The San Francisco call., 1895-11-17

friends that in view of my experience at
| previous National conventions / would not
| be candidate without the support of a
| united delegation from Ohio and the
unanimous Endorsement OF a State conven-
ton" The Senator secured the unquali-
hed Endorsement of the Ohio Convention
| and went into the contest with that
strength behind him.
| The convention met at Chicago on the 29th
OF June. l was nominated by General D. H.
| hastings OF Pennsylvania in speech of re-
markable power and eloquence. On
Saturday evening was telegraphed by differ
ent persons that / would certainly be nom-
| mated on Monday. That was the confident
belief in Washington.
On Monday, the 25th OF June, / did not an
tlclpate change on the first ballot from the
last one on saturday. | did expect. from my
| dispatches, that the nomination would be
| MADE that day and in my favor, but, as the re-
| suit proved an arrangement had been made
| on Sunday that practically secured the nomi-
! nation of General Harrison. This became OBJ
sloqs IN the course of the vote on Monday, and,
RS harrison was practically assured OF the
| nomination, Pennsylvania voted solid for him
and ended the contest.
From the best Information l could gather
! from many persons with whom I conversed, |
| have no hesitation in expressing the opinion
I that was defeated for the nomination by New
1ork. was assured before the meeting of the
convention that would have six votes from
| the beginning from that State, and could rea-
| sonaoly hope Tor large addition to that vote
| in the progress OF the balloting. Instead of
TINS thIs dld not receive single vote, although
three or more OF the delegates had been dis
| tlnctly selected in my favor and had given
| pledges to their constituents that they would
| vote for me, but they did not on single ballot
90 SO, except was ADVISED that at one ballot
one OF them voted for me.
| believed then, as believe now that one of
the delegates from the State of New York prac-
tlcally controlled the whole delegation, and
that corrupt bargain was made on Sunday
which transferred the great body of the vote Of
New York to General Harrison and thus led to
his nomination. 1t is to the credit of General
Harrison to say that if the reputed bargain
was made it was without his consent at the
time, nor did he carry it into execution.
believe and had, as / thought, conclusive
proof that the friends of General Alger sub
| stantially purch ased the vo tes of many of the
| delegates from the Southern States who had
| been instructed by their conventions to vote
| for me.
Sherman and Harrison continued to be
| warm friends, but the Ohio Senator never
| forgave Governor Alger, as the following
extract from the book will show:
The result of the nomination at Chicago did
not in the least disturb my equanimity or my
allegiance to the great party to which l be-
longed and for the success of which have de-
voted my life since 1854 listened with COM
plaisance 10 the explanations made as to the
wavering OF the Ohio delegation on the Satur-
day previous to the nomination and as to the
unexpected action of the New York delegation
and the curious reasoning which held them
together in the hope that they could persuade
their leader to vote for me. The only feeling
of resentment / entertained was in regard to
the action of the friends OF Governor Alger in
tempting with money poor negroes to violate
| the instructions of their constituents.
Chapter LVII of the Senator's Recol-
lections is devoted to history of the Sher
man silver law. The legislation in this re-
gard is familiar to Pacific Coast readers.
OF the purchasing clause the book says:
Contrary to the expectation of the friends OF
silver it steadily declined in market value.
The compulsory purchase OF the enorm NOUS
aggregate of $4,000 600 ounces, or 2250 tons
troy, each year. did not maintain the market
value of silver, but it steadily declined so tb at
the silver purchased each year entailed an
annual loss of more than $40, 100000.
When the result became apparent I was
anxious to arrest the purchase of silver, and l
never could comprehend why any not
directly interested in the mining of silver could
favor q policy involving SO heavy loss to the
people of the United States. Long before the
second election of Mr.. Cleveland I advocated
the repeal OF what became known as the "Sher-
man act,'' and heartily supported and voted
for the repeal he recommended.
John Sherman is a consistent advocate
of a canal across the isthmus to connect
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Delay in
the work is thus explained. but the true
inwardness" is not revealed:
BY the treaty negotiated in 1854 between the
United States and Nicaragua, the canal was to
be built by the United States. This treaty was
sent to the Senate on Dece 10, 1884, by
President Arthur, who. in strong and earnest
language, recommended its ratification 1t
had been frequently debated, but was still
pending in the Senate when Mr.. Cleveland be-
came President l do not feel at liberty to