Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-05

Accidental presidents of recent years is the subject of an article in the No vember issue of the Worlds Work.
 The editor says that no name but Lin coln's was presented to the republican convention in 1864, and from the first his reelection was never in serious doubt. But the abiding issue of that campaign. as the sequel proved, was the nomination and election of An drew Johnson to the vice presidency. Lincoln, for good reasons, preferred Q war democrat on the ticket with him, Benjamin F.. Butler. But Butler, when approached by an agent of the president, declined peremptorily to permit his name to be considered and Johnson was finally selected as the most available man fot the place. But Ter refused because of his personal dis like of Lincoln. It was costly refus- al, for Johnson became president with in a-syear. Grants nominations in 1868 and 1872 were beyond the power of chance to prevent; sbut in 1876 the enmity of an angry man helped to defeat Blaine, the favorite of a ma jority of the members of his party, and brought out the unexpected nom ination of Hayes. When Blaine was speaker of the house of representa- tives, James N. Tyner a member of the house from Indiana. coveted the chairmanship of the committee on post offices and post roads, He asserted that Blaine promised him the place, and then, without warning, gave 1t to another, Facing the speaker in his private room, he declared to Blaine that he should remember what he called, his betrayal when Blaine should
 become a candidate q year or two lat CT, for the presidential nomination.
 Blaine laughed at him, 1t was then said; but Tyner, who had some infiu- ence in the politics of his state, was as good as his word, When in the republican convention of 1S76 1t be- came apparent that Oliver P Morton could not be nominated, the Indiana delegation decided to support Hayes, who up to that time had not been thought probable candidate Blaine's friends had counted upon Indiana when Morton was: withdrawn; but Ty- ner turned them from Blaine to Hayes. By the electoral commission, whereby Hayes secured the presidential office, although Tilden received 25o,oo0 ma jority of the popular vote, was con- pleted the chain of unusual events whereby Hayes became president In 1880 Tilden was certainly the choice of his party. But In the confusion of the democratic convention-causedb by q letter from Tilden expressing the wish that the convention should not took seriously, however 1t was meant to be taken)-an eloquent speech by Daniel Dougherty. of Pennsylvania, caused the ill-starred nomination of Hancock. In the. republican coaven- ton Blaine. Sherman and Grant were presented as candidates. but-Garfield was chosen. Had he kept the purpose that he once formed-net to attend the convention there Is little likelihood that he would have been nominated. The surprises since 1880 may perhaps be said to include the first nominations or bothf Cleveland and Harrison < < sA-l15 5si. 3 --.il.----...---x- III the impeflansts of Europe live up to their. talk the Chinese troubles may be ,peaccably settled, but when did I'm perialIsts sspyWhere live up to their tnlk?ipF ,grishss sSw sssF;s id sThe president of D New York Na- tionak bunk has added his indorsement. 10 thaf given to the Standard OH Trust by Senator Scott November 9th the people Ayill protest both principal and