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The Washington times., 1922-10-15
'sI Will Be Beaten i'm the Cam.
paiga and ! Arm Ruined for
Life" Said Great Editor i'm
1872, and He Died Be
fore the Electoral Votes
Could Be Counted.
BY. cHAUNcEY NJ. DEPEw.

nomination Of General Grant for President by the
Republicans and of Horato Seymour by the Democrats
- l86s) had made New York the pivotal State in the
national election John T. Hoffman, the popular
among the younger Democrats their nominee for gov
The Republicans with great unanm agreed upon
John A. Griswold Congressman from the Troy district
Griswold the idol of his colleagues in the New York
delegation in Congress- and his attractive personality and
business ability had made him great fayore
with politicians business men, and labor The canvass for
his nomination had been conducted with great ardor by
enthusiastic friends in all parts Of the State and the delega
tons nearly all practically pledged to his nomination
No dreamed that there would be opposition candidate
On the train to the convention John Russell Young then
managing editor of the New York Tribune under Mr. Greeley
to and said Mr. Greeley has decided be can
ddate at the convention for the nomination for governor
You his friend he lives in your assembly district in
Westchester county, and wishes make the nomination
speech" ,...,,
tried to argue the question with Young by portrayng to
him the situation and the utter hopeessness any attempt
to break the slate He however insisted upon it, saying
that all pledges and preferences would disappear because of
Greeleys services to the party for many years.
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who could not hold his wrath any
longer. shouted: That's q lie,
The Pilgrims landed more than
$50 years ago" ! saw that my IN
terrupter had swallowed my bait.
hook and line, bob and sinker.
pole ana all. and shouted with
great indignation; "Sir, I have mar
rated that historical incident
throughout tho State. from Mon.
tauk Point to Niagara, Falls, and
you are the first man who has the
audacity to question IT,"
Another farmer stepped up to
the heclxier and said: Here 10 my
hat, neighbor. You can keep II.
I am going bareheaded for the
rest Of my life." In his uproarious
laughter the crowd all Joined. 1t
was years before the questioning
farmer could visit watertown
without encountering innumerable
questions ~ to when the Pilgrims
landed on Plymouth Rock.
BREAKING A GREAT HEART.
The last meeting OF the cam
paisn was held at Mr.. 0reeley's
home at Chappaqua in West
chester county. We all knew that
the contest was hopeless and de.
feat sure. I was one Of the speak.
ers. both, % his neighbor and
friend. and accompanied him to
New York. A rough crowd on the
train 5eered him as we rode along.
We went to his office. and there
he spoke Of the lies that had been
told about him. and which had
been believed BY the public; of
the cartoons which had misrepre-
sented him. especially those Of
Tom Mast. and Of which there
were many lying about. Leaning
upon his desk, . discouraged and
hopeless man. he said: "I have
given my life 10 the freeing Of the
slaves, and yet they have been
made to believe that I was q slave
driver. II has been made to ap-
pear. and people have been made
to believe, that ! was wrong or
faithless, or on the other side Of
the reforms which I have advo.
Gated all my life. Twin be beaten
in the campaign and I am ruined
for life" He was overcome with
emotion. and It was the saddest
interview lever had with any one.
II was really the breaking OF q
great heart. He died before the
votes were counted.
There was instantly q tremen.
dous revulsion Of popular feeling
In the country. He had los. his
wife during the campaign, and the
people woke up suddenly to the
sorrows under which he had
labored, to his genius as q Journal.
ist. to his activity as q reformer
and to a usefulness that hal M
parallel among his contemporaries.
The President elect. General Grant,
and the Vice President-elect. Henry
Wilson. attended the funeral. and
without distinction Of party his
death was universally mourned.
The Depew Series VIII Be Con.
tinued In Tho Times Next Sunday. }
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HORACE GREELEY DIED OF A BROKEN HEART WFIEN DEFEl
o BY GRANT FOR THE PRESIDENCY, SAYS CHAUNCEY
The Preside Elect Genera
Grant, and the Vice Presi-
dent-Elect, Henry Wilson,
Attended the Funeral
and His Death Was
Universally Mourned

