Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-02


Of sixty-oue.
The new cabinet was made up Of mer
wholly repugnant to tie coalition that
nominated Harrison and Tyler, and ths
spllt In the. party became final and per
manent. Tyler went daily further anC
further towards the Democrats until the
end OF his term, when he was confessed q
member OF that party. Among other
points settled by Tyler's obstlnacy was
the title of the yice-prcsident succeeding
TO the office. The cabinet was OF the
opinion he should use the official style,
''yice- president--acting president" ON
advice from Justice Tanney Tyler reject
cd the suggestion, and was in name as
well as in fact president OF the United
States.
Gen. Zachary Taylor was the second
president who died In Office. He had
been H. the White House a year and a
half when on the 9th of July, 1850, he ex-
posed himself heedlessly In the hot sun
at the inaugural ceremonies OF the Wash
Ington monument, went home, ate copi-
ously Of ripe cherries, and upon these
drank cold milk. The effect was almost
instantaneous. Five days afterward he
was corpse. The cabinet caused the
notification to be made TO congress, over
which the vice-president, Willard Fill
more, presided. aud he was duly inau-
gurated July 10, 1850.
AS ylce-president Mr.. Fillmore had
been persistently snubbed by the oppo-
site or Seward faction OF the party. lie
had asked and asked In vain for the APP
poIntment OF collector and postmaster in
his own town OF Buffalo, and his bltterest
enemies had been appointed instead. He
made short work Of everything and
everybody that had fiourlshed In the noon
tide Of the defunct administration. Dam
lei Webster was appointed secretary OF
state, Flllmores law partner, N X. Hall
OF Buffalo, was made postmaster.general
and changes continued down to the re-
hottest tidewalter TO yindlcate the new
rulers wrath. IL was the teud OF the
stalwarts and half-breeds over again,
only the chalice was reversed; It
was the leader OF the stalwart wing that
died, aud 1t was the half-breed, or silver
gray Wing that came to the presidency.
The animosity growing out of these sue
cesslve vice-presidential accesslons
brought the Democrats to power at the
elections in November, 1862, the Wings
carrying only Massachusetts, Vermont,
Kentucky and Tennessee. They never
recovered from the shock, lost their
organization, and never ran another pres
idential candidate.
The third yice-president transferred by
death TO the presidency was Andrew
Johnson. On the 9th of April, 1866, Gen
Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant at Apo
mattoX courthouse the remnant OF the
Confederate army, and the great rebellion
was practically ended. On the night OF
April IA GOOD Friday, 1865, President
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth,
and died on the morning of the 10th. On
the same day Andrew Johnson was noti-
fled of the event by the cabinet, save Sew
ard, who was thought to be expiring, and
was sworn In.
Andrew johnson had been appointed
military governor of Tennessee, and had
won the confidence of the military author
ties, He was no minated at Baltimore as
"A Southern loyalist but was never cordi-
ally received by the Republican party
Upon his accession to the presidency his
policy did not receive the support of the
Republican party. An antagonlsm there
fore sprang up between the adminlstra-
ton and the majority party, which was
iercer even than that between Tyler and
the Wings. The president, however,
forced his measures as best he could, and
carried with him what was known at the
time Us the "amnesty sentiment of the
country, and also the Democratic senti-
ment, He was squarely outside the party
that had elected him vice-presdent from
the beginning of his term as president.
Az the first session of the Fortieth con
gross the presidents attitude to the ma
iority in congress had become hostile and
defiant, and on the oath of February, 1868,
resolution to lmpeach him passed the
house by vote OF l26 to Z. Articles
were drawn up and passed March 2.
On the 9th the trial began and lasted
till May l6, when test vote was taken
ON the eleventh article, leading one.
The result was; For conviction, 30 SEN
atorsi for acquittal, 10 senator's; IA of the
latter being Democrats and 8 Republl-
cans. The constitution requiring a two
thirds vote to convict, the verdict was ac-
quittal on this article. On May 2G vote
was had ON the first and second ar
tlcles with the same result. 1t being evil
dent that conviction could not be had, no
other votes were taken, and the court of
impeachment adjourned sine die. The
contest between the majority In congress
and the president continued to the end
OF his term, when h0 retired to his native
state and reunited with his old associates
OF the Democratic party.
The fourth and last vice-presldent
transferred by death to the presidency
was Chester A. Arthur. James A. Garfield,
who had been inaugurated president on
March 4, 1881, was shot at the Baltimore
s Potomac depot, Washington, on July 2,
1881, by Charles j, Gulteau. The presi-
dent rallied from the effects OF the shot,
fingered hopefully for long time, but
finally died at Elberon, N. j., September
10. The cabinet at once telegraphed
Vice-Presldent Arthur Of the death of
President Garfield, and suggested that he
take the oath of office. lie did so on
September 20, at New York city, before
Judge Brady, and again at Washington,
September ~, before the chief Justice OF
the supreme court,
Under President Garfield the appoint
ments from New York gave rise to much
feeling In the stslwart ranks OF the Re
publican party, which ended in the resig-
nation OF the senator's from that state,
May IL, 1881. This was the date of a dis.
astrous division in the Republican party,
which led 10 the "tidal waycn OF opposi.
ton In 1882, 1888 and 1884. Upon tho ac-
cesslon of President Arthur, the oonsery-