Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-07-25
PLuTocRATs IN POLITICS.
How the Chicago Convention Was Man

] How the Chicago Convention Was Nam
ipulated by Them-Their Influence in
the Republican Party.
The trusts, capitalistic combinations and
railroad kings in politics had full control of
the Republican National convention. Upon
the refusal Of Blaine TO accept the nomina-
ton, this combination turned toward Mr..
! Depew.
| 1t was a shrewd move, but one which re-
| quired courage and audacity, to place at the
head of political party the president of a
railroad corporation, and when the Granger
States entered their protests, Mr.. Depew
and his supporters weakened.
The taxpayers OF America, the men at
! work IN ner shops, feds and furnaces
/ should study attentiveiy the inside history
! OF thatconvention. II is not TO be supposed
that because it was necessary to withdraw
their favorite, Depew, the representatives
! OF the money power abandoned the field en-
! tirely. On the contrary, they selected Har-
rison, whose connection with the conspir-
ators was less conspicuous, but who, owing
hls advance to the representatives Of the
trusts and corporations, would be their most
supple tool.
The Chicago Tribune, the most influential
Republican journal of the Northwest, said,
| just before the nomination Of Harrison /:
when it Is known in Indiana, which is al
most as much Granger State as Illinois or
Iowa. .thatHarrison was proposed for the NOM
| ination as the residuary legatee Of the presl-
dent of the New York Central railroad, that
this nomination, If accomplished would be
brought about by railroad influences, he
VIII make about as strong run in the West
as Mr.. Depew himself"
The Chicago Tribune had an inside view
of the influences which were forcing the
nomination of Harrison, and it declared:
IA nomination so brought about not only in
wolves the party in serious danger, but pos
sibly involves its disruption and disgrace.
Never before have the plutocrats so boldly
and deiiantly dared TO offer candidate for
the approval Of the Republican conven-
ton"
This was the opinion of the Chicago Tsfb-
tp,c prior to the nomination Of Harrison; it
becomes important to decide how much of
these serious charges were due to the in
famed Imagination of Gresham partisan
and how much to accurate and valuable in
formation.
Fortunately, says the Louisville Courier
JOluNGl, we have Mr.. Depew's own testi-
mony as TO the truth OF the charges made in
advance of the nomination by The Chicago
Tribune. Mr.. DGpcw is a faverite with
newspaper reporters, and he opens his
mind freely to thcln on every occasion. One
who talks well win naturally talk often, and
n the course Of events he will say some
things that are unwise and indiscreet.
! When Mr.. Depew returned in state to
New York after the Chicago convention, he
/ greeted the reporter of the New York Trib-
tne with: Hullo, old fellow; how are you?n
Having then obtained the ear Of the old fel-
low, the president of the New York Central
railroad proceeded to tell how he bessed the
convention.
1.-THE outcome Of the convention,'' said
Mr.. Depew, '' has convinced me more than
ever of the potentialities of a dinner in the
present condition of American civilization.
The one which gave to the delegation on
Saturday night made a dark horse an i'm
possibility, narrowed the contestants to the
candidates before the convention, and made
the seventy-two votes of New York trip
hammer which pulverized every thing that
got in its way. The fact is that all success
/ ful social, religious, political and business
movements depend upon the potentialities
of well-conducted dinner"
That is MIR. Depcw's way Of managing
convention. Further hight is thrown on the
inside history of the convention by Mr..
Hustled, who was close companion of Mr..
Depew in his campaign in Chicago. Mr.
Hustled says:
"The moment that these dispatches (from
Blaine) were received the outcome was ev-
! ident to all and for this reason, that the
New York delegation, which heretofore,
since 1872, has always gone to National
convention split up into warning factions,
this time, under the leadership Of Chauncey
/ III. Depew, became an absolute unit upon
every question before the convention.
! When Mr. Depew pronounced, as he did
emphatically, for General Harrison, the
remainder. Of the delegation followed his
lead without question. 1t was felt that
the wishes of New York must be respected,
and when she allied herself to another
doubtful State, the Republicans in that con-
vention felt that victory was absolutely
within their grasp, and before enthusiasm
unparalleled since the convention in which
Blaine was indorsed, Benjamin Harrison
was nominated by acclamation.n
Here are the facts that fully justify the
warning of the Chicago Tribune. While
Harrison is the name of the nominee, De-
pew Is the man back of Harrison, and the
Chicago Tribune was right in saying his
nomination has put the stigma of ostra-
cism upon these glorious Republican States
Of the Northwest, known as the Granger
States: Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and Indiana
herself, without which no Republican can
didate can come within hailing distance of
an election"