The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-25
REpuBLIcAN REvoLrs.

While the bolt of the silver men at St.
Louis, under the lead of Teller and Du-
bols, Is the first time delegates to Re.
publican national convention have
actually walked out of the convention on
railing to secure the platform or candi-
date OF their choice, it is by no means the
first time there has been revolt in the
ranks of the Republican party As early
as 1854 when for the third time only the
Republican party was called upon to
nominate Presidential candidate. there
was revolt. The regular convention
was called to meet at Baltimore on June
q. There was much opposition among
the radical element of the party against
the denomination of President Lincoln
In Congress this element was led by such
men as Ben Wade, of Ohio, in the SEN
ate, and by Henry Winter Davis, of Mary
and, In the House. Out of Congress it
had such men as Wendell Phillips and
Rev. DIR. Cheever, of New York They
made an attempt to forestall the action of
the Baltimore convention by meeting at
cleveland on May 81 and nominating for
President Gen. John G. Fremont, who
had been the party's first nominee for
that Office, and Gen. John Cochrane of
New York, for President This
ticket remained in the field a menace to
republican sue cess, until late in Septem-
Der, when both Fremont and Cochrane
withdrew, ont. of the conditions of their
surrender being the withdrawal from the
Cabinet of Montgomery Blair, the Post
master-General, who was especially oh
noXious to the radical element.
The next revolt in the Republican party
was i'll 1872, when the opposition to Presi-
dent Grants denomination. under the as
sumed name of Liberal Republicans
and led by such men as Charles Sumner,
Carl Schurz, Andrew G. Curtin, Lyman
Trumbull, George w. Julian, Horace
Greeley, Murat Halstead, and others. met
at Cincinnati on May and nominated
Horace Greeley for President and Is. Graf
Brown for Nice-President. 1t was the
hope and intention of most OF the leaders
OF this movement to nominate Charles
Francis Adams for President The Re
publicans met at Philadelphia on June D.
and answered this challenge by renomi-
mating General Grant unanimously.
The Democrats met ut Baltimore on July
y, ratified Greeley's nomination. and
adopted the Liberal Republican address
anu platform. The election resulted in
the overwhelming defeat of Greeley and
Brown.
In 1854 the Republicans met ut
Chicago, and after stormy session nomi-
mated James e.. Blaine and John \. Lo-
gan for President and Vice President,
respectively. The opposition to Mr.
Blaine was led by George William Curtis,
a delegate from New York After the
convention he bolted, carrying with him
Il large number of Republicans and Har-
per's Weekly, OF which paper he was the
editor. There were also defections from
the Democratic ticket this year, Cleve-
land and Hendricks. These defections
were the most numerous and pronounced
on both sides in New York and Massa-
chusettes, but apparently the Republican
losses were greater than the Democratic
Anyway. the Democratic ticket was elect
ed, having carried the decisive State
New York, by the narrow margin of | ,l40
plurality. The campaign was largely
conducted on personal grounds, political
principles being to II considerable extent
lost sight of. General Butler ran rs the
candidate of the Greenback party. after
having gone as ii delegate to the Demo
cratic convention, and proved II disturb
ing element ---Washiupton Post