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McCORMICK MESSEffftER, McCORMICK, S. C-. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940 , Uncle PhilCX » Cause to Rejoice We doubt if those with “Ph. D.” . after their names are as happy as we are when we see “Pd.” before the names of our creditors. Time heals all wounds. But our time on earth is limited. That’s t the trouble. With every maybe, there is a . maybe not. it is Vulgar There is always a coarseness about sin, no matter how well con cealed. That alone is an indict ment. A “Sunny Jim” who is sunny . only from policy isn’t very satis factory. Happy State A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world. He that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.—John Locke. ^ Esso REPORTER NEWS a.M. Noon P.M. P.M. WCSC D 7:55 12:00 6:25 11KX). 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Its colui filled with important m which you should read re Eighty Years Ago Chicago’s Wigwam Was the Scene of an Historic Event: Lincoln’s Nomination for Presidency By ELMO SCOTT WA'TSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) /f R * CHAIRMAN > 1 \/| wish- to announce -*■ V *1- that the Ohio dele gation transfers four votes from Mr. Chase to Abraham Lincoln.” Eighty years ago these few words touched off a thunder ous round of applause and sent word speeding across the nation that Abraham Lin coln was the Republican choice to run for President of the United States. The scene was th§ Republi can Wigwam in Chicago, where delegates had gath ered from 24 states to choose their candidates for Presi dent and vice president. Now, 80 years later, on May 18, Republicans of Chicago are holding a commemorative ceremony in the building which stands on the site of the Wigwam, to mark this momentous occasion four decades ago. The Chicago of 80 years ago was a metropolis of 109,260 per sons, according to the census tak en in June of 1860. The city was outranked by seven others in size —New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans and Cincinnati. It was very much of a frontier town and its reputation was such that one of the leading candidates for the Republican nomination, William Henry Seward of New York, came to the city with a “body guard of plug-uglies,” to defend himself from the uncouth natives. Seward and his delegation ar rived with extreme confidence. They could hardly believe that a man from Illinois would stand much chance of being nominated for the presidency, despite the record of honesty, integrity and sincerity which Abraham Lincoln had built. But he was a “back woodsman” and uncouth, so the Seward crowd was not much wor ried. Following two days of conven tion routine, the delegates got down to the job of selecting can didates. The Seward men were out parading and whooping it up on the streets for their candidate. When they reached the Wigwam they found the place jammed with friends of Lincoln and barely managed to get in. Seward’s Men Confident. There was little abatement of the Sdward confidence when the roll was called for the first bal lot. The vote showed that out of the 466 votes cast, Seward had 173%, Lincoln 102, and the rest were scattered among a dozen favorite sons. It took 234 votes to nominate, and the Seward sup porters were confident that after the routine of voting for favorite sons was out of the way, the swing would be to their man. The second ballot was taken and the count showed a shift to Lincoln rather than to the East erner. Seward had 184% and Lin coln 181. The Lincoln delegates worked strenuously before the third ballot, and the Chicago Press and Tribune of that date reports that intense excitement prevailed. The tally started and when the twenty-fourth state had voted, the t count showed Seward 180, Lin coln 231%. Ohio had been divid ing its vote between Chase, Mc Lean and Abraham Lincoln. A few minutes after the vote on the third ballot was announced, the leader of the Ohio delegation, a Mr. Carter, arose to announce the switch of four votes from Chase to Lincoln. Ohio had cast 29 votes for Lincoln, 15 for Chase and 2 for McLean on the third ballot. This gave Lincoln the required majority and touched off a tre mendous salvo of applause. State after state fell in line and finally the leader of the New York dele gation, which had been solidly be hind Seward, moved to make the vote unanimous. Lincoln followers had placed a cannon on top of the Wigwam and let go a blast which shook the structure and notified all of Chi cago that Illinois was furnishing the Republican nominee. The newspaper accounts of the day report a celebration running far into the night. Hannibal Hamlin of Paris, Maine, was Lincoln’s running mate, as the vice presidential candidate. Lincoln had been building his national following for some time. The famous Lincoln-Douglas de bates of 1859 had of course at tracted widespread attention, and in early 1860 he had been speak ing in many states on the ques tion of slavery. The Chicago Press and Tribune on February 16, 1860, declared that