The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-11-02
Bedrock Facts About the Nomi.
nation of Garfield.

! question WHICH Was puDllSilti III lne
Chicago Inter-Ocean few days ago,
seems very reliable and as a matter OF
history should be reproduced extern
sivelv.
1T had long run, this Sherman Gar
field muddle, but it will come to an end
at last. The object to be viewed is Gar
field and his relations to his nom;na-
ton for the Presidency. Was he honest
and sincere in his support of Sherman?
Was he true or false to his candidate?
Did he, by word or deed, selfishly con
J tribute to his own success? These are
( the questions now being considered by
many men of many minds, at this time,
all looking at the same object, and from
their standpoint of view all seeing it diff
ferently in many respects.
BLAINE HAD NO CHANCE.
"There are almost as many different
views as there We're delegates in the
convention or outsiders in the surging
/ crowd, but those men who were in at
the death $50 to speak ought to know
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right in their conclusions of the facts in
the case. | was not delegate from
! Wisconsin, but | was there at the time,
and thought | understood everything
that was going on. | was Blaine man.
1t became clear to me quite early in the
! proceedings that Blaine conld not be
nominated, and that the chances were
not very good for Grant Blaine, Sher-
man and Washburne held the votes
that were not for Grant, with Wash
burne and Sherman holding very few
! com paratiyeiy. | could see no possible
turn in the balioting that would give
! either Sherman or Washburne the NOM
| inatiOn.
''As l said, l was discouraged about
! Blaine. 1t was in the air and it was
| talked about for day or two before the
| grand denOuement, that a new man
would carry off the honors, and the
| only question was, who that man would
be. 1t is a fact that the supporters of
! Sherman and Washburne had become
! discouraged at the slow increase of
votes made by them during the numer-
Gus ballotings; and there was large
fraction Of the convention ready at any
moment for any movement that was
| likely to be successful. To Wisconsin
belongs the honor of bringing out Gar
field, but her delegates were not per
| ciptate in their action. They watched
for the occasion sudden and the prac-
tice dangerous and then they acted
at is true that the Sherman and the
| Wash burne men held on to the last,
! ike drowning men to q straw, until ov-
| erwhelming evidence convinced them
! that they were not to win. The Blaine
! leaders also stood firm and refused to
/ consider the Garfield proposition, al
! though appealed to by many of the
! Wisconsin delegation and others. Judge
| Cassidy, chairman of the Wisconsin
! delegation, during all this trying ordeal
maintained a cool head in the matter.
| He was anxious to see Washburne sue
coed, but became convinced, after quite
number of votes from Indiana had de-
| serted him, that there was no chance,
and after a conference with the Indiana
| delegation on the subject, he announc-
ed to the Wisconsin delegation that the
time had come to strike for Garfield.
When the sixteen Wisconsin dele
gates had agreed to vote for Garfield it
was also agreed that the chairman of
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the opportune time had arrived. To
secure following from other States up
on the proposed breaks being made
Chairman Cassidy informed the Wash
burne men in the Illinois and Conneti-
cut delegations of the proposed break.
! They insisted that Washburne could be
nominated if his friends would stand by
him. Mr.. Cassidy then consented to
continue voting for Washturne for
few ballots, SO that they might make the
experiment, and then he informed
General Harrison ofthe proposed break
and the situation as stated, and express
ed the hope that Indiana would follow
for Garfield when the break came.
THE vote for Washburne ran up to
forty our on the thirty second and
thirtythird ballots, including twelve
from Indiana. About that time some of
the Wisconsin delegates became impa-
tent, and while the situation was being
explained to them, or some of them,
Indiana cast her vote on the thirty
fourth ballot, showing that Washburne
had lost largely, and Mr.. Cassidy felt
relieved from his understanding with
the other Washburne delegates, and
immediately agreed that the break
should be made for Garfield when Wis
consin should be reached, and it was
accordingly. Indiana followed suit, and
soon the downpour of votes for Garfield
submerged the convention.
GARFIELD SWEPT THE DECK.
con tie thirty-third ballot Garfield
had one vote from Pennsylvania. On
the thlrty-fourth ballot he had the
PENNSYLVANIA S vote and sixteen from
Wisconsin, making seventeen. On the
thirty fifth ballot he received fifty votes
sixteen from Wisconsin, four from
Maryland, twenty-seycn from Indiana,
and three scattering. On the thirty
sixth ballot Blaine, Washburne, and
sherman delegations went to pieces.
Garfield receiving 500 votes and the
nomination, but the old Grant guard
stood gaIlantly by their leader and went
down in defeat. As have said, there
was no chance for Washburne nor Sher-
man especially, because they were not
popular. The delegates were not for
them; the outside crowd did not shout
for them. They never were important
. factors in the convention, So far as their
own nominations were concerned.