New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-16
CONVENTION PARALLELS.
CONSEQUENCES BETWEEN MKINLEY'S
REMUNERATION AND GRANTS.
LIKE ICE-PREsIDENTIAL sITUATION-EF-
Feet OF FUSION ON GRANTS
MAJORITY IN 1872.

MAJORITY IN 1872.

my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
Philadelphia, June 15-Having been positively
stated and repeated in various forms so often it
is accepted as a fact that the impending re-
nomination of President Mckinley without OPP
position is a new thing in Republican politics.
Chauncey NJ Depew for instance. in his New
York interview in The Tribune the other day.
said inadvertently: The situation in the Re
publican party to-day is one that is unparalleled
in my memory. We going TO Philadelphia
practically a unit for the nomination Of one
man for the Presidency"
That is mistake. McKinley's unanimous re-
nomination will not be unparalleled" event
in Republican political annals. In June, 1872,
just twenty-eight years ago the Republican
delegates from all parts of the Union were gath
ering in this same city of Philadelphia. pre-
cIseIy as in June 1900, unit for the renom-
nation of the President of that day. General
Ulysses s. Grant.
Moreover. the question Of The Vice Presidency
which is now "in the air" fact Of which MI
Depew makes much and deserved mention as
also unusual in party history, was just as doubt
full In 1872 as now and continued so up to the
moment the Convention decided the matter by
it's vote although then there was a strong con-
test for the nomination between icePresident
Colfax OF Indiana. and Senator Henry Wilson.
of Massachusetts
That Convention met on June IN the old
Academy of Music General Grant was renon-
mated bv reclamation and On a call o: the States
not a single dissenting vote was announced. on
the first ballot Senator Wilson nominated
for the Vice Presidency by a vote Of 364Ik 10
321la for Mr.. Colfax. Then. now. the Adj
mInistration kept hands of" IN the Vice Pres-
Dental contest. though, doubtless a matter
OF policy, the Republican managers preferred an
Eastern 70 Western. man There Is an ev,.
gl.-
Vice President is seldom renominated.
,.-o--,,rp no, ,,,,~ oor
Ihere Is sun another striking parallel between
80 ana I*"- II Is said that history is CON
""'iS 4'"'.h 'lS'"- /" ''e 'aSt year or
'''S, ION succession OF as
''""'"e punt H'''''''S "u'S' upon t'e country
Jus. We arr or'ls 'esa'eu Win 'he Cuoan
great rradI, ,1onria- ,-,,,., ter 49, 49,
Administration had notb,ne, 70 do h,,+ som, o,,,
ers like the subsequent '.Wbiskev Ring, dis
closures. reaching back through several wears
we're directly traccabIe m General c.rar,.s ro,o
bla ,,e,roria,,oa IN o,,.,, aa,.,a..,- -,
derelictions Of rav, ~ bfs disbo,as, o,,ro,tao.
personal favorites. who shielded +bar,ss,,,es -,
a time behind his great name. and who had so
cunninglv environed him as m 1aa,.A Tho p,,h,,o
long in doubt whether bA had M, baar, IN 80,
participant and beneficiary 7 ms 9, ob,,
and believed by MANY honest nersons NJ tbo
time. He was fully vindicated however artar-
ward. much to the relief Of all patriotic men
These scandals were sedulousIv vorIed nm
and enlarged upon in every nossihIa NOV, -. ~.
opposition press for nartisar od,,ar+o,ra NJ
object at the outset was 10 forastau ard ,roo,,t
General Grants denomination. the attach ,,-os
continued afterward with redoubled fury 70 de-
feat him at the polls There was anti-irnariaI
ism and anti-miIitarism then ms, az tbaro J..
now just as the acquisition of the PhtIi,n,Das
and the recent thievery of a lot or reeca,s in
the Cuban nostaI sar,,ioa -. -. -
-, -, 'e DeeH uSeo 10
''''N'i 1ie9iueHl hchlhleyS Administration,
nrSt 10 prevent, II possible his denomination
and now to Cause his defeat at tho ,ou. ~.
rou Ia,,+ al, or,-.z -. ., - 80 -
800 Oh emu - against Hehera Grant rallied
IN l0'-' just as they are failing now.
ANTAcO>-Ic,s no Cr.,n
i'NNA'
Prior TO the event. before public opinion had
49, -. 1870. VI IeePuo'ical'S
'"eie was STRONG opposition In ISi2 to Gen
eral Grants denomination. just as there was
recently doubt about the exnediency % rrost
don't NcKinla,.s raro,rira,io - ~, -
'''-'',''i''''o' ." tue Pa<t OF a
Respectable element or the party, growing out
u n,''er aI'asohlsn 10 our new colonial pol
.o,,,,.Ioa. g. - -. - AM III Io'- was
Loot go a., -, - -. 80 " >iieS
H. sou,,ro :. ,os-o. GO. -''o'l' '0O"NSe Oh
1oro,a so,,,,o,,t % 49, -,
N~o'''~A'N