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cation, ar first in the interest of David
=. Hill, and at the last moment. when
was seen to be impossible. for amy man
10 peat Cleveland AT the roundup"
Of the Hill forces in the rooms of the New
FORK delegation at the Auditorium hotel
the night before the convention. when il
was announced that enough votes had
been pledged to nominate Hill the next
day, Representative Catchings was the
most prominent southern anti-Cleveland
man present. The solid vote Of the Mis-
~ ssip ~, GeiesaLloen was the keystone OF
the southern Hill arch. Mr.. Catchings
mad been Tor several days before the most
conspicuous southern man of national
reputation actively at work for Hin ana
The burden of his argument always Was
That I'LL was the best man to beat Cleve-
lana with. In the hotel corridors the
rooms OF the various delega tons in pri-
Nale conferences, and in public newspaper
interviews Mr.. Catchings criticised Gro
Yer cleveland, and emphaticaly and pic
turesQuely stated the reason why he ought
not TO receive the support of a democratic
convention.
When It was found that hin could not b.
nominated, Mr.. Catchings became an ad-
Xocate of the nomination of William r
morrison, and has many times since told
nls friends that Cleveland could have been
beaten and the Illinois man nominated but
for the treachcry of one man-Senator Ar
thur T. German Of Maryland The row that
TOOK place between the Maryland senator
ana the Mississippi congressman In the
Palmer House although 10 was never made
public, was one of the most sensational in
cidents of the convention. and resulted i'm
an eSliangement of the two men so com
plete that Mr.. Catchings has ever since re
fused TO speak to Mr.. German or attend
democratic conference at which he was
present. Last summer, when the lone
night between the President, the Senate
and the House Of Representatives over the
tariff bill was ended 10y the Surrender Of
the House cOnferees to the senator's whom
Cleveland had denounced as corrupt Mr.
Catchings declined TO join Speaker Crisp
and Senator German In consultation, for
has a.
have any sort Of conference with the man
1892
The bitter tariff deadlock was brought TO
a close by the action of Speaker Crisp and
Senator German, who met In the room of
the Senate committee on apprOpria lions on
the Saturday morning before the Monday
when the Senate bin was passed by the
House, without the "dotting Of an or the
crossing Of a T." The terms of the surren-
der were then and there arranged by
Speaker Crisp and Senator German and
carried ont without the slightest change.
Mr. Catchings was invited by the Speaker
to be present but refused to have any
dealings with Mr.. German. 1t was TO Mr..
Catchings. however that President Cleve-
land addressed the letter of Aug. q, 1884,
stating his reasons for allowing the tariff
bill TO become a law without his signature
When asked later for an explanation of
his hostility TO the Maryland senator. Mr..
Catchings, without the slightest reserva-
ton, told the story of what he terms Cor
mans betrayal of the anti-CleVeland men
at Chicago in 1892 According to that story
the Hill men, or a large portion of them,
including the delegations from Missis-
Sippi and other states in the south de-
cided to go at the last moment for William
r. Morrison. They depended largely up
on Senator Germans support for the sue
cess of the movement. He solemnly agreed
to join the Morrison boom, and its leaders,
including Mr.. CatChingS, felt confident
that the convention, when II saw that
Hill could win, would flock to the Morri-
son standard. At the very last moment
,t.,er ,r.a hat 4
serted them. He had mistrusted him all
along and was white with anger when he
received the Information that confirmed
his fears. He went to the rooms of the
Maryland senator in the Palmer house
and was told that Mr.. German was ont
He repeated his visit, only TO receive the
same answer. He called again. and was
told that Mr.. German was not we'll; that
he was in bed and could not be seen Mr.
Gatherings then became more angry than
ever, and determined to see Senator Cor
man even If it should be necessary to call
the police. He went to the door of Mr.
Germans room. knocked loudly and re-
ceiving no response, pounded, and then
kicked the door, shouting to whoever was
within that II it was not opened he would
break 1t down; Inereupon the door was
opened, and Mr.. Catchings entered and
found Senator German fully dressed and
in his usual good health. Going up to him
Mr.. Catchings compelled the senator to
listen while he denounced him as a traitor
who had fooled the HUI and Morrison
men, and charged him with having been
from the start an ally of William c. Whit
ney, who was Grover Clevelands politi-
cal manager. Then. after telling Mr. Cor
man that he should, on every possible oc-
casion dcnounce him TO all democrats as
a traitor, Mr.. Catchings left the room, and
has never since that time spoken to Mr.
German or had any communication with
him.
In winning over Thomas C. Catchings
to his support, therefore. President Cleve-
land has added to his force an implacabie
enemy of the one man in the democratic
party for whom he had the greatest ha-
tired and fear.