The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01
run BY COMPUTATIONS.
HOW HARRISON WAS NOMINATED
The Great Railroad Attorneys and How
They Manipulated the Chicago
Convention.
Hsrrison Their PLANT Tool. Hist ory Graph.
lcal1y Recorded.

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Chicago Tribune Editorial. June u.
OF all the banded monopoly forces ar
rayed against Gresham there was none
more determined than the Pacific rail-
road "three." These two rings feared
doubtless with reason) that with
Gresham in the white House it would
be difficult to get through the Littler
bill extending for eighty years the time
for the payment of the debt Of the Pa
cific railroads to the government. With
their Thurstons and Hammonds in the
convention the Pacific railroad were in
. position to do telling work and they
secured q significant success at the out
set when one Of their lobbyists was
made temporary chairman Of the con-
vention.
The OK knOweth his owner and the
ass his masters crib" Railroad attor-
neys fiocked in from every side and
Joined their forces with Gould and the
Pacific railroad agents. Gresham was
specially odious to the crooked pluto
Gratis and their agents because Of his
righteous decision in the Wabash case;
but when his defeat was accomplished
the combine grew bolder and announced
that mo granger need apply" Notice
was served that no state which had
ever enacted laws for the control and
regulation Of railroad charges need
present candidate 10 the convention.
Not only was Judge to be punished,
disciplined and made an example of be-
cause OF decision adverse to crooked
railroad interests. but states were to be
castigated for daring to adopt granger
laws. This was what defeated Allison.
With his fine record, many points Of
availability. and loyal support from his
own state it seemed at one time that he
might succeed to Gresham's strength
and become the nominee: but the
crooked railroad combine turned on
him also and blasted him for the sins
of his Iowa constituents. The people
Of Iowa refused to be .'held up and
..sand bagged" and robbed by the rail-
roads. and adopted laws for their own
protection. Hence the railroad COM
bine in the convention would not per.
NIT them to name a candidate for pre-.
sident. All grangers and granger
states were excluded from consideration
Illinois included. Sherman had some
points that commended him to tht
ruling force in the convention. but ht
was more Of banker than Il railroad
man and he lacked the running qualitie.
to carry New York and save the state
ticket. He would have cost the Ton
w-Hiscock-Miller follower,
the state ticket in New York and the
loss of half dozen members o.
congress.
Jerry Rusk was too honest for rail
road use and was soon discarded by thu
delegation OF his own state headed by
Railroad Attorney John c. Spooner
with the senior senator backing him
ingalls, came from 4 granger state.
but as his support was matter OF stat'
pride and intended merely rs \ compli
mcnt i'm return for his service in har
pooniDg Dan Voorhees,, there was M
occasion for railroad attack on him
Alger was rich lumberman, withou
any close railroad association, but h
was known 10 be positive and independ
ent in his business transactions. II,
was dropped as an unknown and unre
liable quantity. The same influence
that defeated Gresham beat the tiel,
and caused the choice to fall on Harri
son.
After the granger candidates" wsr
all killed the convention selected ten
eral Harrison, who is railroad attor
ney himself and n partner Of Stew
Elkins in a cattle syndicate. II Harri
son had been suspected of any taint Q
grangerism his throat would have beel
quickly cut from ear 10 ear. The me-
combined 10 knock out the grange
candidates think that Harrison is witt
them in interest and sympathy. Els
they would never have permitted hi
nomination, and they count on him a
one who will perform his duties 10 hi
party without coming in conflict wit
any crooked railroad interest.
ANOTHER CHAPTER.
| How Gresham and Allison Were DefeateG
From the same paper.
! The Tribune ceased to feel con
| fidence in Gresham's nomination q