The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-08
uo1u,roN's BAD ADVICE.
r,a wav Sherman Missed the Nomi-
nation.
From, the Neto York Sun,

Evo,, the NeiD York Sun.
MIA death of Col. Modton, John Sher-
a,s brother-in-law, mikes fresh a chap
no, - POLITICAL incidents that has never yet
20 the light of day, md remains for the
20 political histoian to put upon a
-;nted mage. Said Republican politician
yesterday: "MoultorwaS man of great
Jacsion and sagacityand John Sherman is
eodv crippled in the atset of his Presiden-
81 canvass by his death. Moulton was
l lnt the unwittin cause of Garfield's
Ieo-n;nation in 1880. He was the one con-
ln.ooct{;1p link betweenhe plot that had been
n INC On in Garfield favor, and the oppor-
ssunifv in the Chlqgo convention winch
Uua1'netely upset combinations and
I'.oollnnrvstalized the trength of the anti
T-ont men aroud the one standard
t7aorer Early i May of 1880 John
SSarTnan. then S3etary of the Treasury
on IIjaaves' Cabine. made little Saturday
~ NJ to Philade0hia, ostensibly to look
va. the custQmlouse, but really to set up
t';S nolitical boon One of the features of
.be visit was RE down the Schuylkill in
company with number OF prominent
pbiIsdeiphiaB, among them Wharton
parker ana bis arrulous sire. Old Barker
1onnened to st Sherman's left hand, and,
happeqinp his togue in the middle as the
toat nnshed on from the wharf, the be-
OovoIent old geJleman kept it wagging at
10th ends mil she bumped the pier again
on her return. ,,
President, sal old Barker, but my son
Wharton hnkJim Garfield is the best man
we can put ups does Wayne MacVeagh.'
nAt this tim Garfield's name had not
bean nenioneoy anybody in any quarter,
,uhliclv IN coiection with the Presidency.
He was tie lear of his party in the House,
and had ieforeim the prospect of becom-
INC Speaer, ite chose to accept the place.
Perhapsf it hi not been for old Bankers
remark g wod have been Speaker in
stead of Eeifern the Forty seventh Con-
rress. What a man Barker said set John
Shermato thking, and he had several con-
sulatios witbis brother-in-law, Moulton,
about j Feers were put out around
Garfeldbut h could not be caught. He
denied uiftrry that he had ever thought
of becoain, candidate, and the only
thing hsai hat could be construed into
betrall is ambition was a remark
that hemde on one occasion as he dis
missed tt $bject oh, there's time
enongbc tina by and by When Sher-
man wird tohave Garfield himself make
his ndittion speech for himself (Sher-
man ere saying a word to Garfield he
falkeApfeT WUn NlOulIO1.
20 ,es; have Garfield, by all means,
said ttlton. If he has any designs on
his orccount it will tie him up beauti-
Sherman asked Garfield to make the
uoming speech. Garfield, in turn, was
warbut accepting. He had by this time
Aecd little set up by the suggestions of a
nun of marplots, and began to think he
ntgk a dark horse in the convention;
HI his friends that Sherman had asked
hihake the nominating speech, and he
haisn little time to consider the mat
tel is unnecessary to mention with
wiGarfield finally consulted, but the
atvas: Go ahead and accept. Make
vbeech, and we will see to the risk )
TAs the first small cloud on John
Spl's horizon, then no bigger than a
Mat, but destined i'll a short month to
sdto a whirlwind of defeat. Garfield
add it, and i'll time no fact will be more
Cdin history than that the famous
Og sentence of his speech was entirely
ater of pre-arrangement. History
ID ransacked for a finer dOvetail of
&c with cunning than Garfields
81 and the work of his friends
galleries of the convention hall.
10 shall be your candidateT said Gar
fiji his first breath as he stood before
teat mass of men, and then the CALLER
iSwering shouting back as with the
Tthe sea, Garfield! Garfield
escene can never be forgotten. 1t was
Child had touched the electric button
buld hurl the world into chaos again.
70 Garfield said was that simple little
Ne: Who shall be your candidateF
hbusands of men took it up as the sig
fhis consent and connivance in the
3 make himself that candidate. If it
pt been for Col. Moulton's nnlucky ad,
n John Sherman, Garfield could not
+ouched the electric button that con-
III the convention and throw into chaos
everal factions that stood opposed Ike
A. armies on the battle field"