Wichita eagle., 1888-07-03
ghe aa1itha Daily Eagle: gnesdaY a1orue Gully B. 1888

really destroyed the hope of Mr. Allison's
| friends was the conviction that since the
| extreme granger sentiment had taken New
York's candidate out of the run, it was
far enough from the east to be out OF
knowledge and sympathy with eastern
thought. Harrison lived near the center
OF population and was almost composite
| photograph of the nations wants He
was neither granger nor antl-granger. He
had good running qualities of another
kind. He had home and cherished it.
He had ali the homely qualities which are
the best gift to an American who seeks Tor
office by the popular vote He had good
record, and not too much of it. He had
| ancestry, but did not depend on it. These
were the reasons which influenced the con-
vention after six days honest and con-
scientious examination to nominate Gen
eral Harrison. 1t was the best possible
outcome. One candidate that | had per
sonally urged for many months as the one
easiest to elect and | was entirely sincere
when | telegraphed to General Harrison
that he was the one happy issue out of all
our troubles and that the convention was
very fortunote to have found it out.
About the vice-pres;dency? Oh, ! am
afraid | am an interested witness there. |
can say this, though, / heartily approve of
Mr. Morton's selection and will loyolly
work for him. l ought to. He has been
my friend from boyhOod. I am proud OF
his business career, and still prouder of his
political career. 1 have watched
this carefully from the beginning, and
| must confess | never knew a man
slbly, Warner Miller Both seem TO have
had high aptitude in this direction
not policy to select a granger candidate.
In vain AllisOn's friends said that his per-
sonal record was that Of man who had
held the scales between the two extremes
the prairie and Wall street. The an
swer was that his state is the home of
the granger and the head center of its in
fiuences; and the convention admitted the
force OF the answer: SO, after five days of
incessant discussion and voting, eliminat-
ing all the other candidates and having
established the correct principles of choice,
the convention chose General Harrison
wife surprising unanimity. They wanted
adoubtful state; Harrison lived in Indiana.
They wanted a western candidate; Harri-
son was in the west and not
and each time they do a public act they do
il better than before. SO that both contin-
ually surprise and please by doing each
task even better than you expected they
would. Mr.. Morton makes the ticket very
strong in New York, and when New York
fore the first time in the history of conven-
tons, united its vote and as him nomi-
nation he was entitled to it and the con-
vention would have done wrong to refuse
the request Of the imperial state,
My chance for the nomination, and my
only claim TO it was in tie event that New
York did moi az &c to a candidate. In that
case New Jerseys plea was as New York
cannot be carried without perfe ct hCrmony,
give the vice presidedcy to us We will
carry our sta.e-lndiana and New Jersey
viii elect the ticket Cleveland
knows that the tariff is all
that keeps half of our people
from starvation, and how he will get
his followers to throw away their votes
and their livelihood at the same time, and
how he dare ask them to do it I can't I'M
derstand. If they refuse to do So and the
indications are strong III that direction,
we shall carry the state. and the Jersey
delegates as they journeyed homeward
have all cheered their way with this CON
lecture: If Miller and Morton should
carry New York after all and Sewell and
Phelps could carry New Jersey and save
the Republican ticket, what could the
convention say then? So you see that we
are not discouraged and have new mo-
tive TO urge us to carry New Jersey for
Harrison and Morton.