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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1940
If Wendell Willkie Wins in November
He'll Be Sixth Political 'Dark Horse'
To Be 'Stabled' in the White House
By ELMO SCOTT WATSOL
^Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
I F, AS the Republican party
hopes and believes, Wen
dell Willkie is the winner
in the Presidential race next
November, he will become
the sixth “dark horse” to be
“stabled” in the White House.
For only five times in our na
tion’s history of 151 years
have the people elected to the
highest office in the land a
man who was either unknown
before his nomination or was
not seriously considered as a
potential candidate.
James Knox Polk was the first
of the “dark horse” breed of can
didates. He was a Tennessee coun
try lawyer who went to congress
for seven terms and became a
strong partisan of “Old Hickory”
Jackson. Due mainly to Jack
son’s influence, he became
speaker of the house of represen
tatives and later governor of
Tennessee. He was defeated for
re-election to that office and his
political career seemed ended.
As the time for Democratic con
vention of 1844 approached, the
strongest contender for the nomi
nation was Martin Van Buren who
had served one term as President
but had lost to the Whig candi
date, Gen. William Henry Harri
son, in 1840. Van Buren had the
backing of General Jackson but
the Southern Democracy was sus-
JAMES K. POLK
picious of him and his attitude
toward slavery.
During the first seven ballots
at the convention in Baltimore
Van Buren had a majority of the
delegates’ votes. But, due to the
strength of Lewis Cass of Michi
gan, he could not get the two-
thirds vote required by party
rules. After the seventh ballot
the southern delegates secured a
recess and held a caucus. They
decided to rally behind the de
feated Tennessee governor who
was “right” on the slavery ques
tion and who enjoyed the friend
ship of Jackson.
Beyond Polk’s Hopes.
Polk had no hope of being the
Presidential nominee but he had
made it known that he would ac
cept the vice presidency. On the
eighth ballot the southerners
sprang their surprise candidate
and the New York delegates
withdrew Van Buren’s name. On
the next roll call they swung to
Polk, other states followed and
when the ninth ballot ended the
JAMES A. GARFIELD
first “dark horse” in convention
history, a man who hadn’t been
mentioned for the honor 24 hours
previously, had been unanimously
nominated.
Of course, the Whigs were, de
lighted to have a “no-body” as
an opponent for their candidate,
Henry Clay. But their jubila
tion was premature. For Clay,
the Kentuckian, angered the
South by pussyfooting on the
question of annexing Texas,
thereby adding slave territory,
and the new Liberty party of
Abolitionists, headed by James
G. Birney, diverted enough votes
from Clay to give Polk an easy
victory.
Eight years later the Demo
crats again nominated and elect-
R. B. HAYES
ed a “dark horse” candidate,
Franklin Pierce, our only Presi
dent from New Hampshire. Edu
cated at Bowdoin college, he was
a successful young lawyer when
he was elected to congress at the
age of 29 and to the senate when
he was only 33. But because
Mrs. Pierce was a shy woman
who hated public life, Pierce re
signed from the senate and went
back to his law practice in Con
cord. At the outbreak of the War
with Mexico he entered the serv
ice, came out as a brigadier-
general and announced that he
was through with public life for
ever.
But the political situation dur
ing the next five years changed
all that. When the Democratic
convention opened in Baltimore
on June 1, 1852, the leading can
didates were Lewis Cass of Mich
igan, James Buchanan of Penn
sylvania and Stephen A. Douglas
of Illinois. For 28 ballots none
of these men was able to secure
the necessary two-thirds major
ity. Then the convention decid
ed it had better turn to a new
candidate who had taken no part
in the slavery dispute and had
therefore incurred no bitter en
mities, in other words, a “no
body.”
Some of the Maine delegates
suggested the ex-senator from
their neighboring state. So
Franklin Pierce was trotted out
as a “dark horse,” received 15
votes on the 29th ballot and
gained steadily until the 48th,
when he received 55. By that
time it was apparent that the
band wagon was on its way and
the delegates hastily climbed on.
On the 49th ballot Pierce received
282 of the 288 votes.
The Whigs nominated Gen.
