The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-10-06

the cause and my many friends pro-
foundIy deplore the result
Probably the most tragic episode in
the history OF Presidential elections
was the candidacy Of Horace Greeley.
followed by the breaking down Of his
robust body and mind. ana By his
death.
Quite different was the effect of de-
feat upon Gen. Benjamin +. Butler,
who might be termed the free lance
candidate for the Presidency. He APP
pealed to the adherents of the Labor
and Greenbaek party. and when the
votes were counted and it was found
that he had been followed by a very
small minority, he was as cheerful and
happy as it was possible for even a
successful candidate to be.
He insisted at that time, and even
up to the time Of his death. that Mr..
Cleveland was not legally elected. He
contended that there were enough
votes cast for him several times over
in New York State to have prevented
Mr.. CleveIand's election. but that in
many Of the polling places they were
not counted for him, but for Cleveland.
He said once:
Il intended to have an investigation
made with the aid Of John Kelly, who
was then the Tammany boss, and who
was opposed to Mr.. Cleveland, but
after the election Mr.. Kelly took sick
and remained belfast SO long that !
finally abandoned the idea Of con-
test"
No one ever knew just how Samuel j.
Tilden felt over the result of the con-
test in 1876. He was a bachelor and
quite reserved in his personal habits,
and his inmost thought and feelings
were known to very few men.
He was practically recluse after
the election and retired to his apart
lments and was extremely cautious in
all that he said or did concerning the
controversy of that time.
General Mcclellan was very much
disappointed man when he learned Of
the results Of his political campaign,
but he was scarcely surprised at the re-
suit and had very little to say about it,
even to his intimates.
Grover Cleveland received the an
nouncement of the result in 1888 with a
stelidity of countenance that amazed
where it did not irritate his friends.
They had gone into the campaign in the
belief that it was sure thing; and
when the returns Of the election were
received they sustained a shock from
which they did not recover for many
days.
But Cleveland himself received the re-
turns with calmness that would have
made the Sphinx look like a nervous
and irritable pile Of rocks. Before. dusk
of the day when the result was known
he was calmly arranging his plans for
one of his favorite fishing trips.
This apparent indifference to results
was also true of Benjamin Harrison,
who thought that he would be elected
| In 1892 He had given a good adminis-
tration and times were fairly prosper
Gus, but in spite Of that fact he went
down in defeat. He took the result like
a stole, and Immediately began to make
preparations for lecturing and for re-
Stunning his practice Of the law.
William Jennings Bryan, while not
showing the coluleSS anu iIiuilAerelISe VI
Cleveland and Harrison, received the
news Of his two defeats with a calm
ness which was a proof of the self-con-
troll Of the man. He heard the news OF
the result Of his first campaign at his
home in Lincoln, Neb., with a smiling
countenance, and If he felt any chagrin
he did not show it to those who sur
rounded him. His successful compete
tor on each occasion had not been fair
ily inaugurated before the champion Of
1.-THE silver forces was laying out the
plans for the contest four years from
| that time.