Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-18


vention nominated Fremont. whose election
Was prevented by the continuance in the 6ela
OF the American party. SO insignihcAnt was
that element thst u was determined 20 close the
headquarters. when Col forney. through Mr.
Belmont's lberality, supplied the means Of con-
tinuing the canvass, and Mr.. Buchanan was
elected There WAS another convention. which
was engineered in the interest Of George Law.
and which nominated Gen. " F. Banks for
President and Gov. WIN. Z. johnson 81 Pcnnsyl-
vania for Vice President
The last whig national convention met AZ
Baltimore September n, 1855. and nominated
Fillmore and Donaldson. Edward Bates OF
Missouri presided over this convention. and
was subsequently Attorney General under Mr..
Lincoln. At this convention Mr.. Hiram
ketcham Of New York read wAshington's fare
well address. Still another convention vas
held in 1856 at Syrscusc, which nominated Gar
rett Smith for President and Samuel McFar-
land Of Pennsylvania for Vice President
THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION.
The Charleston democratic convention met
on the Esd Of April, Is60. and was presided over
by Caleb Gushing. The fight In that oonven-
ton began as soon organized. The reports.
majority and minority. from the committee on
resolutions were 30 radically opposed 20 each
other that they were recommitted in the hone
OF some reconciliation. but on the sixth dav u
the convention the same reports came back.
The south withdrew from the convention
Gen. Cushing resigned the presidency and Mr.
Tod OF Ohio took the chair, and the bAlloting
commenced. and on the last ballot Judge
Douglas having received lsl< votes was b.
motion Of Judge sanford Z. Church declared
the nominee for President and HerschAl V
johnson of Georgia the nominee for Vice
President. A convention Of those delegates
who had Withdrawn from the convention At
Charleston met AZ Baltimore and nominated
John c. Breckenridge for President and Gen
Jos. Lane Of Oregon for Vice President Mr.
Gushing presided over this convention In
both these conventions the two-thirds rule was
abrogated.
The republican convention met in Chicago in
May. 1850. George Ashmun Of Massachusetts,
presided over il. and Mr.. Lincoln was nomi-
mated on the third ballot Ior President and
Hannibal Hamlin for Vice President. and the
convention adjourned, having sat only one day.
On the 9Th OF May the American convention
met at Buffalo and nominated for the presi-
dency and the vice presidency John Bell Of
Tennessee and Edward Everett. The abolition
convention met NJ Cleveland and nominated
Fremont lts Influence in the Campaign was
hardly felt. Mr.. Lincoln .received ise votes
Judge Douglas u votes and John G Brecken-
ridge 10 and Bell 80 votes. In 1864 the repub-
hcan convention met nj Baltimore on the TIN OF
June and renominated Mr.. Lincoln for Presi-
dent and Andrew johnson for Vice President
TAME CONVENTION.
On the 10Th Of August, 1854 the democratic
convention met at Chicago and nominated Nc
Clellan and Pendleton. Gov Vim. Bigler pre-
sided over the convention Gov. Tiiden wa.
chairman OF committee resolutions and Gov
Sanford Z. Church was chairman of committee
on credentials. The convention was a very
tame affair. and though Thomas II. Seymour
Frank Pierce and some others were nominated
there wasreally no contest
On the 4th Of July, 1868. the democratic
\ rational convention met at New York Mr.
| Sek mOur DrQSlded we fhac
and Pendleton were the principal contestants
fo- the nomination. and when the former had
reached 1914 votes the convention adjourned
FOR the day and the next day Seymour's name
was sprung upon the convention. and he de-
clined, saving, "four candidate cannot be
and while declining accepted, in violation, IL
was said, of pledge TO decline and nominate
Gov. Chase. Gen. Francis p. Blair was nomi-
mated for Vice President and put some vigor in
the ticket, which fell like pail on the party
throughout the country.
In september OF that year visited Mr.
Seymour at the request OF President johnson
| 70 proher any aid in his power TO secure his
election. The interview confirmed nv OPPOSE
ton to the nomination, and justified the sug-
Restiou OF the National Tatelliqeacer after the
Pennsylvania October election. that the names
on the ticket be reversed and Gen. Blair's name
be substituted FOR Mr.. Seymour's The New
York World, without any consultation, stimuli
taneously made the same suggestion The
soldiers and sailors convention, which met at
the same time, presided over BY Gen. Franklin
Endorsed the nomination.
On the 10th Nav, 1865, the republican con-
vention met at Chicago and nominated Grant
and Colfax. Among the delegates 60 that con-
yention were Gen. John Cochrane. GEL. Daniel
E. Sickles. ex-senator Joseph L. Brown of
Georgia and other war democrats
HORACE GREELEY ENDORSED.
In 1872, July 9, the democratic convention
ma a. RAJ IA -.
Of Horace Greeley, which had been made at the
liberal convention which met in Cincinnati. The
republican convention met at PHILADELPHIA on
the 5th Of June, 1871, and renominated Gen. Grant
and Henry Wilson amid the greatest thusiasm.
James l.. Orr OF South Carolina attended the
convention. The republican convention OF 1876
met at Cincinnati on the l4tb June and nomi-
mated HAYES and Wheeler. The st. Louis com
vention of 1876 nominated Samuel J. Tlden for
President on the second ballot and Thomas A.
Hendricks Vice President. In 1850 the demo-
cratic convention met at Cincinnati on the sth
July. Judge George Hoadley, now residing in
New York, presided over IL, and on the second
ballot Gen. Hancock was nominated for the
presidency and VIM. II. English for Vice Presi-
dent. The republican convention of 1850 met
at Chicago and nominated Garfield and Arthur
on the sixth day Of the convention, and on the
Sd June, 1884, the republican convention met at
Chicago. Ex-senator John ID. Henderson, now
OF Washington, presided over the convention
and James q. Blaine was nominated. In 1854
the democratic convention, which nominated
Cleveland for the first time, met at Chicago on
9Th July, and the same ticket was nominated ut
st. Louis in 1855 and President Harrison se-
cured the republican nomination the same
year.
ONLY TWO ATTACKS on THE Two-rBIRDs RULE
In this long list Of democratic conventions
which have attended Except that of 1881 no
attempt was made to repeal the two-thirds rule
except in two instances. In 1s4s the barn
burners Of New York tried TO have il repealed
and failing to succeed withdrew from the con-
yention- In 1850 the rule was abrogated by the
two conventions which grew out Of the split on
the slavery plank in the platform. That, how
ever. would hardly be pleaded rs precedent to
be followed. On the contrary il should serve a. Q
warning, for the result led TO the war between
the states. / do not remember further back.
with any degree Of certainty, than 1894, but
since then have attended every convention,
WING and democratic, with one exception.
JoHS +. CoYLE
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