Winfield Scott, hoping that “Old
Fuss and Feathers” could repeat
the victory of that other hero of
the Mexican war, “Old Rough
and Ready” Taylor. But the
Democrats’ young Mexican war
general swept the election field
with 254 electoral votes to Scott’s
42.
Pierce tried for renomination
in 1856 but was defeated and van
ished from the political scene.
First Republican ‘Dark Horse.’
Thus far the Democratic party
had been the one which supplied
“dark horse” candidates. But
beginning in 1876 the Republicans
took their turn. In that year
James G. Blaine was their logi
cal candidate and in the early
balloting at the convention in Cin
cinnati he was within 30 votes
of victory. However, the “Man
From Maine” had his enemies
who were determined to block his
nomination.
Among the “favorite sons”
who were trailing along on com
plimentary votes was Rutherford
B. Hayes of Ohio, a lawyer who
became a major-general in the
Union army, then returned home
to serve two terms in congress
and three terms as governor of
his native state. He was scarce
ly known outside the borders of
Ohio and during the spirited con
test between Blaine’s partisans
and his enemies no one paid
much attention to Hayes’ 61 votes.
Roscoe Conkling of New York
had the support of the New York
and Pennsylvania delegates but
when it became apparent that
Conkling had no chance to beat
Blaine the Pennsylvanians began
to throw their support to Ohio’s
favorite son. This started a
swing which carried the Buck
eye “dark horse” to victory by
384 votes to Blaine’s 351.
The Democrats nominated
Samuel J. Tilden of New York
and in the election it seemed that
Tilden had won. Then occurred
the famous incident of the con
tested electoral votes of Florida,
Louisiana and South Carolina, the
appointment by congress of an
electoral commission and its 8
to 7 vote in favor of Hayes. So
another “dark horse” went to the
White House but there are those
who still believe that he had lost
the election before the electoral
commission’s vote sent him there.
Although Hayes was not a great
President, he was probably the
best of any of the “dark horses.”
Declaring that “he serves his
party best who serves his coun
try best,” Hayes gave the coun
try an administration which set
a high mark for future “dark
horse” Presidents to try to equal.
The first of these was another
Buckeye, James A. Garfield. Se
curing an education by his own
efforts, he became a teacher and
was elected to the Ohio senate
which he left in 1861 to become
the youngest brigadier-general in
the Union army. He came out of
the war a major-general and was
sent to congress where his prin
cipal distinction was his loyalty
to Blaine.
Grant Tries for a Third Term.
The 1880 Republican convention
was again a battle between
Conkling and Blaine but this time
the New York leader was trying
to secure a third term for Ulysses
S. Grant. Although Grant led
Blaine in the voting from the first
ballot, Conkling could not muster
up quite enough votes to secure
the nomination for the ex-Presi-
dent.
Garfield was present at the con
vention as the leader of the Ohio
FRANKLIN PIERCE
delegation pledged to John Sher
man. He made the speech plac
ing Sherman’s name in nomina
tion and, as it turned out, suc
ceeded in nominating himself by
doing it. For when it became ap
parent that neither Grant nor
Blaine could win, the convention
turned to a compromise candi
date.
On the 34th ballot Garfield re
ceived 17 votes. He immediately
protested that he was there in the
interests of Sherman but the
chairman ruled him out of order
and the balloting proceeded. On
the 36th ballot the break came.
The Blaine and Sherman fortes
swung behind Garfield and he
was nominated with 399 votes to
Grant’s 306. Garfield easily de
feated the Democratic nominee,
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock but
his career as President was cut
short by the bullet of a disap-
WARREN G. HARDING
pointed office-seeker, Charles J.
Guiteau, September 19, 1881, a
little more than six months after
he had entered the White House.
The story of the fifth “dark
horse” President is so recent and
so familiar to most Americans
as to need only brief mention
here. The 1920 Republican con
vention wa in Chicago a fight
between Gen. Leonard Wood and
Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois
for the nomination. It soon be
came apparent that a hopeless
deadlock would prevent the nom
ination of either candidate.
Then followed the now-famous
night conference in a “smoke-
filled hotel room” and the next
day Senator Warren G. Harding,
an Ohio “favorite son,” was se
lected as the nominee. Harding
defeated his fellow-Buckeye, Gov.
