The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-08

MAKE presidents 20. Gem,
was also chagrined, and ~
he and Conkling were
knife the ticket and defeat y
The balance between IL
ties was then so even NJ
great leader sulking in u,
either side, meant defeat
Republicans Got t..
But later in the campsis
the news from Maine ~
peace Was restored. IN.
Of . complete overthrow q
lican power caused the NJ,
ers to bury their factional
ences. Conkling at first =,
to call on Garfield. And !,
preme sacrifice Of persos.,
ings, Conkling persuaded h,
take the stump for the irs \
his life to speak for Gar6sN
stopped the incipient revolt
threatened irretrievable air.
the party.
The Democratic converts,
in June, and in spite Of M
ment Of nine-tenths Of Il. i
Gratis Of the country, and i
Of the protests Of its Mr.
ers, it nominated General n,
Scott Hancock for presNsn
was not that the Democrst, N
like Hancock, for he was VEN
ular and had been mentiossi
candidate for president n
| convention since the war.
But the Democrats, and MI
the Independents, too, wants. \
uel J. Tilden nominated. .Ch
the old ticket" they cried. NJ
fight it out with the fraud Of :
our issue!!" Although Hays
made a good president, alij
his administration had res|
peace in the country, and alth
specie payments had been h.
ed and a dollar was once m1
dollar, there were none so po1
to do Hayes honor. He Ind
pleased his own party polite
and the Democrats hated him
caused they believed he was ,
ident by grace of fraud.
! Tammany Beat Tildeh.
Tammany hall hated Tildep,
Tammany hall told the Demc
at Cincinnati that they would
him. 1t was a convention Of
ticfans and they listened to |
many. But they neglected d
tract a promise from Tam
that any other candidate woulI
be knitted. So Tilden was Il
down. the Democrats forfeited
right to raise the issue 0!
Fraud of II" and Hancock
named. with William H. FL
Of Indiana as running mate.
The campaign was fl
contested one, and the DEM
were almost certain Of victor
til the very last. The Repub
were fearful, but Garfield
very ambitious man and b
not intend to be defeated II
agencies could prevent it. G.
was a skilled politician witt
service in the house of repre-
tives behind him. He avoided
pitfall and conducted a mi
campaign, bringing to his
men who hated him
| General Hancock, on the
hand, was not SO skilled. Ur
! eddy General Hancock's
| statement. The tariff is a Il
sue." had much to do with
feat. The tariff issue was
Vital one then, and Hancock
I tention lost him many votes
that element which later G
be known as "mugwump."
i Notwithstanding direct
upon Garfield's integrity,
situations against Hancoc
campaign exhibited less of '
|. / alton and personal abuse tn
; been the rule for years. 7
} publican orators still made
of the bloody shirt" but thu
. unable to brighten even ther
into the frenzy of the pr
. campaigns when the pr1e
la rebel brigadier" in CT
, portended the establishm'
! jeff Davis in the White hou
II The whole election turl
. New York. The south had
the solid south" for the FIR
in its history. for it was ne'
idly Democratic before tn
; and the doubtful states vel
; York. Indiana, Connectlcu
i California. New Iorks VI
J., cided the election in favor
r field, who also had a popul
1 jority in the whole country
s 1000 votes.