The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-11-03
SOME HISTORY.
Political Parties and Presidential
Elections I'm America.

country before the people were divided
into political parties, candidates for
President and president were
nominated by Congressional caucuses.
Washington's candidacy for the first
and second terms had no opposition.
During his second term an opposition
party grew up i'm Congress, which grad
ually spread until it divided the people
into two formidable parties. One under
the lead of Alexander Hamilton and
John Adam, took the name of the Fed
eral party; the other under the lead of
Thomas Jefferson, assumed the title of
the Republican party. The former
represented the aristocratic notions of
British royalty; believed the British
government formed the best model the
world ever produced; "That commune
ties divide themselves into the few and
the many; that the few are rich and
well-born, and ought to govern; the
many, poor and ignOble." (See speech
of Hamilton, June Is, ISL They be-
lieved in strong government, based
on an aristocracy of wealth, and for
this purpose advocated the British sys-
tenn of finance with great national
bank modelled after the Bank of Eng
land.
Opposed to these ideas and this Brit
ish system was the Republican party
with Jefferson as its leader. He believed
in Democracy i'm its broadcast sense. He
believed in the ability of the people to
govern themselves, and that in a free
country no aristOcracy could exist, or
should be f,stered or encouraged. lie
was opposed to granting legislative aid
To create and bolster up II monied mo-
nopoly.
In 1900, MIR. Jefferson was the Repub-
lican nominee for President, AMI John
Adams was the nominee of the Federal
party. The former received az electoral
votes; the later received "a.
In 1904 jefferson was reelected, re-
ceiving l62 electoral votes out of l76.
In 1908 the Republicans nominated
James Madison as successor to Mr.. JEFF
fersOn, who was elected, receiving 124
electoral votes, while MIR. Pinckney, the
Federalist candidate, received but AZ,
and II scattering.
In 1872, Mr.. Madison was reelected,
receiving lbs electoral votes to 50 for
Dewitt Clinton, the Federal candidate.
In 1916, the Republicans nominated
James Monroe, who was elected over
Rufus King, who received but "a cleo
toral votes out of 2l7.
In 1870, Mr.. Monroe was reelected
without opposition.
In 1924, there was confusion in the
Republican ranks. The party refused
to abide by the decision of the Congress
sional caucus.
The caucus nominated VIM. III. Craw-
ford as the Republican nominee for
President. The nomination was very
generally repudiated by the party, and
three competing Republican candidates
were brought into the field, viz: An
drew jackson, Henry Clay and John
q. Adams. The result was no one was
elected by the people, Jackson receiving
30 electoral votes; Adams, So; Craw-
ford, Al; and Mr.. Clay, 81. The election
then devolved upon the House of Rep
resentatives, when Mr.. Adams was
chosen, receiving the votes of Is states
against for Jackson and 1 for Craw-
ford. This was the end of the caucus
system of nominations.
Jackson was Immediately put in
nomination for ls2s by the legislature
of Tennessee, having Mr.. Adams for
an opponent, which resulted in Jack
sons election, he receiving LIS electoral
votes to So for Mr.. Adams.
For the campaign of 1882 the first
political nominating convention ever
called was held in Baltimore in Sep
tember, 1881, and was called the Ma
tional Anti-Masonic convention, which
nominated William Writ, of Maryland,
for President.
In May, 1882, (Democratie) con-
ventiOn met at Baltimore and re-nomi-
mated Andrew Jackson for President,
and Martin VanBuren for Viee-Presi-
dent. The Republicans nominated
Henry Clay. Jackson received 2l9
votes. Clay but 40. The Federalists
had disappeared from the political
arena as such. but re-appeared again in
1885 under the name of Wings, which
the Republicans had merged into the
new party created by Jackson's fight
ON the United States bank, called DEM
Ocracy.
In 1886, the Democracy met i'm con-
vention in Baltimore, adopted the ia
nous two-thirds rule, and nominated
Martin VanBuren.
The Wings met in Harrison, Pa, and
nominated VIM. III. Harrison.
The total popular vote polled was
!, 49S, 205.
VanBuren received. .....-............56l,5 $40
Harrison received. $50, 656
VanBuren's majority-.-......... 24,s93