DEMOCRACYTO DATE
Sketches of tlie National Con
ventions Since the Di
vision of 1860.
M'OLELLAN'S PLATFOBM.
How Ohio Flanked the Kew York
Politicians in Tammany Hall.
REMARKABLE BISE OP TILDEN.
Bis Letter of Declination Taken to Cincin
nati Ij Whitney.
MANNING'S MANAGEMENT FOE GEOTER
rTTErrrtK ron tki dispatch.!
Apropos of the coming national gathering
Jf the Democracy the following brief sum
mary of the conven
tions since that of
1860 has been pre
pared. Of course, the Na
tional Democratic
Convention of 1860 at
Charleston was por-
tentious, but it has
often been described.
There Ben Butler won
fame and Henrv B.
Stephen JL Douglas. Payne became a Na
tional figure. The war had already broken
out in the hearts of the delegates and the
n ithdrawal of the
seven identical States
which nine months
later seceded from the
Union was not unan
ticipated. They af
terwards nominated
Breckinridge, while
the delegates who
were left adjourned to
Baltimore June 18,
and put before the
people the idol ot the
party in the North, Juhn c Breckinridge.
Stephen A. Douglas. It is a rather curious
fact that Breckinridge and Douglas were
the youngest men ever nominated for the
Presidency up to that time.
Following are sketches of each of the suc
ceeding con entions. The portraits are re
produced from those circulated at the time
of the greatest prominence of the subjects.
TBE WAR CONVENTION.
It Was Called to Sutb the Democratic Tarty
From Annihilation.
It was a serious question for a time dur
ing the war whether the Northern Democ
racy would be able to
muster a sufficient
force of delegates to
make a respectable
appearance when
Gathered in national
convention. Eleven
States were engaged
then id an effort to
establish a Southern
Confederacy, and, of
course, could not be
respresented. The or-
Jfc.d on.
ganization in the Northern States
was de-
Moralized.
A call was issued by A"ncnst Belmont,
who was Chairman of the National Com
mittee, for a convention to be held in Chi
cago on July 4, but the lack of organization
and the indifference of many leading Demo
crats made it necessary to adjourn the con
tention until August 20. At that time
there gathered a curious bodv of men, curious
at least in their purpose or lack of purpose.
It has since been confessed by Mr. Belmont
that the main purpose of holding the con
tention was to prevent the Democratic or
ganization from going wholly to pieces.
Declared tho'Vtar a Fnilnr-.
The convention was singularly unfor
tunate. The delegates had practically
agreed, even before going to Chicago, upon
nominating General JlcClellan, and they
had also agreed to do the absurdly inconsist
ent thing ot placing in nomination a Union
general who had won some brilliant vic
tories, and of compelling him to stand upon
the platform which was virtuallv an insult
to his career as a soldier. The platform de
clared that atter four years of failnre to
restore the Union it was high time to call
for immediate cessation of hostilities.
.McClellan was nominated upon the first
ballot, and with such a reproach as was
hinted in this platform as the issue of the
campaign. Even before the convention ad
journed the lie was given to the platform,
for the news of the capture of Fort Morgan
was then received, and only the day after
the convention adjourned General Sherman
emphasized the ridiculous position in which
the party had placed itselt by sending the
news that Atlanta had fallen.
General McClellan himself in accepting
the nomination practically repudiated the
platform. George H. Pendleton was nomi
nated for Vice President, and as in 1860 now
the Democracy had placed in nomination
very strong young men. McClellan was not
40 i ears of age and Pendleton was only a
little past 40. Of course the canvass which
followed this nomination was without in
terest The result was known even before
the ballots were cast.
ONLY CONTENTION IN NEW YORK
How Ohio Delegates Flanked Tilden nud
Earned Horatio "seymonr.
The convent'on of 1868 was the first gath
ering of national Democrats since I860, in
wuicu representatives
from all the Southern
States were received.
Mr. Tilden always
spoke of the conven
tion of 1868 as some
thing in the nature of
preparation lor what
the party was to un
dertake in the future.
In view of Tilden'
suDsequeni career it is i,
fair to suppose that Henry Wntter Davit.
he bad then his own possible selection
as leader in mind, although he knew well
that the leader chosen in 1863 was only the
leader for a skirmish, and not one who
could by any possibility win a national vic
tory. Tilden, in his days of retirement, was
fond of chatting with his intimate friends
about this convention, and he always
claimed that it was a drawn battle between
the Western and Eastern Democrats so far
as its results were concerned. The situation
was like this: In the "West an idea had
sprung up, which had seemingly captivated
the entire Democratic party and which has
since been called the greenback craze. Its
motto was the same currency for the bond
bolder and the plow holder. George H.
