The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-22
BOLTlNG
In National Politics They Have Al
ways Defeated a Party,

ways Defeated a Party.
There have been two distinct party
bolts in National Conventions, and
each accomplished the defeat of the
regular candidates of the party. In
1913. the Buffalo Democratic Conven-
ton was composed of boilers from the
Cass and Butler ticket. nominated by
the regular Democratic Convention at
Baltimore. It defeated Cass in every
State east of the Ohio line. and elected
Taylor to the presidency.
Again. in 1860. there wasa bolt from
the Democratic National Convention
at Charleston. resulting in the nomin-
alton of two Democratic national
tickets. Il composed of breckenridge
and Lane. and the other of Douglas
and Johnson. That bolt elected Lin
coin to the presidency.
The only other important national
bolt was against the congressional
caucus system of nominating Presi-
dents in 1921. jefferson. Madison and
Monroe had all been presented As car-
didates for the presidency by the on
gressiOnal caucus. But in 1924, when
the caucus nominated Crawford of
Georgia, there vas a general bolt and
a scrub rae for the presidency. with
Crawford. Adams, Jackson and Clay
| - .a r1il ta- H. - mn .an1i1afa
was defeated, and John Quincy Adams
was elected President by the House.
There was no organized Democratic
bolt against Greeley in 1872. Many
of the Democratic masses bolted the
ticket or refused to support it. but no
organized movement of leaders pre-
scented another t:cket. There was a
Louisville Convention held that was
inspired and paid for solely by the
Republican managers. who desired to
aid Grants election: bat there We're no
honest and trusted representatives of
Democracy in that body, and it was
not in any degree a factor in the con-
test.
The Liberal Republican Convention
of 1872 was not a bolt as it was held
in advance of the regular Republican
Convention. It did net succeed in de-
feating Grant. but 1t laid the fOunda-
ton for Democratic success in the
nation. as since 1872 the Democrats
have cast a majority of the popular
vote at every presidential election, as
against the Republicans. with the sim
GLE exception of 1880. when the Repub-
lisan majority was less than 10000.
The boiling Convention % meet al
Indianapolis on the ID ef September
via represent the Democratic revolt
A. cid the Van Buren, Buffalo Con-
veation of 1913. or the Breckenridge
Convention of 1860. 81 will have as
its champions many OF the aolest and
m0t,t respected Democratic headers of
ths- nation in every section, and it will
certainly command fOr its ticket ~ per
ceat of the Democratic votes of the
country. and probaBly lad 10 per
rem of the Democratic voters to vote
diI@etly for McKinleT.
Those who assume that tts- nominal
tior Of IA Democratic ticket. on a sound
Democratic platform shat g1apples di-
rectEy with the revolutionary heresies
of the Chicago PLATFORM will not be an
important factor in the battle of 1896
have studied politics with little profit.
The one thing that will certainly as
sure the defeat of Bnyan is the nOmi-
nasion of an honest Democratic ticket
ON an honest Democratic platform
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