The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-05

under the old order a
succession. He thought II ~
Grant was to be -
mated for president, but Wade -.
for vice president on n.
Of promising patro,ss
for the few months he wa IA d
president. The Wade boom ~
when Johnson vna
quilted and Schuyler Collar o. =
diana got second place On ~
ticket.
The Democratic conventiou A.,
year met in Tammany hall !.
Fourteenth street, New York. 3
July 4. It was q great loyaihs
and patriotic gathering and -
even the Republicans could 4
more yelling for the nag. O.
by accident, q most peculiar n
Incidence, q National Soldier. n,
Sailors convention met in N,
York on the same day. That A.
vention. entirely distinct frun ~
one that had met in ChicasA \
May. recommended to the -
cratic convention the nomii6lis
lof General Winfield Scott Hsae1ra
But the Democrats didn't apGeIH
the nomination.
Despite the fact, then not % N
parent, that the Democrats did N
have a ghost of a show to d.
Grant with anybody they MIN
name, there was a great conte,
over the nomination. In the Am
place, Andrew johnson, presidsnt
Of the United States, wanted d |
run ON the Democratic ticket n.
wrote q letter saying he would n.
cept the nomination. Then Geoen
H. Pendleton Of Ohio was there III
the embodiment of the "greenback"
sentiment, which was gaininr
ground all over the country, On
the first ballot Pendleton lei
johnson was second and Hancock
third, with a dozen other caadi.
dates in the field.
Willy Wlre.Pullerk
In that convention were the Two
shrewdest politicians who ever a.
tered the national arena under the
Democratic banner - Horatio Ser.
mour and Samuel J. Tilden. Eey.
mour was president Of the conyea.
ton: Tilden was leading the New
York delegation. Seymour was IL
chief conspirator in a scheme to
stampede the convention to Salmon
P. Chase. II there was ever q man
who wanted to be president It wn
Salmon P. Chase. And if ever o.
aspirant had a supporter who Wi
always faithful and always enthm
iastic it was Chase's daughter, Ksh
Chase Sprague. Chase had been 1
candidate in various parties before
the war; he had opposed Lincoln
for the nomination in 1854. and
Lincoln had returned good for evil
by making him chief justice OF Tie
supreme court, despite the mon
DRY Of his quarrel with Chase, ss
secretary Of the treasury, early IN
his administration.
1t was now 1868 and Chase wss
again q candidate, this time for thl
Democratic leadership. He ~
presided over the trial Of Andres
johnson as chief justice. and III
fairness and impartiality" Of BIZ
rulings we're specifically cOmmeaa'
ed In the Democratic platforn
Seymour had fixed it up to gisl
Chase the nomination. After u
21st ballot was taken on the hfd
day Of the convention, Seymsa
left the chair to 60 out in the hal
!! and organize the Chase stampede
which was to come off on the 23r
ballot. b
How Tnden Beat Chase
Now Samuel J. Tilden was then
and he was absolutely opposed Z
the nomination OF Chase. He W
informed as to Seymour's plani
and Seymour had left the chair b.
moment when Tilden was in &C
ton. He started the Seymou
stampede on the 22nd ballot. by
mour rushed back to the platform
and as state after state folloxs
Tflden's lead. he shouted: eu
| tlemen, your candidate canndg .
your candidate ! cannot be-" 81
he was. And eight years efeef
ward, when Samuel J. Tilden "
contesting his right TO the ~
dency before an extra-constitteco
al tribunal. Kate Chase Sprsss
remembered that it was Tiidel
who blocked her fathers last nol
of the presidency, and was =
venged. =.
II The election was a walkaway y
Grant. He received PA elec1ofs
votes to Seymour's so. Seymos
carried only eight states. =,
The campaign was not a ciOs
one, but it was bitter as gall. ~
Republican orators all over y
, country made Democracy y
Rebellion" out to be synonymos,
utterly ignoring the records Q! Y
"war Democrats" This atuass
led to arrangements at the noIu
and paved the way for tse ~;
: liberal Republican revolt W."
} was to come four years later.