The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-17

IN be a coming disaster that he stated tne laci
In a brief note on the $50 Oh Angus, acrstarv
Welles to be held until after the eiec,ion, no v
whole aspect of the contest was chshe1u -
the Incidents Of S Sherman oS SsP'uEEs Early " in the
valley, which started the tidal wave that over
whelned Mcclellan in November; =, sor,.s
Gen. Grant was made Presiden. ~ rnw;shed
for which compelled him to change his set
tied purpose not TO be a candidate under any
circumstances. He was not G2naec a%n,tv /. WITH
either during the entire war, and hls pHrposS
not to be involved in politics was pubnciy ana
positively declared. In political symPa.nSS
ne was a Democrat put 'hI %p"rtnned by the
Democrats to be their candidate; but an unex-
pected and what became q most pNter pa,
sonal conflict with p fe rem s yShnsv SUPPORT Of
Grant, and under such conditions ii was not
difficult to bring him finally to the Boint cI aS-
cepting the nomination ior snd |; /, IL doubt.
full whether Grant could ever have peen PSe =
suaded to enter the political arena, that hao
ever been very distasteful TO him,
open and very widespread rebellion against
him within his own political household IN ~,
and the Liberal Republican movement Una, MAJ
afterward accepted by the Democrats, would
have been successful but for the lact ma! pusi-
ness conditions absolutely forbade ". nave
never seen u mOTt keItI", q" 49,
thusiastic revolt than the Republican revolt
OF 1877, but when a change Of administration
had to be looked. %sauarely In the FACE, Nun nn-
certainty GER as ,, to the f% In,n n p0 OF yh ., COUNTRY COUNTRY
came forward In solid column and. with the
aid Of detection In the Democratic Iank ana
s sGe, gave ,Ssrs sfeeles sp q %o his u csrser in ma asylum.
The nomlnation Of Hayes in. 1879 was an ac-
cident, and his election was the result OF some
Of the most startling infidents M e pSC nciSa
majority OF the delegates elected 10 the M,
tional Convention. but many OF them were held
by instr9 tSai2 ssy snd th cand BFsSsn'effh ,,S Soun nSer
Ss%TnS%; OF Tp The T Penns sfS1sHa 'deiesstiSn. led
the fight against Blaine. and MS own d hIoYSa
ranft. On the night before a ballot was
reached the nomination OF Blaine seemed 70 be
Robert W. Mackey. the .shrewdest OF all our
Pennsylvania leaders, devised the plan by
which Blaine ne C was dsIe , a M une as!!ss aIpsSl
ton to vote solid for Hartranft, as long, as his
vote increased. and then vote solid for whoever
was preferred, The Blaine men; confident OF
thus securing at an early period the vote OF the
entire delegation for Blaine. accepted the prop
osition and Mackey and some Of his ASSOCIATES
went into commercial politics with the South
crease or maintain H%artranft's vote indefinitely.
After a protracted battle the conyention made a
stampede TO Hayes. although Blaine had re-
ceived the votes OF a majority q all the dele
gates. but never on any one ballot, II was q
clear case OF a great convention being misled
from It's purpose by shrewd and desperate
Tilden nominated himself and managed his
campaign badly. az he trusted none Others, ana
finally lost hi. election by two incidents, either
OF which might have been determined in his
favor. He could have received the ,vote, OF
Louisiana by telegraphing a single word to New
Orleans. but be hesitated until too late, and
passed upon by the Senate, and thus decide the
contest, his defeat Of Chief Justice Chase In the
Democratic Convention OF 1888 came pack WIN
bittor fruits, as the accomplished and brilliant
daughter OF Chase swerved Conkling, the
sblest OF the Republican leaders. from his pur-
pose TO permit the election of Tilden;
Garfield was nominated for President after
the ablest and most desperate contest ever
made in n National Convention. II was a great
battle royal between Grant and Blaine, neither
fought in hand-to-hsnd conflict for more than
a week, neither willing TO yield TO the other.
Garfield was not a candidate before the con;
for sherman and had sent Garfield at the head
OF the delegation TO advocate Sherman's nomi-
nation. After a ten, days struggle the Wis.
consln delegation, decided to make a movement
ful In that eau us by a very few votes over VIM
dom Of Minnesota. for wh2mT his delegation
would have been more than probable, Garfield
succeeded, and his nomination followed with
a tidal wave. Hancock's nomination by the
that no other candidate could bring into, the
contest, His battle was won until within 2
few weeks OF the election. when the. Grant and
planned the defeat Of Garfield. made terms with
him, gave him a hearty support, and Tammany
added Its betrayal OF Hancock to give Garfield
The Cleveland Blaine contest Of 1884 was rich
In political accidents and incidents. The nomi-
nations OF Blaine and Cleveland we're entirely
binary political management, Blaine had
stumped the country from New England IL, the
west Of the Father OF Waters and returned to
New York on his way hons a few days before
II he had gone through New York to his hong
In Augusta and remained there In quiet until
election day he would have been chosen Presl-
dent Of the United States over Cleveland. he
was not responsible for the Conkling detection
In Oneida county. where a change Of 2 ,0OO was
made against him. but his dining with Jay Gould
that brought about the fatal Burchard incident
cost him many more than the 900 votes which
would have changed the result Of New York and
made him President.
The denomination Of Cleveland by the Demo-
Gratis and the nomination Of Harrison by the
Republicans came In the natural order Of political
and earnestness, but while Cleveland carried
nearly 1000 q popular majority he lost his
election by the detection Of Tammany in New
YORK Guy. tleVelanu lost MS own STATE, tnat
would have given him the Presidency. by a
majority Of 1879, and Gov. Hill. who was on
the same ticket, was reelected Governor by a
majority Of 10, III.
Few know how narrowly Cleveland escaped
defeat in the Democratic convention Of 1892.
The convention was hostile 70 Cleveland. but
the overwhelming Democratic sentiment Of
the country compelled leaders to bow to him.
1t was the most desperate battle ever made in
a National Convention with the single excep-
ton Of the Grant-Blaine battle OF 1880, and the
enemies Of Cleveland were strengthened by
an able and positively hostile delegation from
his own State. The ballot was not reached
until more than half the night OF the third day
disputation, and Cleveland received but a small
fraction In. excess OF the necessary two-thirds
vote. Had. he failed on that ballot his nomi-
nation would have been impossible.
The nomination Of Mckinley was accom-
Of Mark A.. Hanna, now Senator from Ohio.
He had a strong candidate to begin with, as
Mckinley had greater elements OF personal
popularity than any one OF those opposed TO him.
were made Mckinley men before they left their
homes. and the convention was simply a ratifi.
cation meeting without incident or accident
worthy Of note. For the first time in the his
tory Of American politics 9 candidate was
seriously discussed for the position before the
con INVENTION met, but won his nomination
by a single oratorical effort that enthused the
convention and swept il from It's original moor
a delegate in the convention when It met, He
was In the position Of a contestant. but on the
second day he and his friends were admitted.
and IN. an address OF surprising eloqlence he
earnest opposition that stood TO its guns until
the last shot was fired. A single speech thus
made Mr.; Bryan the candidate for President.
who in the campaign. electrified the country