Pendleton had become associated in the
popular mind with that idea, and as he was
possessed of gifts of intellect and charms of
personal manner which made him resneetrd
and admired, popular sentiment in the
party in the West centered upon him as the
lavorite candidate of the greenback element
in the party. A specious but seemingly
magnificent demonstration was made for
1$ 7
pymt0m
s w msr
Pendleton throughout the West, and the
movement was led with great adroitness
and ability by Editor Washington McLean.
tietr York for Hard Money.
In New York, however, the antagonism
to Pendleton and his theory was as earnest
as it was secret. August Belmont, a repre
sentative of foreign bondholders; Mr. Til
den, then esteemed the greatest of the cor
poration lawyers of New York; Augustus
Schell, an old-fashioned, hard-money Dem
ocrat; Henry C Murphy, a man of great
ability and the highest busine'ss capacity,
who barely escaped the Presidental nomina
tion at the time it was given to Franklin
Pierce, and others of like character were
determined (hat the party should not be
committed to what was called the greenback
heresy, or at least should have a candidate
for the Presidency who would prevent, if
elected, the consummation of greenback
legislation. These Sew York men, with
great adroitness and much secrecy, under
took to head off the Pendleton movement,
and with a good deal of audacity actually
proposed to bring about the nomination of
Chief Justice Chase. Thev entered into
correspondence with Chase. He had been
an old-time Democrat, who had separated
from his party on the slavery issue, and
that issue had now been forever determined.
It was helieved that a very considerable ele
ment in the Bepublican party would sup
port Chase, and Mr. Tilden always claimed
that this belief was sound.
Thus when the convention met it was in
fluenced by these two antagonistic influ
ences, the Pendleton sentiment being openly
and loudly demonstrated, the New York op
position being concealed, but resolute.
Sejmour's Stroke for the domination.
New York for the first and only time se
cured the National Convention of the De
mocracy. It was called to meet in New
York City and in the hall owned by the
Tammany Society. It met on the 4th of
July. Horatio Seymour was chosen Presi
dent of the convention, and he made one of
his characteristic speeches. No man ever
so skillfully concealed the thorn beneath
the pleasing flonersof rhetoric as he, and
the speech which he made on taking the
chair was perhaps the most consummate ex
hibition of this power. It was thought by
many after the convention adjourned, and
is to this day believed by some, that Mr.
Seymour knew that the secret purpose of
the New York delegation was to bring
about his nomination. Yet Mr. Tilden al
ways denied tiiat, and onlv a little while
before his death Henry C Murphy declared
that the final action of the convention was
a surprise to the New York delegation.
The action of the New York delegates
during the early part of the convention was
peculiarly diplomatic and subtle. The
delegates did not con
ceal their opinion that
it might be wise to
nominate Mr. Pendle
ton, but they suggested
that it might be well
to nominate a warm
personal lricnd oi Pen-
..Infnn n. .tnA whn
''IT- u.tfcwu, nuu vut. nuw
fll represented to some
extent western senti
ment Thomas A.
Hendricks, of Indiana.
Nearly all of Pendle
ton's friends believed
that New York was
Thomai A.Bay ord.
sincere in proposing Hendricks' name, yet
thete was no sincerity in it. That name
was simply used as a pawn in this game of
political chess. Mr. Tilden informed the
Western delegates that if New York was
asked to name a candidate from the State it
had an eminent man in view in Sanford E.
Church. But it was apparent to every one
mat tnere was neither sincerity nor nope in
the suggestion of Church's name.
Westerners Won the Platform.
The convention spent some time in the
construction of the resolutions. The green
back men controlled a majority, and they
were able to secure the adoption ot their
financial plank. General Wade Hampton
had insisted upon the insertion of a resolu
tion declaring all the reconstruction acts
unconstitutional, revolutionary and void,
and with such a platform as this to stand
upon the convention proceeded to the work
ot naming its candidate.
The excitement and confusion in Tam
many Hall was so great as almost to' de
moralize the convention, and there were ac
cusations that Tammany had filled the gal
leries with some of its more violent parti
sans. Yet the cheering that was raised
whenever Pendleton's name was pronounced
indicated that good care had been taken to
procure the attendance of men who had
strong lungs and willingness to use them
lor "Gentleman George." The first ballot
gave Pedleton a handsome plurality, and if
the two-thirds rule had not prevailed he
would have then been nominated. He re
ceived 105 votes, Andrew Johnson, 65; San
ford E. Church, 34; General Hancock, 33,
with some scattering lor Asa Packer, James
E. English and Joel Parker. Six ballots
were taken during the day without any
material change, and then the convention
adjourned till the following day.
