New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-07
CLOSING THE CANVASS.
HOW JOHN HARDY WAS NOMINATED.
MAYOR GRACE AND Mr.. TILDEN DICTATE HIS sup
PORT BY THE COUNTY DEMOCRACY-JoHN Il.

PORT BY THE COUNTY DEMocRACY--JoHN II.
FELLows's MANUFAC URED ESTHUsIAsM-HIS
ESTIMATE OF COPPER "EADs.
The circumstances under which John Hart
ceived the nomination for Congress by the County
Democracy make interesting chapter of local
politics, ami show plainly that he in no sense
represents the faction which reluctantly named
him as its candidate.
John r. Fellows was the ruling spirit OF the Con-
ventiOn which was TO select n candidate for the
County Dem cracy and for several days before the
Convention met he was engaged with Others in try
ing to find q willing candidate Hardy had been
nominated by Tammany Hall, but this fact and
others only made him the more obnoxious TO tho
County Democracy. He had for three several cleo
tions run a stump candidate against Fernando
Wood, and thereby made many enemies among
Woods followers. His bad war record was
strongly against him. He had been
known to express great contempt for the Irish as
people; his opinion of the appropriateness Of cab
bage heads for Irish CONSUMPTION had come to be
well known among the Irish race in the district;
and altogether he was weak candidate TO put up
Mr.. Fellows and his sfeow-committeemen searched
the district through for candidate. :" We went to
everybody" said Mr.. Fellows in speaking Of this
matter Il few days ago in the Morton House, " and
urged dozen or more to take the nomination. We
told each of them that the should cost him
nothing: we would not ask for any assessment;
but conld get no one to take 1t. 1t would never
do for the County Democracy. claiming TO be the
regular organization to put no candidate up for 80
important an office. But the nomination mt beg
gng and we had in the end to nominate Hardy"
and Mr. Fellows sdde an opinion Of the man which
the committee and convention unanimously held,
but which annOt be put in print.
From another source than Mr. Fellows II has been
to meet the committee decided that Mr. Fellows
should name Mr.. Tiemann as the candidate, and
that he should he enthusiastically nominated, and
then urged to run republican who called on
Mr.. Fellows to make a suggestion of union
on some good man who could defeat " Copperhead
Hardy" was informed that the name Of Mr.. Tie
mann had been decided uDOn, partly from the bellet
that The Republicans would suppost hrn IN prefer
ence to Harry But while still in conversation on
the subject the two were interrupted by Mr.
Paris, who will be remembered as one OF Mr.. Ill
denis +" cipherersn He infOrme Nr. Fellows that
Mayor Grace and Others had decided on a new pro-
era rme. 1t sequently appeared that the new
progr mme was the nomination of Hardy. Alr Eel
naming Hardy, but eventually consented 70 DO so.
and allied the dSgusted " boys together TO inform
them Of what was required Of them. tie 'tehows)
tod the rest Of the story in these words:
"When | got them together | told them that L
thOught that when we had to take Dhysic we ought
to do it with the est grace we could and maze no
faces over H. The object of taking pills was to have
'em work, and We had TO AXE this pill we mu .
take care t. show that it was working. so SAID,
When name Hardy and when he comes INTO the
Convention wanta regular outburst OtenthuslaSlh:
Well C uill worked and when HarJyc me IN ne
got a unanimous and roaring reception. | tell you."
In the course of the conversation which followed,
q gentleman present, adveTtng TO the tact that Dir.
Fellows had been a rebel soldier, he could re-
Spect him, but he hal no patience with such Cop
Derhead as Hardy. Mr.. Fellows, who had more than
once expressed his contempt for Harry, said that
the feeling among SOU hern soldiers for Copper-
heads at the North always one OF supreme con-
TEMPT and lahing.
Il went into the Southern army lie added, "as
south bad there all nv social and other ties, and
all my property and prospects were there II had
been similarly situated in the North, should prob
ably have gone into the Union army. certainly
would not have staid AT home and fought it from
behind. That is why we 'uthern people so heartily
deleSt Wilkes Booth He stad III Washington for
rour years, living on champagne bought with
the money he had made in the North
and sympathiziny with US struggling in the neld.
but no 500 er was the canse lost, bnt hoa0rab4y
lost than he suddenly made himself the champion
OF the southern people, and by an infamous acs
avenged them. There were not dozen mel IA tho
Southern army that would not have gladly aided 90
hang him. Tine only 'sympathizers' with hun
were Northern dOugnlaces who dId nothing Du5
= 'sympaIhiZe and 'symDatIlze.'" ,
This indirect comparison OF Mr. Hardy u bootn
by the man who had just nominated aim ttr Con-
greSS was looked upon by those who h"ard.'the ~
marks as suggestive OF the nature ~ the en-
thusiasm of the Democrats ut the lAth District tor
their candidate Tor Congress.