Show Ij s MEN WHO H t VEE ry sEt ESIDE ESt t s 10 H lL x f 35 i i J tI to I M E of or Mr friends frieDda re re SIME S fUi to believe that t bin J tion of the toe presidential re candidacy is The de was not Dot ex es exI I by them at all aU and those who c chI 1 j expect it did lid no look for it to toc c cAne quite f o early as 8 thin half a year ear before the national convention will v III hII meet Th 1 re had been beena n g a gaining strength In la his pair palI par pal parry r I ry for the tb put pMt few months Two Tw or three e New ew York Democrat papers or ten months m ago agu go began to ug st his hia name in connection n with the candid for tor 1904 but not DOt until after alter tit Worlds fair dedication a St I Louf April 30 39 1913 13 wee was the suggestion augg taken seriously b by anybody I F vaK wah notice however that t at at the theU U he attracted far moie at att t 1 than did dad any other p on who w WI i present nt ext ept pt President helt l to v t his hia address was wasti wasti ti feature of o the exercises It was pi in m full tull in n most mOt of the great dalli s of the country and aDd as com corn II ni d upon 1 11 by m many ny of them gen genen en e ethI l The enthusiasm i v hn h he hf excited d at Sv St t Ix Luis Louis uis and the tbt g interest which his movements jut before tt tore and just after tn the ti U ti II i gave gap ga his advocate tt a t ment to continue the propaganda B and sd d the they y had 1 len been ten slowly Lowly but ut t persist i tK gaining adherents adherent along to 10 the thein i in m that he sent sen his bis note to one m f of his hise e 1 aU g d declining clining dUnin to b cOn on onil il in the light of o a US irant r L i S Mr Cleveland s declination final Oi Ou the t ih h face of it looks look to be beK 1 I K n fr for fr r the th f ident is apt to men mean I n What ha he hf say saye One On or two oil rums tan ct e Ces however Connected with hj hi his ca cart carE Carr i rt rE rr i may ma give ome of them a i little hop hot that he rn b be induced ultimate ultimately lv ly to accept th tb candidacy acy should it itI ith i Ix h I proffered In n his hia letter accepting H tiP nomination of f 1884 1584 he urged the then adoption n ion of f an amendment to th thc He eon oon fl ti tl ion a pre for Ae As the same thing t ing had I oft n been proponed 1 before bt fore b by nt statesmen flate nen M Mr Cleveland s sug I l ion did not nOl any n t at lit in th time I Irger n r things thin 9 than the I Ie te e irn I tion oi a 8 pi to a i single t fn m wre rt Ic for the countr in the thea i a of 1884 18 M Possibly some of ot his I ur naK Jia I m in the convention or f that tha vear Hendricks Thurman I rd McDonald or some BOrne of o the r may been en encouraged en by bv I Ch eland lan s expressed sed objections to see sec I on i for an presidents president hut but ut the thetos tos IUt sets ji of the I Democratic and Re pub public I lic liPan lican m voters oters ot in the Ule took no no none nolie ne lie of If that point in any way vay Shortly r r the of 1888 in St I met a few fe Democratic and one oner I r two t I o 0 Republican newspapers called caned fl to the views an I flounced by Cleveland In to ISM 1884 but they I iia II haJ at l not the slightest effect on the i re i Tent and hK hit h friends for the eon On f nt ion gave him a unanimous but he be was waa defeated at the tb polk in 1891 11 and anet Io early 1 in ISIf ti h he said 1 S 1 things in interviews and private private vate ate letters r which h were construed at atthe att atI the t I he time as intimations that he would I not lOt be a candidate again but he ac accepted acI I the third candidacy in that year ear 4 when whon when the off offered it it and ande d there e was no at the j time tAM Blames Blaines Florence letter Most Yost persons One pei remember er Pbs Ie the surprise ju I caused ed by Ba Blainas m Florence e letter U r lice five 8 or six months th national convention M It 1886 1816 1 withdraw withdrawing lag ing from the rare re ras for lor the I Shortly before that time In an inter loter Mew jew in m Paris Parts Mr J e ed I President C of at De Do I ember 1887 1557 in which h utI th president I j broke away way a from the t custom of ot nfl all his Ifs I predecessors pre and eq cl elf l self t tone tc I one theme them the U dons tlona in Sa many ma T particulars 1 si BItae at ai atI I t the message 0 Nl hie hi considered so Od iDl ift iii eri ex KC getH C that t they wei we t in inmany Inmany I many man of the ne a pa pen as ag well a as m In alL U of those of the 1 United States d Ia vea d irn ge of I 18 j was far shorter titan aan J of most moat of Hf his predecessors and d or sit all 1 of his successors Cu L I It tt was shorter Orter than his ds hison I ow on own n ii regular to con eon i grec gr before and On this tala talaI i ac 44 count ti however a d because e it made madean e ean an assault on the tb tariff t tr was as ascertain I certain to figure in fn th the e in ill the I following year in WW tie M d W would Jd be he hea bea bea I a candidate it attracted eted wide atten teB teBI i I tion lion No 10 other othe regular to con eon conI 1 t gr s 8 since the civil war days had any thing thin like the number of which Of won on The Th message m sage too R It may be said asid xa was un unfortunate fort ana te for l f author