Evening journal., 1912-10-29
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Heart That Broke When
Seward Suffered His
Great Defeat
By Holland

81 have been told that Daniel Web
ster died of a broken heart because
he did not receive the Whig nomina-
tion for president in 1852 do not
know whether that is true or not, al
though It is a fact that Mr.. Webster
died few months after the nomi-
nation of General Winfield Scott for
president of the Whig' There did,
however. come under my personal OBJ
servation case Of a man who died
of broken heart, and strangely
enough, IL was not because he failed
10 gain q political office. but because
a friend lost the nomination for the
presidency
This statement was made TO me
| by the late Commodore Alfred Van
SantvOord who died i'm 1901 al the
| age OF cighty-twO after having had
| long and very successful career as
the owner and manager of various
steamboat lines which navigated the
Hudson river Commodore Van SAINT
eoord was probably as intimate a per-
sonal and business friend as William
/ 81 Vanderbilt had.
Commercial Bank at Albany. n. "
/ I'm the 6ftlcs, at the time John l..
! Schoolcraft was president of that
/ bank continued the Commodore. "It
was the Oldest bank not only in Al
bany but. in any part Of the state
North OF New York City Mr.. Schooi
craft was regarded as about as able
banker as could be found in the
state He was very popular, and his
popularity and strong personal loyal
~ toward William H. Seward caused
him TO be drawn into Whig politics
and. after the Whg party died. into
/ Republican party politics. | think he
was ranked second only to ThurloN
Weed as Republican leader in
Northern New York
I'm 1860 MIR Schoolcraft was elect
cd a delegate from Albany county TO
the Republican national convention
at Chicago ! think that without ex
ception he was the most devoted
/ supporter of William H. Seward i'm
New York state and that is saying a
good deal, i'm view of the fact that
Thurlow Weed was Governor
Stewards right hand through all his
poitica life ! suppose ono reason
one reason why Mr.. Schooicralt was
so enthusiastic i'm his support OF the
nomination of Governor Seward for
president was TO be found i'm the fact
that he married one of Governor
Stewards neices At any rate, at the
Chicago convention SchoOlcraft was
as conspicuous as any other delegate
i'm. supporting Stewards nomination.
He said to every ono that Seward
would surely be nominated, and he
carried about with him "a momoran-
DUN OF canvass of delegates which
he had made which showed CON
olusively. as he thought that Seward
would be nominated not later than
the seventh ballot
when the announcement was made
that Abraham Lincoln had received q
majority of the votes of the delegates
10 the convention Schoolcraft acted
exactly as though he had been strucl
upon the head with club. He seem
cd completely bewildered. He hard
ly knew who or where he was, Hit
friends becoming alarmed. led hin
from the convention hall to the hotel
They thought that he would recover
In a little while He only partially
recovered II seemed to his friends
as though a vital chord had beer
snapped in the man when the an
nOunccmccnt was maze lndl bihNoli
was nominated.
"They were so grievously concern
ed about his health that upon the ad
vice of physicians they took him i'm
medately to some baths The treat
ment theer did him no good. He wa
a complete wreck. And about tw
weeks after the convention he died
almost literally of a broken heart
Nnf fsa to a
Mr.. School craft was i'm the maturit
of his powers, i'm vigorous health,
man of strong frame, for he had bee
all his life of most abstemious habits.
Copyright. 1912, by e. j. Edwards
All rights reserved)
Tomorrow Mr. Edwards will tell q
"The Potatoes that Led to a Distin
ssufehod Carcor