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Bristol delivered the invocation asking that "the coming political campaign may be conducted with the decency, intelligence, patriotism and dignity of temper which becomes a free and intelligent people.

The Republicans nominated James G. Blaine, the most popular Republican of his generation. Blaine had been engaged in questionable practices involving railroads, and had received stock in the notorious Credit Mobilier scandal.

Republican liberals and reformers were outraged, and threatened to bolt the party. The Democrats nominated Governor Grover Cleveland of New York, who was completely acceptable to reformers of both parties. As mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York, Cleveland had gained a reputation for honesty. The New York World said it was supporting Cleveland for four reasons: "1. He is an honest man; 2. He is an honest man; 3.

He is an honest man; 4. He is an honest man. Bragg of Wisconsin, referring to the hostility of corrupt politicians To Cleveland, cried: "We love him for the enemies he has made! With the nomination of Cleveland, the Republican reformers decided to support him instead of their party's nominee, Blaine.

The Indianapolis Sentinel had used the same word in to describe Independents who thought they were bigger than their party. Republicans said that Mugwumps had their mugs on one side of the fence and their wumps on the other.

The Blaine Republicans called them "Assistant Democrats" and said that they "had their hair parted in the middle, banged in front, neither male nor female. Hal Williams Collection are featured prominently, as well as items from the general DeGolyer Library collections. From the beginning, our benefactor Hervey Priddy wanted to mount this exhibit in honor of the late Hal Williams, a beloved and respected professor here at SMU, who had been working on a biography of James G.

Blaine at the time of his death. Media Inquiries. Home Close. View Inside. He had hired a substitute to take his place. Democrats, in turn, claimed that Blaine had sold his influence in Congress to business interests. They published letters from a Boston bookkeeper which indicated that Blaine had personally benefited from helping a railroad keep a land grant. Democrats chanted: "Blaine! James G. The Continental Liar from the State of Maine! Then a Buffalo newspaper dealt Cleveland a devastating blow.