Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-09

NHtlN lu "a NAllhNul NihFlAlhiif ~ N"fiT
nection with this speech there Is a
story regarding It's preparation.
On the night before the convention
Ingersoll who had been selected to
place Blaine In nomination. got out OF
bed and wrote the speech that has since
become famous In the morning he
read 1t 10 his brother, who pronounced
Il splendid. The delivery OF the speech
showed lngersoll as great az improvisa-
ton az az preparation. While be was
waiting his turn Mr. Lorlng of Massa-
chusetts made p speech sec0nding the
nomination Of BENJAMIN H. Brstow.
Nominate Benjamin H. Bristow,' said
ne. "and Massachusetts will give $4,000
majority for the Republican ticket"
Ingeisoll caught this sentence. and af-
ter making his bow said "MassaChu-
setts may be- satisfied with the loyalty
Of .3eniamln II Bhstow SO am J. But
II the State OF Massachusetts cannot
give $4,000 majority for any man nom
mated by this convention ! am not sat
isfed with the loyalty OF Massachu-
sets. She should rent Faneuil hall for
a Democratic meeting house and sell
Bunker hill for a Confederate monu-
ment"
The Democratic convention had a
choice OF half dozen candidates They
were Thomas + Bayard, OF Delaware
Thomas A. Hendricks, Of Indiana, Joel
Parker Of New Jersey; Samuel j Til
den. Of New York; William Allen, OF
Ohio. and Winfield S, Hancock, Of
Pennsylvania. The convention proceed
ings were very tame, Tiden being nomi-
mated on the second ballot On the first
ballot he received a majority Of the
votes. but as the two-thirds rule pre-
vailed a second ballot was necessary
on the second ballot he received 53j
votes out OF a total Of iA.
Ii was In this campaign that the now
familiar political expression "a barl Of
money" was coined IN connection with
Tllden's campaign, II being used to i'm
dlcate that the candidate would spend
a fortune to win the day. Thomas a.
Hendricks. OF Indiana, was given Sec
ond place on the ticket with little or
no opposition.
The Republican gathering al Chicago
I'm 1880 when Garfield and Arthur We're
chosen as standard bearers, Mr. Hend-
ricks pronounced the greatest Of all
conventions. II was the one at which
the name Of General Grant who had
Just returned from a trlumphal tour
around the world, was presented for a
third term Mr. Conklln made the
nominating speech. Blaine was IN OPP
position and the feeling ran high. The
speech Of Conhing in presenting
Grants name was most aggressive, and
he scored the anti-Grant members Of
the New York delegation most unmer-
cifully His remarks We're continually
interrupted by Kissing and applause.
The Grant men applauded as Justify as
the anti-Grant c0ntng mt Kissed, and az
time pandem0nium relgned Garfield
followed Conkling. presenting the name
OF Sherman. but the speech like Rry-
ans before the Democratic convention
I'm Chicago, IN 1896, did more 20 bring
Garfield 70 the front than IL did TO aid
the cause Of sherman. Garfield was
named on the thirty-siNth ballot Wis
consin leading tie break To- the man
from Ohio Chester a. Arthur who
succeeded TO the presidency after the
assassination OF Garfield, was named
for second place.
The Democrats In that year met az
Cincinnati All was harmonious and
General Hancock and William II. Eng
lish were named for President and Vice
President
Scandal marked the Republican con-
veution at Chicago In 1854, and Il was
openly charged that whole delegations
that had been Instructed for President
Arthur were bought by the Blaine lead
ers These We're principally delegations
OF negroes from the south. Incoming
trains were boarded twenty and thirty
miles from the city, and. the delegates
taken in charge. Most Of the blacks
hade made no arrangements for quar-
tiers and this gave the Blaine mission
aries an opening. The colored men
were escorted TO handsome quarters.
rugged out I'm new clothing and when
the roll was called they DETECTED from
Arthur and cast their ballots for Blaine.
Blaines headquarters at the Grand Pa
cihc hotel the evening after the nomi-
nation looked like the cabin of a Mis-
sissippl river boat on arrival in port. II
was overlooking with colOfed delegates
clamOring for paw
on the ticket with Blaine was placed
the name Of John A, Logan. THE Black
Eagle But from the start there was
little chance for success Of the ticket.
The party was divided against itself,
the Arthur or regular Republican fac
ton araying itself against what was
styled the MugWump party, Of which
Baline was the father.
1t was In this year that the Demo-
Gratis. who also met in Chicago. selected
Grover Cleveland as their standard
bearer giving Thomas A. Hendricks, Of
Indiana second place Cleveland had
considerable opposition, but as he had
been elected governor Of New York over
G. ]. Folger by nearly 100000 majority,
he was deemed the most available man
and despite strong opposition by the
Tammany delegation, he carried OF the
prize the opposing candidates being
Bayard OF Delaware; Mcdonald, OF
Indiana Carlisle. OF Kentucky; Thur
man and Hoadley. OF Ohio, and Randall,
Of Pennsylvania. B0urke Cochran led
the Tammany opposition 70 Cleveland.
while General Bragg, OF Wisconsin,
championed the man from Buffalo. II
was IN Bragg's speech In reply TO
Cochran that the memorable sentence:
1--WE love him for the enemies he has
made" occurs. This sentence brought
the house down and led 10 the rout OF
the Tammanyites. Cleveland being
nominated on the third ballot.
Blaine In 1883 chgmploned the cause
Of Benjamin Harrison 80 successfully
that the Republican convention which
assembled IN Chicago nominated the
Tndianlan on the eighth ballot
throughout the balloting scattering
votes were cast for Blaine The pro-
ceedings OF this convention were COM
parauvely uneventful For Vice Presl-
dent Levi p. Morton Of New York, was
chosen.
Not less uneventful was the Demo-
cratic gathering In St. Louis that year
as the proceedings had long been fore
seen. No opposition 10 Cleveland de
veloped and he was renominated by ac-
clamation. There were three uspirants
FOR the vice presidential nomination.
which was given to Allen G.. Thurman.
The conventions Of 1892 and 1895 were
incidentally referred 20 by Mr. Hend-
rlcks but they are Of too recent date
TO require special mention and besides,
as Mr.. Hendricks said, they were prac-
tically uneventful.'
Unnecessary Loss Of Time
Mr. w s Whedon, Cashier Of the
First National Bank Of Winterset
Iowa in a recent letter gives some eX-
perience with a carpenter In his em-