The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-16
The PRESIDENCY. ,
Candidates at the National Convention,
Tho Bailotings.

| Candidates Mt the National Cow ntions-
Tho Bailotings.
from the New York Tribunel tao
In the Democratic convention of I848
the number of votes necessary to choice
was ITO, and the first ballot stood, Cass,
| 125 Woodbury., So Buchanan, So. On
the second Mr.. Cass had 1873; on the
third he had 1876 and on the fourth he
was nominated with ITO. In 1852 Mr..
Cass led the list with III, Mr.. Buchanan
coming next with SO, and the contest
continued with no material change until
the 35th ballot, when Franklin Pierce
appeared for the first time, having Is
votes. The whole number of votes was
28S. On the 48th ballot Pierce had 30 !;
Cass, 70 Buchanan, % Douglas (who
started with POI, 33, and Marcy (who
started with 90, 80. Pierce was NOM
mated on the 49th ballot, getting all the
votes except 6. In 1856 Mr.. Buchanan
led at the opening with 1876 votes, against
Pierce's 122, Douglas 33, and Cass' 5,
the whole number cast being 900. There
were II ballots on this occasion, in the
course of which Mr.. Pierce's strength
soon ran itself out, while Buchanan and
Douglas almost steadily gained. Mr..
Douglas at last Withdrew, the figures on
the 10th ballot standing, Buchanan 1913,
Douglas 121, Cass 6. In 1860 the posi-
ton OF the Democracy was peculiar.
The first meeting of the convention held
Mt Charleston was failure, and after 81
fruitless ballots, In which Mr.. Douglas
distanced all his competitors, his vote
starting at 1454 and running up to 1872
(Which was so less than the requisite
number), the convention adjourned to
Baltimore. When it reassembled Mr..
Douglas had 1871 votes on the first bal
lot and 1917 on the second, and was
then declared nominated, the secession
of many of the Southern delegates rem
dering it impossible for any one to OBJ
tain two-thirds of all the delegates au-
thorized to vote. In the Democratic
convention of 1864 Gen. Mcclellan be-
gan with ia votes, 4. Ell. Seymour hav-
ing 3S and Horatio Seymour IL, but be-
fore the result was declared enough of
the delegates changed their votes to give
Mcclellan 202} and SO nominate him.
In 1868 Mr.. Seymour got no votes at all
until the fourth ballot, and then had only
9, after which he was dropped until the
last, the convention finally going for
him on the Odd ballot in the manner of
stampede. The fortunes of the other
candidates were curious. At the begin
ming the count was, Pendleton, los;
Andrew johnson, 65 Hancock, 331 :;
Hendricks, q /; whole number of votes,
BIT. Mr.. Pendleton ran up slowly to
1864, and on the 18th ballot had gone
down again to 56l, where he was drop
ped. Hancock began TO gain after the
18th, and eliminated in the 18th with
144i. Hendricks gained fast and unin-
terruptedly, and Andrew johnson lost
with almost equal rapidity. The figures
on the Dist ballot were, Hancock, 1854 !;
Hendricks, 1872. In 1872 the Democracy
had only to accept the nomination of the
Liberal Republicans. In the Wing con-.
vention of 1913 the competitors were
Taylor, with III votes on the first ballot,
Clay with 81, Scott with 43, and Web
ster with %. Their relative positions
remained the same until the fourth bal
lot, when Clay fell below Scott, and lay
lor was nominated by III votes. AT the
opening of the Wing convention of 1852
Fillmore had 1873 delegates, Scott 131,
and Webster 20. At the second ballot
two of Fillmore's men went over to
Scott, and the leaders ran neck and neck
for long time. Scott secured a decided
advantage, however, on the Seth ballot,
and was nominated on the SD by 159
votes to Fillmores 112. At the first ma
tional convention of the Republican
party 1850 Fremont was nominated
with only one ballot. At the convention
of 1860, when the total number of votes
was 466, the first ballot stood Seward,
1874 Lincoln, 1902; Cameron, 50l |;
Chase, 40; Bates, 4S the second was,
Seward, 1S4l Lincoln, 1S1 Cameron
withdrawn Chase, 42l Bates, 80 the
third, Seward, 100; Lincoln, 231l /;
Chase, 24a Bates, %. Mr.. Lincoln's
vote was then increased to 354. In 1864
Mr.. Lincoln was renominated unani-
mously after one ballot and there was
no contest over Gen. Grant In 1868 or in
1872. At the Liberal convention of 1872
the result of the first trial of strength
gave Adams 203 votes, Greeley lat, and
Trumbull 100. On the 9th Mr.. Adams
counted 324, Mr.. Greeley 332, and Mr..
| Trumbull 10. The final figures were
| Graalau 400 A1op,o 1877