Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-02

WASHINGTON, d. C.--The long aho
bitter quarrel between President John
son and Congress resulted In the adop-
ton of a policy OF reconstruction In the
southern States which had in It more OF
Thaddeus Stevens than Of Abraham LIN
coin. II resulted also in the enrrah-
chisement OK the negroes. But, SO iAr ns
the campaign Of 1868 was concerned, ITS
most important result was the adherence
Of Gen. Ulysses 5. Grant to the kepup-
lican party and his election to the Presl-
dency General Grant was the greatest
of all war heroes, yet 1t was Win .hs
utmost difficulty that be was persnadeo
to become a candidate.
In the first place, Grant was Demo
crat, so far as he had any politics az
all. His last vote before the war was TOT
Democrat, and he was not even sup
porter Of Douglas in the QuadranSulat
I fgbt of 1850. He never cast Repuo-
l1ican vote until after he had served elght
wears as a Republican President. 4 ne
Democrats claimed him. They had even
talked Of nominating him 10 1864. pur-
ing the johnson administrator thete
vas an earnest effort TO get the Demo
crotJc rartv on its feet and TO nominate
/ Grant FOR President II II had not been
FOR the quarrel between Congress ana
the President which resulted In asNio
lant break between Grant and johnson,
the probabilities are that Grant WouIu
have heen nominated and elected py tue
Democrats IN 1868. >.
Rut johnson had provoked Grant 70
anger and had attempted to superseue
| him in command Of the Army by cAiilue
I General Thomas 20 that position "raht
naturally found sympsthizers among tne
RepublIean leaders IN Congress, hsaI.y
all OF whom hated Johnson WIZ 'nsl1
whole souls. So when the hepuoi.SAs.
ia, "a mead with Grant TO be theli
candidate, he listened. For uN
heId hack honestly doubling the Wis
sorn ~ the step. Finally his consent
Us ohtained. his candidacy announces
s,,d fbe whole thing was over. SO TAR
as tha head oof the ticket was concerned
tbe Republ,can national convention which
me, On chicago on May 20 was merely
ratification meeting.
ToUNsoN,s ACQUITTAL ARoUsEs
REPUBLICAN IRE.
The Republican convention met IN Chl-
cazo on the same day-of course. u was
nm accident-that the National Soldiers
ara sailors convention met. The Sol
d,erS and Sailors got under way little
I quicker than the Republicans ana rec
commended the nomination OF Grant. The
convention. next day, accepted the rec
ommendation with a whoop.
In sorne respects, however, 1t was the
"maddest' bunch of Republicans that
ever assembled I'm national convention.
The impeachment trial OF President john
son had been dragging itself out, ana
every Republican in the country was alb
solutely confident that the verdict OF tue
Senate would be guilty" Only four
days before the Chicago convention meA
the Senate voted and Johnson was ac-
Quilted. The vote was 81 guilty and 10
not guilty. but that lacked one vote OF
neing the requisite two-thirds. Seven Re-
puhlicans had Joined the twelve Demo.
/ Gratis then IN the Senate In voting for
acouittal In the convention these Sen.
ators we're called the seven traitors. "
whatever may be the final verdict OF
history in the case of Andrew johnson
! as n statesman, it Is already unanimously
agreed that his acquittal in the i'm.
! parchment proceedings was right.
GREAT DEMOCRATIC CONTEST
/ OVER A HOPELESS NOMINATION..
There was old Len Wade, president pro
tempore of the Senate. If Johnson had
heen convicted he would have succeeded
to the Presidency under the old order of
succession. He thought it was GER
tainty Grant was 20 be nominated for
President, but Wade was running for
Vice President on the strength of prom
Using patronage for the few months he
was to. be President. The Wade boom
fell through when Johnson was acquitted
and Schuyler colfax Of Indiana got sec
ond place on the ticket.
The Democratic convention that yeas
met in -Tammany Hall .on, Fourteenth
street, New York, on July e. 1t was a