The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-12-17


Thurman, Mr.. Payne rose from his
table and crossed v to the group OF
which the judge was the central dg-
ure, carrying q bottle OF wine with
him.
"Itiust you and your friends will
drink . bottle of wine with me, Judge,n
he said, purbanely. Drink TO my sue
cess a the victory of the Democratic
party
II do not want any of your wine,
sir" exclaimed the Judge. Il told
that blanked waiter to say ss much to
you, sir, q moment ago." and the irate
supporter OF the defeated candidate
turned his back abruptly on the dapper
little attorney from Cleveland.
PAYNE GOT HIS REVENGE.
Mr.. Payne was greatly offended by
the public insult, and is said never
TO have forgotten IL. Judge Thnrman,
on the other hand, hated double deal
ing with all of his intense nature, and
having, as he believed been grossly
deceived once, was not quick to yield
his confidence again. The quarrel
thus begun always kept these two emil
nent Ohio Democrats apart.
In 1880 Allen G.. Thurman was q
candidate for the presidential nomina-
tton before the Cincinnati1 convention.
Had he received the %unfinohing sup
port of the Ohio delegation he would
very likely have been the nominee.
On the first ballot the delegation was
solid for him. Then 1t broke, and the
chances of Thurman's nomination were
i~rreparably ruined. The leading In
huence behind that break was. Henry
Is. Payne. 1t was Northern Ohio
suhnra thu vDan- -.
preme, that led the break and was
strongest In the claim which stamped
ed the convention away from Thur
man. AS Ohio wao an October state at
that time and practically certain to
go for Garfield, the result would be
disastrous to the Democratic cause.
That argument defeated Thurman and
nominated Hancock, and the words
spoken in season b. certain Ohioans
made the claim effective. The day
Hancock was nominated the revenge
of Mr.. Payne was complete. A feud
of more than twenty years standing
presidential candidate on the Demo-
cratic ticket In that generation. Three
years later the astute politician from
Cleveland had another triumph, and
Henry b. Payne succeeded George ar.
Pendleton in the United States Senate.
fCLEvELAND AND THURMAN.
Cleveland and Thurman had never
met up to the election of 1884, although
Thurman was q delegate to the conven-
tion which made Cleveland the nomi-
nee. They met after the inauguration.
and at once developed great friend.
ship. The wonder was that Thurman
did not go into the cabinet. Regard
Aug this he said
"After the election the press and
by friends seemed to agree Nthat !
lhould become Secretary of StateI,, and
he matter was brought before Mr.
ASeyeland. For my part. although
d nothing, | had determined to de-
ne. 1 felt too old for active service,
1 didn't have to decline. Some OF
other good friends in Ohio preju.
iced t president against me, and
y closest personal friend in the Sen.
Ute, Tom Bayard, was chosen"
( There was sarcasm In the Old Ro.
mans voice rs he referred to the
friends" who had abused him to
Cleveland, had insisted that Thurman
was in his dotage, had even charged
that he was addicted to drink, and
circulated all manner of evil report
about him.
But time went on" said Judge
Thurman, /" and I met the President
when / was counsel for the govern.
ment in the telephone cases. Perhaps
too, had been prejudiced against
Cleveland by the reports of him which
had been brought to my ears by his
enemies. Suffice it to say that we be.
came the best of friends, and I learref
to admire him more than any pablie
man 1 have ever met. His friendE anG
other eminent men in the nation in,
sisted in 1888 that I should bh the
nominee for vice-president. I did moi
want the honor. 1 preferred To stav
here at home, but they made md prom.
ise to say nothing and not to sav No
IL nominated. So they nominated the
ticket, and then in November We were
beaten. oh. it was a shame ITO bea,
us "a burning shame that a brave
good man like Grover Cleveland shouid
be defeated"
In November, 1874, Judge Thurma +,
, married Mary, daughter OF MIR. Waite,
Dun, OF Fayette county, Kentnctv
She was reared 81 Gnfllicothe, and She
and her ff6sband were schoolmates
om~chltdhood. Mrs. Thurman was
always noted as q most admirable wo.
MAJ, devoted to her home, her hus.
band and her children.