Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

All doubt concerning the boom for
the nomination Of Gen. U. 8. Grant for
President, so years ago,
N'@"1 ""o" was removed by an
q Reality. announcement which is
discussed Is follows IN
The Star Of March IS. 1890:
Senator Don Cameron Is the com.
mander-in-chief Of the Grant moyes
Hent and theretore his uttesancas with
regard to the plans and purposes Of the
third-termers may be regarded as
'ofieial.' In his Baltimore Sun inter-
view he defines his position clearly in
order to finally dispose Of the little
Anonymous paragraphs that are con-
tinually appearing In the newspapers
with regard 70 his views on the presi-
Dental question. He Is IN favor Of
Gen. Grants nomination for President
and has no second choice, and such an
event IS Grants being out Of the uues-
ton he considers impossible, He Is so
confident Of the success Of his candidate
that nothing but death can prevent
the nomination Of Grant now This
declaration Is important because It
proves that the third-tefm issue will
have to be fought to the end within the
party.
"The theory Of Mr.. George william
Curtis and other leading antirGraiat
Republicans has been that the develop
l1ent of strong opposition to the third
term would cause the withdrawal Of
Grant. In this view, they have pro-
eeedsd to organise the opposition and
to make 1t as apparent Is possible.
Senator Cameron's declarations Indicate
that he and his friends have no thought
Of retreat or surrender, but, on the
contrary, they Intended to fight for the
principle they advocate until the Chi
cago convention shall have decided the
nomination. Thus admonished, the
anti-G Grant Republicans viii have to
abandon their present policy Of working
up sentiment against the third term
and devote their energies to the election
Of delegates to the national convention
II they would succeed.
1.-THE Grant managers have been from
the first labeFing for practical results
and that Is the basis Of their confidence.
They are practical politicians and count
nothing for or against their candidate
unless 1t Is capable of being turned into
vote at the nominating convention.
They have secured the delegations from
Pennsylvania and New York and sub
stantially that from Missouri. In the
latter State, while the opposition were
arranging for public meetings and
advertising lectures, the Grant. men
were quietly but effectively canvassing
and converting the State committee to
their way of thinking. The result has
been q split in the COMMITTEES, but more
than two-thiFds of the members stick
together on the Grant issue and will
control the State delegations"
So
While the Republicans were thus
divided half century ago, there was q
Tilden's as well. The star 'D Of
Sa+heok March 10, 1850, thus dis.
SoIuacA' cusses q setback received
by the Tilden interest, q happening
which augllred Ill for Democratic suc-
cess in the campaign:
THE T1lden forces were routed,
horse, foot and dragons, In Pennsyl-
vania yesterday and there Is no longer
any room for doubt that the delegation
from that state to the Cincinnati con-
ventioa will be overwhelmingly against
the 0Famercy Park candidate. There
are not few leading Democrats who
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Vania committee viii convince Tilden
that he cannot get the nomination and
will induce him TO abandon the contest.
A prominent Democratic Senator from
the East remarked, with knowing air,
today that 'T1lden will not be In the
way of Democratic plans much longer
There was no expression by the
Pennsylvania State committee a. to its
choice for the nomination, but as Gen,
Hancock Is the only citizen of that
State Prominently mentioned as Q cam
didate 1t Is generally understood that
the convention viii declare for him.
This was made more probable by the
indication that Louisiana win instruct
for Hancock. His native State cannot
very well refuse to back him after
other States have taken him up. And
in this connection it may be stated that
while there IL nothing like Hancock
boom, the interests Of that gentleman
as Q candidate are apparently In the
hands Of some industrious and enter
prising politicians"