The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-03
W. W. PHELPS VIEWS,
He Reviews the Work of the
Chicago Convention,
AND GUsHES OVER HARRISON.
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William Walter Phelps has returned to
the city, and, in reviewing the work of
the Chicago convention, says that after
FIVE days of incessant discussion, and
having established the correct prin-
ciples of the choice of the convention,
they chose General Harrison with sur
prising unanimity. They wanted the
doubtful State that Harrison lived
in, Indiana. They wanted west
ern candidate. Harrison was in the
west, and not far enough from the
east to be out of the knowledge and
sympathy with eastern thought. Hsr-
rlson lived near the centre of population
end was almost composite photo
graph of the nations wants. He was
neither granger nor an anti
granger. He had good running
qualities of another kind. He
had a home and cherished it.
He had all the homely qualities which
are the best gift to an American who
seeks Office by popular vote. He had
good record ana not too much of it. He
had ancestry but did not depend upon
it. These were The reasons which in
fuenced the convention after six days
honest and conscientious examina-
ton to nominate General Harrison.
Ii was the best possible outcome. He
was the one candidate. | had person.
ally urged him for many months as the
ore easiest to elect, and 1 was entirely
81 cere when l telegraphed to General
Harrison that he was the one happy
issue out of all our troubles
ard that the convention was very fortu-
nate to have found it ont. About the
Vice-P Presidency. l am afraid l am an
interested witness there. | can say this,
though: heartily approve of Morton's
selection and will Loyalty work
for him; l ought to, he has been my
friend from boyhood, l am proud of his
business career, and still prouder OF his
political career. l have watched this
carefully from the beginning and !
must confess [ never knew a man who
grew faster than he, unless possibly
Warner Miller, both seem to have had
that both continually surprise
even better than you expected
very strong in New York. and when
New York, for the first time in the his
tory eff conventions, united its voIe and
asked his nomination, he was entitled
to it, and the convention would have
done wrong to refuse the request of the
emp re State. My chance for nom
nation and my claim to it was in event
New York did not agree upon
candidate. Ia that case New Jer-
sey's plea, was that New York can
not be carried without perfect
harmony. Give the Vice Presidency
to rs. We will carry our State, Indians
and New Jersey will elect the ticket.
| don't mean to say We shall not carry
New Jersey without having jersey
man on the ticket, but it will be harder,
for Jersey people are clam sh and love
their own folks. 1t would not be hard
in any case except for FIske
and he ought to be ashamed of
himself for he used to be a
good Republican and as anxious
for the prosperity OF his State as any OF
US. He knows the tariff is all that
keeps half of our people from starya
ton ana he is going to get his fol
lowers to throw away their votes and
their livelihood at the same time and
how he dare ask them to do 1t, 1 can
not understand. If they refuse to do
so, and the indications are strong in
that direction, We shall carry
the State and the Jersey delegates
as they journeyed homeward have
all cheered their way with this
conjecture. If Miller and Morton
should not carry New York after all
and Sewell and Phelps should carry
New Jersey and save the Republican
ticket, what could the convention say
thea2 So you see we are not discour-
aged and have a new motive to urge US
to carry New Jersey for Harrison and
Morton.