Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-08
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SURPRISED THE CANDIDATE.
When zashary Taylor Was Notified Of
His Nomination,

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When zaehary Taylor Was Notified Of
His Nomination.
When Captain Wilson II. Daniel of
Jasper, Ind, inventor and author, now
nearly eighty-fye years old, read Of
the committees that had been appoint
ed to notify Taft and Bryan of their
respective nominations as presidential
candidates he remarked: 5
I Well well, time certainly does
change everything. and yet with what
tenacity do people. parties and nations
hold on TO their old time customs.
In the summer Of ls4S was a pas
senger on board the Alhambra. Be
fore landing + had been told by the
captain that we would land at Taylors
plantation, just below the town Of Rod
ney, In the state OF Mississippi to take
on wood. We were there for several
hours, and as soon as II landed j saw
General ylor. with whom Il had got
acquainted at Camp salubrity some
years before, just across the road in an
oats field, where he and several ne
groes were at work grading and bind
ing oats. 4 55
a The general wore broad brimmed, /
low crowned white felt hat, blue
blouse, no shirt and blue pants His
feet were incased in homemade boots.
His hands and face were covered with
dirta black from oats. When l
called and said. Hello. general!' he at
once recognized me and, AS was his
custom. hailed me by saying, Hello,
Wheelsman! l.
sIde came over to the fence; and for
quite time we talked of the days we
spent together when Taylor was sta
toned at Camp Salubrity and of the
second day Of July. 1s48 in particular,
when we broke camp and I, as pilot,
or Wheelsman, on board the Yazoo. be-
gan steering General Tayior's entire
garrison, heavy artillery and ammuni-
ton from Grandecore tmeaning high
bluff Landing to the famous battlefield
Of New Orleans, six miles below the
city, from which point seagoing YES
sells conveyed the soldiers, rtillery and
ammunition to Powder Horn, then a
landing near the Rio Grande in Texas.
ut was while we were sitting there
on the fence recounting our many ex-
periences that sa large boat all decked
In holiday attire and flying flags and
bunting rounded into sight AS it came
nearer we heard the band playing, and
General Taylor remarked that It must
be circus boat. AS 1t approached a
salute was fired, the band struck up
The Star spangled Banner the bell
began to ring, and the steamboat,
which was the. Major Ringold, began
rounding to land. When the general
and i saw the boat was going to land
we gotIdown Of the fence and walked
across the road to witness the landing.
neither Of us knowing or even ssllrmis-
ing the mission Of the boat and its
crew.
when the landing had been made
and the plank run ashore, the people
BY the score began crowding out Che
vast crowd was led by James Guthrie
and George p. Prentice Of Louisville,
KY. who were followed BY q Mr.. Blu
ford, No sooner had Guthrie and Prem
tice introduced themselves to General
Taylor than Bluford, who had been i
former schoolmate Of Taylors, shout
ed, Hello, Zach!' and, with an oath or
two. ran up and embraced old Rough
and Ready who recognized Bluford
with delight. ,st. s; n s,
when invited on board the ship,
Taylor begged to be excused on ac-
count of his dress and appearance, but
B1uford. Guthrie, Prentice and others,
with loving arms around the swcaty
old general. hurried him aboard, where
he was officially notified In his every
day working attire that the Wing par
y in convention assembled had nomi-
mated him as its candidate for the
presidency. He made few remarks.
thanking the committee for the honor
and assuring every one that if he was
elected he would do right as God gave
him the power to see the right II.
"a reception was then held, and the
dirty toiler Of the oats field was intro
duced to the hundreds on board OF the
boat, One of the features which i'm
pressed me most forcibly was the fact
that every woman, regardless Of her
silk. satin and jewelry, wanted to kiss
the dirty faced old warrior. "--St. Louis
Dispatch. 81 .
4 White House creedss
4 In the past generation, or since the
time OF Grant, the Methodists and the
Presbyterians have been far more rep
resented than all other denominations