The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27

clear insight. commemorative rrasp
and clear. concise statement which
through his lon. career have been
prominent characteristics of thp Ohio
ans political %crsonalit, There WAS
within the party strong competjtjor
| tween the conservative and the adj
vanced wings, and it led to the Liberal
Republican convention of 1872. at Gin.
cinnati. .Judson Harmon and Murat
Halstcad of C%incinnati: Reuben L..
Fenton and William Dorshcimer Of
New York; \. X. Mcclure of Icnnsyl-
vania. carl S,hurz. Joseph Pulitzer.
then of Missouri: Cassius NJ clay OF
Kentucky and Edward Atkinson of
Massachusetts were delegates. This
was the first national convention MIR.
Foraker eve attended. lie says: II
speak to the cNtcn I do of this con-
vention. its PLATFORM. It's candidates
and the movement generally because
the character Of the movement was
such. in view of the different classes
of Republicans embraced within II.
and their one common purpose Of
dividing. overthrow and destroying
the Republican Party N a I deemed
il more thar ever the duty OF every
man Interested IN the cause of Re-
puhlicanism and the preservation of
the fruits of the a for the Union
to 10 whatever it might he In his
power Ia do TO help bring about the
TRIUMPHANT and successful. reelection
Of Gen. Grant. which followed in No
vcmhcr.' The secession OF 1912 and
the birth of the Progressive party
were phenomena not. lacking precedent
iu our political history.
At the convention of 1875. which
nominated HAYES. Mr.. Foraker saw
! and heard for tho first time AT close
! range such Republican leaders as Hale
and FRYE of Maine. Hoar Of Massa-
chus,tts. AIlrich of Rhode Island
platt of New York. and Others with
whom he was afterward To serve in
the Senate: John NJ. Harlan. Robert
G.. InrersolI. George william curtis.
Care, \. Hobart. While Iurc.so'l's
famols speech p%omiuatinp EIn.u. WAS
the sensation of the convention. Mr..
Foraker reuemLer p,rticulnrly he
speech of Richard W. Thomson OF
Indiana Withdrawing the name of
Oliver T. Morton. eft was n beautiful
specch." he saws. .but "A sad one in "A
WAY. for all who hoard /, recognized
that i, marked the ,nd nf n great
corocr of a urc,, man n had =,
w,rm n,ncn in tho rr,tcfu, reco,l.c-
lions of loyll R~.p1hljc,ns eycrywhcrc.
1, WAS like the folding of "A battle
flag prcparatory Ia uniting /, AWAY
ON, of sight forever" ON the frs,
hnIln, E,,iuc had Is, votes un>es
oulv 81. ON the seventh tho voto
WAS. HIVES 3>i. Blaine 35l. and HAYES
vas ON motion made the unanimous
! choice of the convention.
As "A reporter of the campaign Of
that year Mr.. Foraker writes from OBJ
servation. moi prominent participation.
and his remarks ON the contested cleo
tural count are in accord with his
lifelong strong pdr;isanship. He saws
tine Hayes nomination was honestly
made, his campaign honestly con-
Quoted. lh' electoral votes honestly
his; "iis title was clear. ana his skirts
were clean. On the "'her hhnd. 'th'
hiSh moral rretehs!ohs "t ms oppo-
heht had he'h ~s!hS"idrlN "u' mos
c"mpl'''lN reiu''u an" "cs't"He
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