The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-25

/ 10 Governor DennigoD, ana 90 June 4. lcots
was commissioned mslor OF the IWenty-thrd
! Ohio volunteers. lie was assigned 70 the de.
parimsnt OF West Virginia and tai the end OF
/ the continued in that region. do NJ good
service and displaying great personal bravery.
Four times was he wounded and on q number
/ OF occasions his horse shot from undes
| him. At South Mountain his exhibition
| of bravery made him Lieutenant
| colonel In the spring and summer
| OF 1854 at the first battle OF Winchester. 81
| Cloyd mountain BerrYyille and IN the raids on
| the Richmond communications he saw hard
| fighting in command Of division OF
| Gen. Crooks BRIGADE. At the battle OF
| Winchester he commanded a brigade and.
| later succeeded To the command OF the division
| which he led with marked ga.lanirT IN the Sc
ssu Is at south mountain snd Cedar creek.
| Lsre in 1864 he made a brigadier- general,
| and IN March. 1862 q breget major-generdl "fof
/ gal ant and distinguished services during the
/ campaign of 1854 in Nest Virginia. and par
| ticulary Mt The battle OF Fishers hill aud
| Cedar creek, Virginia"
again in Politics.
As has been seen Gen. Hayes had seqGired
taste for politics before the breaking out OF
| the war. Before the S6r Was over bis
political career had fairly begun.
I Whsn the republican congressional
| convention met Cincinnati IN
| Sepiember, 1864 the news OF the great bat
ties at Winchester and soa.h mountain was
| ST beio1, discussed. Cincinnati vas at
mourning aud rejOio NJ; TsiOc.ag over the
! splendid record made by her IN those two
! battles. and mourning for those who had
! ialen th3rein; The name 81 Col. Hayes was on
! every lip He wcs nominated Tor congress by
| reclamation ead was elected. In December,
! 1866. he took his sat. Though he cut no figure
| IN the house, rarely taking part IN tie pro-
! oeediDgs, he experienced no difficulty in Sc.
| curing a denomination ard reelection.
hnuf ia lea farc af he nrn1h
| party set on foot Che movement % make the
| party an '-old soldier party, and By appealing
| TO the preiudices aud passions Of the veterans
10 retain control OF TIE government Larry
| ia 1867 the democrats nominated judge
Thurman for governor. There wss strong
| probability OF his Euccess. The republicans
put up Gen. Hayes, aud by the most yigoroua
appeals TO the "old soldier sentiment sue.
ceeded in electinR him by msiOry of
29S,. Ia 1909 he reelected bg
q majority OF 1906 over George II.
Pendleton. His administration had beeG clean
and wholesome. though rather negative IN Its
character. But Governor Hayes was Immensely
popular aud could have been renOminated had
he not refused TO sgsin become a candidate
In 1872 ne was again nominated for congress
from the Second Ohio district, but Was de-
feated by "Bounding" Banning.
| In 1875 Gen. HAYES became q national char
acter. lie a third tine nominated for gov
ernor, his opponent being Fog Horn" Allen.
The campaign fought the issue OF
the national currency, the republic
ans standing for the resumption Of
indorsing the "zreenbaek" policy Gen. Hayes
was third time chosen governor by majority
Of 5,5I4.
| Elected to the Presidency.
Three times elected governor of a close state.
the third time on the eve Of presidential
campaign. it was not to be wondered at that
his parry at home looked upon
him as available presidential timber.
June IA the Ohio delegation TO the Cincinnati
convention was instructed to present
Gen. Hayes es a presidential candidate.
Bat the suggestion with APP
prevail from other states. and though
bis name was voted on every ballot. bis event
ual nomination surprised the country If indeed
| IL did not even surprise the convention itself.
That was q memorable convention. James
g. Blaine at the start was in the lead. followed
by Morton and Bristow with about equal
strength, ConkllnR strong fourth,
Hsrtrantt and Hayes nearly tied
'or fifth placs. The sixth ballot was
two votes since the fifth ballot. Dele
gates we're on their feet cheer
ing like mad for the magnetic from
Maine the "piumed knight" as the eloquent
IngersOl had dubbed him. Ills nomination
seemed inevitable.
4 Here occurred The accident which changed
the history of the country. There was no light
and the bailotng could not be continued.
Inc building was old and ric&eiy- The gas
| pipes-but temporary in their character-wers
leaky and rotten. To have attempted an iilu-
mination would have been 10 invite disastxss
The convention adjourned tail morning. Hayes.
who had started with sixty-one votes, had
llS on the sixth ballot The sit
uation at adjournment was the field
against Blaine. During the night the leaders
or the stal wRrts-the adm inistration forest the
lieutensnts of Conkiing Morton ct al.-oom-
bined. The morning session OF the convention
opened with a rush. Bat two names were
heerd--thoEe OF Blaine aud Hayes. The ballot
was taken amid excitement seldom equaled
in a convention. AZ its conclusion Hayes had
3s4 votes, Blaine S5l aud BristoW p.
4 Memorable Campaign.
Two weeks later the democratic convention
al 81. Louis pitted Samuel j. Tilden of New
York against Gen. Hayes. Then ensued one
of the most notable campaigns in Amer
lean history. The scandals connect
ed with the Grant administration
had shocked. disguised and alarmed
the country. The people under the
lead Of Tilden fought for reform.
The administration strove. with the energy Of
| despair retain control of the governments
in the hands Of Its friends that further
| exposures might be averied. All the power
| of the federal government was EN- ployed to Sc
fraud and SANDER aud intimidation was
brought into play. federal bayoneis at the
/ command of unscrupulous marshals stood
guard over the polls. and jet when the
votes were counted Tildea had received 100000
plurality over Hayes and Is, 900 majority over
| al.
The Great Crime.
Everybody press. leaders. administration,
| even the candidates themselves conceded the
defeat of Hayes. No. not everybody.
There was one more sudacious
than the rest more interruptions
than the rest. That one was Senator Zach
Chandler of Michigan. chairman of the repub-
lican national committee. About o'clock on
the morning after abe election, when all
others had begun 20 hRure on Ilden's
cabinet Chandler sent out the land this
message: Hayes has 1S5 votes. and is elected"
Chandler had planned the theft Of the prssi-
dency.
With the manner Of carrying out this
theft the whole country is familiar. To give
the details of tbs robbery would require
a volume The main points may be set forth
as follows: IL was certain that of the 369 cleo
toral votes 1S4 had been cast for Mr. Iildzn.
the democratic candidate, being o=5
short of a majority; i72 were equally
sure for Mr.. Hayes, but there wers
thirteen electors whose votes Chandler
had determined 10 steal for Governor hayes.
OF these. eight we're from Louisiana, four from
Florida and one from Oregon. from when
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