The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-05

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cause " the Mckinney Presidential sweep
~ the year before, and George !. yelling
ton, Republican, vas ."n' Ia IA" Senate IN
Germans place In lwo2 he WIS again
elected to succeed Wellington ana TOOK
hi4 scat March T. 1877
Gornan was m oy"rv sense y politician
He never claimed Ia hn n statesman, yet
he had the brains " one. He wa AZ times
y f~orceful. and IN the main a talented,
AanlA &tlANlA HAt. INH lhAnf 4hI
and reserve his guardian angel. Vie be-
lieved ir politicians who could 10 their
work ant lclve ~ trail behind For
thirty YEAR by every method known To
the rcsourc,'ll politician. he hattled with
the Republicans and mugwlmp- of his
state. who in their turn did not hesitate To
lIse against him all TN" adroit methods in
their arsenal Of political intrigue.
Among Gorman,s earlier acqualntances
were Judah p. Benjamin. John Slidell,
James VI. Mason, Robert TOOmhs. John j.
Crittenden of Kentucky, Henry Wilson Of
Massachusetts, Sam Houston OF Texas,
Stephen 4 Douglas, l.iuColn's great rival;
Hannibal HamIin of Maine, Charles Sumner,
William II. Seward, Hamilton Fish and
Salmon p. Chase. A. an employee Of the
House and Senate German passed through
the administ rations of Pierce, Buchanan,
Lincoln and part Of Johnson's, and the
great war Senators like BENJAMIN F. Wade,
Simon Cameron .ZaChdriah Chandler, Lyman
| TllTn'lllI ana NllIlH'n flll ft--tllIlt'Il "tTt
part Of his personal daily environment.
Grover Cleveland was Mayor Of Buffalo
when German first took his seat IN the
Senate. ClAv'llni's sweepIny triumph in
the Gubernatorlal election in New iork
in 1852 made him the foremost figure for
the Democratic Presidential nomination
two years later. He was unknown to
the great Democrats of the country. Cor
man had been their daily associate from
boyhood. William C.. hitney and Daniel
Manning were perfectly aware OF Cor
mans abilities az a political manager.
and il was on their recommendation. after
Cleveland's nomination for President, that
German conducted the Democratic canvass
in 1884.
Cleveland's plurality of LOAF in New York
State gave him the Presidency. He had
trouble from the start with the Democratic
war horses, German especially. He had civil
service notions, and later on he demon
strated thai he had tariff reform notions.
Cleveland'S Friendship for the mugwumps
aroused he ire Of oh,time Democrats hungry
for the offices. Gor1Nan was heartily dis
gusted. Whitney was Secretary of the
Navy in Cleveland's Cabinet, and Manning,
was Secretary of the Treasury, and between
them they had a difficult task IN preserving
ANYTHING like harmony between Cleveland
and German and the old line Democrats.
So largely did this feeling of antipathy
prevail against Cleveland among regular
Democrats that in 1888 it became necessary
to nominate Allen 6. Thurman of Ohio for
Vice-President. Til party couldn't get
away from giving Cleveland a renomina-
ton. but the nomination of the old Roman"
for Vice President, it was thought, would
mollify the old time element in the party.
Ii didn't. Cleveland was beaten from the
start. German had very little to do with
that mpaign the mead man being calvin
Stewart Btice.
1t was during Harrison's administ ration
that German made mis- tremendous replta-
ton in killing the Force bill.
Germans great triumph led many to
speak Of him as the right man for the Demo-
Gratis to nominate for President in 1892.
The rank and file of the Democratic party,
however. were intensely fond of Cleveland.
As a matter Of fact Cleveland had hardly
left the White House in March. 1889, hen
Whitney and many other Democrats started
the campaign for his denomination in 1892.
David B.. Hill of New York was also a can
didate, and he went into the convention
with every delegate from the State of New
York pledged to MIN for the Presidency.
Here was an anomaly in national politics,
Cleveland, a New Yorker, going into a ma
tional convention without a delegate from
his own State at his back. Yet Cleveland,
with Whitney as his convention manager,
won easily or the first ballot. German
was at that convention. and the anti-Cleve-
land men, in the hope Of beating Ceve-
lands nomination, impIored German to
stand as a candidate. and he consented.
He quickly foreslw the drift toward Cleve-
land and hunked. German didn't liz Hill
any more than he liked Cleveland, but
he was more fond of Whitney than any man
he had ever met in public or private life.
He saw that Whitney was heart and soul
for Cleveland, and his friendship for Whit
ney had very much to do with his refusal
to allow his name to be used in an effort
to defeat Cleveland's nomination.
The four years of Cleveland's second
term were fraught with momentous couse-
uuences to the Democratic party. The
Wilson Tariff bill was utterly distasteful
attitude that he entirely forgot the mental
ha bits of a lifetime, and on the floor Of the
Senate me de a -peech Of such a violently
personal character against Cleveland that
Hill, the %latter's old New York enemy,
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