St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-07

CALHOUN avordupois. 1t must have been
rather humiliating to the deacon" when,
after making two ringing speeches. the other
day, in opposition to the bill to compel the
subsidized Pacific railroads to construct and
maintain telegraph lines in accordance with
the terms on which they received their sub
sides, there were only three other votes re-
corded alongside OF his own on that side OF
the question. The vote stood 1877 for the bill
and against.
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Sir CHARLES GIBSON who is half Missourian
and half Minnesotian, was an active worker
for st. Louis in the convention contest. he
promises to make things comfortable for the
Minnesota delegates when they go down TO
the convention, and those who have partaken
of Sir CHARLES hospitality know how much
is implied in that promise.
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There is perhaps no man in the country
who has fuller or richer store of political
"reminiscences than Mr.. GIBSON. He has
been successfully leader in the Wing, Re
publican and Democratic parties, and during
course of forty years political activity has
come in personal contact with pretty much
every American statesman prominent in the
last half centurys history Of the nation.
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"Facts as they are written in history and
facts as they actually occurred are often at
variance remarked Mr. GIBSON in CONVEX
sation with the writer the other day. The
remark was called forth by talk over the
in Chicago in 1860, when ABRAHAM LINCOLN
was first nominated for the presidency.
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with the power of the rabble in controlling
convention" continued Mr. GIBSON. IF the
convention had been held anywhere else
LINCOLN would not have been nominated.
SEWARD had the nomination as firmly Sc
cured as it was possible for man to secure
anything in advance of it's actual possession.
But the Chicago claqueurs took possession OF
the convention hall and actually hurrahed
LINCOLN into the nomination. And then there
was some trading, too, just as there is in
conventions these days. l went to the con-
vention as the champion of EDWARD BATES.
We had majority of the Indiana delegation
and fifteen of the Pennsylvania delegates
pledged to BATES when we got there. But
the LINCOLN managers traded US out of them
by Offering SIMON CAMERON and CALEB B.
oMITH cabinet places in exchange for solid
Pennsylvania and Indiana delegation re-
spectiyely. How succe jsfully the trade was
consummated is told in our subsequent ma
tional history. Aud yet, from reading the
history of the times, and the life of ABRAHAM
LINCOLN particularly, one would imagine
that the spontaneiety OF LINCoLN's nomina-
ton was one Of the marvels of American
politics.
And yet afterwards lived to be avenged
on SIMON CAMERON for trading US out of on
BATES contingent in the Pennsylvania dele
cation. At a critical period in the wal, when
the administration turned to Wall street for
money, the bankers agreed to advance it on
the sole condition that CAMERON should go
out of the cabinet Out he went, and was
sent off on the Russian mission. When the
time came around for eecting a senator from
Pennsylvania the Democrats had one ma
jority on joint ballot in the legisla-
ture. Nobody supposed that it would be any
trouble for SIMON CAMERON TO wipe out so
small an opposition majority in the Pennsyl-
vania legislature, so he was made the Re-
publican caucus nominee. When the cleo
ton day came around there came with it
crowd of about 200 thugs from Philadelphia,
who coolly walked into the state house and
announced their purpose to shoot the first
Democrat who dared to go back on BUCK
ALEw, the Democratic candidate. CAMERoN's
game was blocked and BUcKALEw was
elected"
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Brainerd is evidently not in sympathy with
the woman suffrage movement. At the
school election held in that city yesterday
the female candidates were called, but none
were chosen The old time notion still pre-
walls in that community, that the men are
good enough to hold the offices.