The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11

Feus Occasions On which Ne No.
jectea . step 10 the FPessAency,
Again John Sherman has declined 10
run for the office Of governor of Ohio.
Morn frequently than Caesar refused the
crown has Sherman refused the chleR
maeistrary Of the commonwealth that
was for % many years the Empire state
Of the Mississippi valley. Had Sherman
accepted his party's nomination for gcv-
ernce In IT'D. when ne waa offered Il. 10
would have bern the Republican candi-
date for President IN isoA with Hayee
In thu White House. with . henchman IN
the treasury and himself In the executive
mansion IN Columbus. Sherman would
not have been betrayed az Chtcago.
blaine would have nominated him. ~ ho
did Garfield. Il the Ohio delegation ha1
been true. A few days after GARFIELD was
nominated I was sitting IN the lobby -
the Ebbitt house and Grant men-o
congreaeman--toid this story:
The night before GARFIELD was nomina-
ted Tom Young. then congressman from
one Of the Cincinnati Districts and = dap
voted follower Of Sherman. burst INTO the
room where GARFIELD and Charley Foster
were in conference. Young blurred aut:
Whats all this I hear about 0arfleid's
getting the nomination tomorr0wSs
Nothing IN II: nothing AZ al m u. -
assure you. governor" both Of them en-
claimed.
Young looked at them 4 moment With
suspicion written all over his eounten-
ance. and he rosred out: I'm elad 70
hear II. R1ad 90 hear x: but ~ they were
telling such q tale on nae ia be q damned
sight madder than either of you fellows
seSM 10 be- and cut he walked. Cont-
linz could have hsd the nomination had
he been srnsr 10 Grant than GARFIELD was
70 Sherman.
Again the nomination for governor wae
offered sherman In 1N1 Had he accept.
"a he wouid have bssn elected. though
Foraker. the Republican nominee. WAS
defeated Had Sherman hen governor Of
Ohio in fsA< he weuid have been n0minats6
for president. Blaine ala not want r.
He took Il only because Sherman could
not beat Arthur In the convention. Had
Sherman been governor m would havo
beaten Arthur and thru he would have
beaten Cleveland. There would have beeA
no Muxwump revolt u Sherman had been
the nominee.
He was again urged 70 run for governor
In iHs. Had he done 30 he would have
been elected. and In tses he ana not Hen
Harrison. would have be<n the Repabiirsn
candidate for president. He Was hcsougss
20 run for governor In the late sfxsie~
ard IN both the early ara late seventies
He might have had the nomination IN
isJ when Hayes got IL and beat old Biil
Alien That election made Hayes the
Republican candidate for president In
Its Have you ever reflected upon tho
fact that the most saecessfui and trans
gull administration nnf country has known
since the war Waa that ~ r. II. Hsyea.
who WAS not eleetsd 10 the office NJ pYest-
densy II vas John Sherman'a admInss-
srssion. and he exercised more influence
over that Administration than anv press-
de1s has exercssed over an admsnlssrs-
ton aimee Abraham I.faeosn aiwayn e.
espsfrx Grover Cleveland.
6hefunan's name has nsT~r been on tho
pcii Of . pouular election since iss1--
thirsy-sine years Ego He was elected "
congress In iN4. IN isA. IN jsSs, and IN
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