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ftalaxy of randldatra waa the "Little York were counted for Cleveland. a.nd
Olant" Stephen A. Douglas. After re- " thla were o. and these ballots bad
celvln? his trounclns from Lincoln he been rroperly counted. Blaine would
took it like a man attending his rival's 1 unquestionably been elected.
Inauguration, and holding the latter' After his defeat for the election in
big stovepipe hat while he waa making 18S4 he wrote the second chapter of
his inaugural address. Then Douglas
went home and died, praying that the
Union would be preserved.
After his defeat by Lincoln, McCIel-
lan found himself out of a job. for un
his biography and continued to be ac
tive in Maine politics. After Harri
son's election he became Secretary of
State, but. failing to agree with the
man whom he felt that he had made.
like General Scott, he had resigned hla he resisted from his council hoard.
Armv commission unon accenting the Cleveland, after his defeat by Harri-
nomlnation. Declining the presidency "on- retained "lis party leadership, and
of both the University of California
and Union College, he became chief
dock engineer of New York City. Then
ha served a term as Governor of New
Jersey. Declining renomlnation he
traveled abroad and published his observations.
Following his defeat by Grant. Sey-
fter using his Influence to defeat the
free silver bill, threw his hat attain
into the ring, trouncing the nmn who
had trounced him four years before.
Harrison, now turned out of the White
House, took unto himself a youiiK wife
and made more money t.ian he had
made during all the former years of
As counsel be-
mour retired to hla home near Utlca. hl ,lfa Put together.
declined both the Governorship and ,ora the Anglo-Venezuelan Boundary
Senatorship. and fell dead from sun- Commission he received a fee that
stroke amounted to a handsome fortune ana
for a series or magazine articles a
BT JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
AMONG our defeated Presidential
candidates have been all grades
of good and bad losers.
Some have never recovered from the
disappointment. One died heart-broken
within the month, of his rival's election.
Others, after the last count, have
bobbed op in the ring with a renewed
"pep" that has assured victory in the certain electors, hoping to dictate their heading a third party which defeated
next bout. A few who never could hce and then refused to extend to Cass, the regular Democratic nominee,
come' hack, defeat seems to have made hl" rival the hitherto invariable ana thus elected Zachary Taylor,
rather than marred. courtesy of attending his Inaugural Henry Clav waa even more of a
in tne earliest days, elections were Party the Capitol. chronic candidate than Mr Rrvn Tn
too much cut and dried to cause any But Qulncy proved to be a good
surprise. There was a list of our sport after his temper had cooled. He
country's fathers to be honored before threw tradition to the wind and got
they died, and few begrudged them the himself elected to the House of Rep
honor. The only storm that disturbed resentatives, where, after serving 17
the tranquility of these earliest days years, he died as every real man hopes
resulted from the tie between Jeffer- to ln harness.
son and Burr, in 1800. Each got 73 Grandpa Harrison was a good loser,
votes and the choice devolved upon the Although he had a foot ln the grave.
House, which chose Jefferson. Burr he kept pounding away, hammer and
proved to be a good loser. Defeat left tongs, until he finally took the bolt
him lesa embittered than victory left from Van -Buren. And "Little Van"
Jefferson, for the latter was ever aft- himself was made of the same kind of
erward imbued with a bitter Jealousy stuff. After his first defeat by old
of the man who had been his equal be- Tippecanoe he slammed his hat back
fore the electoral college. into the1 ring and worked for the next
The cup of defeat became bitter again nomination. Defeated now by the two-
when Quincy Adams, losing to Andy thirds rule, he waited four years more
'Jackson, wrote hlundering letters to and nulled off a Bull Moose coup
1832, while ln the Senate, he got the
nomination but was defeated by "Old
Hickory." Again In 1839 he tried to be
come his party's candidate again, but,
although he had a decided plurality ln
the convention, he had to see his
strength dwindle away to Harrison af
ter a two days' battle. His friends
were harder losers than he. He re
mained in the Senate as leader of his
a Jot daunted by this series of defeats,
the Great Commoner returned to the
Senate 43 years after he first entered
it and was serving ln that body at the
time of his death, four years later.