Samuel X. Tilden as a Manager.
In the evening the New York politicians
began with the greatest skill to neutralize
the strength of Pendleton. Very cautiously,
in that secretive and whispering manner
which characterized him, Mr. Tilden sug
gested that opposition to Pendleton would
cease to be opposition if Pendleton's friend
Hendricks were suggested. Hendricks
then possessed that extraordinary nonnlnr-
ity which he maintained in Indiana until
his death, and the suggestion of his name
compelled the Indiana delegates to break
away from Pendleton. Tilden and those
back of him had no more idea of the nomi
pation of Hendricks than they had of that
of Pendleton. They had another man in
reserve in case Hendricks showed no great
strength. Nothing that Tilden ever did in
politics was more characteristic of his ereat
adroitness than the skill with which he
flanked Pendleton with Hendricks, and
then flanked Hendrick's with Hancock.
However, he could not play his game long
without discovery, and the Ohio deleeation,
advised by Mr. McLean, after a long con
sultation decided to flank Tilden. It was
realized that at the opportune moment New
York would bring lorward the name of
Chase with the idea that the convention
might be stampeded to the Chief Justice.
On the following day Pendleton's vote
ran up to 156 on the eighth ballot, and on
the twelfth ballot Hancook was subtly
brought lorward for the purpose of prevent
ing any sudden rush to Hendricks. Mr.
Tilden also gave the signal at this time
which indicated that Chase might be a can
didate, for one-half a vote was then given to
the Chief Justice. Twelve ballots were
taken on that day, the final one giving Han
cock 144, Pendleton 56 and Hen
dricks 87.
Ohio's Fart In the Game.
After the convention had adjourned for
the day the impression was general that
Hancock would be nominated. The Ohio
aeiegaiion Knew Detter, believing that the
plans ot the New York politicians were now
ripe ana mat on the Iollowing morning
Chase would be brought forward trom under
cover. It was a time for instant action and
for heroic measures, and in the little par
lors where the Ohio leaders met a sugges
tion was made which, first deemed auda
cious and dangerous, was accepted as the
only possible way in . which Ohio
could flank New York. " Not an inti
mation of this purpose reached the ears
of Mr. Tilden and those associated with
him. Exactly what their plan was has never
been clearly understood. The New York I
delegation :were always averse to talking I
about the matter. The presumption i th.t I
jar. xiiaen intended still to play Hancock
and Hendricks against Pendleton until the
proper moment arrived lor presenting
Chase's name. A report was spread abroad
that the agreement was that after several
ballots Seymour himself was to take the
floor and in the name ol Sew York present
Chase to the convention. There are good
reasons for believing that loundation for
this report existed. At all events it was
believed to be true by the Ohio delegation,
and the conviction was that Chase would be
surely nominated if Seymour thus pre
sented his name.
"There is only one way to prevent it,"
said Mr. McLean to the Ohio delegates, and
w vwi . ..I - I
uc oiu mem wnat tnat way was. Thi
P9
ir-mn ik r ri
voted to make the experiment, rash though
it seemed.
The Stamped to Sfjmoir,
As soon as the convention met next Bon
ing Ohio surprised the convention by with-
name, and then with
drew apparently for a
brief conference. Three
ballots were taken
w;th no choice, Han
cock running up to
135f, Hendricks to
132, with 49 scatter
ing. Just before the
fit.ftli Ttllnf .r li-.
dar was beeun (he Ohio jfr&
delegates returned. Inv'y'xC)
a moment the conven- Saneoek't War
tion was in confusion. Photo.
Almost before anyone
was aware what had been done the delega
tion presented the name of Horatio Sey
mour, Such a cry went up as is only heard
in a great convention hall. The New York
members were lor a moment or two stupe
fied seemingly, and the Ohio delegates, see
ing their advantage, raised still louder the
cry of ''Seymour 1 Seymour I
Seymour himself was a strange, almost
pitiable object to look upon. He seemed
dumfounded, bewildered, and he shoot his
head with undignified and deprecatory ges
ture. He arose trembling, and in falter
ing voice, raising his hand with something
like piteous appeal, he said, "Your candi
date I cannot be," and then left the plat
form. If it were acting it was superb. If
it were simulation ot surprise it was mag
nificent. To this refusal the Ohio delega
tion paid no heed and persisted. Other
delegates toot up the cry, and New York
looked on, perceiving that that thing most
to be dreade'd in a convention a stampede
was inevitable.
Then some of the New York delegates
cheered for Seymour, and speedily it was
evident that Unto bad Hanked .New tort
and had forced a candidate upon the State.
