Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-06-06


son and Hamilton were squarely opposed in
relation to National Government.
Hamilton's desire was for strong Govern
ment with centralized power. Jefferson sup
ported the reserved rights of the States.
and opposed increase of standing army and
navy The different ideas Of these two men
entered Congress and the people took sides.
thus creating two political parties - the
Federal and Democratic-R Republican.
Alexander Hamilton was leader of the
first-naned, and Thomas Jefferson the
second.
In reviewing the past it will be seen that
the party Of Jefferson at length crushed out
the Federalists with their monarchical
tendencies; oatlived the Wing and minor
parties, administered the Government
wisely and retained the confidence of the
people.
Dethronement from power for TWENTY
four years failed to dismember it, for its
principles are deathless and must prevail
IN government whose constitution makes
the people sovereign Following is given a
brief synopsis of past Democratic conyen-
tons from 1900 to 1885.
The Democratic Republican party at their
convention in 1900, in Philadelphia. nomi-
mated Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
for President and Vice-President. On
posed to them were John Adams and c. c.
Pinckney, the candidates of the Federalists.
The campaign was earnest and bitter One
hundred and thirty-eight electors were
chosen, divided as follows: Democrat-Re
publicans, 30; Federalists, Is.
The constitution at that time provided
that each elector should vote for two per-
sons. The one receiving the highest num-
Der OF votes was to be declared President.
and the one having the next highest Vice
President. The election was thrown into
the lower House of Congress, and there
Jefferson was chosen on the thIrty-sixth
ballot
In the Ninth Congress- tho name Demo
crat began to be substituted for the double
title of the party in power, and the en-
croachment continued until the latter be-
came at last disused.
The Federal platform of 1900 enunciated a
policy of non-interference with the affairs of
foreign nations, and proposed increasingly
expenses of the Government to meet the en-
larging demands of the country All this
was opposed by the Democratic Repub-
Leans.
The conventions Of both the Democratic
and Federal parties in 1904 were Con-
gressional caucuses. Thomas Jefferson was
renominated by the Democrats, with George
Clinton for Vice-President. The Federal
lists selected Charles 3. Pinclney and Rufus
King. There were 176 electoral votes cast,
Jefferson and Clinton receiving l02 of this
number. The issues of the campaign were
substantially the same as in 1900.
Congressional caucuses again in 1903
formed the conventions of the parties at
the Capital. James Madison and George
Clinton received the nomination of the Dem
ocrats, while Pinckney and King were re-
nominated by the Federal party Result of
the election in the electoral college:
Madison and Clinton, 122; Pinckney and
King, A; Clinton and Langdon, 6.
Madison's policy was Identical with that of
Jefferson.
The caucus conven ton of the Democrats
OF 1872 was held in " ashington on the Sth
OF May. The party was divided on the cues
ton Of war with England. On promise of
adherence 10 the war policy Madison was
renominated. Elbridge Gerry secured sec
ond place. De Witt Clinton and Jared In
gersoH were put up by the Federals Elec-
toral vote stood: Madison and Gerry, 1873:
Clinton and IngersoI 50.
Neither party in this campaign set forth a
platform. There was, however, a Clinton
ian enunciation of principles which opposed
nomination of Chief Magistrate by Congress
sional caucus
Caucus of party in power held at Wash
lnBUOh on March 10, 1916, placed James Mon
roe and d. D. TompbIns in nomination. Fed
erals selected Rufus King and John E. How
ard. Monroe and Tompkins were elected bv
1873 electoral votes against "a.
There were no platforms announced in
this struggle and none thereafter until 1890.
There were only fifty Democratic Repub-
hcans responded to the call for caucus con-
vention In April, 1880. They adjourned from
lack of quorum without nominating. None
was necessary, however, for the people had
already predestlned the reelection of Mon
roe and Tomplins.
No Federal candidate was offered. There
was, however, an opposition to the Demo-
cratic Republican ticket bearing the names
OF John g. Adams and Richard Stockton.
THIS ticket only received electoral vote out
of 232
At beginning of Monroe's second term the
Federal party was entirely disorganized and
became thing of the past Old is sues be,
came obsolete and new ones took their place.
being formed within the party in power.
In 1924 there were Henry Clay, John O.
Adams and Andrew Jackson nominated by
the Democratic party through the medium