The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-08-13

gave a majority for the Democratic
Greenback ticket. Until this reverse,
the supporters of Grant. who had been
defeated by Garfield for the Republic
can nomination. had sulked, but they
did so no longer. All the resources Of
the party were now devoted to the
election of Garfield. Persuaded by
Grant, Roscoe conlSling took the stump
and worked for the nomination with
all his might. Popular audiences
found his eloquenee irresistible. No
man did more than he to carry the inns
portant State of New York. He took
Grant with him throughout the State.
exhibiting him for five-minute speeches.
while he himself made long orations.
This occasioned much comment, but
probably did good" Conkling and his
friends deemed his agency decisive Of
the result in the nation as well as In
New York, and considered President
Garfield as under the deepest obliga-
tons on this account. Hancock swept
every Southern State. Garfield carried
every Northern one, except New Jer-
sey, Nevada and California. Garfields
popular majority was trifiing, but in
the Electoral College he had 2l4 votes
to Hancock's 1885,
The campaign of 1884 had also fair
share of the picturesque and sensa-
tional. Both Blaine and Cleveland, the
candidates of the two respective par
ties, were on the stump for time, and
each, particularly Blaine, called out
great enthusiasm among his followers
Still, it was not on the stump, but in
the closet that the election of Cleve-
land was assured. John Kelly, then
the leader of Tammany Hall, gave the
nomination of Cleveland no support for
several months after 1t was made.
Tammany was sullen. Kelly was si-
lent. The lesser politicians had been
making agreements which involved in
New York City the support at the
polls, by the Republicans. of Tamma-
nys candidate for Mayor, Hugh J.
.. Grant, and In return for that the d.
rect or indirect support of the Republic
can national ticket by a sufficient
, number of Tammany men to make II
| certain that Blaine would carry New
York State. At last, and within few
days of the election Mr.. Cleveland Wis
| tied New York and met John Kelly at
| the Hoffman House. What took place
at that meeting will probably forever
remain secret. Kelly's lips were seal
ed when the interview was finished
Mr. Cleveland has never spoken OF II,
so far as his friends in New York City
know. But that there must have been
an agreement was indicated by tha
| fact that Kelly few hours later. gave
orders that the Democratic national
ticket was to be faithfully supported
by the Tammany organization. These
/, orders were scrupulously obeyed. Mr..
! Cleveland carried the decisive State Of
New York by margin of only Loaf
votes out Of a total Of over 1,000,00o Ia
the State. Save for the meeting Of
Cleveland with Kelly, and the subse-
quent order issued by Kelly, Blaine
would have secured the electoral vote
of New York. and with it the Presi-
dency Fs#
The year 1888 saw nothing particu.-
'arly stirring or dramatic in its Presi-
Dental campaign, and that Of 1892 was
lacking, at least in the surface mani-
festations, of interest. One reason for
this condition of things was that each
candidate had been so long before the
public eye that nothing new could be
said about him or expected Of him.
Moreover, neither candidate had any
thing of the picturesque in his person.
atty, or was in any way calculated to
captivate the fancy of the populace.
Still, If interest Of the active and
demonstrative kind was absent, there
was not wanting interest of the quiet
and lasting sort, as the result plainly
showed. The history of the campaign
Of 1896 is now in the making.