Seymour himself was appealed to. He was
told that the convention had with unanim
ity pronounced for him, and with something
that suggested abjectness he bowed his head
and submitted. New York had npt chosen
Chase; Ohio had not won with Pendleton,
but the honors in the political game were
even.
HOW GREELEY WAS NOMINATED
The Convention or 18GS and Its Many An
tagonistic Factions.
If the purpose of the politicians in 1868
was to maintain the Democratic organiza
tion rather than
to carry on a
campaign with
any idea of vic
tory the political
' situation in 1872
seemed to indi
cate that purpose
had miscarried.
The Democracy
had been gaining
some popular
Horace Greeley. victories in the
North. It had carried Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, and had made a very
close contest in Ohio. Yet, as the time for
the National Convention approached, the
Democratic leaders seemed to be in a con
dition of hesitancy.
This was due, however, not so much to
any lack of purpose on their part as to the
the extraordinary manifestations of disturb
ance which had been revealed within the
Bepublican organization. For more than a
vcar the evidence of a tendency to split the
Benublican partvhad been very striking.
In Missouri, under the leadership of Carl
Schurz and Gratz Brown, and on the issue
of removing the disabilities of some of the
citizens of that State, a split had already
occurred, an 'element of the Bepuhlicans,
who called themselves Liberals, uniting
with the Democracy to secure such legisla
tion. Out of that circumstance came the
suggestion that similar alliance might be
made elsewhere. To this day the belief is
general that the Liberal movement, as it was
called, was conceived and developed by Carl
Schur, and'1' there is' no doubt that he
deserves, in a measure, such opinion.
Nevertheless, had it not been' for factional
contentions in New York State, Mr. Schurz
coma not nave developed tnis plan mucn
beyond the State ot Missouri
Opposition to Grant's Administration.
There were personal animosities in the
Bepublican party, and there was genuine
conviction that the policy of Congress and
the tendency oi Grant's administration were
toward such a rule as was then character
ized as better fitted for military despotism
than for a free republic. Everybody who
cared to ally themselves with a movement
against the administration was invited to at
tend a convention to be held in Cincinnati
on May 1, 1872. There gathered upon that
day a strange throng strange in that many
of the men had hitherto differed in their
political views and were even then without
any clear, well-formulated idea as to- the
purpose which brought them together.
Carl Schurz was the central figure, and in
all his varied career probably he never en
joyed a political attain
ment more keenly than he
did this one. Then there
was Theodore Tilton, at
that time in the height of
his unique fame; and Wil
liam Dorsheimer, after
ward to become conspicu
ous as a Democrat, and
David Dudley Field, then
esteemed in some respects
the ablest of American
lawyers; and Colonel Mc-
Clure, who only eight Carl Schurz.
years before bad been
largely instrumental in securing the nom-
luubiuu ui jjiuwiu, tuiu me puiisueu otan
ley Matthews, the statistical Edward At
kinson, David A. Wells, even then an ex
ponent of tree trade, although only a few
years before a Bepublican officeholder:
Long John Wentworth, Leonard Swett,who
was one of Lincoln's intimates, and Joseph
Pulitzer, even then with an ambition to
gain as great fame and as -substantial suc
cess as had characterized Mr. Schurz'
career. It was in one sense a cosmopolitan
body of politicians, for there were men ot
many nationalities and almost as many
views.
The Attitude en the Tariff
When it was reorganized, it seemed likely
that one of two men would be placed in
nomination for the Presidency, either David
xavis or unanes uraneis Adams. Mr.
Adams was the candidate of the Idealists.
Schurz was reported to have said, "either
Adams or no one." Horace Greeley seemed
to care more about the platform than the
candidate, and he had a mast difficult task
before him, for the convention was com
posed not only of rampant iree traders like
Mr. Wells, but equally rampant protection
ists like himself. There was no trouble
about its agreeing upon snch planks of the
platform as contained vigorous accusations
against the administration of General Grant.
but how to construct a plank which would
suit both protectionists and free traders was
a problem which was belived to be unsolv
able. Nor was it solved; it was dodged.
Greeley, preceivlng that the convention
would go to pieces it this issue was forced,
formulated his "home district" plan. By
this it was proposed to remit the question
ot the tariff to the Congress districts, and
with such a subterfuge as that as a part of
its piauorm tne convention proceeded with
its work. Stanley Matthews was the Tem
porary Chairman, and General Schurz the
Permanent
Before the balloting was begun a quarrel
sprung up among David Davis' followers
which very likely cost him the nomination.
There was also opposition to Adams, vague,
and mainly due to the fear that he could not
arouse any popular enthusiasm.
