The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-28
WHAT MAY HAPPEN AT CHICAGO

Col. c. ). Wooten. of La Grange,
Writes Interestingly on Political
Matters.
In the summer of 1876 | was
visitor at Saratoga Springs, in the
State of New York During the time
convention assembled to nominate
a candidate for Governor and other
State officers.
Tilden was then Governor of the
State and was a candidate for Pres
ident. The Democrats, in order to
President, looked for the strongest
man in the State for this purpose.
All eyes turned to Horatio Seymour
as the man. He had been twice
elected Governor of the State Tin
1852 and 1862. He was the idol
of the Democratic party of the State.
He was a man without reproach,
pure in his private life and without
a stain upon his public character
For integrity, patriotism and
craftsmanship he will rank with
Phocion for the Greeks, Brutus for
the Romans, William of Orange of
the Netherlands of the sixteenth CEN
fury, Lafayette for the French and
Hampden for the English.
His sister was the wife of Roscoe
Conkling. One day she remarked
that her brother Horatio was the
best man living. Somebody asked.
is he better than your husband?
She replied, II repeat, he is the best
| man living"
This shows in what estimation he
| was held by his sister. who ought to
to know him better than anybody
| else. | regret that | never saw this
man. | have seen most of the great
| men of this country during the last
| fifty years. and he was the peer OF
any of them.
Seymour had said that he would
| not accept the nomination, because
he was old and feeble and was moi
| able to perform the duties of the
office. So when the convention as,
sembled the delegates determine
to respect the opinion of the old mar
and not to mention his name fol
Governor. The convention assem-
bled at p. m. The delegates were
on the first floor and the visitor.
We're in the gallery l had a sea
on the front row and had a full
view of the convention below.
AS soon as the convention organ
lied the names of several gentlemen
were placed in nomination for Gov
ernor. The first was Clarkson N
Potter, a member of Congress from
New York city, and a member O
the celebrated Potter family. Hi
name was received with great ap
plause. The next was Rufus W
Peckham, now Judge of the Unite,
State Supreme Court. His name wa
heartily applauded.
The third name proposed was Will
liam Dorsheimer, then Lieutenant
: Governor. He was elected with Til
den in 1874. He had been a Re
publican, was United States Distric
Attorney under President johnson
In 1872 he went Off with the Liberia
: Republicans and supported Creole,
: AS soon as his name was propose
some fellow in the gallery shouted
we don't want Republican. Civ
us a. Democrat like Horatio Sey
mour. He's the old warhorse, tn
old Standby" Every man in tn
l | galleries began to shout Seymour.
and clap his hands and stamp hi
t feet
/ If every devil in hell had bee
e loosed and begun to yell Their
: would not have been more confusio
r and a greater uproar.
The convention had to suspen
I business. The delegates sat motion
less in their seats, while pendemor
ium reigned in the galleries. It ii
deed resembled, as the word pand.
monium means, a hall of demon
AS l heard the unearthly yells, th
shrill shrieks, the cat-call, th
hoarse roar of the demons at th
time and felt the very building tren
BILE and quake as if in the gras
It of an earthquake, I was reminde
). of the description of hell by job
Ford.
''In the place dwell many tho,
sand thousand sundry sorts of ne
8 er-dying death; these damne
souls roar with pity; there are glu
tons fed with toads and adder.
there is burning oil poured dow
L the drunkard's throat; the usur,
It is forced to sup whole draughts
q molten gold. Then is the murder,
stabbed, yet can he never die; the
. lies the wanton on racks of burnir
e steel, while in his soul he feels Il
|, torment of his raging lust
e After the shouting had continue
!. for several minutes then one of Il
delegates began to clap for Sc
~ mOur and &C If a cpark hod dro