The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-21


 ADAMS and CLAY, in he PresiQemidl Election of 1s24-25.
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 The Legislature of Kentucky met on inc [ lst of November, 1924, bearing with themthe | almost unanimous feeling of the people in favor of Gen. Jackson as their second choice, in the event that Mir. Clay could not be elected. It was apprehended that the Legis- lature might interfere, if MT. Clay should be excluded from the House, and instruct theiri delegation in Congress to vote for Gen. Jack son. That result Mr. Clay himself persons ally mterposed to prevent. In February, 1928, the following declaration was made ln the Senate of kentucky,bva gentleman who has ever stood high in public estimation, viz "lhomas D. Cameal, Senator, at the re- quest of Mr. Pope, stated that he had con versatlon with MT. Clay at his room, few days before he started for Washington City, Tn the fall of 1921. MT. Clay said he did not like to be instructed by the Legislature as to hls vote, should he not be returned to the House as one of the three highest, which he thought doubtful, but wished to be left entirely free. MT. Carneal told him he had intended to introduce resolutions of instruc- ton into the Senate himself, requesting the Kentucky delegation to vote for Gen. Jackson, but promised on account of the objections of Mir. Clay, not to do 1t although he said he must vote for them if they should be itroduced by others. Mir. Clay said, in case he were excluded from the House, he was wholly uncommitted as to his vote. and wish ed to be left freeD
 Mir. Clay himself published letter to him from Col. James Davidson, another member of the Senate in 1824, in which Davidson said, that in consequence of information from Mr. Clay himself, he told the Senate, while subsequently discussing the resolutions of instruction, that ..aU thc resolutions aee could pass during He achole session, aeould mol jn- duce go@ Mir. Clay 10 abandon arhat you con- ceiUed 10 De yosu' duiy, and hat I kaeac yom could aot conc0r acHh c majority of the Le- gislature oq that subject" This information Col Davidson stated he had communicated to others, among whom were some members of the Legislature, who afterwards opposed the resolutions
 Such were MT. Clay's arrangements ''to control the event." when the result of the election in 1924 was announced Of the electors then chosen, there were
 For Gen. Jackson, 99
 < Mir Adams, 84
 < Mir Crawford, 4l
 Mr. Clay, 37
 As the Constitution confines the choice ot President, by the House of Representatives, to the three highest candidates, MT. Clay was excluded from the competition.
 70 fl,o trl, Western States-Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mis- souri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mssissippi-Gen. Jackson received 6S,067, Mir. Clay 43,967, Mir. Adams 2l ,555, and MT. Crawford 2,330; by which it appears that Gen. Jackson received in those States 46,5l2 votes more than Mr. Adams, 24,20l more than Mir. Clay, and 3l5 more than Adams, Clay, and Crawford, all combined.
 In the whole Union the popular votes were ::
 For Gen. Jackson, l52.95l
 {" Mr Adams, 105,322
 s' Mr. Crawford, 47,305
 ss Mr. Clay, 46,66S
 It hence appears, that Gen. Jackson had a majority of 961 over Mcssrs. Adams and Clay combined.
 Mir. WHITE inquired of the gentleman what authority he was reading from:
 M. BoYD said, l am reading from the U. s. Telegraph of 1928, and quoting from the Address of the Jackson Committee, and other documents therein recorded. N man shall grope in the dark after me-
 How was the popular vote in Kentucky al the electoral election of 1921? For MT Clay 17,331 for Gen. Jackson 6,455. How many votes did Mir. Adams receive in thai State? .Not one. thought the other day that Mf Adams might have received few hundred votes in the State; but on recurrence to the National Intelligencer, as well as the 1 Telegraph, giving the returns, do not find one put down in his favor.
 s.'To control the event'' was now all Mir Clay could do, and that policy he seems tc have steadily pursued. The effort to prevent I the Kentucky members from committing themselves as to their second choice, com menced by Mr. Clay at Frankfort in October was continued in Washington after his arrl val here. Major Moore, ill his letter already quoted from, makes the following statement
 ssAiter my arrival in the city, was con fined to my room by indsposition. While in this situation, MT. Clay called, and aftel the usual civlities. told, me, in emphatic terms, that he had little doubt he was exclu- ded from the House of Representatives, ant that all s.we'' (meaning the Kentucky dele gation in Congress- s'had now 10 do, was te hold ourselves uncommitted, as to our secont choice,o declaring, 'sthat we could vote fol either of the three candidates, and justify our selves to our constituents
 Major Moore says that the Hon. R. P Henry, in 1924 one of the Kentucky mem bers, but deceased prior to 1928, ssdetaled { similar conversation, which had taken place between himself and MT. Clay.n
 KENTUCKY INSTRUCTIONS.
 In the month of December considerable sensation was produced in Kentucky by ru mors from Washington, that the vote of tht State might be given to Mir. Adams, with somt view to MT. Clay's aggrandizement In this state of things, Mr. Henry Crittenden offered in the Kentucky House of Representative two resolutions, requesting our members o