Greeley Hardly Thought of at First,
On the other hand, curiously enough no
one knows exactly how or why, there began
to appear decided sentiment for Horace
Greeley, although he was not originallv
thought of by anyone in connection with
the nomination. The shrewdest -politicians
in the -convention were inclined to think
that Lyman Trumbull would win honor in
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iffMWm.
wjpcQ
the end. The first ballot showed that Mr.
Adama, while having a plurality, was really
in a hoplss minority if ali the element
combined against him. He received 205
rotes, Greeley 157, Trumbull 110, Grata
Brown '95. David Davie 99W, Governor
Curtin 62 and Chief Justice Chase 2U. The
balloting proceeded w.ithput much change
excep that Greeley gained a little and
Adams lost. On the sixth ballot Greeley
received 333jotes to 324 for Adams, with 51
scattering, and changes were made which a
few minutes later brought about the nomina
tion of Greeley, and with hut Jittle contest
Gratz Brown was nominated for Vice Presi
dent The nomination caused intense chagrin
to the friends of Mr. Adams, and some of
them were disposed to repudiate it at once,'
It was said of Mr. Schurz that he went to
the pianq in his parlor, find being filled
with desnair and sorrow, sat down and
played "The Heart Bowed Down,'' while
Mr. Samuel Bowles wept. The anecdote
was published at, the time and caused great
amusement, while it did not tend .to
strengthen the cause of the Liberals.
The Regular Drmocratlo Convention.
It would be supposed that the nomination
of Greeley would have caused the Southern
Democrats to re
fuse to carry out
the understanding
which had been
reached informally
between some of the
Democratic lead
ers and those who
managed this Lib
eral movement. On
the contrary, the
Southern Demo
crats were far more
kindly disposed to
ward Greeley than
those of the North.
It i i " association
Hendricks. with the so-called
peace conference, his bailing of Jeff Davis
and his demand for universal amnesty had
caused the Southern Democrats to for
get or forgive much that Greeley had said
in the exciting times before the war.
Therefore when the Democrats met in con
vention in Baltimore on July 9 it was plain
that the convention'! work would be per
functory, and that the only question which
would come before it would be whether it
should formally put Greeley and Brown in
nomination or merely indorse the Cincin
nati platform and candidates. It was re
garded the better politics to make the
formal nominations and formally to accept
the platform. The party therefore stood
before the country in the inconsistent light
of having repudiated its own platform oi
1868, which radically differed from that
adopted by the Liberals at Cincinnati.
It was foreseen before two months had
passed that there could be no successful
coalition. Samuel J. Tilden perceived it
and warned some of his Bepublican friends
in New York not to identify themselves
with the Liberal movement, 'because Mr.
Tilden said it was doomed to emphatic re-
Sudiation by the people at the polls in
November.
WHAT TILDEN'8 GENIUS DID.
It Saved thi farty From Destruction and
Nominated IU Savior.
The discipline through which the Demo
cratic party bad passed as a political organi
zation since 1860 did
not bear lruit until a
master politician,
with genius sufficient
to take advantage of
opportunities, a p
peared. It seemed,
after the disastrous
fiasco of 1872,coupled
as it was in New-
York State with the
revelation of the
abominations 'prac
ticed by Tweed and -AMen O. Thurman.
other robbers disguised as ' a Democratic
association, as though demoralization must
be permanent Split as a party in 1860,
pitiful and absurd in. 1864, committed to
what was deemed to be a heresy in 1868,
and made ridiculous by'a futile attempt at
coalition'in 1872. even the most courageous
of Democrats despaired of the, future of
the party.
Yet within two years the situation
changed. A tidal wave had given the
Democracy the control of the House, and
the genius of one of the most extraordinary
intellects produced in America had con
verted the threatened ' disaster due to the
Tammany exposures into a potent influence
,lor Democratic supremacy in New York
State and possibly the nation. Mr. Tilden
was past 60 years of aje when he thus sud
denly made splendid revelation of his
genius for political management He jiad
never held but one political office until in
1872, when he was elected a member of the
Legislature. He had been known as per
haps the ablest corporation lawyer in New
York City, and had revealed as Chairman
of the Democratic State Committee not only
political skill but also creative capacity.
Tilden and the Overthrow ot Tammany.
