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ANTECEDENTS OF THE NOMINEES.

hour the meeting adjourned to meet in mass thi
evening, In Monument square, to ratfy the nomi
! nations of the Convention.
ANTECEDENTS OF THE NOMINEES.
| JOHN BELL, TENNESSEE.
| John Bell was born near Nashville, Tennessee
on the 18th of February, 1897; was educated a
cumberland College, in that State, and choosing
| the law profession was admitted to the bar il
| 1916, at the early age of nineteen. The year fol
! lowing he was elected to the State Senate, where
he served one term. Declining reelection he de
voted himself during the nine years ensuing to the
| acuve duties of his profession. In 1926 he was
nominated for Congress, in opposition to Felix
urundy, and after an exciting canvass, was elected
| over his popular and able opponent by majority
10 one thousand votes From that period until
TO represent the Hermitage District in Congress,
| where, during one term, he filed the office al
Speaker. In lS4l he entered the cabinet of Presi
| dent Harrison as Secretary of War, but on the
death of the latter and the accession of Mr. TYLER
! to the Presidency, resigned his post. Declining
soon after, the tender which was made to him by
the Legislature of Tennessee, of seat in the United
States Senate, Mr.. Bell passed the next six years
In private life; but in l847 elected to the State
Senate The same year he was chosen to fill a
vacancy in the Senate of the United States, and
was reelected to that office in 1853 which he con-
tlnued to hold until the expiration of his term in
lo59 In the early part of his political career Mr..
Bell was member of the Democratic party, and
warmly sustained the nomination of General Jack
son for the Presidency. He opposed, however, the
removal of the deposits, and although Southerner
olrth has never favored the extreme doctrines of
Ine ultralsts OF his section. His views concerning
lree-trade, which at one time he strongly advoca-
TED, underwent in the course of wears a radical
change and these together with his refusal to vote
lor the resolution approving of the removal of the
deposits, caused him finally to withdraw himself
IN 1888 from the ranks of the party with which he
nad acted so long, and to cooperate with the
Wings in support of the policy of protecting Amer
lean INDUSTRY, and of the right of the States to ap
thn EaIa kl,,;
provement OF rivers and harbors. The system of
removals from subordinate Offices for political
reasons merely was repeatedly denounced bv Mr.
nel whist member of Congress as an abuse of
executive patronage. He also sustained by speech
ana vote the right of petition even when the neti
tioners prayed for the abolition of slavery in the
District OF Columbia. He supported the Compro-
@ mise measures OF 1850, but opposed the Nebraska
Dill OF 1854, and the admission of Kansas under the
Lecompton constitution. He is, moreover strong
ly IN favor of the construction of a railway to the
racine, and OF an increase of our naval armament.
Ihese are the chief points in the political record of
John Bell.
EDWARD EVERETT, sSACHUsETrs.
lie was born In Dorchester, Massachusetts, April,
1894. He received his early edu cation at Boston
and entered Harvard College when a little more
than thirteen years old leaving it with first honors
four years later, undecided as to pursuit for life
lie turned his attention for two years to the pro-
fession of divinity; but in 1914 he was invited to
accept the new protessorship of Greek literature
u" haSSdcnuSettS, with PERMISSION to
visit Europe He accepted the office; and before
entering on its duties embarked at Boston for Liver
pool. lie passed more than two years at the famous
University OF Gottengen, engaged in the study of
the German language and the branches of learning
connected with his department. He passed the
winter OF lSl7-lS at Paris. The next spring he
again visited London and passed few weeks at
Cambridge and Oxford. In the autumn of 1918 he
returned to the Continent and divided the win
ter between Florence, Rome and Naples. In the
spring OF 1919 he made short tour in Greece
lie came home in 1919 and entered at once upon
the duties OF his protessorship. Shortly after
MS return he became the editor of the North Aeri-
can Rerieto. In 1924 he delivered the annual ora
tion before the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cam
BRIDGE Mass. Up to this time he had taken no ac-
tive interest in politics, but his editorial articles
had evlnced his acquaintance with the wants of the
nation, and in 1925 he elected n member of
Congress, which position he held for ten years:
and on his retirement from Congress was elected
Governor OF Massachusetts, which position he held
Tor four years. In 1889 he was again a candidate
for the same office, but was defeated. In le4l he
was appointed to represent the United States at
the Court of st. James. He returned to the
United States in 1915, and chosen President of
Harvard College, which Office he resigned in lS49
On the death of Mr.. Webster he was appointed
Secretary of State by Mr. Fillmore, which office
he resigned for seat in the Senate; this position
he also resigned, since which time he has devoted
much time to literary pursuits. At the great
Union meeting at Boston few months since he
made very eloquent speech, advocating the per-
petuity of the Union, and rebuking sectional agi-
tation. He is conservative Viii g in politics.