. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . has never been in print, and proba-bly Colonel Dick Oglesby, of Illinois, does not know tothis day how near he came to being President of the UnitedStates. Upon the nomination of Garfield, the Conventiontook a recess, because it was instinctively understood that timewas necessary for consultation, and to fill out the ticket. Thefriends of General Garfield were frightened at what they haddone, even in the flush of success, and were ready to make anyconcession to the frien
. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . has never been in print, and proba-bly Colonel Dick Oglesby, of Illinois, does not know tothis day how near he came to being President of the UnitedStates. Upon the nomination of Garfield, the Conventiontook a recess, because it was instinctively understood that timewas necessary for consultation, and to fill out the ticket. Thefriends of General Garfield were frightened at what they haddone, even in the flush of success, and were ready to make anyconcession to the friends of General Grant in the matter of acandidate for the Vice-Presidency. They laid at the feet ofthe solid cohorts who had stood by him for thirty-six ballots thechoice of a man who would secure their support for the ticket asa whole. Humiliated at failure, and stung to the quick at whatthey deemed an unjustifiable rejection of their candidate, theNew York Senator and other leaders of the Stalwart wing,except Logan, declined to give any expression of encourage-ment in return for the overtures made by Garfields LOGAN IN THE! SENATE. 649 They seemed disposed in that hour of bitter reverse to leavethe responsibility of the election of the candidate entirely tothe men who had made the nomination. General Loganinstantly took the opposite ground. He declared that Garfieldhad been nominated by the highest council of the party, andthat it was their duty to unite cordially and contribute byevery means in their power to his success. Upon the refusalof the leader of the New York delegation to present the nameof Levi P. Morton, or any other New Yorker, he declared, inunmistakable terms, that while he, as well as other politicians,considered it best under the circumstances to give the EmpireState the second place on the ticket, in deference to the wishesof the Ohio men who spoke for Garfield, still, if Mr. Conkling,or some other prominent delegate from New York, wouldnot present a
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