Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

Chicago Wigwam in anger to meet
again in harmony at the polling
places.
The majority, perhaps two-thirds, Of
the delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton in 1860 favored the nomination of
president. This preference was shared
by two-thirds of the Republicans of
the country. Seward was their lead
er in the senate, he was their cham
pion and their pride, their great in
structor." But Seward had been long
in politics, he had declared that there
was a higher law" than the consti-
tuition, he had spoken of the "irre-
pressible conflict" Worse even than
these, from the standpoint of political
expediency, he had been allied with
Roman Catholic influences in politics.
{ In the convention were Andrew G.
Curtin of Pennsylvania and Henry S.
| sne of Indiana. They were politi-
clans and good ones, and they accom-
plished Stewards defeat and Lincoln'9
nomination. At that time the Amer
lean party, the Know Nothings, still
/ had great strength in parts Of TIE
east and in Indiana. Without their
votes the Republicans could not nope
to win. In Pennsylvania the Repub-
licans were so timid and so sagacious,
that they had dropped the name RE
publican" and Curtin was running for
governor as the nominee of the 'P-o-
ple's party"
Away back in 1888 Seward had been
elected governor of New York. il
was charged that Archbishop Hughes
an able Roman Catholic prelate, had
materially assisted in Stewards elec.
tion. 1t was known that Seward haC
sent message to the legislature ap
proving the plan for division of the
public school funds between Catholics
and Protestants. In the eyes of {
Know-Nothing, this attitude on the
school question was the one scarlet
objectionable sin. The state election!
in Indiana and Pennsylvania in 1861
were held in October, Curtin and Ian,
wanted to be elected, and they wanted
to elect Republican president. They
knew if they were beaten in October
all hope Of Republican success in No
vember would be gone They had t.
have that Know-Nothing vote anc
knew the nomination of Seward woult
ALLEVIATE it.
Stewards political manager wa
Thurlow Weed, the Albany editor, on
of the ablest political manipulation
this country has known. He tough
for Seward to the last ditch. He wen
so far as to take drive with Lam
and offer to send enough money int,
= Indiana to insure Lanes election il
October if the Hoosier would deser
Curtin and support Seward. 1t is t.
be doubted if Curtin and Lane coul,
have succeeded in nominating Lincoll
against Weeds management and Sew
ards great popularity, if it had no
been for Horace Greeley. Greele.
had paved the way for the anti-Sew
= ard movement by coming out agains
Seward in the Tribune. Greeley sal
! Seward was unavailable, but of cours
the real reason was not reveale
= at that time. The Tribune supporte
Edward Bates of Missouri. 1t coul
, not win for Bates, but it had the eff
e feet of helping to destroy Seward
When the convention was assem-
, bled everybody saw there was a grea
: fight on. The Seward managers mad
e a tactical error in having a grea
E Seward street parade. While the Sew
ard people were marching on tn
streets, the Illinois Lincoln manager
Judd, SWEET ana others-packed tn
E Wigwam to the limit with men who's
only instructions We're to "whoop i
up for Abe" They did. Seward, tn
, darling of the party, had no friend
!, in the galleries. His name was greet
ed with silence but for the few fee
= BILE cheers coming only from discour
aged delegates. Every mention of Lin
4 coin was cheered to the echo. Tn
= claquers served their purpose an
: served it well. The practical politi
i clans of the Curtin and Lane strip
convinced the convention that Sewar
= was unavailable. The rooters in tn
. galleries convinced it that Lincoln wa
e the man. The political manager o
, today pays great deal of attention
to the galleries, and he packs then
! for his candidate, if possible. He ha
distinguished precedent.
The nominating speech had not at
= tanned its modern Importance at tina
time. Seward was placed in nomina
tion by speech thirty-three words il
| length, and it required but twenty
five words to place Lincoln before tn
convention. On the first ballot Sew
I ard had 173 1-2 votes and Lincoln 1O2
The others were cast for Bates, Cam
eron, Chase and others. On the sec
ond ballot Seward gained eleven vote
and Lincoln gained seventy-nine. On
the third ballot Lincoln went ahead
having 231 1-2 to Stewards 1SO. The,
Ohio changed four votes from Chas,
in Lincoln and gave him the neces
| SarV majority. Tho narkad coll -,