Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23


formation and experience gathered ih
other lands could give an administration
TINT would be the most brilliant since JET.
frrs0n's. yet he thought a succcsslui
election contest doubtful. The task
would he diihcmt etDugh for p president
ia power, with the control Of the patron
age Of the government to arrange for q
third term. But much more difficult was
that task for Grant. who was not in
power and had no friends among the
members Of the existing cabinet. Mr..
Young pointed 10 the rcvOlts in the Re.
publican ranks Boz New York, Pennsyl-
vaniu and Illinois as still more serious,
observing that the party was so torn
that Grant would enter the field not as
cOngucrer upon whom honor had clus-
tered every garland but as a gladiator,
FROM an arena where he had been tossed
nnd tumblcd by every Daciun that could
be thrown against him.
To tlis Grant replied briefly. that he
no longer held the views he had ex.
pressed az Malaga for two reasons. One
of these was that he was being savagely
attacked by Buinc's literary bureau,
which charged him with being in with
the whisky ring and with being n
whisky thief" Fer this he deemed IL
almost q duty TO run and defeat Blaine.
The other reason was that he believed
he was the only man whom the Republi-
cans could put up with any chance Of
carrying the South He believed ne
could carry six southern states, and thus
save the country from the rcactionary
policy of southern Democracy There
were other reasons for Grants change
besides those he assigned lt was we'll
known that the ambition Of his family.
who desired To again enjoy the former
privileges had much 90 do In changing
his position from that taken at Malaga.
But, though be had fully made up his
mind 90 run. aud though his anger
against Blaine had made him anxious to
do 10. Grant WAS nevertheless scnsihly
affected 10y The counsel Of such lisiutpr.
c.tod friends as Young DrcNpl and
thilds and he sat down q few days bc.
fore the convention met aud of his owl
vOltiun wrote q letter to Senator
Cameron, chairman Of the national com.
mittrc, aud one of the leaders Of the
Grant forces ut Chicago, giving his rca-
sons for cOnsputing to bc q candidate for
nomination, Int saying that II in the
opinion of certain of his friends the
nomination seemed inadyislhle then his
name should be- Withdrawn.
This letter Mr.. Young carried TO Chi
cago. Senator Cameron said he would
lay IL before the Generals friends. The
details of the conference over it have
never been published. but 10 is known
that the letter got into toullng's hands
and never left them lie. ut least was
determined that Grant should run for
the nomination. apparently impressed
with the conviction that Grant would
win. Nor in the years afterwards,
when Grant consented Co have the
letter published, would Cunkliug re-.
liuuuish No., for the reason, Mr.
Young suspects. Of not desiring 10 be
placed iu the position before the world of
being perhaps The only man who at the
last moment insisted ON Grants making
am attempt for O. third term.
And then came the convention. II was
held iu the old exposition building on
Michigan avenue, The southern half being
spctiuupd on 10 comprised q building
within 70 building, aud had "a seating
capacity Tor more than 10000 Seven
hundred aud iity-siN men were to be- the
actors in the drama there aud all the
others spectators.
The convention was to bc called 90 or
der az noon on Tuesday June % a week
boo advance Of that date ihr delegates and
their clans began tO pour into the city
1ud FIJI mp the hotels. The Grant standard
Heated ut the Palmer house and at the
office iu the lobby spurklpd The illumiu.
uted lcgcud from Grants words iu war
days: Let us have peace The lobby
and halls and parlurs thrungod with a
surgiug and loud talking crowd of poll.
I
than The others They believed they
would show great strength 40 the open.
ing Of The convention and were confident
of ultimate success, hut the supporters Of
the others candidates were yocIlyrOus:
aud of these the Blaine men were the
loudcst.
The supporters Of Edmunds Of Yer.
mont Window of Minnesota aud Wash.
burnr of Illinois. made mp the three
az TtE. H.
seemed 90 bee iu lhc fight more ON uc.
count of hi, friends than on his own
account lu heart EdmWds was prob.
ably loyal tO Grant. Window
had been looked upon as a
friend of Grants, but had hccn
lurod away through The machiua-
tipus of the Blaine people lay the seem.
didatc Boa the struggle between Grant
and Blaine. For Window the Grant
men felt something like contempt. but
for Wushhuruc, the secretary of state
in Grants first term, the man whom
Grant had made, the man who had
turned ana cut the Illinois delegation,
not to carry the whole of which was for
Grant a great rcprouch aud even weak
ucsa-tor Grants own feeling of bitter
scoru. Washhurne was branded "rai.
tor
Garfield. who had come as the spokcs.
man for John sherman, had taken mp his
quarters 40 the Grand Pacific and showed
great activity. But for whom he was
chiefly working sherman or himself
would have been "a perplcNnr question.
D. lie had come tu Chicago Wllu H.s .bWl-
nation speech tor sherman NO 'is pocket.
hut bad found sO many msu hurc ready
tn hail him as their SECOND Chuic. Boz .uae
of deadlock between lhy GUuuB Blaine.
sherman forces that hc began to tuml
that perhaps somebody else should pre-
sent Shprman's name but nobody else
was forthcoming and $50 Garfield pushed
ahead with the work he had undertaken.
Wherever hc showed himself, however.
hp observed with increasing excitement
that hp attracted attention Nryorth,~
less, the Ohio delegation declared itself
for John sherman Jui none o'h'r
BLAINE ENTHUSIASM.
But is WAS around the Blaine bnnner
whore believing enthusiasm was tn be-
found. Whit they There lacked in CON
hdvncc they made no for iu noisy probes
tauon. Blaine Blaine, Blaine. was to be
heart everywhere the streets or push-
ing through the crowd no hotel lobbps.
Your Years before he had seemed the
most likely man for he nomination, but
Cuuklng had entered the list, aud MS a
consequence Hayes had won me prize
But now, after four years of mdefatlea-
BILE work and the most skillful maueuver-
ing against Grant, the coveted prize
seemed 90 he within reach. and Inc
Blaine managers proposed, III possible fo