Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06

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ton, and when the vote was put as to the
withdrawal of his name; It was agreed to.
The result was that we got Is out Of the 30
Indiana delegates TO votes for Hayes. When
this result was declared to the convention,
the shout that went up, almost took the
roof off Hayes had 3Sx votes and Blaine had
SOL"
Tho Enthusiasm for Garfield.
Speaking Of the enthusiasm of the con-
vention in 1876, the most enthusiastic con-
vension In cur history wss the Garfield CON-
vention Of 1880. Secretary Foster, who was
the leader OF the Sherman forces of this
convention, told me net long ago that the
applause that began during the last ballot,
when 1t was seen that GARFIELD was going to
be nominated, lasted over an hour and that
they were still applauding when he took
Garfield out of the convention. Said he:
Garfield did not know what to do. He
turned as white as sheet and he sat there
looking like death while the convention
cheered. While we waited, kilograms be-
gan to pour In and ne would hand these
over to me and 1 would open them. We
got in that hour over a hundred kilograms,
and congratulatory kilograms came from
long distances before the result was Off
cially announced by the Chairman of the
convention. remember one from Baton
Rouge, La, and there were others equally
far away xAt last Garfield said, Cant
you get me out of here?' Ard 1 told him
that would try. With that We got up
and pushed our way, arm in arm, out of the
convention hall
81 got Garfield into q carriage at just
about the time the crowd realized that be
was coming out, and as did SO the crowd
right off the carriage in their anxiety to see
Garfield, and remember that had to pay
$65 to the cabman to make the thing
square"
Garfeld's nomination." asked.
'The nomination of Garfield" said Secre-
tary Foster, "was almost directly the result
of hero worship. The convention of 1880
was one made up of hero worshipers. The
followers of Grant and Blaine were full of
enthusiasm, ire and of the determination to
nominate their candidates. The rest of the
delegates were actuated by the same feel
ing. Every man seemed to have come to
the convention with a purpose, and, as the
spread, and, as the contest was narrowed
down to two or three candidates, it became
stronger and stronger. Soon after the con-
vention was called to order, it was seen that
it was Grant against the field.
How Conkling Was worshiped.
''Roscoe Conkling was the idol of the
friends Of Grant. He was cheered again
and again whenever he rose in the hall, and
his speeches were received with long and
continued applause. 1 thing that Conkling
enjoyed his. position. He never looked
better nor stronger than he did at Chicago,
and he seemed to feel his power. Now, the
opposing elements required an idol, and
that idol they found in Garfield. He was
pre-eminently the great leader of the oppo-
sition, and his eloquence. his magnificent
presence, and the courage he showed on the
floor, made him the god of the anti-Grant
men of the convention.
I don't think Garfield encouraged this
sentiment He would not have been NOR
tai had he not liked it, but he was modest
about it and he did not court applause nor
pose for it, as it seemed to me Oonkling did.
As the convention went on, this worship of
the leaders grew stronger and stronger, and
when the time came that Garfield's name
was sprung by those 16 votes from Wiscon-
sin, it was at its climax. It created per-
feet stampede toward him and in two bal
lots he was nominated"
How buchanan Defeated Douglas,
I heard curious story the other night
about the nomination of Buchanan in 1856.
1t was brought about by $50, 900 in gold coin
presented by New York and by the with
drawal of Stephen A. Douglas. Mr..
Charles T. Button, who was relative of
Senator Douglas and one of his confidential
agents, tells me the story, Said he:
Before left Washington to 60 to Gin
cinnati, Senator Douglas wrote letter
withdrawing his name from the convention
in favor of Buchanan and he gave this into
nv hlnds and that of another1 Illinois friend
with the instruction that it was to be pre-
sented to the convention if there was no
chance of his being nominated. He was
prevailed upon to do this by some of Bu-
chanan's friends who promised him that if
he did so, Buchanan's forces would support
him four years later. They said that
Douglas was young man and Buchanan
was an old one and that Douglas could
afford to wait. Well, when we got to Gin
cinnati we found the chances were pretty
good for Douglas, but the Buchanan men
got around the other man who had charge of
his letter and kept him in chronic state of
inebriety during the convention and through
this condition the letter was given out
Buchanan had strong support from New
York and Isaiah Rvnders, who was one of
the leaders of the New York delegation,
had parlors in the Burnett House upon the
floor of which he had 500, 900 in gold spread
out which he showed the delegates and told
them that New York would give that to the
campaign if Buchanan was nominated"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.