Cass, after having been whipped by
Taylor, returned forthwith to the Sen
ate, from which he had resigned to ac
cept the nomination. Four years later
he tried to carry his party's convention
a second time, but was unsuccessful.
He remained ln tHe Senate until he be
came Buchanan's Secretary of State
from which office he resigned when
Buchanan refused to back up Anderson
party. Then, like our modern queens at Fort Sumter.
of the drama, he commenced a series of
"last appearances." Two years after
retiring from the Senate into private
.life he got the coveted Whig nomina
tion,, but was defeated by Polk. Four
years later he was a prominent candi
date before the convention, but Zachary
Taylor carried off the nomination. Not
Not having taken the usual chance
by resigning his public office when
accepting the presidential nomination,
Major-General Wlnfield Scott, U. 8.
Array, did not feel so bad after his de
feat by Pierce. He still had his mili
tary rank, pay and allowances and af
ter reaching retirement age, nine years
to?A7 (piss's? zy4ccirr7
Vis c?r corcrs-csGS-sYsss&rvie
the hands of Buchanan, became a
Major-General ln the Civil War. but
got into a aeries of squabbles which
led to his resignation. In 1864 he was
again nominated for the presidency by
a convention of Republicans dissatis
fied with President Lincoln, but four
months later, when asked by a com
mittee of Republicans to withdraw for
the success of the party he complied.
Later he became a promoter of a rail
way from Norfolk to San Francisco, but
became Involved In complications by
agents, who while attempting to ne
gotiate a loan in France made the
false declaration that the bonds were
guaranteed by the United States. The
French government, holding him re
sponsible, summoned him for trial and
when he failed to appear in person sen
tenced Mm to a fine and imprison
later, he toured Europe.
Fremont, after suffering defeat at
went, for default. Later he became
territorial governor of Arizona.
The very best loser in the whole
The saddest sequel that ever blighted
a Presidential campaign left Horace
Greeley In the public memory as a
pathetic figure. While he was away
campaigning against Grant his wife
took to her death bed. and after hla
return he spent weeks In devoted at
tendance at her side. Then came her
death, and about a week later his de
feat after a bitter campaign ln which
his old associates had branded him as
a turn-coat and traitor. Gzist and dis
appointment brought on an attack of
pernicious insomnia, resulting in in
flammation of the brain, from which
he died during November, the month of
his rival's election.
Four years later came the closest
election of history, followed by a de
feat which, while. not embittering the
unsuccessful candidate to the degree
that Greeley was embittered, neverthe
less enraged the defeated party far
more than any other American elec
tion. Tllden. although backed by a
plurality of 251.000 in the popular vote,
received only 184 electoral votes to
Hayes' 186, and after a bitter wrangle
the electoral commission finally award
ed the palm to the Republican. Taking
his defeat like a man Tllden until the
end of his life retained first rank in
the leadership of his party, but declined
to become a candidate In the following
battles. Having a fortune of $5,000,000,
retirement did not entail any hardships.
During the closing years of his life he
arranged for philanthropies which his
next of kin contested after his death.
He died an. old bachelor.
General Hancock, who, like the hero
he waa named for General Winfred
Scott retained his Army rank through
out his campaign and thus continued
to enjoy It after his defeat by Gar
field. Second only to Clay In the persist
ency of his candidacy was James G.
Blaine. For nearly 20 years his name
was in everybody's mouth whenever a
National convention assembled.
A recent writer on the subject has
said that Blaine would have been nomi
nated ln 1876 had not the gas been
turned off ln the convention hall. On
the first ballot at that convention he
received 285 votes out of a total of 751.
On the seventh ballot his vote rose to
151, lacking only 28 of a majority, but
at this supreme moment the gas in the
convention ball waa turned off.