He had identified himself as the leader of
those who had overthrown Tammany and
had by this act saved the Democracy as a
party from much of the reproach which
otherwise would have been entailed by
Tweed's use of its name. By reason of this
identification he was clearly indicated in
1873 as the party's candidate for Governor,
and his political intuition made it plain to
him that if he won the Governorship on the
platform he made, and carried on
the campaign while Governor which
he had in mind, he would
also be indicated as the choice of the na
tional Democracy lor President in 1876. As
we look back now over Tilden's career at
that time it is easy to see wherein he dis
tinguished himself above all Democratic
leaders. He perceived that his party could
not hope to win on the old issues, and he
saw in the Tweed, corruption and that of
the canal ring inNew York a chance to
raise a new issue, partly sentimental, partly
justified, and one which he called adminis
trative reform. As he handled this issue it
appealed powerfully to the masses of his
party, and, while he made this public and
sentimental demonstration, he was secretly
at work teaching the young men whom he
gathered about him the finest lesson ot or
ganization which perhaps was ever taught
by a Democratic politician. It was a reve
lation, a departure, in fact a revolution
jn the science of political organization. He
turned his back upon the older leaders and
summoned a score or more of enthusiastic
young men, who were brilliant and who he
knew would be faithful; and thus appealing
publicly to the masses, while behind the
curtain directing an organization which ex
tended throughout the country, he was in
position when the convention assembled in
St Louis on June 28 to dominate it
John Kelly Voiced the Opposition."
There seemed to be some opposition, but
it was of a kind over which Tilden rejoiced,
lor it was voiced in the convention by John
Kelly, who had succeeded Tweed as the head
of the Tammany organization, Some able
men were in the convention, most of them
for the first time appearing prominently in
such association. There were William fW.
sheimer, who would become Governor if
Tilden were elected President; Speaker
Bandall, who venerated Tilden as the ablest
Democrat since Jackson; young "Vilas, of
"Wisconsin, afterward to serve in a Presi
dent's Cabinet; Leon Abbett, afterward
Governor of New Jersey; William C. Whit
ney, himselt to gain great prominence:
Henry Watterson and "Bine Jeans" Will
iams. The platform was prepared by Mn Tilden
himself, although in its verbal expression
it represented the culture of Manton Marble
and John Bigelow. Its features were the
demand for administrative reiorm, for the
repeal of the resumption act and a vague
assertion that the tariff should be laid with
the view principally of securing revenue.
Only one formal ballot was taken, Tilden
lacking only a lew of a two-thirds vote, the
rest being scattered tor Hendricks, Barard,
Hancock and Governor Allen. Before the
second ballot was completed Mr. Tilden
was nominated, and Governor Hendricks
was placed upon the ticket with him. It
was the first convention since 1860 in which
the Democratio party revealed itselt as a
great political organisation managed by
leaders of consummate MHty. There fol
lowed the canvass which resulted in a dis
puted eleotion and time of peril
WHY HANCOCK WAS NAMED.
Tilden's Pectination and Political Jnggllpg
Defeated Well-lald Plan.
For fqnr yewa after the convention of
1876 the Democratic party had declared
that at its next Na
tional Convention it
would have but one
issue, and that would
be the righting of
the wrong' done to
Tilden in "1876. Mr.
Blaine, Mr. Conk
lingj as well as Mr.
Bandall and Colonel
Watterson, have said
that the party could
dp nothing else than
JO-Secretq, VhUnep. to nominate Tilden
on this issue. Not to do that wonld be to
suggest that there had been insincerity in
this plaint and charge of fraud extending
through four years.
The convention was called to meet in Cin
cinnati on the 22nd of June, and within a
week or ten days of (he meeting it is sup
posed that the body would" simply place in
nomination the ticket 1876, reaffirm the
platform of that year, with an added plank"
renouncing the alleged wrong of 1876. Til
den, however, Tiad written a letter in which
he declined to become a candidate. This
was due partly to his health, partly to some
feelinsr that he had not been treated with
entire justice by some of the Democratic
leaders. The letter was committed to "IjvSU
iam a Whitney, but it was the intention,
of a majority ot the New York delegation
to secure the nomination of Tilden in order
that the record of the party might be con
sistent, and then, having nominated him, if
he chose to decline'on the score of ill health.
it would be for the convention to say what
action should be taken.
There has' al was been a suspicion that Mr.
Whitney was filled with a greater desire to
secure the nomination of his father-in-law,
Jienry u. jrayne, wan to Bequre tor Mr.
Tilden such indorsement as a nomination,
even if declined, would give. Mr. Whitney's
friends say this does him injustice, but the
charge is made that he mismanaged, pro
duced Mr. Tilden's letter at an inopportune
moment, and thereby compelled the New
York delegation to abandon Tilden as a
candidate. At all events, the convention
was somewhat at sea after learning that
Tilden would decline. Bayard was brought
forward by an influential element, and so
was Judge Thurman. William B. Mor
rison, as a tariff reform candidate, was sup
ported, but the bent of the convention,
through political manipulation which has
never been fully understood, seemed to be
for Hancock. He received 171 votei on the
first ballot; Bayard, 153$; Payne, 81; Thur
man, 68; Justice Field, 65; Morrison, 62:
Hendricks, 49; Tilden, 38. ,
New York seeing that Payne could not
be nominated tried to combine on Bandall,
but it did so too late. The combination
had been mads for Hancock, "and upon the
second ballot there was a stampede, which
gave Hancock ultimately every vote of the
convention but 32, and with William L.
