Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-09-05
MEN HoNoREo az PARTIES WITH
NOMINATIONS DID NOT KNOW
THE RESULTS UNTIL TOLD BY
NOTIFICATION COMMITTEE.

NOTIFICATION COMMITTEE.
Boonville, Ind. Aug 6.2-When
Capt. Wilson H. Daniel, OF Jasper,
Ind, inventor and author, now near
ly e~ighty-fve years old. read OF the
notification" of Taft and later Of
Bryan. he recalled the days when
notification" meant the true mean
ing OF the word,
The captain recalled his expert
ence of 1S4S. when ne was present
and witnessed the notification OF Gen.
Zachary Taylor, which took place In
the latter part of June of the first
part OF July OF that year.
The national convention OF wings
met In Philadelphia some time In
June, 1S4S. and on the third ballot
nominated General Zachary Taylor,
"Old Rough and Ready as their can
didate for the presidency over Henry
| Clay, Daniel Webster AMI General
Scott. And some time later. during
oats harvest, while that frontier col
onel, who had not voted for forty
years, was working in his oat field
and talking to Captain Daniel OF old
days of happy days he had spent at
Camp Salubrity. the notification COM
mittee. aboard the Major Ringold.
landed right near where "Old Rough
and Ready was working and talking,
and really notified him, that is, gave
him the first information OF his nom
i~nation.
Tells the Story.
The captain tells the story as fol-
lows:
"In the summer of 1S48 | was a
passenger on board the Alhambar.
Before landing I had been told by the
captain that he would land at Taylor's
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 I land
ed I saw General Taylor, With whom
/ had got acquainted at Camp Salu-
brity some years before, just across
the road in an oats field, whore he
and several negroes were at work
grading and binding oats.
"The general wore a broad-brim-
med, low-crownad white felt hat, blue
blouse, no shirt and blue pants. His
feet were encased In home made
boots. His hands and face were coy
cred with dirt and black from oats.
When I called and said Hello, Cen
eral' he at once recognized me. and
as was his custom, hailed me by say
ing, Hello, WneelsmanS
Talked With Him.
"He came over to the fence and
for quite a time we talked Of the days
we spent together when Taylor was
stationed It Camp SaIubrity and OF
the second day OF July, 1916, in par
| ticuIar, when we broke camp and |
as pilot, or waeelsman, on board the
Yazoo, began steering Gen. Taylor's
entire garrison, heavy artillery and
ammunition from Grandecore (mean-
ing high bluff landing to the famous
battlefield of New Orleans, six
miles below the city from which point
sea going vessels conveyed the
soldiers. artillery and ammunition to
Powder Horn, then a landing near the
Rio Grande, in Texas.
at was while we were sitting there
on the fence recounting our many
experiences that a large boat, all
decked in holiday attire and flying
flags and bunting, rounded into signt
AS it came nearer we heard the band
playing and General Tyalor remarked
that 1t must be a circus boat. AS u
came nearer we heard the band strike
UP "The Star-Spangled Banner the
bell began to ring AMI the steamboat,
which was the Major Ringgold, began
rounding to land. When the general
and I saw the boat was going TO land
we got down off the fence and ak
ed across the road to witness the
landing, neither OF us knowing or
even surmising the mission Of the
boat and its crew.
Embraced Candidate.
when the landing had been made
and the stage plank run ashore, the
people by the score began crowding
out. The vast crowd was led by Jas.
Guthrie and George D. Prentiss, OF
Louisville, KY, who were followed by
la Mr.. Bluford. No n had Guth-
rie AMI Prentiss introduced taemsei-
YES to Gen. Taylor than Bluford, who
mad been a former schoolmase OF
Taxtar'a Shn.itad HALO Zach ana