Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-17

the senator received an intimatiOn that
he would be put in nomination If Van
Puren failed. Immediately he wrote
to Judge Fine of Ogdensburg, chair
man Of the delegation from the north
ern district of New York, fOrbidding
such use of his name on the ground
that his acquiescence would involve dis.
loyalty to his friend the ex-president.
He gave me leave to go to the con-
vention on my way home to meet Sally.
l had coDtided to Mrs. Wright the de-
tails of my little love AFFAIR." had to
and she had shown a tender, sympa-
thetic interest in the story.
The senator had said to me one day,
with gentle smile:
Bart, you have business in Canton,
| believe with which trif1ing matters
like the choice of a president and the
Mexican question cannot be permitted
to interfere. You must take time to
spend day or two at the convention
in Baltimore on your way. Re
port to our friend Fine, who will look
after your comfort there The expert
ence ought to be useful to young man
who, l hope, will have work to do in
future conventions"
took the stage to Baltimore next
day-the twenty-sixth of May. The
convention thrilled me-the flags, the
great crowd, the bands, the songs, the
speeches, the cheering-I see and hear
it all in my talk. The uproar lasted
for twenty minutes when Van Buren's
name was put in nomination.
Then the undercurrent The South
was against him as Wright had fore
seen. The deep current of it's power
had undermined certain of the north
ern and western delegations Osten-
sibly for Van Buren, and stubbOrnly
casting their ballots for him, they had
voted for the two-thirds rule, which
had accomplished his defeat before the
ballOting began. 1t continued for two
days without a choice. The enemy
stood firm. After adjournment that
evening many of the Van Buren, dele
gates were summoned to a conference.
l attended it with Judge Fine.
The ex-president had withdrawn and
requested his friends in the conven-
ton to vote for Silas Wright. Ny emo
lions can be more readily imagined
than described when 1 heard the
shouts of enthusiasm which greeted
my friends name. Tears began to roll
down my cheeks. Judge Fine lifted
his hand. When order was at last re-
stored he began:
Gentlemen, as a friend of the
learned senator and as a resident Of
the county which is the proud pos
SCISSOR of his home, your enthusiasm
has a welcome sound to me; but hap
pen to know that Senator Wright will
not allow his name to go before the
convention"
He read the letter of which knew, |
Mr.. Benjamin f. Butler then said:
when that letter was written Sena- |
tor Wright was not aware that Mr.,
Van Buren's nomination could nor be
accomplished, nor was he aware that
bis own nomination would be the all
most unanimous wish of this conven,
ton. l have talked with the leading
delegates from Missouri and Virginia
today. They say that he can be nomi- |
mated by reclamation. Is it possible
that he-a strong party man-can re- /
sist this unanimous call of the party
with whose help he has won immortal
fame? No, it is not so. 1t cannot be
so. We must dispatch a messenger to
him by horse at once who shall take
to him from his friend Judge Fine a =,
frank statement of the imperlous de-
mand of this convention and request
that he telegraph a withdrawal of his
letter in the morning"
(TO BE CONTINUED)