election, and when,
on the night preceding the nomination, Andrew Curtin of Pennsylvania
and Henry S. Lane[546] of Indiana, candidates for governor in their
respective States, whose defeat in October would probably bring
defeat in November, declared that Seward's selection would cost them
their election, the opposition occupied good vantage ground. David
Davis, the Illinois manager for Lincoln, against the positive
instructions of his principal, strengthened these declarations by
promising to locate Simon Cameron and Caleb B. Smith in the Cabinet.
The next morning, however, the anti-Seward forces entered the
convention without having concentrated upon a candidate. Lincoln had
won Indiana, but Pennsylvania and Ohio were divided; New Jersey stood
for Dayton; Bates still controlled Missouri, Delaware, and Oregon.

[Footnote 546: "I was with my husband in Chicago, and may tell you
now, as most of the actors have joined the 'silent majority,' what no
living person knows, that Thurlow Weed, in his anxiety for the success
of Seward, took Mr. Lane out one evening and pleaded with him to lead
the Indiana delegation over to Seward, saying they would send enough
money from New York to insure his election for governor, and carry the
State later for the New York candidate." Letter of Mrs. Henry S. Lane,
September 16, 1891.--Alex. K. McClure, _Lincoln and Men of War Times_,
p. 25, _note_.]

William M. Evarts presented Seward's name amidst loud applause. But at
the mention of Lincoln's the vigour of the cheers surprised the
delegates. The Illinois managers had cunningly filled the desirable
seats with their shouters, excluding Tom Hyer and his marchers, who
arrived too late, so that, although the applause for Seward was
"frantic, shrill, and wild," says one correspondent, the cheers for
Lincoln were "louder and more terrible."[547] Whether this had the
influence ascribed to it at the time by Henry J. Raymond and others
has been seriously questioned, but it undoubtedly aided in fixing the
wavering delegates, and in encouraging the friends of other candidates
to rally about the Lincoln standard.

[Footnote 547: M. Halstead, _National Political Conventions of 1860_,
p. 145.]

The first roll call proved a disappointment to Seward. Though the
pledged States were in line, New England fell short, Pennsylvania
showed indifference, and Virginia created a profound surprise.
Nevertheless, the confidence of the Seward forces remained unshake