The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-28

cesslon seized him, and desiring to
break Weeds power, which he feared,
and Stewards prestige, of which he
was Jealous. he coldly turned his back
upon his old friends He set out to
create a machine of his own In New
York, and when Of a sudden he be-
came President, through the death of
Taylor he filed the chief offices in the
State with men who were loyal to him,
| turning out others who had borne the
brunt Of the Whig party's battles.
Thus he struck at the very vitals of
the organization of which Weed and
Seward were the master spirits. At
the same time he cultivated the South
ern Wings and signed the Fugitive
Slave law. I'VE must match strength
with him." said Weed to Seward, "and
show to the country that, although he
is President, he does not control the
Wings of New York" The test came
in 1852, in the State convention which
preceded the national convention Of
the Wings. Weed controlled the con-
yentlon; but Fillmore's friends bolted
and formed an organization Of their
own. The party was thus split In
twain in the pivotal State of New
York, and though Scott defeated Fill
more for the nomination In the Whlg
national convention, 1t was only to be
beaten at the polls. Though Fillmore
survived for two-andtwenty years his
term as President but once did he
emerge from the retirement to which
vaulting ambition had consigned him.
That was In 1856, when he was nomi-
mated for the Presidency by the rump
of the Whig party, Fremont being the
Republican candidate. Both were de-
feated by Buchanan.
Another longtime associate Of Weed
and Seward was Horace Greeley. For
years the three men labored together
in behalf Of the Whlg cause but in
1854 Greeley withdrew from the alli-
ance, charging that his partners had
sacrificed him to their lust of power.
Weed and Seward, on the other hand,
maintained that Greeley had seeded
because he was disappointed as an
ofiiceseeker. But, whatever its cause,
the great editor nursed his grievance
and In due time took full and ample
revenge for 1t. Like his whilom part
ners he went into the newly formed
Republican party and speedily won an
important and influential place In its
councils. Weed and Seward, however,
obtained control Of the party machin-
cry in New York, and though Greeley
desired to go as a delegate to the ma
tional Republican convention in 1850,
this honor, through their opposition,
was denied him. Greeley was opposed
TO the candidacy of Seward, but there
is little doubt that he would have
contented himself with registering his
vote against the New York Senator If
he had been permitted to attend as
a representative of his own State. An
gered at the treatment accorded him,
he went to Chicago and was subsu-
tuted for an absent Oregon delegate.
His newspaper had given him nation
al fame, and as a proxy for this West
ern absentee he undermined the works
thrown up by Weed in behalf of Sew
ard, and did more than any other one
man to secure the nomination of Lin
coin. Thus was he revenged upon
his former partners.
Tilden Defeats Chase.
When the Democratic national con-
vention assembled In 1868 it was the
purpose Of Horatlo Seymour and other
leaders that Chief Justice Chase, who
had become estranged from the Re
publican party, should be nominated
for President, and save for one mans
craft and cunning this plan would have
been carried into execution. That man
was Samuel ]. Tilden, who believed
that the candidacy Of Chase would
spell defeat. Instead, he planned with
subtle and mastery strategy to nomi.
nate Seymour. 1t had been arranged
that Seymour, who had been chosen
| ANoANthN Vi AhN NOllN bllNlOllt was W
leave the chair to nominate Chase.
! This moment was seized by Tilden for
the fultillment Of his purpose, and
when Seymour called another to pre-
side, an Ohio delegate, shrewdly Sc
lected for the occasion sprang to his
feet and demanded the nomination of
Seymour, the acknowledged leader of
the Democracy. Men in other delega-
tons, previously assigned to their
tasks, swelied the hurrah for Seymour,
and when some of the New York dele
gates Joined In the cheering, the end
became evident to all. "Your candi-
date | cannot be-" said Seymour, in
a faltering tone as he left the plat
form, but the wave surged on, and
he was made the nominee by a prac-
tically unanimous vote. Seymour, pre-
vailed upon to consider the subject, re-
luctantly submitted to the result thus
achieved, and-went to crushing de-
feat at the polls, receiving but eighty
votes in the electoral college to PA for
Grant.
Eight years later when Tilden was
himself a candidate and the Presi-
dency seemed within his grasp, his
part In the undoing of Chase returned
to plague him. Kate Chase Sprague,
daughter Of the Chief Justice, was
long the most brilliant woman in
Washington society, counting among
her friends and admirers many of the
ablest men in public life. One Of these
was Roscoe Conkling, long a Senator
from New York. The vote OF Loulsi-
ana determined the contest between
Tilden and Hayes before the Electoral
Commission of 1STT and. under the
bill creating the latter body, 1t re-
quired the approval of the Senate to
assure the electoral vote Of that State
to either candidate Had it been given
to Tilden he would have been the
President Many Republicans, Conk-
ling among them. believed that Tilden
had been rlghtfully elected, and in
the Senate enough votes were muster
ed to throw the vote of that body in