The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-10-30

|MtJison. Jackson, Lincoln ana johnson.
The ivtlcttcryNccuuves were Che elder
and younger Adams, Tyler Grant and
Hayes.
There has been only one president
with tour lettcfs-Polk
An analyst. Of the preceding iist dts
closes the fact that the eight letter inca
we're Victims Of misfortune in QUO way
or another Van Buren,. Tor instance
failed Of a reelection The df.' liar.
son who defeated him. died iu office q
few weeks after hls inauguration
Fillmore, when he ran for the pr..t
dcncy in 1880. ON "a KuoW nothing
Ticket cafricdouly one state.
buchanan has been blamed whether
justly or not for having brought ou the
civil war. Poor Garfield wa. a,.a.sin.
ted, and Harrison wa. beaten D., Clcvc.
land four years ago
James Monroe. one otihe four sis let.
ter presidents, was lucky while in office,
but the closing ycars Of hi. lir verc
cloudcd by misfortune. when hc died
In ST. Louis, Pc was Practical, dc.
pendent for his support ON relative.
Taylor, the second OF the slxlcuercd
presidents died IN Office. Pierce NAV
be 80 down assa failure, and Arthur
failed to get the nomination GOV.
ctcd.
The presidents that had tive l,ttcfs ir
their names were the two Aiam.e, both
Of whom failed Tor reelection; Tyler
who betrayed the party which elected
him; General Grant and lla,cf.
This brings the record down TO four.
letter Polk. No man with c.ly ihrec
letters In his name has ever become
president, although at least two received
votes Ia the electoral college. Among
them was the great John Jay Henry
Lee was a candidate for M, ,isc.prc.i
deney In 1855 but his ticket only goi %
votes.
An extraordinary iaiiliiy haa attended
the men with four letters In thclrnlm .
who have been candidates tor the prc,i.
deney and vieepresidency Polk j. the
only exception, and even he was beaten
more than once before he succeeded.
Fret Of lll comes the bad but brilliant
Burr In 1901 Burr tied Jefferson for
The prcsid ncy In the electoral college.
The election was thrown into the house
Of representative. and Burr was beaten.
winning only ihe vice presidency Tor
which he did nn' care Before that.
Burr had twice been beaten for the sec.
ond office.
Rufus King was beaten ~ George
Clinton for 'he wee presidency On 80,
and again In 1908. In $50 he ran Tor
The prcsldcrcy and wac whipped hy
Monroe. Daniel y. Thompllns lie
iceted james Ros, In The same election
and four years latter Rush received only
one vote IN the electoral college.
Henry Clay's career lisa record Of ca.
lamliy lie was first beaten Ter the
presidency IN 1874. and again In 1891.
and a third line In lsii.
Wit @as another presidential failure
Then came Cass, who was Slaughtered
by Taylor IN 1873 William Il. Klns.
Tor wonder, was elected vice president
on The Pierce Ticket IN iSSs John Bell
was beaten for The prc.ilcucy IN 100.
and 20 was Joseph Lane. who ran with
breckenridge for the vice presidency
To this list must be added the name Of
Whhelaw Reid.
To come down TO the four letter pr,.l.
drntial candidates Of The present time
this Is an ill.omened record Tor Thoma,
Brack It Reed OF Maine, David Bennett
llill Of New York, and Matthew STAN
ley Quay Of Pcnnsylyanin, vhs &, "ln
the hands Of his friends"
What will be their fortune-ihe els
eepilonal good luck u Polk or the ill.
luek Of Burr and Of al me others With
one.syllable surnamesi
Another ana. si' Of these presidential
ana vice presidential names shows that
the candidates having a final "n'in their
names have been lucky. Among them
may be named Washington. jefferson,
Clinton, Madison, Jackson. Calhoun,
Van Buren, Richard NJ. Johnson. The
two llarrlsons. Buchanan. Lincoln.
llamlin, Andrew Johnson, Wilson and
Logan Mcclellan, however, was on,
of u-Ne,y Norl Inu,,.t