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

resentment was strong enough to carry
serious threat against the success of
the Garfield candidacy.
In the campaign of 1850 the Credit
Mobilier scandal was revived. The
fact Is mentioned here simply because
it recalls "a political trick of the time.
The Congressional investigating COM
mittec. II will be recalled. reported
that Garfield had received S32? as IA
dividend on stock In the company.
Some mind ingenious in the less scru-
pulous devices Of electioneering hit
upon the idea Of holding that fact be-
fore the public. and the number 800.
without dollar mark or any attendant
clue. began To he scrubbed on side
walks. fences and barn doors through
out the country. The psychological
calculation was worthy Of II better
cause. 1t is prcsumable that no
amount OF campaign literature could
have made the Significance of the
mineral palmer than II became
through the agency of plain curiosity.
query u answer. Alleged derelic-
ions were never more effectively ad-
| vertised.
I The convention of 1854 was the first
in which Mr.. Foraker took an active
p-rt. He placed Shcrman's name be-
fore the delegates. After this convcn-
ton he said in postscript 20 a letter
to sherman: II found Mr.. I,ooscvcl,
to lie a young man OF rather peculiar
qualities. but sincerely anxious TO
bring the Edmunds men TO your sup
port. He is a little bit young. and on
: tins .srn,,nt hoe nat npitn .. vn,,,i,
discretion as he will haze after a while,
and for that reason was somewhat
less influential than ! hoped 10 find
him" Mr.. Foraker quotes some news
paper descriptions of the young men
of that convention:
Henry Cabot I.odee.--A 'all young man
with crisp, short hair. the same kind Of
fun beard and an appearance Of half shut
eyes. Spoke in a clear. raspins voice.
Wore a Goa, loosely buttoned. and ap
peerei 20 be on his good behavior.
Hamilton Fish. Ir.-Medium heigh'.
with u brown mustache. parted neatly In
the middle. as j. hi. hair. and presenting
a promlnen; nose.
iioar /of Massachusetts, headed.
baby AGED and specialized. irres.s,ibly
suggests a cross between Greeley and
Pickwick.
The younger delegates from the
East were regarded as Anglomaniac
in dress, and all were laid in tho
shade by George William Curtis.
with his intensely intellectual John
Bull face. mutton chop whiskers and
hair parted evenly in tn" centre and
slightly banged" Their fashion in
hair. eyeglasses, rolled "r's and
either" with the sound Of long "i'
instead Of long sc" and their hahit Of
~applaudinc with the tins OF their
fingers. held Immediately in front Of
their noses were described for the
amusement Of the provincial multi
tudes.
u was AZ thus convention that Fora
kcr first met Speaker Reed. who WIS
even then aniou or his quick Wit
and ready repartce. The ohiua asked
the brilliant New England lawyer how
he had found time and the consent
of hi mind To go TO Congress. He
answered. in his inimitable draw. that
he had asked himself that question
many times and had been able to get
only one answer. TO heat the other
, f~ellc~."
In the convention of 1SSS Walter q.
Grcsham's nomination was seconded
by Frank r. Davis Of Minnesota in
an address which belongs character
i~s'icaliy 10 the politics Of "A day gone
by, A paragraph Of It is amusinG.
but Mr.. Foraker shows good editorial
sense when he limits his quotation TO
that
hear T. ttAe demand for G''shawi
tmtI he mIrnur or he u,rth.ru pines.
} { h..r u -, IN, stphs ~ bpns,n, 80 . ..tIf.
from harvest laden ~prairies waiting ne
gamers sickle =" feed a hungry world.
from bands tNtt y"arn for statehood
Vrpngfu'lv denied. | hear 4 In the
tisuudc' ~ the loud capped peaks Il Ale
gnauE an. sierra. speaking m Tongues n
~tta'an'n" down mountain cannon I hear
lt lu he rush and whlrl ~ ;he mar -
commerce. and amid the crash Of loom
and wheel T. rides urou tn" WIND ma!
blow. through the Goldcn Gate or fans
tn" brow OF Liberty upon Manhattan
bay-v wherever toll from earth or air or
500 brings 20 the human race its fruit =
D: labor.
The closing chapters Of ex-senator
Forakcr's important book alternate
between Republican Gubcrnalorial poll
jtic~ in Ohio and Republican i'rcsidcu-
titi politics In the nation. The names
" l'ilHe. ''Idlll Ulu SHERMAN uItI
ont. those Of Hanna, Mckinley. Reed,
Taft. come in. The Pitcher Goes -
the Well once Too Often as the
iL'hor has il, in II chapter beading:
and ii the nest. On the State cam
paigu of 1859. 4 Is Lost But Honor.
ara That Has "A Close Call" These
are old battles which have long sine"
ceased to echo in the political field.
hut every PAGE uf the resuScitdt.d
record has for older folks its thr.ll
If collection aud for Youngsters ~
tale III how the fathers did things. .Oc
course this in itself IL but a su,rr-
iicial view, hut item. ON is 10 lc
called to the fact that the two VOL
um"s Of Foraker are in effect iva
distinct books, dealing with two dis
tiuctly marked periods. In the second
volume, which shah lie noticed sep
aratcly. Mr.. Foraker tells the story Of
his years Of service in the United
States Senate.
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