Telegram-herald., 1888-07-01

Wsa4sk- are. ~Sa. and I a blzraed Il IA
50 thsrs a al " sss fhs reply.
WIZ They have : &c exhibition
-Oh. den't care sh4t thsy'ye got III
nsssr - - s-s 4nythias Of Edsn's. d0nt
bsilsss 48y sioozsinx bzrb<F las any fight
n shs shos business. and big Eesn sagkE
~ stay oat of 4"
Tnis vas CARR 81 eCrbstoas zetor.
Who's solng 70 bs slsetedg tsksit most
Of Is hear that aassEioH abo1r twenty
nmes dag. ia man szks yoa Il HsrTi-
son = gong 70 Dc slscted. Just answer hin
bg spelling ths Hooslsr senator's name
backs yards. No. sirrah.
p
5smsthing over fourteen months ago
Coionel Mcclure pn1lishsd il the Phila-
deiPhis Tssaes a. article STAGING thai James
q. Blaine a4d q theory that every man
nominated for ths Presidency hose nsms
snasd with the letter n" would be sue
cssaful. FoliOxing Is the Mcclure article.
A critical examination OF the results of
ffesidsatlal slsctlons. st.ch as perhaps only
Mr. Blaine himself would think Of max
inz. aa0sed bim that apon every occasion
OF Presidential election the candidate
whose nams ended sith the letter IA was
elected, and As the letter D theory Of Mr.
Blaine may play = conspicuous part Ia the
samDsi<n OF next year. izlalists and super
sflti0ns politicians would do well 10 study
tue lesson NJ. Blaine has already learned.
In l7o5 George Washington, = letter n
man. dsIsated John Adams by sn
electoral vote Of % 10 54 and in 1872
W asnLngton again beat Adams by vote OF
tl31 10 II. In lco4. a. Thomas Jefferson and
tAar0n Burr each had seventy-three electo-
p votes. there vas no election by the peo-
q 8. ana upon the thirty-sixth ballot IN the
ii pose Of Representatives Thomas Jsfter son
.s@ elected In 1905 Thomas Jefferson and
0e.}rge Clinton defeated Colesworth and
Knf,4s King by an electoral vote Of l62 TO
fourt.sen--In this case, the frat in which
audit astes for President and Vice President
usr. I'D animated aud voted for. the last let
Ter OF 10 "a the successful candidates names
~rse1 18th IN" Ia 1912 James Madison
lor President and George Chnton for Vice
Pre~idspt bad IL votes 10 forty seven each
for n C plls skney for President and Rufus
Kin~ for Y ee President. Madison was re-
-isefed fonrt years later. Ia ls2S Andrew
I.ek .on .nd John &. Calhoun, both names
endlnr Win u" defeated John Quincy
Aasms and Rl1hard Rush for President aud
Vice President ky Al electoral vote OF us TO
rlxhty-thres. In 49, the candidates Tor
| PSesi5eut were Andrew Jackson. Henry
e1sv John Fioya and William Writ, OF
N.rxland and the candidates for Vice Pres
| d.nt were Martin van Bursn. John Ser
| geant- William WuFins, Henry Lee and
| aroo- Ellmaker snd hf the 2SS electoral
| xofs. e..t Iac xron had 2l9 and Van Buren
| 80 Goth ietpsf n" feiio - again winning.
| In tsss uartin Van Buren defeated VIII
| li.,n H>sry Harrison by a vote of 10 to 73
| 80 gichsrd n. Johnson was elected Vice
| pr<sitent over Francis Granger, John Tylsr
snd William Smith, Of Alabama bat in
|isfO General Harrison defeated Van Buren,
| By a vcte Of "a 20 50. The next letter n
| candidate Was James Buchanan. who de-
| feated J0hn e. Fremont and Millard Fill
more. In 1850 the candidates were Aora-
| ham Lincoln and Hannibal HsmDlin-both
| letter n nominees, Bseckinridge and Lane.
| Douglas and Johnson. and Bell and Everett.
| aud IN 1864 Lincoln and Johnson against
| Mcclellan and Pendleton, ali names end
F! ing vitn the letter n the Republicans
winning by a vote Of 2i2 TO 2l. The next
| letter n candidate was Samuel J. Tiiden,
/ who defeated HAYES before the people by a
| voss OF 2O1 10 lO7. but watch an Electoral
/ Commission, with Senators Merton and
| Frelinghuysen. both letter n statesmen.
changed 10 ls5 for Hayes to 1s4 tor Tlden.
There have been no lstter n candidates
since 1876. ard only bad luck, death and
defeat has attended the Republican candi-
dates since then.
soon after the nOmin of Grover
| Cleveland | met James G.. Blaine and
stroiled with him frequently on the banks
| OF the ksnnebec. ON one OF these
| occasions. after be had been planning in
dustriosslv tor hours to secure his election,
| = a
! painfai: They call me the Henry Clay OF the
| Republican party. believe am, and, like
Clay am destined TO defeat. Twice Henry
| Clay Was defeated for the nomination VIXEN
| he could have been elected. and 1, 100. have
been twice rejected when an election Was
| certain. Clay was nominated upon the
third trial and defeated by nobody, and II
seems certain that ] am TO be beaten By q
man who i've years ago was the Sheriff OF a
sixth-class city"
Roscoe Conklinx Is represented as saying
when this Blaine theory OF good luck at
tending candidates whOse names ended with
| the letter ~ was called 70 bis attention.
As the success OF Madison and Clinton,
Jackson and Calhoun, Lincoln and Hsmhn
and Lincoln and Johnson was so pro
nouneed. Why not maze II 4 double n
tickss ia lssS2
| Brovn-Gsd. Jack, what do You want ol
that set Of postage stamps Why. you "
got a hundred there
Joans-Wsll, you s-e, I've Just completed
poem, snd 1 msy-sr-se7d it 70 mors
than one paper.
T 2 7
The Duke OF Marlborough vas married
the othsr day 10 Mrs. Louis C. Hammers
ley. OF New York. Mrs. Hsmmerslsy is I
Young widow. With an allowances OF 800
00o ysar. snd Is celebrated for ber beauty
and grscs. The wealth Of Mrs. Hammers
ley will do much to restore the sncien
xloriss Of Blenheim Palace, vhich hsv'
lately been rstber obscured. On account o
the poverty Of the present proprietor. 1t i
doubtful how Mrs Han neEsiey would b
received in Eaglsnd o. Duchess Of Mari
borough. Tie Duke i extremely unpopu
lsr. snd his divorced wife. Lady Blsndford
possesses he entire sympathy Of the bes
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