Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-01
rHE CHICAGO BATTLE


rHE CHICAGO BATTLE
vas mere boys play compared With the
situation Mr.. Manning was compelled to
face at Saratoga. He RAJ we'll served and
vac, soon after his arrival ON the ground,
in full possession of the whole and true
facts. It was ~ { the admirable quail
ties OF Mr.. Msnning q q leader that he
wanted the truth told him, not what he
would ike to hear. Good new he received
indiiferently; bad new received his earnest
and serious attention. Hence it was. no
one admitted to his confidence wa afraid
to tell him the facts a. they were. He
wasted no time in complaint, he set to
work to repair the damage. Had his OPP
ponents been as well informed as himself,
the result might have been different. As it
was, when he reached Saratoga the conven.
ton in its majority was against him; when
it assembled he had a bare majority OF ten;
four OF whom were unreliable f+,i: y r.
While Mr.. Flowers friends dared not
claim q majority, they dil assert. and, as
the above shows, with reason. that MI.
Manning did not have one either. Their
plan was early in the convention session
to force a test question, believing that a
defeat OF Mr.. Manning would send the
majority to their candidate. With con-
summate adroitness Mr.. Manning
avoided every test question. His
management OF the convention was a rare
exhibition of adroitness and ability. He
persuaded where he could not command;
he conceded where ne could not force; he
bullied where he could not persuade but
could, brighten; he yielded gracefully to de-
mands which were. as bitter as gall to him.
when he. could not deny without leopard
ixiDg his cauze; he granted favOrs to treach-
erous foes and demanded as tests OF fidei Y
from his friends the submitting to humii.
ating local defeats; he embraced one enemy
that he might stab another still more da"-
gefOus. Such a~drOitness, facility OF move
ment. diplomatic concession and ingenius
evasion of test questions have been rarely
shown, but by their employment Daniel
Manning was made the master OF q cOnven-
ton opposed to him and the candidate he
presented. He said to q friend, when the
convention had gone into final session and
there vas nothing more 40 do: Il have
done the best l could do. In two days l
have eaten more crow and submitted to
more h~umiliations than l ever thought l
would do in all my life. have done o
for Grover Cleveland than l thought 1
would ever do for any man alive. 1t has
been the worst fight 1 ever had, and if no
mishap occurs we have won a victory in
the camp Of the enemy with a part OF our
enemies forces.
Here is a secret. When the convention
adjourned the delegation in its majority
was opposed to Governor Cleveland; when
it arrived in Chicago it was in his favor.
This wal due to the persuasive powers OF
Mr.. Manning between Saratoga and Chi
cagO.-
NOT A STILL HUNTER.
Mr.. Manning was not much given to "a
posed to the idea of giving his enemy the
slightest hint Of his plans. Yet when he
opened his campaignin Chicago it was with
perfect frankness, and he requested his lieu
tenants to refrain from pledging the party
to carry New York il Mr.. Cleveland were
nominated; to go no further than to say
more could be done with Mr.. Cleveland
than with any one else, and that while they
would do all that could be done with any
one else the convention might nominate,
they thought they could do best with Mr..
Cleveland. This conservatism made a pro-
found impression upon the leaders of the
party in other States.
Mr.. Manning is a man OF much dignity OF
manner, and in recent years, except in
political times, not particularly approach.
A' u SsN az
is not much given to talking politics, and
becomes FESTIVE when it is forced upon him.
One Of his characteristics has been his
fidelity to friends and assistants. This
was SO marked q trait that it was believed
be a religion with him. Slice he has
been Secretary Of the Treasury. however,
complaints to the contrary have frequently
been made in the streets ofAlbany, whether
jrstly or not, but probably unjustly. A
man does not change the characteristics Of
lifetime in a year. His friends have prob
been asking im%possibilities, and have
been properly rebuked.
1t may be said in closing that Mr.. Man
ming is essentially executive in his mental
makeup. 1t is doubtful whether he ever
ave or ever would attempt to give an issue
20 a party or formulate q principle. He
9 great in execution. and his head is clearer
han other mems in proportion as the tur-
noil rises about him. Ard yet heis a most
nervous man, who pays the penalty OF in
iulgence in exciting events by intense suffer
ng after the events have passed away.
SENTINEL,