Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-29

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bhoemake rss trode union. known al
the knights Of 81 Crispin. They nom
inated for president, David Davis, who
had been Lincoln't political manager
in 1850. holding their convention a.
Columbia. Ohio. Davis first sent 81
non -committal dispatch and later de-
clined the nomination. They theI
nominated Charles O'Conor Of NewI
York. We shall presently sec that an
other party also nominated O'conor. 81
nomination which he declined. but
which was permitted to stand In thel
face OF his declination.
The Prohibitionists began their car
eer as a party in this campaign with
James Black of Pennsylvania and John
Russell OF Michigan. az their nominees.
When the Liberal Republicans met
they realized that the Democrats were
ready to ratify their work II no mis-
takes were made. Horace Greedy was
the most notable exception to the rule
that those talked of for the nomina-
ton leaned toward free trade. There
were candidates aplenty. Illinois alone
had three-Judge David Davis, Lin
coins campaign manager. Governor
John M. Palmer and Senator Lyman
Trumbull. Ohio suggested ex-Secre-
tary Jacob d. Cox, and Chief Justice
Chase: Missouri offered b. Gratz
Brown, and the east Charles Francis
Adams and Horace Greedy.
stampede to Greedy.
Charles Francis Adams. on leaving
for Geneva to sit as arbitrator on the
Alabama Claims commission, wrote to
David A. Wells. saying he was indif-
ferent about the nomination and was
unwilling to authorize any one to
speak for him, but IL he were asked to
give any pledges or assurance of his
own honesty, Wells should "please
draw me out Of that crowd" In spite
of this, Adams lacked only 10 votes of
having a majority on the sixth ballot.
when the stampede to Greedy took
place. A motion to make the nomi-
nation unanimous was offered, but
there vert dissenting votes to this. B.
Gatz Brown, editor Of the st. Louis
Democrat. was nominated as Greely's
running mate. This Is the only time
| in the history of the republic where
both ends of a presidential ticket con-
sisted of active journalists, although
Whiteaw Reid was on the ticket with
Harrison when he was renominated.
i Everybody knew Grant would be re-
nominated, and the interest In the
| Republican convention centered in the
fight for the vice presidency. Schuy-
Her Colfax was candidate for re-
| election, but he had had a break with
some of the members Of the corps Of
i Washington correspondents and they
set about to bring out another candi-
date who could defeat him. They
brought out Henry Wilson. the MAT
ick Cabbler," and he defeated Colfax
by close margin.
i This is the only time in the history
Of the country that a presidential
ticket was made UP Of men who had
} changed their names. Grant Was
christened Hiram Ulysses Grant, anG
he used that name until he entered
West Point. There they put his name
down as Ulysses S. Grant. and he
made the IS" stand for Simpson, and
, ever after signed his name in thai
way. Wilson's real name was not ever
akin to Wilson--it was jeremiah Col.
bath. But in his days at the Naticl
shoebench he studied oratory and pol.
tiles, and was such an admirer Of Rep.
resentative Wilson OF New Hamp
shire, that he adopted his name ant
kept 1t. An instance where mar
came into the United States senate
under an assumed name was whel
oregon sent John II. Mitchell t.
, washington as a senator. He wal
formerly Of Pennsylvania, where hi
name was John Nipple. The senat
, therefore has had both presiding Of
ficer and a senator wearing some 9th
Z er name than his own.
Adopted BY Democrats.
q AS was forecasted, the Democratic
a national convention of 1872 accepted
! the nomination of Greedy and Brow
n and made the Liberal Republican
q ticket its own, over the protest o
Bayard Of Delaware and Voorhees, o
q Indiana. There was an element II
a the party that was not satisfied an
9 wanted straight Democratic ticket
n 1t held convention at Louisville
Ken, and nominated Charles O'Conoi
who was the nominee Of the Labor Re
formers. with John Quincy Adams o
@ Massachusetts as his running mate
. lOConor refused the honor and tn
president OF the convention. Jane
! too thrust the nomination aside an
Adams refused to accept anything bu
second place and that only In tn
, event that OConOr would head tn
ticket. Therefore, O'Conor was nomi
. mated in spite OF his declination.
Everything pointed to Libers
i. Republican Democratic triumph
August. Greedy had Numbered agains
I carpetbagism as he had thundere
against slavery before. and It was nc
until the bitter things he had sal
about the Democrats were recalled b
. the Republican orators that the It'd
, tide began to turn. Then SILVER {
fear and distrust swept. across tn
T country. Would Greedy, who was UT
able to keep his own newspaper, b
! able to give the country a business ad
, ministration? Would he, who was I
victim of every confidence man WI
came his way. be able to select pror