The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-11

FIR tim tranquil, vt ~ :.
conAicts arose from ~
Harrison, In the intseeot y
whole people. opposed a.
Of certain Of his party ls,i
vocatss q the intsessti ~
few. 4
Better campaign spee,
never been made than tKsS
BENJAMIN Harrison Nslis1
homo in Indianapolis -
the front porch" CAM -.
Other candidates had ~
their yerandas. but HIrI1
the first who did it s1ll
and to whose home spej
brought thousands Of en-
every week. That th1se ~
were often made up r.
passes and paid deIegSiinpI
effect the reports o. the IN
outpouring would have Il
states, Is undoubtedly -
politics was becoming an
that day.
Harrison won his nnmln66
the Republican conventiaS
choice. Of those elements ?
to the domination Of John
Of Ohio. Sherman went r
convention with more than Z
many votes 10 his neu
competitor, Walter q. Gre
Indiana. Third in the II
Chau4cey NJ. Depew, Of MI
fourth was General n
Alger Of Michigan. fifth NJ
jimin Harrison. sixth wast
B. Allison Of Iowa, and
dozen other smaller ones
whom hoped to b the ~
dark horse" James G.
the Henry Clay OF the 4
can party wanted the non
But he had written lettafu ,
he wouldn't take 1t. and N
he wAvered and wabblad
messages to his friends, he
cabled from Europe that he =
In the race. His state w
him to the last, notwiths2
his withdrawal.
Quay's AetAodA
Cleveland and rhurmaa
nominated without any sefisl
position. Tammany Hall siu1
| Cleveland, but there was 81
opposition in the conventca I
nominated him by acclamati
still had the enmity Of MI
York Sun, the, quarrel Nd
Dana remaining unsettled |
Watterson. the leading Dsna
editor in the country, was I
rapport with the adminia|
The party believed that G.
was the strongest man to NJ
yet there was no enthusho|
/ him. Thurman, the second q
the ticket, excited more popu
| terest than did Cleveland.
| Senator Quay Of Penngt
was then 1t the apex Of hhI
rs q practitioner Of naiooal
tics. In the campaign be Z
igreat effort to cut the heart I
the solid south" The I
states OF the old southern ]
cratic stronghold have bel
ried often by abrasion, ~
1880 the heart Of the sostl
been untouched. Quay atia
by the liberal use OF mag
the corruption Of election 1
to carry North CarolinA, \
and tennessee. The RepsI
polled unusually large WI
lthose states in that year, al
are many wise guy" politlcI
; the south who will tell you
day that the states would
been counted for Harrison. Z
rison had needed them to Y
i But. Harrison didn't need
for he captured the pivotal q
cisive state Of New York bys
atty Of over $4,000. That
him. the election, thanks "
many hall. David Bennet I'D
the Democratic candidate ID
ernor ON the same ticket Vt
Cleveland electors. Hill W.
} Cd By nearly 10000 majority
treachery was palpable. and !
the effect Of enraging the,l
cratic hosts Of other pasts I
} country. Four years later u
} many hall protest against I
2 land and the Hill snap boal
president were treated WIN
courtesy. :,
Although Harrison was q
{ Cleveland obtained a clear =
majority OF 100000, much
} than he had received -four
/ before. As usual, wheneva
{ is q minority" president
was q great outcry asainS
? electoral system, and as
} amounted to nothing.