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Mr. Blaine was believed to be very strong in that State. The public, therefore, was not prepared for the announcement that Theodore Roosevelt, an anti-Blaine man, had defeated Senator Warner Miller, the able and popular leader of the Blaine forces in that State, as delegate to the National Convention from the State at large.
It turned out that there were some Blaine men, especially from the South, that voted for Lynch. The result, therefore, was not, as it was hoped it would be, an accurate test of the strength of the Blaine and anti-Blaine forces in the Convention. Since my election had not been anticipated, at least, by me, my speech of acceptance was necessarily brief.
Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, for temporary chairman of the Convention. The anti-Blaine men, under the leadership of Messrs. Roosevelt, Lodge, Hoar, Hanna, Geo. William Curtis and others, decided to select another Southern man to run against Clayton.
Blaine was the candidate of the Republicans for the Presidency, a sufficient number of anti-Blaine men in New York, in a spirit of retaliation, no doubt, pursued the same course and thus allowed the State again to go Democratic by default. The loss which Mr. Blaine sustained in the latter case, therefore, was much greater than that gained by him in the former.
The Blaine men were discouraged and the anti-Blaine men were jubilant. It was claimed by the latter, and apprehended by the former, that it was indicative of Mr. Blaine's defeat for the nomination. It certainly looked that way, but the result of the election for the temporary chairmanship proved to be misleading. Mr.
Sherman. He had borne the stress of the whole anti-slavery combat, and splendidly; he had rendered great services to the nation as a statesman and financier, and was in every respect capable and worthy. Unfortunately there were too many old enmities against him, and it was clear that the anti-Blaine vote could not be concentrated on him. My college classmate, Mr.
He frankly stated that, since he was a Blaine man, he would be obliged to vote against me, but he told me that this was an opportunity that comes to a man but once in a lifetime. "If you decline," he said, "the anti-Blaine men will probably put up someone else who would, no doubt, receive the same vote that you would receive.
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