The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-06-11

.; coils FOR PRESIDENT: :
GE.t.,N:.S. H,zNCOCX.
,at.i9 f:IOR RH1g1g6YLvAsIA.' 'H t.t'
tine LAST RADICAL CONVENTION.
40 ~ s<4ssH1' 3f-----'i'ifi }tal ,'s'.-l
L1et ~ have poaco.-13wck F6nshds0.
The Chfcago Convsntion, greatly to
onr discredit rs / political seer, failed
TO nominate Gen. Grant, and ID that
one partlcular,, II not In Others, has
clearly shown that It was fraud.
Why not Grant 2 Because, - It APP
pears, Blaine and Sherman were bit
terly opposed to the great thIrd-termer,
In the path or out Of 1t. And why
James A. GarAeldP Because, as 1t also
appears, 1t was anybody to beat Grant,
and TO. carry Ohio. Gen. Grant WAS
beaten by, the following vote ON the
86th fballot:1t Grant 900, Blaine ~,
Sherman 9, washbnrne s, Garfield ss9
"A majority losing 205 votes,
sheEman 10ej Washburne IS, Edmunds
IL. Wiadoml 8, but Grant only 2 of the
previous ballot. i-s
On the LIST aud 2nd ballots Garfield
had no votes on the 33rd he received
cneivote, on, the next II, the next 50,
and on the last 500, his vote coming,
as shown, mainly from the supporters
Of Blaine and Sherman, and no doubt
on their. motion. Under these circum-
stances we are smitten with the nomi-
nation or Garfield, and are gratified
more especially with the stroke of par
alysis administered to the Grant elc-
ment, and its consequent loss Of vim
which we regard as essential to Repub-
lican success. The Sacred Bull of the
ttRebellion," known to all the world,
has been brought monstrous low by
the Little Bear of the Western Reserve.
Grant laid low by Garflcld-Acteon de-
voured by his offspring!
The Convention, seeking for q Vice
President, naturally went TO New
York, aud nominated Chester A. Ar
thur, the vote being as follows: Ar
thur 46s, Washburne 1893, Maynard 80,
Jewel "A, scattering 2, and the Sena-
tor Of color, Bruce, 8. This completed
the business of the Convention, save
the building offs platform, about which
we are at this writing not advised.
From the premises, 1t Is but reasona-
BILE to infer, that, in the cremation of
the "stalwarts,'' 1t was designed that
Mr.. Garfield should 60 through the
country shaking hands, across the
bloody, ehasm and ramming all the
bloody shirts into dark closets. s,
james A. Garfield was born In Cuya-
hoga county, Ohio, November 19, 1881;
graduated, at Williams College, Mass,
In 1866 was president several years of
a literary institution, his wife being a
pupil studied and practiced law was
q State Senator 1s59-'6o; entered the
Union army Ia 1861 as colonel of the
42nd Ohio volunteers; was promoted to
the rank of Brigadier General In Jan.
uary, 1862 was made chief Of staff Of
the Army of the Cumberland, and Ma
r-General in September, 1853. He
was elected to the 3sth Congress, and
has been reelected for eight successive
Congresses, being now a member and
the leader OF his party 10 the House.
He was recently, chosen U. 8. Senator
to succeed Judge Thurman March Q,
1881. -..I -ls, loa .-. 80 .,-...
Judge Arthur Is best known a. the
ex-Collector Of the port Of New York.
His public services have been mainly
restricted within the limits Of the Em.
pire State, and to secure the vote of
New York was, doubtless, the moving
cause of his nomination. He is said to
be shrewd politician, but on scale
small as compared with that of ma
tional struggle. He may or may not
be an Improvement on President
Wheeler; the variation of tho compass
either way need not bring on cyclone.
1t Is announced in the Democrat of
Tuesday that the Louisiana delegation
to the Cincinnati Convention, which
assemblies Tslocx1ou tho 1O,,<1 inst mill