walton Of the Union depended
upon his military genius. Then
to picture the tremendous respon.
abilities Of the Presidency and the
impossibiiity Of q man. however
great - . soldier. with . lifetime
Of military education, environment.
and experiences. succeeding In
civil office. especially a. great q
one ~ the Presidency Of the United
States. Then came. naturally, q
eulogium Of Horace Greeley, the
maker Of public opinion. the molder
Of national policies, the most eio-
quent and resouroeful leader Of the
Republican party since it, forma-
tion. The audience cheered with
great enthusiasm all these ailu.
sions to General Grant. and re-
sponded with equal fervor to my
praise Of Horace Greeley. Il.
When I concluded they stood
UP and gave me cordial cheers.
and the presiding officer came for.
ward and said: II now suggest
that We close this meeting with
three rousing cheers for Horace
Greeley" The principal Of the
academy. the manufacturer. the
minister. the lawyer. q few Of
the audience, and several ..h~n
responded. After this frost O
farmer rose gradually, and as he
began to let out Link after link
OF his body. which seemed about
seven feet tau. he reached his full
height. and then in q voice which
could be heard q mile. shouted:
Three cheers for General 0rantr'
The response nearly took the roof
off the house. left the State the
next morning and told Mr.. Greeley
that he could not carry Maine.
DIX RAN AGAIN. -
Among the amusing episodes nf
the campaign was one which oc-
CURED at an open door mass meet.
ing at watsrtown. N. Y. John A.
Dix had been nominated for gov
ernor on the Republican ticket.
and was speaking Of him and his
career. He had changed from one
party to the other five or six times
In the course Of hfs long career.
and each time received an office.
There was great doubt as to his
age. because In the American En-
cyclopaedia the date Of his birth
was given as Of q certain year. and
in the French Encyclopedia,
which published his biography
when he was minister to France,
. widely different date was given.
In the full tide Of partisan oratory,
I went over these changes Of polit.
ical activity. and how each one
had been rewarded. also the doubt
- to his age. and then I shouted:
''I have discovered among the rec.
ords of the Pilgrim Fathers that
when they landed on Plymouth
Rock they found John A. Dix
standing on the rock and announc.
ing that unless they made him Jus
tics Of the peace he would Join
the Indians" An indignant farmer,
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HoRkTIo SEYMOUR,
Democratic Candidate for
President Against General
Grant IN 1868.

IN the early part Of his canvass
Mr.. Greeley made . tour Of the
country. There have been many
such travels by Presidential candi.
dates. but none like this. His
march was . triumphal procession.
and his audiences enormous and
most enthusiastic. The whole
country marveiled at his inteliec.
tual versatility. He spoke every
day. and often several times q day,
and each speech was absolutely
new. There seemed to be no limit
TO his originality. his freshness. or
the new angles from which 10 pre-
sent the issues Of the canvass. No
candidate was ever % bitterly
abused and % siandersA.
A veteran speaker has. in the
course Of his career. original ex-
perienoes. The cordiality and re-
sponsiveness Of his audience 10 not
always an index Of their agree
ment with his argument, During
the campaign Mr.. Greeley came to
me and said: II have received en-.
coursging accounts from the state
Of Maine. I have . letter from
such . placs"-naming it-'.from
the principal Of the academy there.
He writes me that the Congrega.
tionai minister. who has the largest
church In town; the bank presi-
dent. the manufacturer, the prin.
cipal lawyer. and himself are life
long readers Of the Tribune. and
those steadfast Republicans intend
70 support me. He thinks II they
can have . public meeting. with a
speaker Of national reputation. the
result might BE- an overturn In my
favor In this community. which IL
almost unanimously Republican,
that II may influence the whole
state. and" continued Mr.. Greeley.
''he suggests you a. the speaker,
and ] earnestly ask you to TO-"
When I arrived at the place I
was entertained by the manufac-
tursr. The audience crowded the
largest haii In the town. The prin-
cipal Of the academy presided. the
Congregational minister opened
the exercises with . prayer. and I
was introduced and received with
great oordiaiity. o
For such an audience my line of
talk was praising General Grant
a. the greatest general Of modern
times. and how largely the prsser.
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very daily papers decline to fill Sunday space with them
And the sixth story makes your name household word
from ocean to ocean.
When you lay down your magazine and say bewilder-
only expressing simple truth The editors know it as
wen 40 you do. ...
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<<@ o YOU think literature
courses at college would
~ help me? Or how do you

