The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-11-17
{ snd 'At'p for President and
Vico-presiaaDt From tie Days
ct sIashington.
lFfo-4 the Bahtlo Courier :

The presidential election yesterday
was the twentv-third since the adoption
Of the Uuiiel States constitution. The.
first vas heli Ia .7s3 when only eleven
OF tlu thirteen original states a,j IA fed
the org Anic law OF the nation NJ edop'e
bv the federal conventio1 o. 1857.
" ashin0ton and Adams were chosen
without opposition for the ii.st rs we'll
as ior he second term, .our years laier.
In Tia. a..r1 presidential election, that Of
1896, on " lshin9ton's retirement, op-
posing can ,ldstes were for the first time
In the fed. John Ad ans, OF Massa-
chusetts, ,ealcr OF the federalists. was
elected pc it'ut over his con 'etitor,
Tnomas Jelicr,on. OF Vjrgih.g, VINO was
the authof of WI was c1llcd n :"st III.
Republican and Afterwards the Deiuc-
,craiic party. Bu, Jefferson having the
largest cleo oral vote rext to M. Adams
,ibccAm,, uao the Their existing svstem
OF ch l,ng the executive. Nice-Presi-
dent. There vas an earnest struggle ut
the fourth presidential election, in the
year 1909, the candidates being four in
,nunb-r. Presid. .t lOnn Adans, Vice.
President, ThOin = jcfiers III, Aaron
Burr. OF hcw York, snt Charles e..
Pinrknev. OF South Care Ina. The
,e,sctiou ~ Pre'id ~ Was throwa into
the House of Representatives aal re-
suited IT, '.vor OF Thomas Jefferson,
while the senate elected h7rou burr,
Nice-Pre>id"nt. Ia consequ nee of this
IcorTe.t the twe,fth amend'neHt chang
ling the mode OF eli rosiug Pre- ID. 1T and
Vice 80 ,Inni. vas sdop u.
\ ln lsVt ne L IN presidential election
l-Mr.Jei .I sou ", elected President.
with G,rrr' Clinton. Of NV Y ork,
lNicc-Pre Lat. uncouutc.ing bGt slight
,uDpos iior Charles Z. Phcknev. Of
South CAROLINA. az | Rufus hmg, II New
York. 0pposiHg candidates. received
eulv IL out OF i75 electoral vu,es The
sixth pr-si,irH,ial election took place In
,lSOs. wnrn James II: olson was chosen
President over Char'es g. Pinckney,
} with Georsc CiinIcl Nice-President.
The scve. ia PRESIDENT! election. In
49," ~c-u ulted ia tie rc-cir,'tiL OF Pr, ~
: dent Ma lison, with Elbriage Gerry, ol
lMassacmS.tis Nice-Presid"nt. Madi-
sou receiv, ! rs electoral votes 70 s9
tor Dewitt Clinton. In 1915. al the
- eighth prcsi'cltisl election. James Mon.
roc. of Virginia. WAS elected y. ssident,
W lNtA t'tiitfi w. Il Va -'fN w -
Nice-p Pr ident. Monroe's unsuccesstai
.roml e...Jr g0s ha,us King. Of Sew
, i,rk. VINO q r1i i-r oUly 81 electoral
.".,cs o'i f -. Monroe and Tomp-
kiu- -. ',-e .".nu IN 1920, NJ the niutl
't..pside...al e..,'iou practically without
- lyuc,. iOr. siu@ir electoral vote being
cast f.r JChl Quincy Adams. Thi.
ws, thr &C.. of -J'd feeling" At tho
next or t't'H presidential election. 4,
!, ls2i th 'rc N"s. notice -truggie, which
resulted in ;hrrWiu~ thH lection in'r
the House OF i pro. rtttiV's. Ate'
\. isOo. The pre.ideufrl c.giilatcs la,
been nominated ~ congre ..io .sI eau
cuses, hut - 1894. ~. Caucus svsteu
broke upwE. There wee four candi
b dates in the field. Aud " Jacksou re
ccived ga electoral vo es John Quinc,
Adams 81. William ~. Crawford IL. sno
Henry Gay 81 None ot TIE candidate
y IN thi. famous scrub race" having rc
ceived a majority OF the electoral ,otes
The election deroived upon the Houn
of Representatives which chose Mr.
ADAMS. At the eleventh presidertia
~ election IN I'2s. AnGrcw Jackson an
- .J"uu G. Calhoun were elected Presiden
aud Nice-Pr'sident, beating JOIN
lQrlcv Adams aud Richard Rush.
The twelfth prc,ider lial election, II
isoa l. remarkable. because in that Yea
f.. the ili.t National Der cratic Couven
ton wGe held. Andrew llcNeon W.
' nominated .or a second term. wit
Martin Van Burcn f,r Vice President
The cau,. stcs 'h's nomiaa'cd wer
" each c,,ted ov,t three competitor
The thir eunth pre- sidcntial election, il
, 1895, re- lied in the election of Martii
Wan Barol- nominated by a Natioua
Democratic Convention, in 1898 - owe
nrre opposition candidates In l93
1.-The wings held their first National Con
y vention. They uomin ,ted Gen. William
III. Harrison, OF Ohio. for President. an,
~ Johu TYLER, of Virginia, 'or Nice-fresi
T. deaf, and elected :heir ticket by larg
=. I'M lori vat the fou tee' e. prcsidentia
{, election in lslU. De,.iing Martin Val
3 pureL, who had been Io-homin.ted 70
pres. .cnt by lae Democrats. 1he fl
teenth presiden.ia, election, in 1914 re
- suited ih t,.e election @" james Il. PIX
"~mocr.t, over r., Clay. Wing
"a el,c', al vCte ot y w York dscid
eI hC contest aad in NV York fey
trorsaYd VOC "a detc c"' mel tho result
' Ru' 10, lt'.N ~ y 30Vement by th
aSolu.pl' IT,, who ,.td nom 'ai,d jaime
.'. g. hIruey for president d ButlGlo in 1:
:, 81. Ciay won d hly. l~tl c'est.d. Th
slxte "h p~esid,nt,. c7',ass. ~ lsli
- resu 'r' ~ IIyor o. &C " - cyin9
on a. Lc. oc;atlg free soli ..!Ovemen
os Tnc mig cancidatys. Zluhary .'1ylC
vi and NJ iilnrd tillmo y upro cLo.en nv,