English, oi Indiana, as candidate for Vice
President The platform called lor a tariff
for revenue only, and on that platform
Hancock was defeated.
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In the Hancock campaign of 1880 a young
Buffalo Democrat carried a torch. Within
two years he had been elected Govarnor of
New York by a plurality of 190,000, due
most entirely to a bitter factional fight
within the Bepublican party.' The very
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prodigality of this majority fastened upon
him -the eyes of hi party, and caused
Den if I Manning, one of the ututest of the
politioians whpa Mr. Tilden educated, to
fix upon hm as the moat available candi
date for the Presidental nomination.
Mr. Manning began the canvass which he
honed wonld result in Cleveland's nomi
nation immediately after Cleveland had
been inaugurated for Governor, The can
vass was conduoted with great secrecy but
with great skill, n 4 within less than u year
a combination had.heen effected with most
of the Southern Democratic leaders and
with Mr. Carlisle and bis friends. Cnrjisle
had jnst been chosen Speaker, and with
great skill but without the slightest betray,
al, was enahled. to use his office in the inter
est of Cleveland, "here was no formidable
canvass made for any other candidate. Ilie
friends of Governor Hendrjcks and those of
Senator Bayard and ex-Speaker Bandall
made gome pretention which was more loud
sounding than strong.
Almost a Stampede fo Hendrldc.
When the convention met in Chicago on
the 23d of June, 1884. Mr. Manning's esti
mate was that Governor Cleveland would
be nominated pot later than the leurtb,
probably npon the second ballot, and there
was never a momenHram the time of the
opening of the convention until the result
was announced when Mr. Manning and
those who were associated witn him had
apy reason to doubt the accuracy of his can
vass. Yet there was a moment, ten mo
ments perhaps, when it seemed to others as
though the convention might be stampeded
to Governor Hendricks.
In the indescribable fury which accom
panied that effort, when the convention
seemed, to hove gone mad and the maniacal
galleries were demanding, with vociferous
and awful demonstration, the nomination of
Hendricks, Mr. Manning sat at the head of
the New York delegation as unruffled as
though his ears were deaf and his eyes were
blind. No more majestic picture of com
posure in time of extraordinary political
Serll was ever seen than that which Mr.
Tanning and his delegates then offered.
Had he wavered, had he or his betrayed
the slightest sense of fear the end would
have come and Hendricks would have oc
cupied the White House instead of the
Vice Presidental chair.
Stemming the Hendricks Tide.
At last, when there was a lull in this
In.m XT If.nninn avn.A mnA In mil An
liberate manner, as though all this which
had just happened was the mere rustling of
the leaves upon the trees outside, he said:
'(Mr. Chairman, the New York delegation
instructs me to cast its united vote for
Grover Cleveland." And with this utter
ance the Hendricks charm was broken and
not long after Clover Cleveland was the
nominee of his party for the Presidency,
with Governor Hendricks for Vice.
The canvass had been conducted for
Cleveland in accordance with the political
teachings of Governor' Tilden, for Manning
was an apt scholar and, worthy of his train
ing. The, Hendricks, incident was the only
one of excitement during the meeting of the
convention. "
Of course the convention of 1888 was the
mere perfunctory recording ot the party's
determination to renominate 'President
Cleveland. Some of the politicians would
have defeated it if possible. The conven
tion met in St Louis on June 20, 1883, and
Cleveland was nominated, by acclamation
almost immediately after the organization,
with Judge Thurman,' rather against his
will, as his associate upon the ticket. The
platform in a modified way represented the
views which President Cleveland had ex
pressed in his tariff message of the winter
beforehand on that issue the party went be
fore the country. E. J. Edwakds.
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WBITT?i" FOE THE DISPATCH
BY DORA, RUSSELL,
Author of "Footprints in the Snow," "The Broken Seal," "The
" Track of the Storm," "A Fatal PasV Etc.'
SYKOPSIS OV fBEVIOCs CHAPTERS.
