Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-10-30
ALLISON AND THE PRESIDENT.

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is disposition on the part of some
factionalists to not only belittle the
great work which Senator Allison has
done, but to actually hold him up as
an enemy of the people, says the
Cedar Rapids Republican. Noting
this tendency as others I've. the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil calls atten-
ton to Senator Hoar's recital of the
circumstances which prevented Sena-
tor Allison from receiving the presi-
Dental nomination instead of Harri-
son in 1888, and the reason why he
missed it.
| Senator Hoar's recital of this bit of
history condensed is as follows
After several Intellectual baIlotings
an adjournment was taken from twelve
to four O'Clock, which was followed
by meeting of gentlemen represent
| ing important states, among which
were Massachusetts, New York.
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Iowa and California. Their consul
tation was to see if they could agree
upon a candidate Mr.. Hoar says
that he made very earnest speech in
favor of Senator Allison. setting forth
what he thought were qualities that
would make him popular candidate
and an able and wise president. We
will let Mr.. Hoar tell the rest of the
story in his own language:
Finally. all agreed that their states
should vote for Mr.. Allison. when the
convention came in at 4 o'clock.
Depew, as | have said, was absent
But his three colleagues said there
could be no doubt that he would
agree to their action. and there would
be no difficulty about New York.
We thought it best, as matter of
precaution, to meet again half hour
before the coming in of the conven-
tion. to be sure the thing was to go
through all right. 1 suppose that
everybody in that room when he left
it felt as certain as of any event in
the future that Mr.. Allison would be
nominated in the convention.
But when we met at the time fixed,
the three delegates at large from New
York said they were sorry they could
not carry out their agreement. Mr..
Depew, who had been supported as a
candidate by his state, in the earlier
ballots, had made a speech withdraw
ing his name. But when the action
of the meeting was reported to him,
he said he had been compelled to
Withdraw by the opposition of the
agrarian element, which was hostile
to railroads. He was then president
of the New York Central 81 Hudson
River Railroad company. He said
that this opposition to him came
largely from Iowa. and from the
northwest, where was found the chief
support of Mr.. Allison; that while
he had withdrawn his own name, he
unreasonable and socialistic senti-
ment as to give his consent that it
should dictate candidate for the re-
publican party. The three other
New York; delegates at large were
therefore compelled to refuse their
support to the arrangement which had
been conditionally agreed on. and the
thing fell through. If it had gone ON,
New York, Illinois, Wisconsin.
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,, Iowa,
California, and perhaps Missouri,
would have cast their votes unanim-
ously for Allison, and his nomination
would have been sure.
/ think no other person ever came
so near the presidency of the United
States and missed it. The result was
the nomination of Mr.. Harrison.
1t appears then that this man whom
the so-called progressives are getting
ready to denounce as a corporation
tool was only kept out OF the presi-
dency by the opposition OF an avowed
railroad man and corporation pro-
moter. who thought he could not trust
Allison.
1t is sad as we said at the beginning
to see these mud batteries unlimber.
ing for warfare on man like the
senior senator from Iowa, but if those
who man them have any sense they
would know that they cannot make
mud stick to his garments.
The now famous Dickinson Blyden
burgh murder case has been before the
court at Des Moines the past week
Much of the testimony was OF {
salacious character, and the cour
room was packed with people, a large
majority of them women, at ever,
session. The morbid curiosity o
human nature will crop out, and un
fortunately, seldom fails to appea
on such occasions.
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