Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1886 — Disappointment of Mr. Seward. [ARTICLE]

Disappointment of Mr. Seward.

Mr. Seward vr.m popular among his neighbors. On tne day when the Chicago Convention was to ballot for a Presidential candidate Cayuga County poured itself into Auburn. The streets were full, and Mr. Seward’s house and grounds overflowed with his admirers. Flags were ready to be raised, and a loaded cannon was placed at the gate, whose pillars bore up two guardian lions. Arrangements had been perfected for the receipt of intelligence with unwonted speed from the scene where the battle was proceeding. At Mr. Seward’s right hand, just within the porch, atoo'd his trusty henchman, Christopher 1 Morgan. The rider of a galloping steed dashed through the crowd with a telegram and handed it to Gov. Seward. He road it and passed it to Morgan: For Seward, 1731; for Lincoln, 103, and for other aspirants, 1894. Morgan repeated it to the multitude, who cheered vehemently. Then came the tidings of the second ballot : For Seward, 1844; for Lincoln, lt<l, and for others, 99|. “I shall be nominated on the next ballot,” said Seward, and the throng in the house applauded and those on the lawn echoed the cheers. The next messenger from the telegraph office lashed his horse into a run. The telegram read: “Lincoln nominated. T. W.” turned pale as ashes. The sad tidings crept through the vast concourse. The flags were furled, the cannon was rolled away, and Cayuga County went home with a clouded brow. —Buffalo Express.