Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-08
PRESIDENT MAKING.
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS aElp ron
IwfNry WARS
A RsvIsw Of the Nominating csavsal|ons
ofBesh Parties Since ne 0rganl.
ration Of ne kspublI.
cen Party.

aled on the first ballot by 800 30 100.
William l.. Dayton obtained, also on the
nrat ballot the nomination for Vice
President, alter q sort OF scrub race,
having 100 votes 10 10 for Lincoln, 30
Tor Sumner, ~ Tor Banks, 10 foe Jacob
Collamer, al Vermont, y Tor james A,
King. III New York, and scattering"
voiss Coz Cassius N, Clay, Joshna II.
uhldiDg., David wllmot, aud scabury
Ford. In 1850 thu Democrats opened
the ball al Charleston, April ~, the con.
yention getting Into hopeless wrangle
over the slavery question and tho dele-
cations ol seven Southern States finally
Withdrawing. During the hity.ssyen
ballots that were taken Douglas led,
starting ct 1881 and running up 10 i62,
oV liity lees than the number required.
When II reasssmblsd at baltimore, June
"a, Douglas began with 1874 and on the
second ballot palned 4, when he vas do.
elared the nominee, though the seces'
Alons had made II impossible 10 obtain
a regular two-ihlrds maturity. FOR Vice
President n. Fitspatrlck Was nominated.
bat declining, his place was taken by
IIersoheli v. Johnson. Tbs seeding
Democrats nominated John q. Breckin'
ridge aud Joe" Lane. The Republi.
cans mean while had assembled at Chi.
cago on lhs 10Th Of MAY, Stewards nom
lnatlon being confidently looked Tor,
The first ballot resulted a. followsi
seward, lT3ll Lincoln, 1926 Cameron,
bDIi Ohase iDt Edward Bates, al Day
ton, ~, John Mclean ri Jacob Cola.
mrT, IOi scattering, q. On the second
ballot the Camerons went over Ia Lins
colin, and the vote stood, seward, 1874
Lincoln, Isli Chase t2b hates S6l Day
ton, IOi Mclean, Il. On the third stew-
arb had $780, Lincoln 23iii Chase, "a
Bates, ~, when David X. Garter, OF
Ohio, aitsrwsTd Chief Justice 0f tho M.
preme Court of tho District Of Columbia,
saye Lincoln three Of Chases Ohio
votes, securing a majority, q stampede
following, aud the hnal result being
Lincoln, 35i, seward 1901. The contest
lur Vice President was spiritless. On
the nrst ballot tho votes we're well scat
tered. llamlln leading with lOl, q good
many changes followed, aud ho WAS de-
clared nominated by 367 30 NJ Tor Cassi'
us M. Clay and ~ for John Hickman.
Tho Constitutional Union Convention
met at baltimore May y, twenty states
being represented, and nominated john
He'll and Edward Everett
In 1894 the Republican Convention
met al baltimore, June 7, under the
Presidency oi William Dennison, oil
Ohio. Lincoln was renominated by "a.
rlamatlen after Missouri had cast ~
votes Tor Grant. There was lively hight
for the Vice Presidency between An:
drew Jackson, Daniel ;. Dickinson, oi
New York, Hannibal Hamlin, and l.o-
veil m. Rousseau, ~ Kentucky. Be-
tween the first two the race was close,
the New Yorker leading, hut at the
riaht moment he was knitted by friend
and Johnson carried NH the prize. The
Democrala met al Ohicago August 2O
Ca the first ballot Mcclellan had ia
votes, n. a. seymour ~, and llorallo
Aeymonr ~, but votes enough wers soon
changed 10 give Little Mac" 2O2l and
the nomination. Mr.. George III. Pen
dleton, of Ohio, was nominated Tor the
Wee Presidency ON the second ballot
"A aimilar vote. Soon alterward-June
THE Radical Democracy, So called,
met In convention at Cleveland Ohio,
June 4, and nominated John w. Ere
mont Cor the Presidency and ten, John
Uochrane, Of New York, for tho Vice
Presidency.
In May, 1868, the Republican Nation
al Convention mel at Chicago, with
len. Joseph r. Iiawley ~ permanent
president. Grants nomination had
then become toregona conclusion, and
WAS accomplished without any oppoHi.
ton by an Informal calling Of the roll oil
the Blb delegates. The choice 0f q can
dldate Tor the second place ON the ticket
gave rise to struRyle. senator Reuben
n. Fanlon ayowedly wanted the MONT
nation, hut was opposed by large par
Nv ~ men from his own state. Oi the
other candidates ben v. Wade, OF
Ohio, led tho balloling from the start
Henry Wilson Was alao strong oandi
date. when during the ballo,ing Iowa
changed It's vote 10 Speaker Coliax,
PENNSYLVANIA east the determining vote
whlrh gave Coliax tho place on the
sixth ballot. The Democratic ConNen-
ton met In tho new Tammsny Hall Ia
this city on the An ol July. iI0rati0
seymour was made President oi the
convention. On the first ballot Tor the
Presidential nomination Pendleton re-
relyedlON votes, the remaining ballots
bsinR divided among Andrew Johnson,
90; sanford n. Church, 81 Gen. Han
cock, g8li Asa Packer, 2Bi Gov, English,
10, Gov Parker and senator Doollttle,
each ~, senator Hendricks, 20 and
Hair 4. On the iwenty.tirst ballot
lIancoek received 1891 and Hendricks
l32. the remaining votes being scatter'
lns. IA wss ON the twenty second bal
id that the name Oi li0rstio Seymour,
oi New York, who until fourth bal.
ballot had received NO votes at all and
then having hut D, was Immediately
dropped Nd hls request, was suddenly
aptunR upon the convention by the
ohio delegation and amid great excite
ment accepted with enthusiastic sccla'
nation. Gen. Francis u. Blair, of Mis-
aonTi. received the unanimous nomlna.
tion Toe the Vice Presidency.
In 1879 the first national nominating
eonyentlon Of the year was the memor-
able meeting oithe delegates Of the l.ib-
eTal Republican party AZ Cincinnati on
Nav 4. Ca the hrst ballot cast Tor a
Presidential candidate Charles "
Adams received 203 votes Horace
Greley. Ii7i TTumball, 1907 Brown, Ooi
Dayls, O9l, CaFtin, ~, and Chase, ~
six hallots In all wero east, On the
ann 0reelsy had 3Ss TO Adams 800.
The sixth ballot gave Greeley the no'I,-
ination, u. Gratis brown, of Missouri,
was named toe the second place on the
iieket on the second ballot The Rs'
nablican National Convention met Ia
Philadelphia four days subsequently,.
Az on HE loFmsr nomination, Grant no
e.lyed A unanim0es vote on the tirst
hallot. The contest for the Vice Presi.
dsncy lay between Henry Wi'soa, OF
Ma..achusetis, and schuyler Coliax,
hut Wilson was Nominated on the sec-
ond laIlol. The National Democratic
Conyention vas held at Baliimere, July
~ .l..,.lsv imam the frat ballot receiy.