Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-21

neared ON the doorstep. He me- up
short speech which contained no r.:
of Scott or of his disappoinfIrar'. l.'n
Guiding. "Of one thing. gentiempa 'o'
assure you: that not one aI.ie,.c.. a
VIII enJoy sonnder nights sieag. n.
shall. | shall rise in the ,i,.r ,.;aA
God willing. To the performapc.. eng
duty. with the lark, and though M
equal him i'll sweetness of song b.; ,;,,
not greet the purpling east NOR. IN
and jocnnd than /"
Without question. defeat haSteu.l d..
end as il did Clay's. He Ssn Igf
Washington for his home ID Nsrs,Fl'
Mass. where lie died before tbe c...,
paign was fairly under way. refu,n% ~
the end To acqniesce in Scott Hs.i..I,,
ton, and even going so far as Ia ,",.
that be would support Pierce As he Iar
on his deathbed, a letter was rad ~
him from Boston friend. who exnlessal
the hope that he was still stead.a,t in
his determination not 10 supper Sr,.t
Write TO him." he said. land tell Hin
to look over toward Charlestown and .s.,
If Bunker Hill monument Is st.ll stand.
ing"
Stewards Defeat.
The sorrow of William II. Seward .
friends over his defeat in the Rpluh-
lican convention of 1860 by Lincoln re-
sembled he distress of the CLAY mon II,
about il as far as outward appearances
went. When no Republican in Auhura
his home could be found to writ. nm
article approving Lincoln'S nomination
Seward himself wrote an editorial. high,
~ praising the convention and its noni-
nee. To Thurlow Weed, his lisap-
pointed manager. he wrote, Il wish I
were sure that your sense of disappoin,-
ment is as light as my own | know
not what has been left undone that couId
have been done, OF done that ought IL
be regretted" Stewards letters 10 hi,
wife and relatives show, however, that
his defeat was severe blow, and he
spoke of his coming retirement to private
life as II welcome anticipation Yer he
stood but on the threshold Of 4 career
that. although it did not lead L. the
presidency, made him one ot tie great
secretaries OF state.
Blaine expected to receive the Re
publican nomination in 1876. He sat IN
his library at Washington and read the
dispatches that told of the conventions
enthusiasm after Robert q. lngerSoIs
great speech, and expressed TO his fan-
lily and friends his entire confidence If
the result. When il became evident
however, that it was Blaine against the
field his spirits fell, and on the morning
of the balloting he forecasted an adverse
result. When the break to Hayes finally
came. and before the decisive ballot
was fully counted, this message was on
its way to Hayes: Il offer you my sill.
cerest congratulations on your nomina.
ton. 1t will be alike my highest pleas
ure as well as my first political duty 10
do the utmost in my power 10 promote
your election The earliest moments Of
my returning and confirmed health viii
be devoted to securing as large vote for
You III Maine as she would have given
for myself"
Blaine's Conviction.
Later, after his defeat in the couyen-
ton of 1880 he said to a friend, Il am
the Henry Clay of the Republican party
| j can never be President" This con
viction seems to have remained with
him even after his nomination in 1854
| for at no time during that campaign was
| he sanguine of election. BlaineS action
in resigning from Harrison's cabinet
| three days before the convention of 1872
was taken by his friends to mean that
| although some months before he had
written letter saying that he was
not candidate, he had changed his
mind. They rallied to his support but
| Harrison was nominated on the first
ballot. The vote on a preliminary point
| convinced Blaine that his cause was
| hopeless, and he was in bed and soundly
| asleep when the first ballot was taken
| Later he expressed regret that he had
| allowed his name to be used at all but
| he sent no congratulatory telegram to
| Harrison, although he did to Levi T.
| Morton, the candidate for vice president
| He took no part in the campaign and
| died before Cleyeland's Inauguration
| Grant obtained the Republican nOm-
/ nation in 1868 and 1872 without oppoSi-
| ton. In 1880 he received bulletins from
| the convention i'll which his famous fight
| for third term eliminated, in the law
| office of Il friend, Mt his old home in Ga
| lena, ILL., When the bulletins told of the
| enthusiasm and clamOr with which the
| convention received Conkling's nominal
| ing speech his friends assured him that
| it was all settled and that he would bp
/ named on the first ballot. The general
! said nothing, but his face darkened ana
! he moved uneasily in his seat. Soon h
! rose abruptly, calling out to his son
! Come Buck. let's go home" He walkeG
| a little distance in silence, then drew
| deep breath and said, II am afraid am
| going to be nominated" When several
| days later, after the long uncompromls-
| ing fight on the part of Grants friends,
| Garfield was nominated, the eX-Iresl-
dent said: Garfield is good man. !
| am glad of it. Good night, gentlemen.
| To an intimate friend he complained,
/ however, saying. My friends have not
been honest with me. | cannot afford
| TO be defeated. They should net have
| placed me in nomination unless they tCt
/ narfpgtIV af NV