El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05

He resumed specie payments and re-
stored the credit of the United States.
performing service commensurate
with that of Alexander Hamilton
Scramble TO Succeed Hayes.
But Hayes was not acceptable to
his party, and there was a great scram-
BILE for the presidential succession.
Finally the Republicans cnose another
dark horse" and another Ohio man
James A. Garfield. Gen. Grant had
been candidate in the convention for
a third term nomination, being ably
supported by Roscoe COnkling Gar
field had gone into the convention os-
tensibly as the champion of John
Sherman. His nomination caused grave
0issensiOn in the party ranks, and for
a time it seemed as if the Republican
party was to split in twain. not because
of any question of political principle
but because of a personal feud between
Conkling and Blaine, and because of
internecine strife concerning the man
ner of distributing the pie.
The Democrats sought to appeal to
the north by nominating a war hero.
and they chose for president Gen. Win
field Scott Hancock. For several years
the agitation for revision of the tariff
had been becoming more and more
acute. The Republicans were defending
the QOClIlnc VI pIOtSClAOu, their lcSItl-
mate inheritance from their Wing and
Federalist ancestors The Democrats
were demanding reduction of duties, and
many of them went SO far as to declare
for free trade. The prOtectionist ele
ment in the Democratic party was still
strong enough to keep Samuel J. Ran
dali of Pennsylvania in the speakers
chair in the house of representatives
during all of the Hayes administration.
The two wings of the Democratic party
were about to come to open warfare
over the tariff when Hancock was NOM
mated. Being more Of a soldier than
a politician, Hancock told the truth
about the tariff and thereby insured his
own defeat. He said it was a. local
issue.
Democrats Carry Maine.
In September the Democrats by
means of fusion with the Greenbackers.
carried Maine, electing governor
Plaisted, father of the Col. PIaisted
elected governor of Maine this year.
The Maine election inspired the Demo-
Gratis with complete confidence, and
struck terror to the hearts OF the Re-
publioans. But the Republican organ
ization was sufficiently under disci-
pline to permit compromise which
brought united party to the polls and
which elected Garfield. carried the
house and reduced the Democratic ma
jOrity in the senate to one
The Republican quarrel was not set
tied. however, and Garfield's first act
was calculated TO renew it. Z His ap-
pointments in New York opened the
war between the "stalwarts'' and the
'half-breeds" in that state, Conkling
and Platt opposing the administration
Garfield was murdered and was sue
ceeded by Gen. Arthur, a practical poll
tician, but not a man of sufficient
strength OF character to reunite mis-
party forces.
Two years later the Democrats again
carried the house, although the senate
went Republican. Thus, during the
Garfield-Arthur administration there
was never complete accord between the
and congress. the senate
being Democratic curing the first two
years and the mouse during the last
two years.
Cleveland-Blaine Campaign
In 1884 the Republicans nominated
James G. Blaine and the Democrats
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