The sun., 1896-09-06

Their Prontnenes In SuppiyinG Party
Standard Hearers for National Elections.
Tho two States that furnish forth the Palmer
and Buckner ticket have long been prolific In
nominees for the Presidency. Kentucky be.
gan her record in 1924, when Clay poled fair
popular vote and received the support of all
the electors of Ohio. Kentucky. and Missouri,
besides four of those from New York, making
81 In all. In 1899 he was also the
chief candidate against jackson, polling $780,
1s9 votes TO tho latter's es7, SOC, although only
40 electoral votes 10 the victor's 219 In 1874
he was beaten for tho third and last time, poll
ing 1.299,0 06s votes against Polk's 1,337,243.
aud receiving los electoral votes out OF total
of 275.
But meantime Kentucky had already fur
nisbed vice-President in Richard NJ johnson,
on the Van Buren, ticket OF 1885. Van Buren
had 10 electoral votes against 124 for his op-
ponents combined. but VirRinia's % votes were
turned for Vice-Prosident TO another Democrat,
William Smith of Alabama. This left johnson,
of sourse, with only 147 votes, and his oppo-
nents, including Smith, also aggregated exactly
147. so that there was no majority, whereupon
the Senate elected johnson. In the next cleo
tion Van nuren and johnson ran together
again, and were overwhelmingly defeated By
Harrison and Tyler. In 1s4s Kentucky fur
nished another nominee for Vice President,
William o. Butler. who ran with Cass against
the whig ticket Of Taylor and Fillmore, ard
Yet again, in 1855. Kentucky brought for.
vatd a candidate for Vice President In John
ehanan. @ beading the Republican ticket o OF Ere
votes, and polling i5a electoral vo,es AGAINST
Breckinridge ran for President, but was only
placed third on the popular vote. with l,s64,-
7es for Breckinr!dge. and $50 .Ssi for Bell.
But among the electors Brec ckinridge stood Sec
ond with 7s votes. against Lincoln's $50. Doug
It ~ill DO noted as q remarkable fact that In
every Presidential election except one, from
1924 to 1850 inclusive, Kentucky had u promi-
yice-President. su. from, 1850 up, to Gen.
representative has been Bramlette and
Machen, who received three and one electoral
up the in
1879, and Green Clay Smith, who 2nlled y, ,522
Prohibition votes out OF over 4.4oO,0o in 1879.
mltted to the Union in ISIS, her first essay in
neglect was atoned for by giving her two lead :
ing candidates. Lincoln and Douglas, with
elected in 1864 by mole than 400. 900 majori-
~ over Mcclellan in the popular and b. 2l2
against 81 in the electoral vote. The line OF
two elections by Grants successive victories
over Seymour in lses and over Greeley in
! 1872 by very large majorities. In the latter
year David Davis OF Illinois got one electoral
vote for President
| In 1876 J. b. Walker, he American party
| candidate, hailing fiom Illinois, polled $3.50
| votes. In 1854 John A. Logan, on the ticket
with Blaine, fought a close contest with Grover
| Cleveland. polling 4,s4S.33i popular votes
against the latter ;etl ,ol7, and 1e2 electoral
-otes against 219: In lsss A. J. Streeter and
! votes respectively on labor tickets, were the
| only Illinois representatives. but in 1892 I'LL
| nois furnished in Adlai Z. Stevenson q success
| ful candidate for the Eice-Presideucy. Thus
| she has had . run OF nominees in the thirty
| six years from 1860 to now noticeable as
| Kentucky's from 1924 TO 1850.