The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-05
and Others.


Dental candidates, says the ST. Louis
Globe Democrat, Lave already faded from
popular memory, and those who still
hold IL place in peoples minds could be
counted on the fingers of ones hand
To this class belongs Aaron Burr, who,
in 1900 WAS defeated for the Presidency
by hairs breadth Indeed Burr came
| nearer to the Presidency without reaching
it than any other man save Tilden. but he
is best remembered as the politician who
slew Alexander Hamilton, and later plot
ted unsuccessfully to create Il great en-
pie in the Southwest, of which he should
be monarch. Thereafter he was for sew
eral years an exile in Europe, and during
his last days practiced law in New York,
dying at such an. extreme old aye that
men who are now living who knew and
conversed with him.
Burr died in 1885, md was buried by
the side Of his father ut Princeton, n. j.
George Clinton did not permit his de-.
feat for the Presidency TO end his public
career. He continued for many years Il
power in State and national politics and
was governor of New York after he had
served as Vice Presi dent.
Dewitt Clinton also took his defeat by
Madison with the calmness OF IL sage. In
after years he carried TO Il successful issue
the construction of the Erie canal, and
became governor, dying suddenly, rs so
many men who have been governors of
New York have done.
The public career of Rufus King may
be- said to have ended with his defeat bv
Monroe il 1916, and the same was true
of William ii. Crawford, who lost the
Presidency by Il ilullc in 1924. Crawford
who had been Il national figure for nearly
| II quarter of Il century, resigned his seat
80. G. a..
back To his home in Georgia, and, in OF e
der to support himself secured an cleo
ton of judge of probate, dying in tina
Office Il few years later.
HENRY CLAWS AMBITION.
| On The other hand, the after. career OF
| Henry Clay, who was also an unsuccess.
| full candidate for the Presidency in 1924
| is still II household word He served for
many years in the Cabinet and Senate.
and remained until his death the idol of
his party. Defeated by Jackson in 1928.
he was cheated out of the Wing nomina-
ton in 1910, and it was his own fault that
he was not elected when he was unani-
| mouSly made the standard. bearer of his
party four years later.
Clay's last appearance in public life was
in 1880, when ut the age of n, he Cancelled
his VOW of retirement and returned to the
| Senate to carry through the famous com
promise measure, which he vainly hoped
would settle the slavery question once
| and for all. When his bill was under
discussion in the Senate although old
and feeble, he persisted in speaking tive
days in advocacy of his plan of settlement
Crowds of people came to Washington
from distance to hear the winsome and
fascinating orator make the last and
| greatest effort. of his life. When his
| speech was done admirers rushed upon
| him to thank him. and multitude of wo-
men kissed him with ELUSIVE tears. Clay
died during the following year
| Calhoun, who during the debate Just
| referred to, also addressed the Senate for
the last time, although, never, like Clay,
Il formal candidate for the Presidency.
WAS still for many years an eager asprant
| for the Office. and it was the understand
| ing when Jackson was elected in 1928
! that he should serve enc term and then
[ Vice President Calhoun should be pro-
| NOTED as his successor. But William III.
Crawford, who held Calhoun chiefly re
| sponshlc for his defeat in 1924, from his
| retirement on the Georgia bench wrote I.
| letter i'll which he stated that in Monroe :
| Cabinet, Calhoun had proposed General
JackSon'S conduct i'll the Seminole war
| be made the subject of inquiry, and if the
| charges against him were found true he
should be punished with severity. This
letter was used so adroitly by Van Buren,
that the friendship of the President for
Calhoun was changed to vindictive and
implicable cnmity. From that day Cal
houn was doomed as the successor of
Jackson and Van Buren, became the ia
vorite. Save for Crawford's letter it is,
safe to say that Calhoun, and not Van
Buren,, would have been chosen President
in 1886
TOOK ADVERSELY TO HEART.
The brilliant lawyer and orator, Will
liam Writ, who was one of Jackson's op-
poncnts in 1899, died within ii year, and
Hugh l.. White, and Willie p. Mangum
did not long survive their defeat by Van
Buren, in 1886. Van Buren,, after lis
crushing overthrow by Harrison in 1910.
retired to his home on the Hudson and
devoted the cnsuring four years to ma
neuvcring for the Democratic nomination
III ISL. There is little doubt that again
ne would have been the candidate OF his
party in the year Just named had it not
been for the fact thu. Calhoun >nrin,-