Abraham Lincoln was the peer of anyone named in connec tion with the nominations. A week later the paper suggested organization of Lincoln clubs to build his candidacy. Editorially in the period from early February until April com ment was made, from time to time that Beward admittedly was the leading candidate, but the Press and Tribune urged that Lincoln was the better vote- getter. When the Illinois Republican conventipn was held on May 9 in Decatur, Lincoln was chosen as this body’s choice for President. The Democrats Split. Great attention centered on the Democratic convention, held in Charleston, S. C., beginning April 30. Douglas was the most promi nently named candidate as the Democratic nominee, but bitter opposition to his selection was heard on all sides. The Demo cratic convention battled through three days and finally split into two sections. No candidate could be named. The rump section ad journed to meet in New York on June 18. The Press and Tribune repeat edly cited election trends in many states and cities in the spring of 1860 as a trend toward Republi canism. In Chicago, the city elec- Tablet on Goodrich building in Chicago which stands on the site of the wigwam. tions had given the Republican candidate a clear victory over his Democratic opponent. The meeting of 1860 was the first of 16 political conventions held in Chicago to date. The Re publicans have come to Chicago 11 times and the Democrats five times, to select their candidates for President and vice president and to approve platforms. The Democrats return again this year, meeting in July at the Chicago Stadium. Located 15 blocks west and 3 blocks south of the Wigwam site, the Stadium is a sharp contrast to the structure set up 80 years ago to hold the Republican meeting. Largest Convention Hall. In its day, however, the Wig wam was a cause for national comment. It was the largest con vention hall in America at that time and was a testimony to Chi cago’s energy and ambition to show the nation that the city was something more than just anoth er frontier town located out the other side of nowhere. When it was decided that the Republicans would come to Chi cago to hold their convention, cit izens immediately started work raising funds with which to build the convention hall. On March 13, during the fund-raising cam paign, the Chicago Press and Tribune suggested that Republi cans who won money in the re cent city elections contribute their winnings to the building fund, “thus using pro-slave dol lars for the purpose.” The site chosen already had a historic background. Located at the fork of the Chicago river, which in those days flowed into Lake Michigan ipstead of out of it, in earlier times the place was known as Wolf Point. Here had stood the Sauganash inn, the first hotel in Chicago and one of the first two frame build ings ever erected in the city. There is a dispute in the records on this latter point. Some claim the Sauganash inn was the first frame building, but others insist it was the second. In any event, the Sauganash inn was famous far and wide. It had been built by Mark Beau- bien when he came from Detroit in 1826. Beaubien is a name which occurs repeatedly in early Chicago history and still is fre quently seen in the news columns of Chicago papers. Chicago’s First Election. Here on August 10, 1833, came the entire list of qualified voters (all 24 of them) to select the town trustees for the City of Chi cago, the first election held in the city’s history. Here likewise was the first drama in the West pro duced, in late October of 1837. Beaubien solfl the building in 1834. It burned to the ground on March 3, 1851. It had been aban doned as a hostelry in the late forties, apparently, and was oc cupied by only one man at the time of the fire. The property in 1851 was owned by the Garrett estate, which later founded the Garrett Bible institute and pro vided the foundation for estab lishment in later years of North western university. The townspeople who were working on the Republican con- , vention obtained the site from the Garrett estate and started con struction of the great Wigwam in April, 1860. The structure was 100 by 180 feet, with its main en trance on the street known now as Wacker drive. A gallery was built on three sides, a stage constructed across one end. The stage would seat between 600 and 700 persons and the hall itself was constructed to seat between 10,000 and 11,000 persons. The Wigwam was lighted by gas. Its interior was left in a rough, unfinished state, to be dec orated “by the light, graceful and entirely successful handiwork of Republican ladies,” to quote the Press-Tribune of the day. The la dies banked the walls with fresh ly cut evergreens. Seals of the states were hung around the walls, and busts of prominent men of early American history were placed on the supporting pil lars. Over the stage was sus pended a huge gilt eagle. , The structure cost between $6,000 and $7,000. There was a deficit to clear, so on the night of the dedication, Saturday, May 12, an admission