The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-04

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"Americans must rule America,
and to this end native born citizens
should be selected for all state,
federal and municipal government
employment in preference to all
others.
Opposition to any union be-
tween church and state, no inter
ence with religious faith or worship
and no test oaths for Office
In the election the party carried
only one Maryland-but
polled the second largest vote ever
cast for the candidates Of third
party in a national election. The
total vote for Fillmore was ST. ,5S4
This vote has only been exceeded
by the vote cast for the Populist
ticket in the election Of 1892.
Fillmorc's percentage Of the pop
ular vote was much larger than
the percentage for Weaver two
years ago The popular vote for
Fillmore was more than % per
cent Of the total vote cast.
Out of the wreck Of the know
nothing party and the remains Of
the Wing party a new third party
was organized for the campaign
Of 1860. It was called the consu-
tutional union party and announc-
ed that 1t had no platform except
the constitution of the United
States. It's candinate for president
was John Bell, Of Tenn, and he
carried four Southern states, which
gave him thirty-nine electoral
votes, but his popular vote was
100000 less than that of Douglass
who had only twelve electoral
votes.
Third parties then disappeared
from national politics until 1872,
when several of them entered the
field, but only one, the Prohibit
ton party, got its candidates for
president and vice president to
make the race. James Black, the
Prohibition candidate, received on
5,60S votes.
And Then the Greenbackers.
The greenback party came into
existence in 1876 and nominated
Peter Cooper for president. He
got $1,000 votes. In 1880 the
greenback party was again in the
field and James B. Weaver, its
nominee for president, received
more than 100000 votes. Neal
Dow made the race for the prohi-
bitionists the same year, but re.
ceived only a,tmfling vote.
The campaign Of 1884 was pro.
life Of new parties. The green
back party was still in existence
and nominated B. F. Butler for
president. The Prohibition party
nominated John P. St. John, the
American Prohibition party nom.
mated Samuel C. Pomeroy and
the equal rights party nominated
Belva Ann Lockwood for presi-
dent.
In the campaign Of 1883 the I'M.
ion labor party appeared as the
forerunner Of the Populist party.
A national convention was held
in Cincinnati in May and Andrew
}. Streator, of Illinois, was nomi-
mated for president. The conven.
ton was not harmonious and the
Populist party was already in pro-
cess of formation throughout the
west and South, but in the election
that year Streator received a pop.
ular vote of 1868 The same
year the popular vote for the Pro-
hibition candidate took big Jump
Clinton B. Fisk. their candidate
for president, got 246,S76 votes.
And Last efAll.
The populist party entered the
campaign Of 1892 with James B.
Weaver as its candidate for presi.
dent, and in the light of The histo.
tory OF third parties i. accomplish.
ed wonders. 1t polled the largest
popular vote ever cast for the can.
didate of third party, carried
more states for Weaver than were
carried for Bell in 1850 and had
almost as many electoral votes 40
The latter. In addition it secured
Tho governors and Legislatures of
several western states.
The Prohibition party has been
IN existence longer than any other
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