<<@ YOU think literature
courses at college would
~ help me? Or how do you
get started to be a writer7 The
start is all that worries me, be-
cause know that after that I can
manage without any help"
Thus writes the girl Of fourteen
the teacher of twenty-five wife
and mother Of thirty-five-and the
woman OF fifty whose hands are
free at last.
Each one of them feels within
her the power to turn words into
q stories, and stories into fame and
fortune. and yet before each one
looms that uncharted, never-never
land of the difficult beginning
How to get started is the burning
problem. And while 1t is yet un-
solved .other and more immediate
problems brush 1t aside. and the
weeks 60 by--and the months--and
the years--and all that the would
be-aathor can do is lay down her
magazine, and sigh. and muse
sadly:
IT could DO as well as that.
know ! can write! I wish could
get q start"
To me the tragedy of all these
rnany letters from women who
want to write is--not that they
cannot write. but that they can!
over and over again l have re-
markable letters. letters between
whose lines i can read of ripened
wisdom and warm human sym.
pathy. and over and over again
long for new words in which to
cay:
"Oh. keep al II Don't *, dis.
tcouraged. Your ~ clrse 10 the
goalp' r. &c.,.
A MYSTIFYINt ~ 'yiE.>,
But tho ruth ~, writer's
more tn" rpv s.ionai
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., OAhL DO6UdA,
Leading Democrat, and Edi-
tor Of Period After the Owl
War.
my house. "Chauncey," he said
Che always called me Chauncey).
''us you know, I have been nomi.
mated by the Liberal Republican
conventionl for President Of the
United States. II ] can get the
Endorsement Of the Democratic
party my election 10 assured. My
Democratic friends tell me that In
order to accomplish that ! must
demonstrate that I have q substan.
tiai Republican following. 80 We
have called a meeting at Rochester.
which 10 the capital Of the strong.
est Republican counties Of the
State. It 10 necessary to have for
the principal speaker some Repub-
lican Of State and national reputa-
ton. have selected you for ths.
purpose"
A wHIRLwIND CAMPAIGNER.
To my protest that I did not wish
to enter into the contest nor to
take any part In active politics, he
said very Indignantly: IT have sup
ported you in my paper and per-
sonally during the whole Of your
career. I thought that II anybody
was capable Of gratitude It 10 you.
and I have had unfortunate ex.
periences with many" I never
was able to resist an appeal Of this
kind, so I said impulsiveiy: "Mr.
Greeley. ] viii go."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-13

ing farmers on the west hill, has rent
ed a farm adjoining his, owned by Bury
II. Lowell Of Williamstown, for the
coming year. Mr.. Cady and his son,
who is associated with him, are breed
ers Of thoroughbred Ayrshire stock ana
have one Of the finest herds in this part
Of the county
Mrs. McAlIistcr of Washington came
The first Of the week TO take up the an
ties as housekeeper for Milo "A. San
born.
The county highway supervisor OF
Randolph was in town on official bus
mess the first Of the week.
Walter NJ. Dewey of South Royalton
was in town Thursday afternoon to
make temporary repairs on the electric
light line which wac occasioned by the
falling Of a tree during the high wind
Thursday noon, which fell onto the
wires and knocked pole down into the
street. Although the current was on,
the wires were not broken and no dam
age was sustained by anyone.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-13
WOODBURY.

Wendell Weber finished work Tor
Harry Daniels and returned home on
Tuesday.
Otis Wheeler has moved his family
from Hardwick into one Of ~ y DAY.
exports tenements.
Mrs. Tia Clark and daughter. IN,
elyn, returned Sunday to their hoinc
I in Barre. after IA weeks stay with
her mother, Mrs. Anna Carr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albian Michaud and
family of Walden were Sunday guests
of Mrs. Michaud's parents, Mr. ana
| Mrs. N. A. Ross.
Melvin Morse Of Hardwick was a
recent visitor of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. +. Morse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Raycraft oil
Barre visited in town Saturday.
Mrs. f. H. Baldwin is in Montpelier
guest of her daughter, Mrs, jack
! Jellyman.
/ Mrs. r. f. brennan and daughter
Bessie. and Mrs. Florence BENJAMIN
were in South Woodbury. Saturday.
q. A. Hatch was business visitor
in Montpelier the last OF the week.
| n. B. Daniels was in Barre Friday
| Frank Baldwin and son, Harold, q
/ Montpelier were in town Saturday.
Rev. Mr.. Rogen occupied the pulpii
at the M. y. church Sunday.
/ Ira Pierce, who has made his hom'
for the past eight months with Mr.
and Mrs. r. s. Benjamin, returned
Saturday to his home in Montpelier.
Cora Thomas is in East Barre.
guest OF her grandparents, Mr.. an'
Mrs. james Atkinson.
Mr.. and Mrs Carroll Clines and Mrs
! Dexter Lockwood passed Friday u
Barre.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Nye Of Nortl
/ Montpelier were in town SATURDAY
-Four OF our noted fishermen passe'
/ the dav Nav at Caspian lake, bring
| ing home 30 pounds of lake trou. tie
| lon Blake, one Of the party, was Tor
tunate in securing l0-ponnd trout
Mildred Ainsworth Of Hardwick wa
Sunday guest of her parents, MI
i and Mrs. v. A. Ainsworth.
I Mr.. and Mrs. e. A. Thomas and chill
dren returned Monday from tev
days' visit with relatives in Chelsea
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Holt and nephew
Merit Maddox, Of Barre were sun
| day guests Of George Maddox
Ina Celley Of Burlington is CUES
Of her mother, Mrs. L. r, Fletcher.
Mr.. and Mrs Myrle Celley OF Nes
} York are in town, guests OF MI an
& Mrs. Jack Wheelock.
Eddie Ferris Of Adamant was a brie
caller Sunday at the home OF Mr.. an
Mrs. ". A. Ross.
I Fred Buchanan was home Ssturda
and Sunday from his work in Mort
Calais.
Louise Weeks returned Ssturda
from weeks stay with relatives
Websteryille.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-13
RANDOLPH
Two Airplanes Are Being Tuned UP
for Seasons Flying.

