Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-25

great name of Grant and under the ban ner of the Hero of Appomattox' they rallied against the Half Breeds" who followed "the P1umed Knight" James CS Blaine of Maine. It was wonderful bat tie, but it's true object on both sides was
 given away by Delegate Flanagan of Texas when he blurted out in open con-
 Fention, What are we here for, if not the offices?'
 The rival champions in that remarkable
 tournament at Chicago were Roscoe
 Conklin, chieftain of the "Stalwarts," and
 James A Garfield of Ohio the spokesman
 9f the Half Breeds" although he was
 restrained from directly supporting
 Blaine by the instructions of his state in favor of the nomination of John Sher- man. Conkling, handsome flop, care ! fully studied the right moment to make
 his theatrical entry upon the stage the first day, drawing the applause as he ad- vanced down the aisle with his grand Eloquent swell, his majestic, supereminent overpowering, turkey gobbler strut which Blaine had held up to the laughter of congress years before in a never-to-be- forgiven speech. The next day Garfield took his revenge by entering while Conk- ling was speaking, and the welcoming cheers drowned the voice of the indignant speaker. On the third day the two came | to grips in a debate and the Ohioan | scored on the New Yorker
 | While the gallery was still cheering 1 the victor in that round Conkling wrote | on the margin of newspaper and sent | to Garfield a mocking suggestion that he
 was playing to the gallery in his own in-
 terest: T congratulate you on being a l dark horse !''
 In truth Garfield could not rise in the
 convention without helping himself more | than he helped Sherman, who never had a | chance to win. As ballot after ballot was | taken, it became plain that neither the
 immortal 306' who followed Grant could
 overcome the prejudice against a third
 term in the White House, and it was
 made equally plain that this "OId Guard never would surrender to Blaine.
 | new candidate was necessary if the convention was not to fall to pieces ir factions One solitary vote for Garfield on most of the ballots had continued tc point the finger of destiny at him. Wis consin pointed all her fingers in his direc tion when her delegation broke to hin on the 34th ballot
 T Garfield rose with pallid face and dry I lips to point of order But Senato Hoar of Massachusetts, who was in tn, chair, rapped him down. In two nor, ballots he was nominated by a conlbina
 tion of the Blaine and Sherman men. l In the midst of the uproar the nomne sat limp and perspiring in his seat. "Ge
 me out of here" he faintly whispered t his seatmate, ex-Governor Foster of Ohio Foster pushed him through the clamorou | crowd in the hall into a wilder crowd i the street. There he rlImbled the agitate f candidate into a public hack, the top 0 which was frantically torn away befor I the driver could whip his horses out c . the mass of yelling, curious people wh | never before had seen a man struck b
 presidential lightning.
 The Garfield campaign opened badly
 The "Stalwarts" sulked in their tents an the effort to fire the northern heart
 with the old war cries against the sout had been made difficult by Presider Hayes policy of reconciliation. The democrats had been carrying th country at every election for six year ' and the September election in Main foreshadowed another victory for thel . in the national election in Novembe U But the bankers-"Wall Street'-too
 alarm because the democrats had we
 in Maine by a coalition with the Greer
 packers, and they aroused the businei
 interests to take a hand in the can
 paign These powerful forces brougl
 the "Stalwarts' and the Half Breeds
 together, and induced Conkling, Gral -o and the disaffected leaders to go to u e rescue of Garfield.
 e The office holders also were warned l. their peril of their being turned out, ar Il the assessments on them helped to swe
 the biggest campaign fund in history | to that time. Garfield himself anxious ,r inquired of the chief collector atfWas ', ington, How are the departments d ing?"
 m It was the first of our national car y paigns in which money talked out lou v x, The tide was turned in the October ele ie ton in Indiana, as Chester A. Arth " frankly chuckled, "by great deal of y, here the vice president-eiect paused, :, lently washing his hands in invisih If soap, and then he ironically added, ''. f- tracts and political documents ,fl A more worthy aid to victory VI ,- supplied by Gen. Garfield. His manage of adopting the front porch' method
 campaigning, shipped crowds to h ,n simple village home at Mentor, ne ,e Cleveland. where his daily chats. grac ie ful and tactful, delighted his listeners al al won the admiration of the reading pu J. lie.
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 ,i- TOmorrow-Tsle Assassination of Ga heI field