James M. Cox, 404 electoral
votes to 127 and entered the
White House, pledged to bring the
country “back to normalcy.”
His administration, marred by
scandals reminiscent of the Grant
regime, ended August 2, 1923,
when death summoned this ill-
fated Ohioan . . . the second
“dark horse” President to die
“in the harness.”
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chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for August 11
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
THE WORKS AND THE WORD
OF GOD
LESSON TEXT—Psalm 19.
GOLDEN TEXT—Let the words of my
mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my
strength, and my redeemer.—Psalm 19:14.
Consistent^ beautiful and beauti
fully consistent is the revelation of
God, whether it be in the glory of
His works, in the perfection of His
Word, or in His gracious dealings
with man. The spiritually minded
man sees God in all of His works,
whereas the blind materialist sees
only matter and natural laws which
he may use or abuse. He makes
of God’s creation things for his own
comfort or for the destruction of
his fellow men, not recognizing “the
Creator, who is blessed forever.”
This is a serious matter, for in so
doing the unbeliever has “changed
the truth of God into a lio” (read
Rom. 1:20-25).
The psalmist here presents God
as He is revealed in nature, in His
Word, and in the heart of man.
I. God’s Glory Revealed in Nature
(w. 1-6).
“The heavens declare the glory of
God.” The sun in all its glory and
power and the starry stillness of the
night all “utter forth a glorious
voice,” as Joseph Addison expresses
it: 1
“Forever singing, as they shine,
‘The hand that made us is divine.* ”
Nature speaks eloquently of God
without saying a single word. The
eye, the mind, and the heart of men 1
may see in and know from nature |
alone the “eternal power and God
head; so that they tire without ex
cuse” (Rom. 1:20). “No man living
beneath the copes of heaven dwells
beyond the bounds of God’s court
preachers.”
Those who do not hear or heed
these voices, whether their ears
“are stopped with the clay of earth
ly tastes and occupations, or stuffed
with scientific wadding of the most
modem kind” (Maclaren), are de
scribed by Paul as having their fool
ish heart) darkened: “Professing
themselves to be wise, they became .
fools” (Rom. ^:21, 22).
Nature gives only a limited rev
elation of God, showing His exist
ence, power and wisdom; but to
really know Him we must see
II. God’s Perfection Revealed in
His Word (vv. 7-11).
Nowhere in the book of nature is
it written that God is a Redeemer,
a cleanser from sin, a restorer of ]
the soul. That truth is found only ;
in His Word—the Bible. What folly ■
then for sinful men who need re- 1
demption to see God only in nature, 1
but never look into His Word or go
I to church that they may hear His 1
truth proclaimed. The final and
perfect revelation of God is in His
Son, Jesus Christ, the Redeemer. |
The psalmist with the eye of faith 1
saw the perfection of God revealed ,
in His law. We are privileged to
know the Son of God who came not
“to destroy the law . . . but to ful- j
fill.”
Note the beautiful symmetry of
verses 7-9: j
Law perfect... restoring (R.V.)
Testimony sure making wise
Statutes right rejoicing
Commandment... pure enlightening
Fear clean enduring
Judgments true altogether
righteous
Little wonder that the psalmist !
says that the words of God are sweet-
er than honey, more precious than
gold, and worthy to be heeded and
kept. The great reward of thus i
knowing God’s Word is that we may :
learn of
III. God’s Grace Revealed in the |
Heart of Man (vv. 12-14).
Man is a sinner; sometimes he i
sins unwittingly and ignorantly; 1
sometimes deliberately and in pre
sumption; and sometimes both.
What shall he do with his sin? The
psalmist says to bring it to God in
repentance and prayer for cleans
ing. We may add to his invitation
the admonition to come for cleans
ing in the blood of Christ.
“Come to this fountain, so rich and sweet;
Cast thy poor soul at the Saviour's feet; !
Plunge in today, and be made complete;
Glory to His name!”
God’s grace not only cleanses—it
keeps us. He is able and willing to
make not only the words of our
mouth, but the very meditation of
our hearts acceptable in His sight.