The two airplanes which have Deeh
III storage here for the winter, nave
been taken out and thoroughly gone
over and placed in good condition ana
have both been out this week. y. II
Lott will pilot the Vermont this year.
and Lieut. John p. Wood will fly his
Buffalo plane. Jointly, the Vermont
and the Buffalo carried last year l,5oo
passengers. doing over 300 flying hours,
without the slightest mishap, when
shows careful management and good
Judgment. There are at present only
q half dozen planes in the state and
our town has two OF these. The Man
chester field is being used Tor the base
and may be permanently
Miss Dorothy Davis, who has been
here from Mortified to assist Miss I.
A. Bell in her millinery store, has re,
turned TO her home, and Mrs. Haze
Fairbanks Thomas Of Salisbury has
mme to remain through the month o.
May with her
Fl. M. Totman, H. 0. jones and John
Hamilton were in Quechee Tuesday,
setting out trees and shrubbery around
the new school building.
J. G. Sherburne was in Boston two
DAYS this week on business trip.
Judge Sherman Moulton OF Burlin9
ton was in town this week on bust
ness. and while here visited his par
Tents. Mr.. and Mrs. G. 4. Monlton-
Z. +. Fish, who has been here iron
Richmond for several weeks, assisting
IN the care of Mrs. II. G. Allen, re-
turned to her home Sunday. her nus
band having come for her by automo
/ bile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Cushnan o
Lebanon came this week to visit a
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. n. keteh
UNI. Mr.. Cushman returned to re
sume business, leaving his wife for
| longer stay.
/ Miss May Cross Of Springfield
Mass. is passing the week here Wit
her mother, Mrs. Asenath Cross.
Fred st. Lawrence is now employee
at the local express office TO assist i
/ B, BaShaw.
Mrs. Il. i. Ferry and wife OF War
rem are visiting at the home OF MI
and Mrs. Henry LaMorder.
! Romano Ferland, the night operate
at the station. is i'll and Donald Ar
mold of Bethel is taking his place.
B. A. Chadwick of Concord, n. H
has been here this week visiting HI
father. Silas chadwick, and other rel
atiyes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-13
SOUTH CABOT

The little daughter Of Ashley Bar
nett is at n. NJ Stocker's.
Jerry Merrithew. Of MaTshheld Wis
tied his mother Sunday.
Gertrude Jerome Of Maine is visit
ing her uncle, George Jerome, for .
while.
Philip Cassidy OF Springfield, Mass.
visited at Colon Cassady's over sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Hall Of Marsh
field were guests Sunday at A. NJ
Fosters.
Pauline Foster is. visiting at Charles
Houghton's in Marshfield for few
days.
Ernest Bolton of Marshfeld is NOV
ing his family into the W. J. Hough
ton house.
Byron Eastman passed Sunday e.
his camp at the osmore.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-13
BETHEL

Mrs. Walter H. Brink is III with
heart disease. Her husband was called
home from his work to care for her.
Several of the churches will observe
mothers day next Sunday with appro-
nriate music, decorations and sermons.
The idea will persade morning and
evening services.
J. J. Nichols is driving a new Ford
touring ear, bought from 7. W. Green.
Rev. Fred Daniels. formerly pastor
Of churches in Barnard and Chelsea,
whose wife was Leila Chamberin OF
this town, was transferred at the re-
cent session of the Troy conference
from Westport, n. Y. to Cambridge
n. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-13
SOUTH RYEC.4TE
and Respected Citizen Of South
Ryegate Dies.

