The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-10
Personal Renaissance OF the
Convention of Sc
FIRST REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
The Nomination Of the Pathfinder al
Philadelphia
The Birth Of the Republics Party-A Revolt
Against Political Tradition Character
istic Nominating Speeches;
BY LIONEL A. SHELDON.


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IhilaueiPnla tiie uay peiore 'he ooh'eh-
ton assembled, and went on the same
train. 1t happened that Schuyler Colfax
and sat together. and two of the three
l. L,ot I, han,
-, uioOnei'' wv VIZ M.
pers OF the house OF representatives. sat
IN the seat Immediately In front. The
Washburns we're advocates of the nomina-
t;op of Jrdge McJean and Colfax was en-
tL,,aiaa.;aaf1,. g.. Tro,or,t TIL, s,,orrod
thuslasticaliy lor FREMONT. Aney sparreu
and badgered each other all the way to
Philadelphia The Washburns were seri-
ous but Colfax was humorous. and some
t;n,o. ,,rovoi,;re,lv 60
NJ :,l 70 ..u r.:.
fhliadelphla was 1ul OF enthusiastic
Republicans. There seemed to be enough
of them in the CITY to carry the election.
The talk about the hotels ouite convinced
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nc 'iia' e,ie nePuui,oane "ouiu eieo' '4e
ticket. Hannibal Hamlln, who had Just
resigned his seat in the Senate, and had
announced his disconnection with the
Democratic Marty was tbere and On was
e.iasio 20, ~ ~u' -, ~ - 90 We
the late ueneral Nathanlel +. BANKS then
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and who had recently been nominated for
President bv the Know Nothing marty.
III oo,,,,o,t;a,, ,,,o, .oosod %
oo' eon w. WI. ~
who were formerly wings, Democrats,
know NoInlngs' FREE o0llers ana Apol.
tlonlsts. The only apprehension was that
these elements might not fuse INTO har-
monlous whole.
The work OF the preliminary organlza-
tlon was quickly done and the convention
ADJOURNED tili tne next gay 10 give tne
cohinilt1 zee time 10 agree upon tneiI re-
ports. Iherc was Apprehension tnat there
would De lrreconcllaple dliIerences IN tne
SoHimletee on Iiatlorm. Joshua II. ma
ulngs was tne ONO MEMBER OF uhat com
mittee. lie mad been conspicnous anti
slavery memoer OF congress ana nag once
peen eXpeiled from the House OF REPRE-
sentatives Tor ms extreme utterances on
the slavery question.
ENTHUSIASM was ON the SIDE OF fremont,
put the opponents were energetlc ana
maze stubborn contest dovernor Chase
from Ohio The delegation from that
state was divided into about three equal
parts: A caucus OF the Ohlo delegates was
helo 1or the purpose OF seeing II they couio
come TO an agreement 10 support some
candidate UNANIMOUSLY. was permitted
to be present in the caucus. The discus
sion was spirited. The late Associate Jus
tee OF the supreme Court, Noah ii;
Swayne, ana the late attorney General
Alphonzo Taft supported Judge Mclean,
and the friends OF Governor Chase were
equally earnest. The young men OF the
delegatlon were 1or fremont. Inc caucus
3f9ke up without agreement upon can
dldate.
Ihere was one annoying incident. FRO
fessor feck or O6erlln College moved a
resolution TO the erect that the represent
atlye on the platform commlttee from
ONO be instructed to endeavor to prevent
anything being inserted IN the platform
that could pc construed as negation OF
the power OF Congress over slavery IN the
states. He supported tins resolution by
speech IN which he SAID there were thou
SANDS OF Chrlstlan men VINO ueslred 10 go
INTO the South as colporteurs TO distribute
antl-slavery tracts ana TO preach 10 ana
pray. with their errlng southern brethren.
his ldea was that II anything snoulo pc
put IN the platform which negatived the
power OF Congress, the government would
not protect the class OF men ne described
IN the eHort to propagate antl-slavery SEN
timent IN the South; Ihls brought out q
speech from Mr. Glddlngs. he explained
the POSITION OF the new party, whlch was
to prohibit the extension OF slavery into
the territories, and to Abolish 1t wherever
the United states nad 1uil !urlsalcuon,
as IN the District OF Coiumpia, the Iorts
and and navy YARDS. he 1urther SAID, .Ihere
VIII be nothlng IN the PLATFORM mat VIII
prevent Jan, my protner, ADDRESSING
1roiessor fecK, from going lnto tne
south with poor anti,slavery DOCKS ana
tracts, but l ADVISE Jan TO take pistols;
notnlng that VIII prevent Jan from marcn-
ing TO ana praying with the slave-n holders,
ana from asking GOD to defend Jan, but
II he doesn t 90 1t, Jan, you must DEF END
yourself. me caucus reached no resolu-
tlon, except 10 oe1eat the feck resolutlon.
On the next day there was a CONSIDER
able debate before the permanent organlz-
2tlon on the report OF tne Commlttee on