The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-06

Democratic, 'aS novel, distinct and pop
ular name''
The next national Democratic conyen-
ton was held in Baltimore, May, 1885, and
nominated Martin Van Buren, and r. II.
johnson The Wings held a convention
at Albany and nominated William e.
| Harrison Van Buren, was chosen by a
mere popular majority. The Abolition
| party was organized in 1929 at Warsaw, \.
| Y, and in the following year under the
name of the Liberty party nominated
James G. Birney and Thomas Earle. The
| Wings at Harrisburg Dec 4, 1899, nomi-
mated William II. Harrison and John Ty-
Ter. and on May 5, 1910, the Democrats re-
nominated Van Buren,. This canvass was
known as the Log Cabin and Hard CT
! der" campaign, and Harrison was elected
by large majority, having received 334
electoral votes against 20 cast for Mr.. Van
Buren,
In August, 1913, the Liberty party met in
Buffalo and again nominated James G. Biz
ney. The Wing party assembled in Balti-
more, May j. 1914, nominating Henry Clay
and Theodore Frelinghuysen, and the Dem
ocrats met ia national convention in Balti-
more, May q, 1874, nominating James K.
Polk and Silas Wright The latter ticket
was elected, receiving 40 electoral votes;
the Wings 100. The next national conven-
ton of the Liberty party met at Buffalo in
October 1917, and put IN nomination John
P. Hale and Leicester King. Another
branch of the Liberty party met at Au-
burn, n. Y, in January, 1S4S, and nomi-
mated Gerrit Smith. The Democratic con-
vention this year was held at Baltimore,
May %, when Lewis Cass and William o.
Butler were nominated. The Wing con-
vention at Philadelphia, June z, 1s4S, NOM
mated General Zachary Taylor and Mil
lard Fillmore, and these candidates were
elected Martin Van Buren, and Charles
Francis Adams also became candidates of
the Free Soil party, which was organized
Aug. 0, 1S4S, by the opponents of slave ex-
tension.
The Democratic convention of 1852 as
sembled in Baltimore, June l. and nomi-
mated Franklin Pierce and William r.
King. On June 16 the Wings nominated
General Winfield Scott and William A.
Graham. The Free Soil party met at
Pittsburg, Aug. II, 1852, and nominated
John p. Hale and George W. Julian
Pierce received 254 electoral votes out of
the 296 cast in the college of that year.
The first movement toward the organi-
cation of the Republican party took place
during the early months of 1854 at Ripon,
Fond du Lac county, Wis. From a small
beginning it increased rapidly in numbers
until it drew into its fold all those who
opposed the extension of slavery into the
territories Sellers, Wings, anti-Ne-
braska Democrats and antislavery Ameri-
cans. Assembling in national convention
in the Musical Fund hall, Philadelphia
June IL, 1856. John G. Fremont and Will
liam l.. Dayton were unanimously chosen
as candidates. The Democrats, June 2
1856, at Cincinnati, nominated James Blu
chanan and J John G. Breckenridge, while the
Wings, who had not associated themselves
with the other parties, met at Baltimore
Sept. II, and nominated Willard Fillmore.
Buchanan was elected, but he lacked ST.
729 votes of obtaining popular majority
over his opponents.
The Fillmore convention was held in the
hall of the American institute, the same
in which Pierce received his nomination in
Baltimore in 1852. A portion of the hall
was rallied in for the delegates and the
platform and galleries were decorated
with exceptional taste. Baltimore beauty
was largely represented in the audience,
and it may be said that this was the be-
ginning of the special arrangements for
the accommodation of the great public
that now characterize the conventions of
the principal political parties.