Donald Beaton, citizen "a south
crate Tor the past N years, died ~
home Of his daughter, Mrs, a. 2.
liant, Tuesday morning, May = lna
h coming peacefully and quietly, due
general breakdown on account OF
Mr. Beaton was born in Portree,
|otland. Jan. 3, 1887. A pathetic
ling in the life of Donald Beaton was
at he never knew either OF his par
les. his father having been lost AZ
i before he was born and mis- moth
died at the time of his birth. lie
.s married to Miss Ann Russell in
4 native land in 1858 and to them
hit children were born, three OF
Ilom passed on before him. These
sre Mary Ann, who died IN Mason
H. in 1890, at the age OF 10 years
lines Beaton, the Oldest son, Oct z
Ms. and Margaret Stacy died june
.DId, both the latter being buried
South Ryegate. His widow and
children, with Is grandchildren
Id ls sreat-grandchildren, survive
I'm The remaining children are Mrs
3larles Ord Of Barre, Mrs. George Dal.
srno Of lola. Kans., Mrs. A. d. Grant
Hex 7. Beaton and George Beaton o.
buth Ryegate,
| Donald Beaton, following his son
amcs. came to America in 1884, anf
las followed by his wife and family
he year later. Being man OF hgl
rinciples and sturdy character. n
las good material for American
3fizenship and was always loyal Z
he land of his adoption. In early III
united with the Free church OF SEQ
IND and upon becoming resident o
|outh Ryegate, he brought his letter t
he First Presbyterian church which
doctrine and government the sam,
the Free church of his native land
He was man well known and loves
all. His courage and unfailln'
heer remained with him to the last
large circle of relatives, there belni
in the family connection, and
Multitude Of admiring friends genuine
mourn his departure.
The funeral was held from tn
|hurch where for 26 years he had beel
faithful member, and was conducted
his minister, Rev. William I
Bailey, assisted by Rev. j. ;. Garyir
|astor of tn U. p church. lntermen
ras in the old South RveTate GENE
erv. His widow and children hav
he sympathy Of all in their sorrow.
n Il Pabaiol has returned fror
Burlington much improved IN healt
/ nd is attending to his store. IN
brother in law, G. f. Berg, has gone I
concord, N. IT,
Mrs. Ellen McNiece, former resi-
lent of this place. who has been Twin
II Fairlee for some time, has returne
nd will board at the home of w |
Hummer.
II. ". Goodine has exchanged hi
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-13
STOWE

Owing 10 pressure of orders.
George +. Adams of Moscow Is running
his novelty factory lfis hours day.
On January 4. Mr.. Adams was employ
ing four hands. At present he en-
ploys l3. A new branch OF his bust
ness y the manufacture OF kodak MIN
cores. the machinery for making hay-
ing been developed by himself.
William Copp OF st. ..Iohnshury IS
making his annual business trip in
Stowe and calling on friends.
The Busy Bee. Community club mel
With Mr.. VI. ID. Horner at Moscow ON
Wednesday afternoon. The following
were appointed 10 arrange Tor an en-
tertainment in june: Mrs. Fred =
smith. Mrs. II. II. Horner. Mrs. Harley
CamIey. The meeting on June "a viii
he held with Mrs. r. L. Moulton.
Misses Agnes Towne. Pearl Taylor
Arlie Wright, Allie Mace lean, Made
line wilkins, Flossic Horner. Alice sal
lie. ALICE Godfrey, Reha Fuller. Bea
trire Kaiser and June Oakes. viii
Mis-. Jessie Southland as chsperons
/ acrf Friday Ia ST. Johnsbury TO at
end the older Girls conference.
Miss Martha kniZi,t OF Newhurl
spent Thursday At the bone Of he
brother. W. A. Knight. on her way Z
the Older Girls conference az II
Juhnsbury.
Herbert Warren Of Brockton, Mass
i visiting his mother. Mrs Jane War
rem.
II. =. shaw. 2. :. Bosrdmsn. II I
Mcmahon and g. n. Shaw we're visit
ors in Burlington Friday.
Carl Buker has moved from the "
liz. Harris house 70 II. Z. Shaw's tens
ment on the Stowe hollow road.