ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. I TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1902 - 1905
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT - United States (Cont'd)
the nomination, we pledge the whole Whig strength of the Reserve to
his support, but unti 1 that nomination is made, the Whigs of the Reserve
rally under no other banner than their Country, and their country's
champion, Henry Clay." (6)
1902 - H&G Oct. 27; ed:2/3 - The Louisville GAZETTE says: "We have
now no doubt that Henry Clay will be dropped, and Harrison put forward
alone in the field. It is all that will save the country, and the
friends of Mr. Clay know it, and will abandon him immediately unless
he himself declines a nomination."
(H&G) "The editor must be a philosopher. We hope he will make no
charge to Mr. Clay for his advice." (2)
1903 - H&G Oct. 30; ed: 2/1 - The cause of the Whig defeat was the fact
that the friends of Mr. Harrison did not press his advantages and claims
to the right of being named as a Whig candidate for the presidency but
left the choice of a candidate entirely up to the wisdom of the National
Whig Convention. The presses were favorable to Mr. Clay and he was
nominated. The presses fought for Whig principles and the triumph of
those principles through the elective franchise.
"Where is the justice then of attributing defeat in Ohio to the unpopularity
of Mr. Clay? - Those who make the assertion should at least
pause and reflect that nothing is to be gained by such a charge, much
may be lost. Hope still remains, and the vanquished may rise if united,
Divided never." (16)
1904 - H&G Nov. 1; ed:2/3 - The Ohio State Convention recommended William
Henry Harrison for President, as the preference of the Whigs of this
State, but at the same time went on record to support any other candidate
named by the Convention.
The Young Men's Convention at Mt. Vernon also agreed to the same proposi
tion. The Columbus JOURNAL and REGISTER, a newspaper which claims
to be the organ of the Whig party in Ohio, now recommends the speedy and
absolute nomination of Gen. Harrison.
"Has the JOURNAL & REGISTER thoroughly considered the cOZlsequences
of its course?" (14)
1905 - H&G Nov. 2:2/4,5 - In a letter to the Free, Liberal, Intelligent,
Unbribed and Unbought, Democratic Whig Eledors of the Western Reserve,
"Paoli" says: The election is over in Ohio, leaving no cause for despondency
as to our real strength, but much occasion for regret and apprehension
for the purity of our elections, and the consequent stability of
our institutions, I shall briefly refer to dangerous and disorganizing
schisms in our own party, which ever have been, and which there is much
reason to fear, will continue to be fruitful of our ruin.
It would seem that after three conventions have voted down the proposition
to make Gen. Harrison the Whig candidate in 1840, the central presses
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