The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-09

~. thirds r,,ie q candidate who goes
h4p the convention with only a majority
n the votes Ii almost certain w oe
jnnphternJ after the first ballot. This
s snistake. Twice within recent years
VI Democracy have set aside theif
ffninal Iavorites and given the fiuint.
ka{}un to a man who was not named at
MI un the first ballot; but for about tlle
6pAce Of generation ueaving aside
fthese two exceptional cases) u mas inva-
[riably happened that the candidates
WHO showed the highest poll ut the
opening Of the convention carried OF
lie prize OF the Democratic nomination
+, MI th &c" ou,onyentlon Of is4s the number
&og votes necessary 10 q choice was l7O,
|&nd The iIrst ballot stood Cass, 125
WUpdburv. So; buchanan, 55. On the
teecond Mr.. Class had 1893; on the third
me had 1860; and on the fourth he was
En0minated with III. In 1864 Mr.. Cass
led the list with lit, Mr.. Buchanan com
Inn next with 90, and the contest con,
tliued With. no material change nl,t .i
pierre a,,,,aared for the Nrst time, hav.
inn fb votes. The whole number OF
roles was sBB. On the 4Sth ballot Pierce
had 81 Class, 10: Buchanan, 90 Doug
lAg (who started with 9O), 80, aud Marcy
iWhu started with vi, DO. Pierce was
itolnihated on the forty-ninth ballot.
settling all the votes except O. In 1866
Nh. Buchanan led at the opening
with 1876 votes, against Pierce's 122.
Douglas's 30, and Cass's 8, the whole
number cast being 2ge. There were 4!
ballots on this occasion, In the course OF
which Mr. Pierce's strength soon ran
itself out, while Buchanan and Doug
- - 80 ..mt rtSxss stt1 svaiAaA Mfr Ilpt1u-
las al last Withdrew, the figures on the
18th ballot standing, Buchanan l6s,
Douglas III, Case Q. In 1860 the posl-
ton OF the Democracy was peculiar
The fret meeting OF the Convention
held III Charleston was a failure, and
after 81 Ruthless ballots, In which Mr.
Douglas tlistanced all his competitors,
his vote starting at lash and running up
to lb9 (which was 30 lees than the re-
quieite numberl, the Convention nd
.journed to Baltimore. When 1t re-as-
sembled MIR, Douglas had 173A votes on
the frat ballot and 1914 on the second,
accession uf many Of the southern
delegates rendered 1t impossible. for
any one to obtain two..thirds Of Gil
the delegates authorized TO vote. IL
the Democratic Convention Of 1854
Qen. Mcclellan began with 174 votes,
~. III. Seymour having 80 and
Horatic Seymour II, but before the re-
suit was declared enough Of the dele
yates changed their votes to give Nc
Clellan YU2A and so nominate him. In
tceH occurred the second Of the excep-
ttonal cases to which We have referred
Mr.. Seymour got no. votes at all until
the fourth ballot, and then had only D,
after which he was dropped until the
last. the convention finally going for
him on the 22d ballot Ia the manner OF
4 stampede. The fortunes OF the other
candidates were curious. AT the begin
ming the count was, Pendleton log. An
drew johnson 65, Hancock 33A. Hend-
Kicks al; whole number 81 votes 317. Mr..
pendleton ran up slowly to 1864, and on
the nth ballot had gone down again to
56t, where he was dropped. Hancock
began 10 gain after the 12th, and culmi-
mated In the 18th with 144i. Hendricks
gained fast anu almost uninterruptedly,
equal rapidity. The figures on the 2lst
IN. In 1874 the Democracy had only to
accept the nomination Of the Liberal
nepublioans. In 1852 when Pierce was
nominated, and la 1868 when Seymour
Was nominated. II will be observed that
none OF the other Democratic candidates
succeeded In obtaining at any time a
bare majority. In every case since 1S4s
where any one has secured half the
number of votes cast he has carried off
the nomination, and In every such case
also the successful one has been the
candidate who led on the first ballot.
III we look at the record Of the oppo-
slte party during the same period we
shall find that although IL has not al
ways accepted the candidate who made
the best score at the start, 1t has never
taken one who began lower than the
second place. In the Whig Convention
or lS4B the competitors were Taylor.
with III votes on the frat ballot. Clay
with ~, Scott with A., and Webster with
%. Their relative positions remained
the same until the fourth ballot, when
Clay fell below Scott, and Taylor was
nominated by III votes. AT the opening
of the Wing Convention OF 1869 Fill
more had 1873 delegates, Scott l3t, aud
Webster 30. AT the second ballot two
OF Fillmore's men went over TO Scott,
a long time. Scott secured decided
advantage, however, on the thirty-sixth
ballot, ard was nominated on the SD by
1859 votes to Flllmore's 1l2. At the first
National Convention OF the Republican
party 1850 Fremont was nominated
with only one ballot. At the Conven.
tion OF 1880, where the total number Of
votes was l06, the first ballot stood,
Seward, l7SAs Lincoln, 102; Cameron,
sol; Chase, a.; Bates, a.; the second
was, Seward. tSAA Lincoln, ISL; Came.
ron Withdrawn; Chase, All; Bates, 50
the third. Seward, 1870; Lincoln, 23lA
Chase, IA; Bates, a.. Mr.. Lincoln's
vote was then increased to 3l5. In 1864
Mr.. Lincoln was renominated unani.
mously after one ballot; and there was
no contest over Gen. Grant In 1868 or IN
1874. At thee. liberal Convention OF 1877
the result Of the first trial OF strength
gave Adams 900 votes, Greeley LAT and
Trumbull 100. On the eth Mr.. Adams
counted 32A, Mr.. Greeley $40 and Mr.
Trumbull TO- The final figures were
tureeley asa. Adams 1877.
MulllxaM VI. nl1lnc.
New York SUM-
Mr.. Mulligan testified that when
Blaine was beseeching him to give vi