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ballot.
shermans name had been placed be-
fore the convention by james a. Gar
| field. Garfield knew from the first
| that Sherman could not win: he was
convinced that none of the prominent
candidates could defeat Grant. He saw
| that the prize was within his own
lsiasp, and well did he play his game.
! HIS speech nominating Sherman was u
plea for peace, for peace and harmony.
gcsting that the reply be peace" But
a delegate shouted, we want Garfield"
After the first ballot Garfield received
one or two votes on each ballot, ana
several times waves OF Garfield enthu-
slash swept over the convention.
q, the thlrty-fourth ballot the Wiz
tconsln delegates cast sixteen votes for
Garfield, giving him q total of seven
teen. When the vote was announced
Garfield arose and made the point Of
order that the result as announced WAS
erroneous because II contained votes
cast for him, whose namc was not bs-
! fore the convention AS he had not
made the point On thirty-two previous
ballots N which he had received votes.
1T is not to be supposed that he was
tchagrined when the chairman decided
that the point was not we'll taken.
| That began tho stampede, and on tho
lthrty-sisth ballot Garfield was noini-
mated But the Immortal SOC" We're
General Grant.
Each one of the sos delegates VINO
stayed by Grant all through the bal
iloting was given a bronze medal eN-
pressing the appreciation OF the sup
lpcrters OF the great popular hero. But
great fight wise men were heard to
say.
"rhe American people Will never con-
slider giving any President third
term. Washington declined 1t and es-
itabIished a tradition. II that tradition
rs so strong that popular war hero
Hike General Grant cannot break II
down, It is strong enough to stand
forever"
Since that time wise men have re-
Iferred 10 the defeat of Grant for a
third term as the Endorsement by the
American public of the Washington
principle that two terms are enough.
But the third term idea was not dead
Mr.. Roosevelt had served over three
years as President by succession. when
| he was elected TO full term OF four
years On the night of the election he
gave out statement that he would
not be candidate for re-election. II
wasn't taken seriously by L.any peo-
pie, and three yearG later there was
tlird-term boom OF considerable pto-
portions. The fac; that Roost Welt had
been elected but cnce was railed up,,n
TO ease the .ol-cie,iee OF those pen-
| pie to whom the Waslington tradition
meant something The phisse Sc
lond elective ten was coined
| Long silence from the White House
caused men 20 ocieve .hat the Presi-
dent was not unwilling 10 consider Il
Reconsideration cf his slacti'n night
statement. Than cnn.c tho discover.
iof the subterrlnAan Cor,clson booia
/ the blowing up OF al alleges. "conspir-
&C. and the flat reitaratipn OF thu
Roosevelt refusal to be i candidate
Even that did rot stop the astiyity OK
some Of the third lsr.ners, although a
general campaign had to inc ahan-
ldoned.
| II Is passing strange. reviewing III.
history OF the third term hootns In ihis
country, that The le7Ih,icah lead,.s
have approached tvs convention wiki
| the fear that II would r.npminnte MIR
Roosevelt in spite of precedent, in spite
of the third term bogy, In spite of
| himself Everybody knows that he
could have had It II he wished, which
knowledge sets aside the deiverances
handed down by the wise men when
Grant was defeated in 1880.
Copyright. 1908. by Frederic J.
Hashh.)
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