The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-20
Very Conservative.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 19-Hon. W.
Bateman, who was one of the dele
gates at large to the national Republi-
can convention in 1880 from Ohio, and
who has been a close friend of Sena-
tor Sherman in all of the latter's con-
tests for the presidential nomination,
returned from Boston tonight. He has
been in communication with Senator
Sherman during the writing Of the
senator's book and is indeed impressed
with the conservative reference to the
national convention at which Senator
Sherman was defeated. MIR. Bateman
was the manager of Senator Sherman's
interests for a year or more prior to
the convention of 1880.
1t is evident from his reasons for not
submitting to a formal interview that
he has evidence of General Garfield S
course prior to the assembling of the
convention Of 1880, which shows that
the general was then active in his own
interests instead of those of Sherman,
to whom he was pledged, personally as
well as by the instructions of the Ohio
Republican convention. 1t is stated
that letters are still in existence in
which General Garfield, before going to
the convention, wrote earnestly to
those who were working for his nom
nation. In one letter General Garfield
asked a distinguished Republican Of
Pennsylvania whether the latter
thought it would hurt the former 8
prospects for General Garfield to go
to the Chicago convention at the head
of the Sherman forces. The person ad-
Vised him to go TO the convention, pre-
sent General Sherman's name and
fight the Conkling plan for the nomin-
alton of General U. S. Grant
The delegates at large from Ohio in
1880 were General Garfield, Governor
Foster, Ex-Governor Dennison and Mr..
Bateman.
There were many reports at the time
about this big four" not pulling to-
gether; that Garfield was a candidate
for the nomination himself; that Fos-
ter was a candidate for vice president
on the ticket with Blaine, and that
Ex-Governor Dennison, who had been
in Lincoln's cabinet was candidate
for vice president on the ticket with
Grant, and that Mr.. Bateman was
the only one who was sincerely work
ing for Sherman, without regard to
himself. Mr.. Bateman said that *
Governor DeuniSon was called on re-
peatedly at the Chicago convention in
1880 before the balloting commenced
by the Grant men and offered the sec
ond place on the ticket. Governor
Dennison not only declined. but also
stated most emphatically that he would
not accept the nomination and could
not in honor do so, as he was then
pledged to Sherman. as the Ohio can
didate before the convention. Garfield
and Foster did not attend the meetings
and conferences Of Dennison and Bate
man with the other Ohio delegates, and
there was at the time no secret among
the other delegates as to the attitude
of these two delegates at large. The
only thing that is brought out now by
the publication of Sherman's book IS
the reference to the letters that Car
field wrote to certain friends in his
own interest before leaving for the
Chicago convention in 1880. 1t is gen
orally believed that Mr.. Bateman has
an accumulation of evidence on the
defeat of Mr.. Sherman.
Other delegates at that convention
tell about talking with General Car
field when Wisconsin led off by casting
her vote for him. Among reports here
that have been current for some time
is that General Garfield on the next
ballot, when other states fell in with
Wisconsin, turned to Mr. Bateman and
asked what this meant. Mr.. Bateman
is said to have replied you know"
After Mr.. Garfield's nomination he
asked Mr. Bateman to go to Senator
Sherman and testify as to his SINGER
ity. It is said by those who were in
the Ohio delegation at the time that
Mr.. Bateman would not promise to do
so, and that no one but Sherman and
Bateman knew what took place when
they got together.