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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.)
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\/| 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. Then, too, there was
his classic remark which he is sup
posed to have made when attending
a ball game on a chilly day: “We
should have stood in bed.”
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