostenSibly supporting
him. Ga Monday evening there was
meeting of the Ohio delegates at
which au effort was made, under the
leadership of 4. p. Spalding, DR.
Scott and General Lee, to secure unan
nifty in the delegation in support Of
Mr.. Wade. At last resolution was
offered pledeing the delegation to
vote as a unit for b. +; Wade so long
as there should be chance for his
nomination. Messrs Mcfarland aud
Nettleton spoke against the resolu-
ton, aud while expressing the high
est respect for Mr., Wade and full
appreciation of his distinguished ser.
vices, protested against his nomina-
ton as dangerous to the cause.
Both gentlemen expressed their viii.
lingness to cast complimentary
ballot for the Ohio Senator, but dis
tinctly refused to pledge themselves
beyond such first ballot. On coming
to vote on the resolution four del.
egates voted in the negative; and as
the majority did not claim the power
to control the votes Of the minority,
the object Of the meeting was of
course defeated. The four who voted
on the resolution were the same who
left Wade after the first ballot on
Thursday. At a subsequent caucus,
Judge Spalding endeavorcd to enforce
uuanimity in the delegation by adopt,
ing the two.thirds rule, e., by in
structing the chairman of the dele.
CATION to report the entire vote of
Ohio in accordance with the wishes
ofa two thirds majority of the dele
cation. This characteristic PROPOSE
tion was rejected by the delegation
with emphasis if not with Indignation.
This was the last attempt to unite
Ohio in support Of Mr. Wade, and
it was perfectly we'll known to every
Ohio delegate entering the Opera
House, that there would be break
in Ohio's front after the first ballot
The four delegates who first broke
from Mr.. Wade, had not opposed
him secretly but openly, urging
against his nomination r'asOns which
seemed to them unauswerable, and
which the Convention afterward en-
dcrsed. They believed that if Mr..
Wade was not defeated at Chicago
he would come very near being de
ieated at the polls, aud while 1t might
have been possible to carry hlm
through 10 victory, it would have
been unwise to take the risk. 1t was
better that Mr. Wade's pride should
sptfer temporarily than that the cause
OF Right should suffer permanently
Personal regard for Mr.. Wade, aud
admiration for his great qualities aud
his long fidelity, united with State
pride to urge US to his support, but
looking beyond state boundaries and
personal claims, my duty, at least
seemed entirely clear. L believed
that | had been sent to Chicago to
aid 10 the selection Of ticket which
should not only be good one, but
which should be elected. 1t would
have been easier to have yielded to
the pressure of Mr.. Spaldiug,s little
ring aud fOatel with the current, but
really, l had other business at Chi
cago. My colleague, Judge Wick
ham, Of Norwalk, went to Chicago
favoring Mr.. Wade's nomination, aud
consistently aud commercially sup
ported him so long as he had any
prospect of nomination. Being
without instructions he did his duty
as he saw it, aud did mine as saw
mine.
Some of the means used by NJ.
Wade's immediate partisans to secure
his nomination were not of the most
honorable character, and it is to be
hoped that the result at Chicago will
be lesson TO political aspirants aud
their "next friends" I allude first
and chiefly to the odor Of free whisk '
which pervaded the Wade head quar-.