Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-28
NEW RIVALS.
ORGANIZATION OF MOVEMENTS AGAINST Tbs
GRAND Old PARTIES
Thar Successes and Failures - Rise and Fall
Of the Ka,w Nothiugs Gresneaeksr3
and Other Third Parties.

Rgintv OF the result OF the election ~
november. As general thing, Judging
bv the past, third parties rarely eXer-
else more than a temporary influence 10
an election for President IL Is too ear
" 20 undertake % propheSy the innu-
, Vnce OF the new element which has
Been projected on the political held
The conditions Of the States where the
strength Of the new party lies ana
where they look for votes and Droc.a
their ability TO carry them In the No
yenber election are hardly understood
at this early stage in the contest Ior the
Feins of government for the next -FOUR
years,
The uncertainty which hangs over an
nnkown quantity awaSenS apprehen-
zion. and will be a subject that Will De
FULLY discussed and anXiouSly watched
By both OF the great national parties.
Neither party can look for an avalanche
or walk, over, and neither can afford
10 losgeven one OF the States conceded
IN II. This Intruder, therefore, upon
ground considered sacred 70 the Demo
cratic or the Republican party must
give US pause" This third party claims
10 be able to carry States 10 the South
heretofore considered as certain for the
Democratic nominee. II the claims are
justified by the result, the solid SoCtn'
the reliance Of the Democratic party,
will be no longer solid.
An inroad will 0e made there, and
lhere is almost a certainty that the
votes Of the silver States Will be cast
against the nominees Of the two great
parties, who are 20 use the phrase oy
which they designate them, ''goIu
bugs" I am informed by well-Snown
men from North and South Carolina
that the Alliance Is dead against them
In those States. There this element Is
really formidable, and, II the element Is
strong enough 20 awake apprehension
in those States, we may we'll expect 70
find it elsewhere in that section. A
glance at the history Of third parties IN
the past, their rise and their fall and
the influence upon the voters OF the
country, would seem 20 be an interest
ing study while awaiting the opening OF
the campaign.
THIRD PARTIES THAT CARRIED STATES
Buttwo of the many third parties that
have existed In our political history ever
carried a single State. The anti-MG-
sons in 1882 In the Presidential election
carried Vermont and the electors or the
State voted for William Vert, the can
didate OF the aLti-MaSOns, for President
and Amos Eumaker for Vice President
The State OF Vermont continued 70 be
controlled by the anti-MaSOns for sew
eral wears. The auti-MaSOuic candidate,
Rittner, was elected Governor OF Penn
sylvania in 1885 by division In the Dem
ocratic party. In the State OF New YORK
this party held an important position ia
the pOlitics of the State for many years
In the other portions OF the country II
soon disappeared.
The Abolition party rose from mosl
Insignificant body of voters Ia leoU
when they had nominated James U.
Blrkay for the presidency, the polIeu
s-lF 1850 votes. In 1874 they put
&c, SUI votes I'm IS4S convention wa;
held at Buffalo OF Free Democrats and
Free Sellers, and nominated Mr.. Van
Buren, and Charles Francis Adams, and
"The Liberty League, or AbOlitiOniStS,
nominated John Z. Hale for President,
but he declined 10 favor Of Mr.. Van
Buren,.
The banner under which that canvass
was fought was inscribed, Free Soil,
Free Speech, Free Labor and Free
Men" and the ticket II ceived 291, 262
votes. In 1852 the Free Soil Democracy
met TO convention al Pittsburg on the
18th of August. All the free States aud
Delaware, MaryIanB Virginia and Ken
lucky were repreS snted, John 2. Hale
- f-.s-H Co. n-r-f.f,r,t ,r.H f-1,-era
w. JUiean Tor Wee President.
The Republican party was organized
b9iOre the next presidential election, in
1856, and the Abolition party was alb
sorbed by TO- and i'm It's ranks fought
every shade of opposition 20 slavery.
The native American movement was
started 10 New York 10 1874 and elect
ed James Harper mayor and four mem
bers Of Congress, and in Pennsylvania
they elected two mem berS OF Congress.
Ii was only formidable in the cities,
however. In 1929 native American
ism was revived and for a time hsd
large following. The religious element
introduced 10 the ritual tended 70 It's
downfall. II was known as the Know
Nothing party, and even now the evil
influence 10 eXerted extends TO those
who were members Of the party, as one
of Ahs candidates for Vice President at
the recent Chicago convention was
charged With being a member Of that
party, and bis friends went to consider
able trouble by afidayitS TO purge him
from the charge
THE KNOW NOTHING PARTY.
This party carried a good many
States, and the Wings, to beat their
old opponent, the Democratic party,
availed themselves OF this new element,
IhiCh bid fair TO sweep the country.
twas the most formidable party ever
ised 10 this country, but II met its
aterloo in Virginia after it had car
cities aud States and electing mem
rs OF Congress. Henry A. Wise
ought 10 In every county OF the State.
1t was too widespread, however, to be
crushed in one battle, and in 1856 it
met isocOnveDtion at Philadelphia and
bomila4ed a Presidential ticket with
kr. Fillmore at its head. At that con-
fention every State but Maine, Yer
mont and South Carolina was repre-
sented. Tee ticket received STA, 534
popular votes, but carried but one
State, Maryland.
At the State elections that year they
carried both Maryland and Rhode Isl
and. In the Thirty-ffth Congress,
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