. Ohio archæological and historical quarterly. d apprehen-sion of various prominent members of the party. Both Sherman andHayes criticised his stand relative to civil service. Carl Schurz did nothesitate to warn against the consequences of compromise: No skill innice balancing will save you from the necessity of choosing between tworoads, one running in the reactionary tendencies and machine politics, andthe other in the direction of intelligent, progressive and reformatory poli-tics. Following the latter you will -be supported by the best intelligenceand moral sense not only of the party but
. Ohio archæological and historical quarterly. d apprehen-sion of various prominent members of the party. Both Sherman andHayes criticised his stand relative to civil service. Carl Schurz did nothesitate to warn against the consequences of compromise: No skill innice balancing will save you from the necessity of choosing between tworoads, one running in the reactionary tendencies and machine politics, andthe other in the direction of intelligent, progressive and reformatory poli-tics. Following the latter you will -be supported by the best intelligenceand moral sense not only of the party but of the country. Following theformer, you will have the political machinists around you and will betheir slave. Schurz, Speeches, Correspondence, etc., IV, pp. 1-5. ForPiatts account of his bargain with Garfield, see Piatts Autobiography,chapter VI. Ohio in National Politics, 1863-1896 351 istration and a shock to western interests as well.^ Sher-mans continuance would have been a final blow atConklings demands. The solution was to award Sher-. JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD Lieutenant Colonel in the Union Army, August ?21-Xovember 27, 1861;Colonel, November 27, 1861-January 11, 1862; Brigadier General, January11, lS(i2-September Ifl, 1863; Major General, September 19-December 5,1863; Representative in Congress, March 4, 1863-Kovember 8, 1880; electedUnited States Senator, but did not take his seat as he was elected Presidentof the United States before his term in the Senate bejan; fatally woundedby an assassin, July 2, 1881, died September 19, 1881. man the Presidents vacated seat in the Senate and ap- ^ Morton was unqualified because of his business interests. Windomsanti-monopoly record supplemented Garfields sound money record. 352 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications point Foster to a Cabinet position. The latter part ofthe program became deranged through the war withConkling, and Foster was compeUed to surrender andseek re-election to the governorship/ Even with this arrangeme
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