thOI Its It were g ya n shape in the Mills Mill tariff tarin of ef 1 SS k passed the house by a party vote oPe which was held up in the senate end and did more than any any other Influence to de feat t eland nd in ti that th year yr led and ud put pul Harrison in Ja office lame Blame Pim Paris P to brought brout t its author into new n w prominence alt all over the tbt world There nere rah wais l no d 4 felt j either Dem rte or t l cans that he wouW be the candidate in m J The old ticket it c was N e l eD believed ed would be put up by try and the Inva of 1884 1184 be b fought f t tover over again MiCh niCh the th till this time it wa was aa believed la iii favor r of ri ie l arnt Th Then n whoa when the t Itce letter Jetter arrived armed in m which announced u eed on account of or seasons esons to 10 my self that his hiB name would be pre seined to the convention something I like consternation ia cau among I a large element of the Republicans There was not the faintest doubt that Blaine was the of L great gret ma ula of the Republican voters He Ho I made many friends f ende too to among the Democrats Personally hot h was one of t th h most moat attractive personages whom the country has baa seen R His Is withdrawal I from the canvass Republican plans pia and aid gave imme mme diate encouragement to mw other ther as a Thus when the l of 1888 opened there wa was the sort of ot doubt as to th th person who would wouW carry off th the tho pHe Sherman Sh led in the voting but as lie be ie had Md been an aspirant a th thu n for many m r J years and as his hie name had figured la several conten coRven tIon his friend frio kek ed In la his winning powers Those in Convention Following him In to this U i order on the th I 1 I I I o 4 a ot in the tite dt i Gresham Depew Alger Harrison Allison Alli U son oa Blabs B lA lh Husk and oth others r Blames maines withdrawal many Of his friends C d to ay Jp app port him through the entire Ht Af n which six days dave Y other national gathering of oC 01 the Ilon party before bE fore or since Harrison On at last Jagt won wen th lh the iut 1 ther the I were ere Republicans Re in I oIt of the convention who believed b that if that I body had ld gone to Blame Blaine he would be 11 I constrained to acce the AJ M several everal time tim ti vere stampede stamped e the to hire but Wt I these oil all failed made r Elaine secretary of t state It utiS hi understood that Blaine Blame would not be ba on an tin for the nomination in n 3 1 JL 99 MW hili hiI chief and is d as he himself J Had aar let it be known that he lie would not seek the t candidacy again yet ha he h resigned r l d from the Ui t e cabinet just before the con convention c u of that year he lf lt In m Inc c V t the rho hands h of his antT an UK re recie I 4 cie iV ived l l 1 12 j vot ot ux in the conventions ni the theM tb M K of ng to Harrison as a 1 a n compliment E nl t to his presidency ond nd also as aa an indication that the b b I lIcan pasty party wan d v tt to stand d By y him It Tt will ill m be remembered 1 that Prudent Grant v wrote rote in ts to the te chairman of the R Republican ate t con eon convention convention something the third term h attracted great attention at the time Grant Gra said seid in that letter Jetter ha Ita he had not h ot sought a first term tenn or a second t term rm 4 t t he ha would ld not aca ac copt a u t r a d term enn un uit unless I less les eaje e under sue Mid circum circumstances circumstances stances as to Make it an inoperative Imperative dute ei S not lik iy to arise This language tan was held heM hy by 1 Grants Grant ri opponent as ind teg iB lip him not to take a nam n or o a C ay ae to compel him t to constrain OO hh ht friends fria not n to attempt to get such f nomination no t los for him Probably Pro lJ bra did dl BOt dere det I 3 t ti r i 1 ir Jr J is altogether Ie that he hl let tiu thiS fact fad be known know n to Conk bag Lo gai fant r w the thO others who ho were wr pressing him for tor an another another another other nomination When Mn the COMen tion Uon of t ISSO met nevertheless ne every body knew that the th contest would be le between Grant and a Blame Blaine Nobody Republican or Democrat In the th United State States was wan surprised rie when Grant was a seen een to lead le d the tile for many uny ballots despite the non Bell In ilL thai convention not only oily represented that unwritten ten tn jaw but he stood wod for hi his hip own 0 per personal perS S D Ip prestige aa 18 a a leader which was greater grette than that of any other member of his party of ot that kat day dey except Grant alone By a concentration of almost all II of the anti on Oft Gar Got Garfield field the latter laUer who had not been on an n aspirant m tt all but was wan the leader of Shermans Sh forces torce woo was w 8 nominated No NOA Nobody Nobody body doubted do however that if ff Grant had bad received the nomination in 1380 t i i i ii i en after a floh i hard haitI fh b ha have Ie a accepted it and made t ade th tho c Ra Bayes es Disclaims Hayes HaJes let it be b known soon room after he Entered the In m 1 Me would w ula not ot he be a an aspirant for far a l lJ c lion Tilden Hayes HAJes C a P pettier titor tl r In 1876 k also al o disclaimed any e sire tor r another r Q B Re let l letI t I that be known know n to ills