The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-31

even after q hard contest, he would
have accepted it and made the. canvass.
Hayes Disclaims.
Z Hayes let It be known soon after he
entered the presidency in 1877 that he
would not Dc al asnirant for a re-elec-
tion- Tilden. Hayes unsuccessful COM
petitor in 1875. also disrlafmed any de-
sire Tor another nomination He let
+ mat be known formally TO his friends
shortly before the convention Of 1880
met This was published in all the
papers, of the country az the time There
+ were Democrats, however. who wanted
TO make an issue of the crime Of 1876 4"
as they called the decision OF the cleo
toral commission, which. in the dis
puted counted seated Hayes. These
advocates Of the "Oid ticket" were pow
ertui inf the party for a time, but the
loss Of the election of 1876 hit TiIden' s.
prestige and the military record OF Cen
erai Hancock did the rest In the vot-
ing IN the convention of 1SSe Hancock
led of on the first ballot and was nom
mated on the second. After the shift
ing of the different delegations 10 the
winning side had taken place. Some Of
the delegates. however. voted for Til
den TO the end, ana il was said at the
time that the sage of Undertook ex-
pected the nomination and that he wss
angry because all except three dozen
OF the delegates had taken him at his
word and voted for somebody else.
Shortly before the conventions Of 1868
it was known that Chase. then chief
justice, would accept the Democratic
nomination in that year if 1t were ten
dered him. Chase had belonged 10 al
most every party. in succession. which
had appeared in his day. He had been
Il Democrat, Liberty party man, a
Wing, Free Soiler and a Republican.
As a Republican he had been elected
governor of Ohio and eenator from that
state. and as q Republican he had been
an active aspirant for the nomination
in the convention Of 1850 which gave
Lincoln the candidacy. He served in
Lincoin's cabinet, and while there he
aspired TO the candidacy of 1864, know
ing that his chief wanted the renonin-
alton, but he stepped out Of the race
long before the convention met, and
retired from the cabinet soon after
ward When on the supreme bench, 10
which he was appointed by Lincoln. he
gradually diVerged from the Repubii-
cans on some Of the issues connected
with the reconstruction policy, leaned
toward Johnson's side in the impesch-
ment proceedings and announced him
self a Democrat a few months before
the convention Of 1858 met. He. drew
up a platform of principles to which
he subscribed declared that he did not
think he would be available as a Demo-
cratic candidate. but neversneless was
ready 10 accept the nomination f two
thirds Of the convention offered il 10
him. Nallandigham, who had opposed
Chase's greenbaek ideas when promUl-
gated first, in 1852. and who was against
the entire policy of the administration
Of those DAYS in which Chase had been
part was an ardent Chase man in the
convention in Tammany hall, which
put up the Democratic ticket of 1858.
but the sentiment in favor OF the chief
justice, if there any such. never mani-
Tested itself in the convention.
Nominee of 1868.
The man who became the nominee Of
the Democratic convention Of 1868, H0-