The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-17

and 30 IL, there being 2oo votes IN d
CONVEX ion. On the thirty'hfth ballot
Frank a Pierce appeared with 10 votes;
on tn forty. eighth the figures were
Mar 80, Cass 70, Pierce 30, Douglas 80;
Buc a %. The choice was then re-
ferr, Il to a caucus, and by the casting
vote II the chairman, Franklin Pierce
preferred to Mr.. B W. Jennes who
died last year at Cleveland. Perez on
the next ballot received all the votes but
six. W. R. King, of Alabama, being NOM
mated for Vice President. The Wing
Convention met at Baltimore on the l6.h
of June, and lasted six days. FIllemore
led off with 1873 votes, Scott having l3l
and Webster 20. Ga the second ballot
Scott gained two from Fillmor, and for
a long time soldier and civilian ran a
neck and-neck race, but on the thirty
sixth ballot Scott obtained a decided adj
vantage, and on the ffty.third was nom
mated by 1859 to 1l2 The Free.Soil De-
mocracy held a convention at Pittsburg,
August IL, Henry Wilson presiding, and
nominated John P Hale and George W.
Julian On Washington's birthday, in
1856, the american" National Conven.
ton met at Philadelphia and nominated
Fillmore and Andrew Jackson Donel
son. The Democratic Convention met
at Cincinnati June 2, Buchanan leading
with 1856 votes of 296, TO l22 for Pierce,
SO f)r Douglas and 5 for Cass. Buchanan
and "the Little Giant" steadily gained,
PierCe's strength falling off till on the
sixteenth ballot it stood Buchanan 1853,
Douglas l21, Cass 6 Douglas then with
drew and Buchanan was nominated,
John G. Breckenridge getting the second
place without a contest. The Republi
can party (Which had been formally or.
ganized at the Pittsburg Convention in
February, 1850 held Its National Con.
vention at Philadelphia on the 18th of
June, Henry S. Lane presiding, Seward
and Chase being withdrawn the strug.
gle lay between Judge John Mclean, of
Pennsylvania, and John G. Fremont,
who was nominated on the first ballot by
1858 to 100. VIM. L Dayton obtained, al.
so on the first ballot, the nomination for
Vice President after a sort of scrub race,
having 259 votes, to ITO for Lincoln, 30
for Sumner, 80 for Banks, 10 for Jacob
Collamer of Vermont, 8 for James A.
King of New York, and scattering"
votes for Cassius NJ, Clay, Joshua R. Gid
dings, David Wilmot and Seabury Ford.
In 1860 the Democrats opened the ball
at Charleston April 90, the convention
getting into q hopeless wraDgle over the
slavery question and the delegations of
seven Southern States finally withdraw
ing. During the 81 ballots chat were ia
ken Douglas ed,starting at 1852 and run
ming up to 152, or so less than the mum.
Der required. When it r%eassemhled at
Baltimore, June II, Douglas began with
49,! nd on the I'd ballot gained s, when
he was declared the nominee, though
the seCessions had made it imposs BILE to
obtain a regular two-thirds msiority.-
For Vice President B. Fitzpatrick was
nominated, but, declining his place was
taken by Herschell V. Johnson. The Sc.
Ceding Dem Jcrats nomigated John G..
Breckenridge and "Joe" Lane. The Re.
publiCans meanwhile had assembled at
Chicago on the 18th of May, Stewards
nomination being confidently looked for.
The first ballot resulted as follows: Sew.
ard 1881, Lincoln l02, Cameron 503
Chase 40, Edw 4rd Bates 48 Dayt N IS
John Mclean II, Jacob Collamer 10,
scattering 6 On the second ballot the
Camerons went over to Lincoln and the
vote stood Seward 184I, Lincoln ISL,
Chase 424 Bates 95, Dayton 10, Mclean
s On the third Seward had $50, Lincoln
29l!, Chase 249, Bates %. when David
K. Cartier of Onio, afterwards Chief Jus.
tice of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia, gave Lincoln three of
Chase's Ohio votes, securing a majority,
a stampede following and the final result
being: Lincoln 1854, Seward 100. The
contest for Vice President was spiritless;
on the first ballot the votes we're we'll
scattered, Hamlin leading with 1874; a
good many changes followed, and he was
declared nominated by 1857, to SO for Cas-.
sius M. Clay and l8 for John Hickman.
The Constitutional Union Convention
met at Baltimore, May 8, twenty States
being represented, and nominated John
Bell and Edward Everett.
In 1864 the Republican Convention
met at Baltimore June 7, under the
Presidency of William Dennison of0hio.
Lincoln vas renominated by acclama.
ton after Missouri had cast her % votes
for Grant. There was a lively fight for
the Vice Presidency between Andrew
Johnson, Daniel S. Dickinson of New
York, Hannibal Hamlin and Lowell H.
Rousseau Of Kentucky. Between the
first two the race was close, the New
Yorker leading, but at the right moment
he was knitted by a friend and Johnson
carried off the prize. The Democrats met
at Chicago August 20 On the first ballot
Mcclellan had ia votes; T. H. Sey.
mour IS, and HOratio Seymour -, but
votes enough were soon changed to give
Little Mac" 2024 and the nomination.
Mr.. George H. Pendleton of Ohio, was
nominated for the Vice Presidency on
the second ballot-a similar vote. Soon
afterwards-June 1.-THE Radical De-
moCraCy," so-Called, met in convention
at Cleveland, Ohio, June l, and nomin.
ated John G. Fremont for the Presiden.
cy and General John CoChrane of New
York, for the Vice Presidency.
In May, 1853, the Republican National
Convention met at Chicago. with Gener-
al Joseph R. Hawley as permanent
President. Grants nomination had then
became a foregone conclusion and was
accomplished without any opposition by
an informal calling of the roll of the 610
delegates. The choice of a candidate for
the second place on the ticket gave rise
to a struggle, Senator Reuben E. Fenton
avowedly wanted the nomination, but
was opposed by a large party of men
from his own State. OF the other can
didates Benjamin F. Wade of Ohio, led
the balloting from the start. Henry
Wilson was also a strong candidate.
When during the balloting Iowa chang.
ed its vote to Speaker Colfax, Pennsyl-
vania cast the determining vote which
gave Colfax the place, on the sixth bal.
lot, The Democratic Convention met
in the new Tammany Hall in New York
on the 4th of July. Horatio Seymour
was made President of the convention.
On the 6rst ballot for the Presidential