charge of 25 cents was assessed. Between 7,000 and 8,000 persons came to the dedication, which seems to have taken care of the deficit since no further comment is found on the subject. The Wigwam building was used for various meetings during the next few years, and was de stroyed in the great fire of 1871. Interesting Coincidence. An interesting coincidence is noted in connection with the building now standing on the cor ner where the Wigwam was built. The building today is occupied by district headquarters of three di visions of the B. F. Goodrich company, which this year is marking its seventieth anniversa ry. In the celebration on the Wig wam site, both the Republican and Goodrich representatives are re-enacting history-making events in which both played significant roles. Heading the delegation from Minnesota to the Republi can convention of 1860 was Judge Aaron Goodrich, described as the first territorial officer ever to set foot on the soil of Minnesota. The national committeeman from Massachusetts at the same convention was John Z. Goodrich. Aaron Goodrich, John Z. Good rich and Dr. B. F. Goodrich were distant cousins, all descendants of William Goodrich who came to America about 1648. Another cousin. Grant Goodrich, an attor ney, was prominent in Chicago early history, active in munici pal affairs and it is said he at one time offered Abraham Lin coln a partnership in his Chicago law firm. Speaking of Sports Fistiana Loses Most Colorful Of Promoters By ROBERT McSHANE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) 'T'HE most strident voice of box- ing was stilled recently just as it was warming up to one of its greatest efforts in behalf of the Tony Galento-Max Baer fight. The voice belonged to Joe Jacobs, fight impresario who talked Max Schmeling into the world’s heavy weight championship and himself into a colorful, important position in the boxing game. The extremely voluble little man ager, a well-known figure among Broadway sporting circles, died at the age of 44, victim of a heart at tack. Jacobs inaugurated his ring ca reer at a tender age. The son of a tailor, he came from tough Hell’s Kitchen on New York’s West Side. He wanted to be a fighter, but soon learned the futility of absorbing pun ishment when one might just as well get paid for shouting advice. In fact, it was said he actually had fighters on his pay roll before he got out of high school. ‘Yussel the Muscle’ Known as “Yussel the Muscle,” Jacobs collected first by himself, then served as Tex Rickard’s right- hand man. During the years, he turned up as guardian of such fight ers as Andre Routis, featherweight champion; Frankie Genaro, fly weight champion; Johnny Dundee, featherweight king; Mike McTigue, light heavyweight titleholder, and a host of others. Though his fighters brought him both cash and glory, Jacobs’ chief claim to fame was his unequalled ability to think fast and play all the angles. In a racket full of conniv ing geniuses, Jacobs more than held his own. He was a sharper among sharpers. The most fantastic single phase of his career was in shouting Schmel ing into the heavyweight champion- TONY GALENTO and JOE JACOBS ship. In June, 1930, Jacobs reached the zenith of his career. Schmeling and Jack Sharkey were meeting to decide the championship vacated by Gene Tunney. First “Yussel the Muscle” set up a pre- fight cry about the nine times Shark ey had won by fouls or had claimed fouls. The Schmeling ‘Victory’ In the first three rounds of the fight Sharkey seemed to have the situation well in hand. But in the fourth round Sharkey cut loose with one blow, quickly followed by an uppercut. The German went down, holding his groin. Referee Jim Crowley was getting ready to count when Jacobs, with the inevitable cigar in his mouth, crawled through the ropes and screamed: “Stay down! Foul! You wuz fouled!” Schmeling obeyed his master's voice, and thus became the first heavyweight to win the title while resting on his back. Perhaps his most masterful job was done with Tony Galento, the Orange, N. J., saloonkeeper. Jacobs prodded Galento, a roly-poly, catch- as-catch-can brawler, into the status of a national rowdy and heavyweight threat. Galento was one of Jacobs’ favo rites. The boisterous, swaggering barkeep was a natural for “Yussel the Muscle’s” ballyhoo talents. Tony was considered a washed-up fourth rater, but under Jacobs’ guiding hand he fought his way into a title bout with Joe Louis. Galento lost the fight but startled the boxing world with his showing. Because of his manager’s death, the blubbery Galento insisted on postponing his fight with Baer from May 28 to July 2. Without his man ager he was lost. ‘We Wuz Robbed!’ Two years after Schmeling won the championship, he was matched again with Sharkey. When Sharkey was awarded a 15-round decision in the return bout, Jacobs achieved some sort of immortality by clam bering into the ring and bellowing “We wuz robbed!” The statement became a definite part of fistiana’s phraseology. 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