The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-26

chosen by ridden for thu fuiiiilfncfit u
q his purposes, and wien Seymour calico
another to preside. an Ohio delegate. 81
iected for the oocasoiit sprang To lii
feet, and, III M, impressive speerh. dc
4 ,nanded the nomination or SeSnucr, The
confessed leader OF the Democracy. In
i stantiy men III other delegations, pre-.
4 viously assigned to their task rose ;itit
j swelled the furraf for Seymour ana
i when some OF the New York delegates
4 joined III the cheering, The end became
4 evident to all. Your candidate I cannot
lbe," said Seymour, In n fnltering voice,
ms he left the platform, but the wave
s,rged pf, and he wa, nude the no y y
| by a practically unailiinous vote. Before
| that there had becr twenty-one ballots,
of which Pcndleton, Hancock and lleh-
bricks were the leading competitors, 1t
WIS then that the nomination of Chase
was expected to be made, Just as tho
nomination Of Seymour was made,
through the geheralship Of Tilden. Scy-
mour, prevailed upon to reconsider the
subject, Reluctantly submitted to the re-
suit THUS achieved. md the convention
completed its work BY nominating Frank
p. Blair OF Missouri, FOR vlce-Preslderlt.
The Democratic National Convention
held at Baltimore on July o. 1872, was a
dull and lifeless AFFAIR, It having been
settled before 1t met that tile only hope
for the Democracy was to indorse the
action of the Liberal Republicans, who
had nominated Horace Greeley for Presi-
dent On the other hand, the convcn-
tlon. which opened Mt st. Louis on June
%, 1876 was one Of the most interest
Ing and Instructive in the history OF
the party. Its isste proved Samuel j.
Tilden to be one OF the master pollti-
clans Of his time. From the Govern
or's Office at Albany, ridden planned and
carried into execution n campaign for
the Presidency that was at once the
less methodical and sagnclous Consent
was secured Of the delegations from
most Of the doubtful States, and a
watch-eye kept upon the men chosen
as delegates. AS result of this early
and complete organization. 1t was a
ATlldel body that convened at st. Louis
with discrete and able leaders to shape
and direct the work. Thomas A.. Hen.
bricks. of Indiana was also In the field
as n candidate, and his supporters. though
jealous and aggressive. were outclased
in leadership. and fought from the first
against Helpless odds. rilden was
promptly declared the nominee and Sc
icond place given to Hendricks
The Nomination of General Han
cock.
The adroit sleight-of- hand work OF
William c. Whitney. 1aboring In the In
5tcrest Of his father-ln-lay, Henry B.
Payne. Of Ohio alone prevented the re-
nomination Of Tden In the Democratic
National Convention held on June 25
1880 at Cincinnati. Whitneys efforts.
l,owveer, bore reward. for he met OPP
position where he did not expect to find
1t, and that was in the Ohio delegation,
which refused to present Paynes name
unanimously, With T'ilden out OF the
race. and Payne's candidacy strangled
at birth, the nomination either ct Thorn
as +. Bayard or Samuel j. Randall
semed probable; but again the nnex-
pected befell PANEL Dougherty who had
jolirneyed to Cincinnati solely as a spec.
tator. at the twelfth hour obtained the
proxy Of a Pennsylvania delegate and
presented the name Of General Wingfield
S. Hancock In a speech of such beauty
and impressiveness that It swayed the
convention off Its feet. and Hancock was
nominated on the first ballot. He had
not a majority when the ballot closed.
but changes made before the result was
announced gave him the requisite two
thirds vote. With him was nominal tod
William IT, English. OF Indiana, FOR Vice
President r
An Interesting condition Of affairs con
fronted the Democratic National Con-
| vention held at Chicago on July 8. 1884.
| Tilden's falling health forbade his cam
ddacy, and there were numerous antries
in the scrub race that followed, includ-
ing Bayard. Mcdonald. Thurman. Car
Isle, Headley and Randall, but all these
veteran leaders We're put aside for a man
who four years before had ben practically
unknown outside Of his own town. In
1882 Grover Cleveland, while Mayor IT
Buffalo, was elected Governor of New
York by plurality Of 100000, due ais,
most entirely to bitter factional fight
within the Republican party The very
prodigadity Of this majority fastened up
on him the eyes of his party. and caused
Daniel Manning. one of the shrewdest
OF the politicians trained by Tilden, to
fix upon him as the most available can
didate for the Presidential nomination.
Manning began the canvass for Cleve-
lands nomination Immediately after the
latter's inauguration as Governor This
canvass was conducted with great skill,
and IN less than a year po werful conbina-
tion had been effected with the Demo-
cratic leaders In most OF the Southern
States. Moreover, Manning contrived, by
the adoption of the unit rule, to carry the
New York delegation solid for Cleveland,
though Tammany stoutly opposed him.
Thus 1t became evident at an early stage
of the convention that Cleveland would
be the nominee. All that was needed to
I insure this result was the aid of the
friends of Randall, who had delegation
from his own State strongly committed
I to his support, but whose pronounced
protection views made him Ineligible for
the nomination. Randall summoned by
telegraph, reached Chicago on the morn
Ing of the last day Of the convention. and
after a brief conference with Manning
passed the word 10 his friends to support
Cleveland. That settled the contest. More
than two-thirds of the delegates voted
for Cleveland on the second and final bal
lots and his nomination was made unan-
imous, OH motion OF Thomas "A. Hem
bricks, who was subsequently named for;
Vice President.
The Second and Third Cleveland