his I f t shortly before the convention of Gt J t met This was wag published to tn all the the country at the time Ther rP were Democrats however who to make mak an issue of the crime of or t 1 o oft ao an ft they called the decision derision of or the elec electoral or toral t rai commission which in the die dis disputed counted seated Hayes Ha S These Thea advocates ad of the old oh ticket were pow now erful In the party for a time tI but b t the loss of Ute the election of Mt Hit hn prestige and an the military mill record of Gen did the rest In the tile Wi eel Wing eelIng I II tn Ing ng g fn In the convention of or j I led off of on the first ballot and a d n as nom nominated meted j ted on the second After the Shift Shifting ing lug of bf the ilie different delegations to the winning inning side had taken place Sonic Some e ef of ethe the delegates however voted den deB to the end and aD l it Was ws as said mild td 14 U t the time that the sage of h ex cx toted 1 the nomination and that he was waa angry because e all aU except three fifteen lson of the delegates delegate had taken him hint at his hie lu luI i word and voted for somebody I Shortly Shot tb before the conventions of 1 It was known that Chase then def justice would accept he lUe nomination nominal on In that year if it wore ware ta tout t I dered him lm Chaee had belonged to al I most every evey party arty in succession which I had appeared in lay HeJl Jb been n 1 a Democrat a Liberty party part man a Whig a Free and a Republican in inAs an anAs As a Republican he had been beell elected governor of Ohio and Senator from that au state and as a Republican he mad had beanan boon bean ni nian an an active aspirant for fur the nomination 1 in the tIle convention con of 1860 1869 whIch g gays T j I I Lincoln the candidacy He Tie H ser S serel l ed J W in cabinet and while 1 aspired red to the candidacy of tR t ing that his 11 chief wanted anted v the r 1 i l J talon but bu he lie stepped out of or the thelong ria J long e g before the convention met me and i 1 l front from the cabinet hoon andt j t I ward 1 ard When Vh n on the supreme ben U ts 14 which he was appointed by Lincoln he j 1 I gradually gra diverged from the Republicans cans ans on some of ot the issues connected con e d with the reconstruction policy leaned toward Johnsons side in the impeach impeachment i I ment mont proceedings s and announced him himself self eif a Democrat a f i few w months before the convention of or 18 ISIS 8 met 1 He drew diw up a platform of principles to he subscribed declared that t he lie d did Ld not think be he would be available as a cratic candidate but was vas realy rea y to accept the th nomination If I thirds of the convention offered IL it to him bad had opposed Chases greenback ideas when gated first in 1862 and who was vae against ag the entire policy of ci the administration of those days in which I ho hare had bean beana bMP b ba a part v was as an ardent Chase has man in ti convention in Tammany hall haJJ which put up the Democrat c ticket of 1808 but the sentiment in iii favor of or the chief hief justice if there any such never neer maul f ed itself in the convention Nominee of 1868 The man who who became belme the no nomine of 1 the Democratic con convention Cation of 1868 H Ho i I I 1 L f I ratio tatlo Seymour Sc tu bad b d not been I r I l mentioned d ef of hw hk h oa own I state IK iii the candida y 4 I of that r prevo prevol pre OH t to It the th me nH tb ff of t the convention on H Ht Ftc had ha been ion con conspicuous Toik Youk polities politics p for many 1 years had bad been a member of the tM 1 1 lature was m of or the state tate dm lut g part port tf the war wa aaa Ud idd 1 I Ier fer er the t Invention cOnvention w nominate MCC Dl tOT for president p in IP t a as 81 well 11 u over that t of 1868 n which hi h he hims If received the th e candidacy Candida In the he be 1868 1568 con fon on how however tT by f fat far the mi nast at j I of aspirant at the start was s sH i Ji H li Pendleton n Av Az A j member of nf coh during the i civil n il war h ht hi up p posed the ue of greenbacks a but af ar er fn the war he wanted not onh only the theof t h 1 of ef that period retained but ll 1 the tt t tb Increase of the volume sad and ad the payment ament f all ill the government 4 in them m which had bad not been I specifically in gold Largely Largel b bof buse use of Pf in thi thia more llO gre i propaganda prop da th thu was dubbed d the Ohio idea Pendleton was as d of course by bya a large jarge I element ele nt of the th eastern Demo Democrate crate among whom 1 hom wire were Seymour who wh I I bad been a robust gold old specie e pa payment man luau It during the war var days day Nevertheless less lee Pendleton led for many ballot tM d though he failed faHEd of or the nomination 1 some of his ideas got into inh the platform In I 1 the deadlock between Pendleton and an anh his h principal rivals a movement fo Seymour was wa started he at attempted attempted tempted to tu cheek check b by t that th t t tt 1 i 1 our ur candidate I Jean tan can n TIer nver ver b be yet et I i t White Idle protesting that he lt never could coull ent he II I Uke Hayes of tIlt the lal lair r day daj da Polk Polli J let t H t b bo be k koon V 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