That means holy living. There is
nothing more needed in our day
than a revival of Christian living in
the daily responsibilities of life.
Personal purity of heart and motive,
recognition of God’s Word in thought
and ijfe—these things will make the |
believer “upright” (v. 13) and re- j
fleet honor and glory on the Lord j
who is our “strength” (R. V. 1
' rock”) “and redeemer” (v. 14).
Principle Holds Good
Except a man become like a little
child, we are told, he cannot enter
into the kingdom of heaven. This
principle holds good in other king
doms as well. Unless we become
as humble as a child and are willing
to be taught we cannot enter into
the kingdom of music, or art, or
knowledge, or scientific agriculture.
Household t'Jeuis
l w L /tW.
When you’re “eating out,” and
you wonder what to order for the
grand finale of your meal, how often
do you decide on a delicious sound
ing parfait? There’s something very
special about this tall, imposing and
delectable dessert. And there real
ly is no reason at all why having
parfaits for dessert should be con
fined to our “eating out” days. A
parfait may be a culinary creation,
but with modern ice cream freez
ers, improved freezing in mechani
cal refrigerators
and commercial
mixes to help
produce smooth,
creamy, frozen
desserts, there’s
no reason why you
shouldn’t serve
them often at
home!
Make a variety of ice creams and
sherbets too, and serve them with
cookies or dainty cakes. You’ll
find a grand assortment of cookie
and cake recipes in my cookbook,
“Better Baking,” — crisp cookies,
chewy cookies, and light feathery
cakes that are just the right accom
paniment for foods and drinks that
are cold and frosty.
Ice Cream Freezer Ice Cream.
(Makes 1 quart)
2 cups milk
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
Y* teaspoon salt
2 egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup whipping cream
Scald milk, reserving % cup. Mix
and blend the sugar, flour and salt
and mix to a smooth paste with the
cold milk which was reserved. Add
this mixture to the scalded milk and
cook, stirring constantly until thick,
in a double boiler for 15 minutes.
Add egg yolks (well beaten) and
cook, stirring constantly, three min
utes longer. Add vanilla and chill.
Fold in whipping cream (whipped),
place in ice cream freezer and
freeze, using three parts ice to one
part rock salt. This is a good stand
ard recipe to use as a “pattern” for
many tasty variations.
Chocolate Angel Parfait.
2 egg whites (beaten stiff)
% cup sugar
cup water
1 square unsweetened chocolate
(melted and slightly cooled)
1 cup cream (whipped)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
V4 cup candied cherries (quar
tered)
Y\ cup blanched almonds
(chopped)
Beat egg whites stiff. Cook the
sugar and vater to the soft ball
stage (234 degrees). Pour syrup in
fine stream over egg whites, beat
ing constantly. Continue beating un
til mixture is cool. Fold in melted
chocolate, whipped cream, extract,
nuts and cherries. Pour into trays
and place in freezing section of me
chanical refrigerator. Freeze. No
stirring is necessary. Nuts and cher
ries may be omitted, if desired.
Mocha Freeze.
Make strong
coffee in the usual
manner, and pour
over crushed ice
to chill. Pour into
tall glasses and
add a generous
spoonful of vanil
la ice cream to
each glass. Top
with whipped cream.
Chocolate Mint Parfait.
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Y\ teaspoon salt
2 cups milk (scalded)
3 eggs (beaten)
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
(melted)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup whipping cream (whipped)
Blend sugar, cornstarch and salt.
Add scalded milk slow - /, stirring
well, and place in saucepan or dou
ble boiler. Cook, stirring constantly,
until thick. Remove from heat; add
beaten eggs; then cook, stirring con
stantly, until thickened. Blend in
melted chocolate. Cool. Then add
vanilla extract and fold in whipped
cream. Place in freezing container
of modern ice cream freezer, and
freeze, using 2 parts ice to 1 part
rock salt. Serve in tall parfait
glasses, alternating with layers of
peppermint sauce. Top with
whipped cream and a cherry. Pep
permint sauce:
% cup sugar I
4 teaspoons cornstarch
Vs teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
% cup cold water
Vz cup boiling water
V» teaspoon peppermint extract
Few drops green coloring
V* cup whipping cream (whipped)
Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt,
and lemon juice. Mix with cold wa
ter to form a paste. Add hot wa
ter and cook, stirring constantly un
til thick and clear. Add flavoring
and coloring, and chill. Just be
fore serving, fold in whipped cream.