In the convention of 1880 he was
again prominent and powerful as a
candidate for nomination and on the
first ballot received 284 votes.
There la still an unsatisfied doubt In
many minds as to whether the "Plumed
Knight" was not actually counted out
in 1884. and there can be no two opin
ions as to the certainty of his nomi
nation ln 1888 but for his own declina
tion In favor of Harrison.
The election ln 1884 turned upon the
vote of the state of New York. and.
as will be readily recalled, the state
was lost to tje Republican party by
the narrow margin of 1047 votes. Thta
was the nearest Mr. Blaine ever came
to the coveted prise.
The causes which contributed to his
defeat have never been arranged In
the order of their Importance, but prob
ably the most efficient of them was
tne famous Fifth Avenue Hotel speech
of the Rev. Dr. Eamuel D. Burchard.
In which he made use of the blasting
alliteration: "Rum, Romanism and Re
bellion," which characterisation of the
Democrats waa permitted to go unre
buked by Mr. Blaine.
On the other hand, .In t.i memoirs
of General Benjamin F. Butler, it Is
positively asserted that thousands of
votes cast for him in the state of Kav
Philadelphia woman's Journal paid him
$1000 a page. He was also paid hand
somely for a course of lectures at Ice
land Stanford. Jr University.
Defeat never made much of a dent
In the epidermis of Alton B. Parker.
Although his campaign cost him his
exalted place on the bench, the pub
licity that he gained through his can
didacy vastly boosted his law practice.
Retaining his Influence with his party's
leaders, he became permanent ciiairman
of the convention that nominated
Woodrow Wilson four years aeo.
It is believed that after each of his
three defeats Mr. Bryan was a richer
man than before. The publicity of his
first campaign aided the sale of his
books and enabled htm to command
high prices on the lecture platform.
After his second defeat he established
his magazine, a paying entrprise. and
was paid a high figure by a syndicate
for which he toured the world as a
newspaper correspondent. After his
third defeat he further enriched him
self through agricultural enterprises
and retained sufficient power within
his party to dictate the nomination of
Its next candidate. His subsequent ca
reer has been a parallel to that of
Blaine. After heading the Cabinet of
his successor as the party's head, he
failed to agree with the latter's poli
cies and retired from public life.
Since his defeat Mr. Taft has settled
down on a modest $5000 a year as Kent
professor at Yale, has been honored
with the presidency of the American
Bar Association and haa written a book
on popular government.
If Mr. Roosevelt can be classed as
a defeated candidate, his defeat has
deprived him of little ofhis old-time
punch. Since his retirement from the
Presidency four years ago he ?aa
served two years as "contributing edi
tor" of a New York magazine, has suc
cessfully prosecuted one man for libel
and has successfully defended a libel
suit against himself, has explored the
wilds of Brasil and the "Reo Teodoro."
has lectured In Spain and has been the
author of eight published volumes.
Power of the Film.
One of the smaller films shown ln
the city last week pointed a valuable
moral lesson. It pictured the story of
two country lovers, whose peace was
for a moment Invaded by a stranger
with soft hands. The latter shook
hands with the girl and went away to
trouble them In person no mora. But
the girl had noticed the difference be
tween his hands and those of her coun
try lover. She told her lover that his
his hands were rough and "bumpy"
and she could not bear to have him
touch her. So he resolved to leave
the farm and go to the city, where re
could earn a fortune in ways that
would not destroy the beauty of his
hands. He set out bravely, but he
failed and was almost led Into crime
before he plucked up courage enough
to return to the farm. The girl, as well
as his mother, was waiting for him and
all turned out well, but it was a nar
row escape.
The lessons are two: That labor to
honorable snd the marks of toil are rra
cause for shame and that a woman's
whim may powerfully influence her
lover's career bring it to the vry
verge of destruction. They are good
lessons. No one can view such a film
and estimate its effect without being
grateful for the moving picture aad
Insistent that Its great power shall not
be misused. Columbus Evening Dispatch.