Two lovers, Str James MaoEennon, Bart, and Miss Miriam Clyde, are standing by the
seashore, and the former is nr?Inj her to name the wedding- day. She pleads for delay. In
the meantime an accident occurs, a soldier being wounded by a firing party. Miriam bind
np his wound and saves nis life. Ulancinir ac eacn'otner'a race a mutual recognition takes
Elace.. On arriving home tho doctor who was summoned to the wounded man gave)
er a note whtoh the soldier bad hastily scribbled. It contains the words "For God's sake
keep my seoiet." Miriam, by means of Dr. Beed, sends to her soldier-patient a brief mes
sage, "Do not be afraid!" which he receives as he is lying in the hospital. In the meantime
Miriam's mother, Mrs. Clyde, makes np her mind that her daughter shall be married to Sir
James In a month, and tells her so. But Miriam, thinking of a life dearer than her own,
hanging in the balance, pleads earnestly for more time. Mrs. Clyde writes to her other
daughter, Joan, who is married to hard and stern General Conway, asking them to the
wedding. Conway thinks it's a good match, but pains Joan by intimating that Miriam
should not so sopn forget another affair In wnica his nephew was the hero. He and Mrs.
Clyde agree it Is best to hurry the wedding for fear Sir James shonld bear of that Miriam
is obstinate, and gets Sir James to ask Mrs. Clyde for postponement.
CHAPTER VIE.
PBTVATE DABE.
"Does she care for Sir James, do yon
think?" asked Colonel Clyde, turning
round in his. chair and facing his wife,
for he was sitting at his writing-table when
his wife entered the library.
"She always seemed to like him," an
swered Mrs. Clyde.
"But that other miserable affair can she
be thinking of that?"
"But she accepted Sir James knowing
all that, . and as the unfortunate man has
been dead eighteen months, there can be
nothing new in the idea."
"And nothing further was ever heard
about It, I suppose, or we should have
heard from Joan or Conray?"
"Joan never mentions it, for naturally it
is a painful subject; and as for Miriam I
believed she had entirely forgotten it, for I
have never heard her mention young Con
ray's name."
'It was a remarkable affair."
"Yes, and an affair I should not like to
reach Sir James' ears. That is one reason I
am so anxious not to have the marriage de
layed; and T told Miriam this, but she only
became greatly excited, and persisted in
her refusal not to be married in a month"
"Well, let a lew days pass quietly over,
and then we can see what is to be done.
You are quite sure that Sir James is anxious
for the marriage?"
"I am perfectly sure; he is devoted to
her, and it is Miriam alone that is to blame
for causing the delay." v
"And you think that I had better speak
to her about it?"
"Yes, yon may have more influence, more
authority than I have; Miriam never dis
obeyed me before, but surely she will not
disobey her father."
""We can try, at all events," said Colonel
Clyde, gravely. "I agree with yon; to
delay the marriage under the circumstances
is madness. Shall I go and speak to her
now?"
"Yes, do; fancy how disagreeable it would
be to have to write to the Conrays to tell
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Upon this Colonel Clyde rose, and pro
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the door and then opened it
An exclamation of astonishment, almost
of dismay, burst from Colonel Clyde's lips
when his eyes 'fell on Miriam. 'She was
kneeling h the bed sobbing passionately,
in an utter abandonment of grief, but she
started to her feet when she heard her
father's voice.
"Miriam!" said Colonel Clyde.
"llim not very well," faltered
Miriam, trying to hide her agitation.
"You seem very much upset at least"
'I have been upset," answered Miriam,
and her sobs broke ont afresh as she spoke.
"Pray, try to compose yourself: no pos
sible good can come of exciting yourself
thus. I have come to speak very seriously to
Sou, Miriam, and I cannot do so unless you
sten auietlr.."
"I will try, father," answered Miriam,
endeavoring to suppress her sobs.
"It's on the subject of your marriage, or
rather the time of your marriage. Your
mother tells me it was settled you were to
be married in a month, but that now yoo,
wish to postpone it for another month."
'1 neyer agreed, father, to be married in
a month; mother and Sir James settled it,"
answered Miriam in her tear-choked voice,
"and and Sir James is willing to wait two
months. It is only mother "
"My dear, your mother has your truest
good at heart you may be sure. Neither she
nor Hike postponed marriages, and I wish
you, and yourmother wishes you, to be mar
ried at the earlier date."
"Father, I cannot 1" said Miriam, thus
driven to bay.
, "But why?" asked the ColoneL
"Oh I please do not say anything more or
ask anything morel" cried Miriam entreat
ingly. VL have said it all to mother, and
and she said some cruel things to me. I
can't bear much more, father." And again
MM an began to sob violently.
'Colonel Clyde was not so firm nor so hard
as his wife, and he began to feel very sorry
for his young daughter. Her unmistakable
distress also afflicted him. but Mrs. Clvda
had great influence over him, andhe thought
' it behoved him, therefore, to do his best
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