Lemon Sherbet.
(Serves 8)
1% cups granulated sugar
1 quart water
1 tablespoon gelatin
2 tablespoons cold water
% cup lemon juice
Yellow food coloring
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
Combine granulated sugar and
water and boil for 5 minutes. Soak
gelatin in cold water and dissolve
in the hot syrup. Cool. Add lemon
juice and a few drops of yellow food
coloring. Pour mixture into freez
ing container of ice cream freezer.
Cover and surround with a mixture
of chipped ice and salt (3 parts ice
to 1 part salt, by volume). Freeze.
Lemon Iceberg.
To each glass of lemonade, add
a scoop of lemon sherbet. Garnish
with mint and a fresh strawberry or
raspberry. Slip a lemon slice over
the edge of each glass.
Iced Chocolate.
(Makes 4 large glasses)
4 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa
Ys teaspoon salt
Yz cup boiling water
2 cups milk (scalded)
Yz teaspoon vanilla
Crushed ice
Whipped cream
Combine sugar, cocoa and salt.
Add boiling water and cook for two
minutes. Remove
from fire, and
combine with the
scalded milk.
Pour into glasses
filled with crushed
ice, and serve
with a spoonful
of whipped cream garnishing each
glass.
Summer Salads.
Next week Eleanor Howe will give
you some of her choicest tested reci
pes for cool, refreshing summer sal
ads and things to serve with them.
There’ll be recipes for jellied salads,
vegetable salads, party salads and
“leftover” salads, too. Be sure to
watch for Eleanor Howe’s column
next week!
Easy Entertaining.
Right now—the whole world needs
friendship and good cheer. Right
now—perhaps as never before—we
as homemakers must keep the latch
string out. We must lend a helping
hand by extending a warm abiding
welcome to both neighbors and
friends.
With this in mind, therefore, we
are offering you a special 48-page
illustrated book entitled, “Easy En
tertaining.” This book costs only 10
cents—yet it is designed to save you
both time and money—to solve for
you the problem of entertaining
easily, simply, and inexpensively.
This book has been accepted by
thousands of homemakers as a help
ful guide to easy entertaining.
To get your copy now, send 10
cents in coin to “Easy Entertaining,”
care of Eleanor Howe, 919 North
Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
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More of Marty and
Her Bag of Tricks
By RUTH WYETH SPEABS
f AST week Marty helped to talk
■*—' Grandmother out of her old
buffet. The Martindale family
were in a dither when she told
them that she was going to furnish
a combination guest and sewing
room with the mirror and two
legs of the old buffet; plus some
spools, a butter tub, unbleached
muslin, some old rags and other
odds and ends.
The rags were used for the hook
rug in this sketch of a comer at
that new guest and sewing room.
Directions for the rug and for
making the spool tables shown
here are both in Sewing Book 5.
The mirror was hung end-wise and
is marvelous for fitting dresses.
The muslin drapery was used to
cover the irregular edge of the
mirror and makes just the right
background for the blue spool ta
bles. You can see in the sketch
how the lamps and stool were
made. Next week the bottom shelf
of the buffet will be used and
Gram will teach Marty another
trick or two.
• • •
EDITOR’S NOTE: As a special
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homemaking ideas have been pub
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HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS
One tablespoonfnl of sirup
sweetens as much as two of sugar.
• • •
Store chocolate and cocoa in a
cool, dry place to prevent impor
tant oi's from deteriorating.
* • *
Grip the screw top of a jar with
a piece of emery cloth or sand
paper, and you will soon have it
loosened.
• • •
Wooden spoons are desirable foi
candy-making because they do
not become uncomfortably hot to
handle.
• • •
If you have been painting wood
work, the best way of removing
the smell is to leave quarters of
a large onion in the room until
they have absorbed it. Be care
ful to throw away the onion im
mediately it has done its work.
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