Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-22
PAYNE FOR PRESIDENT.
GooDLY SIZED BOOM STARTED IN
HIS BEHALF.
He is to be Elected Senator in Place of
Pendleton. and Nominated for President
if"The Old Ticket" Fails to Materialize-
His Distinguished Services for His Coan-
try and Party.
Ispeci al Telegram to the Globe.

Especial Telegram to the Globe.
CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 21.-In modern,
handsome but not magnificent residence
on Euclid avenue, the pride of Cleveland
and by some travellers pronounced the
finest street in the world, lives 81. B.
Payne. This gentleman is held in high
esteem by the people of Ohio,especially by
the Democratic party of which he has
been a member all his life, and is now the
most likely man to be elected United
States senator from Ohio to succeed
Geo. Ii. Pendleton. He is also a
presidential possibility, and at this
time the probabilities favor him as much
as any other man talked of for The place.
with perpaps two exceptions. Mr.. Payne
has always been Democrat, conservative,
and at times independent in thought, but
always unfalteringly party man. He
started with the same general ideas of
democracy and government as those en-
tertained by Stephen A. Douglas, the little
giant. Douglas and Payne were warm
friends in the days of their youth, in the
morning of their career, and the
friendship continued during the life
of the former. It was at Canaan
daigua, N. Y, about 1881, that
the two met, both as students of the law.
In the spring of 1888 Douglas desired to
go to Illinois, and was enabled to do so
only by loan of 800 from his young
friend Payne. 1t was this sum that had
worn away until only 371a cents remained
when the future statesman arrived at
Jacksonville. ILL.,, and earned his first
dollar by clerking for an auetioneer at $26
per month.
When Douglas and Payne met again
both were successful lawyers and promi-
nent members of their party. Mr.. Payne
was presidential elector on the Lewis
Cass ticket in 184o, and the next
ysar was elected to the Ohio senate. Here
he at once took such prominent position
that in 1851 he was the Democratic caucus
| nominee for United States senator. This
| was the famous and protracted senatorial
| ly carried off the prize by majority of
one. In 1857 Mr.. Payne was the Demo
cratic candidate for governor against
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no political ambition. Although he is as
| the word is, a candidate for
the United States senatcrship
it is not from desire of his
own. BE has not as much as turned
his hand over to promote his senatorial
interests. He regards the senstorship as
place not to be sought or declined with
out good reasons, and while he is willing
to be CALLED to the position, all moya-
ments on his behalf emanate not from
himself, but from his friends.
There are many influences at work to
make Henry B. Payne senator, The OPP
position to Senator Pendleton, which is
large and in some instances fierce, is COZ
centrating on Payne as the one man able
| to defeat the Cincinnatian. The McLeans,
of the Cincinnati Enquirer are now
for Payne, and three-fourths of the
members of the assembly from that city
will vote for him in caucus. The Bookwal-
ter faction though small is valuable, and
as the recult of an understanding only re-
Gently arrived at is for Payne. The cam
paign that occurred in 1867 between Chase
and Payne was exciting and brilliant.
Payne took up the prevailing Kansas
| question, and opposed the Lecomption
constitution on the ground that it was not
the act of the people of Kansas, and did
not embody their will. Payne
was defeated for governor but
the plurality against him was
only 1903, in strong contrast to Chase's
majority of $4,000 over his opponent two
years before. The next year at Douglas
request Payne visited illinois to join in
| the campaign there. 1t is interesting to
note how Douglas and Payne, the intimate
| law students, stood together in the Demo
cratic party. Payne was Douglas man
at the Cincinnati conve ntion in 1856 and
again at Charleston in 1860 when the mem
orable split in the Democratic
party made it possible for
Abraham Lincoln to be president.
In that convention Mr.. Payne occupied
the responsible positson of chairman of
the committee on platform, and was also
the managing representative of Mr.. Doug
las. As the leader and champion of the
northern wing of the party, Mr.. Payne
was put forward as spokesman. The po-
sition was most difficult one, requiring
tact, self-possession and courage. The
south was not modest in its demands, and.
her men scarcely realized that the Dem
ocratic party of the north,
| overs which they had 80 long
been dominant, could Withstand their
efforts to continue in control in behalf of
| slavery. Many of the northern delegates
were indeed in favor of submission to the
south, but few, acting upon the most
! firm conviction, could not submit and
bravely held their own. When the report
of his committee adverse to slavery extern
sion and protection by the government
was read in the convention, Mr.. Payne
made q speech defending it amid great ex-
citement in the hall. His effort
was remarkable for its perspi-
Guilty, brilliancy and power, condemning
secession and warning the south against
undertaking it. The speech had a remark
able effect, though it did not prevent the
southern wing carrying out their extreme
programme. Neither of the candidates of
The tive conventions into which tie Charles
ton gathering split was elected, but Abra-
ham Lincoln was, and secession followed
Sumter was no sooner fred on than Mr.
Payne, with the great Douglas, was found
Jealous in upholdIng the federal govern
ment. He encouraged enlistments, joined
in all the patriotic movements of
the times, and his voice and influence were
ever on the side of the Union. He Joined
with the other wealthy citizens in 1862 in
guaranteeing the treasurer of Cayahoga