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


ratio, seymour had not been promln-
entity mentioned outside OF his own
state IN connection with the candidacy
OF that year previous 10 the meeting
OF the convention. He had been con-
splcu0us in New York politics for many
years. had been a member Of the Iegis-
iature, was governor OF the state dur
ing part Of me civil war. and presided
over the convention which nominated
Mcclellan for president ia 1855. as wei
as over that of 1853 IN which he himself
received the candidacy. In the 1858 con-
Nent1on, however, by far the most
promising aspirant at the start was
George II Pendlet0n- As a member OF
congress during the civil war ne on
posed the issue Of greenbacks. but art
er the war he wanted noC only the
S450.fe0,9e0 of that period retained but
he urSed the increase OF the volume
and the payment of al the government
obligations in them which had not been
made specifically in gold. Largely be-
cause OF PendietOn's prominence in this
more greenbaeks' propaganda the
policy was dubbed the "Ohio idea.
Pendleton was opposed. of course, by
large element of the eastern Demo
Gratis. among whom were seymour. who
had been robust gold specie payment
man during the war days. Neverthe-
less. PendletOn led for many ballots
and though he failed Of the nomination,
some of his ideas got into the platform.
In the deadlock between Pendleton and
his principal rivals a movement for
Seymour was started. which ne at
tempted TO check by declaring that
your candidate 7 can never be" vet
WI lille protesting that he never could
consent he consented.
Like Hayes of the later day. Polk
let Il be- known long before the time
for the selection of a candidate of tS4S
arrived that be would not seek reelec-
tion, and the convention took him at
his word and nominated Cas- who was
beaten at the polls by Taylor. the
Wing. The probability is tnatePoik. III
he had been an aspirant. would have
been beaten either in the convention or
at tae polls for despite The successful
war against Mexico which was prose-
Cuted during his administration. and
which added vast tracts to the nations
territory, he was not popular with his
party or the country. Some of jack
sons political enemies GecIared during
bis second term that he would take an
other term iflhe could get Il, aud would
remain in Office for life If the country
would allow him. 1t is known. how
ever. that Jackson seriously intended
az one time TO resign i'm his SECOND term
so that his friend Van Buren, the vice
president, would he sure of serving i'm
the higher office a short time at least,
and that he was persuaded by Van
Buren, and other supporters to retain
Office 10 the end. Jefferson, like Cleve-
land. believed that the Te-eligibility OF
presidents for election was q defect ia
the constitution. which ne would be
glad 10 see mended. yet he cheerfullE
accepted a second term himself. and
some of his enemies charged that he
was willing TO stay i'm office still longer.
but this. of course, IS known to be an
error. He was sincere in saving that
the day when ne retired 10 his home
in 1903 at the end of his second term
was the happiest day of his life. Still
there are persons who are not yet con-
WINGED that Mr.. CleVeland's declina-
ton viii be allowed to stand-Houston
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