Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-10-30
LUCK IN NAMES.

uHud &nd not disqualiued oy crime, 4
eligible 60 the presidency, provided b,
has been - years resident "within
thss county"
The millions OF Americans possessing
these requisite attributes and qualiica.
sIaes ~f.i be Interested IN the following
earssas facts regarding she presidential
,Dfire.
70 l,egin at The beginning. that Is.
witt Washington the Father Of His
Corn.ry, had 10 letters IN his surname,
and no one Of his successors has used up
40 much of the alphabet as he did In
spelling Il. His name is what might be
called ~ten strike" and he stands not
only FIRST IN war, fret In peace and first
IN the hearts OF hts countrymen, bur first
also "a alphabetical distinction.
Next 10 Washington In this respect
stand Jefferson and Cleveland, names of
nine letters each, and by singular co.
Incidence each had two terms Another
poins 81 similarity, both caused talk of
shIrd term.
There have been six presidents each |
with eight letters In his name Here |
they are; Van Buren,, Harrison, FIJI. /
enoee. Buchanan, Garfield. and then
again Harrison. The presidents with
seven letters 10 their credit was were
Madison, Jackson, Lincoln and Johnson
The fve.lettcr executives were the elder
and younger Adams, Tyler, Grant and
Hayes
There has been only one president
with tour letters-Poik.
An analysis of the preceding list dis
closes the fact that the eighrleiter men ;
were victims of misfortune In ore way t
or another. Van Buren,. for instance, :
failed Of reelection The FIRST Har. a
son who defeated him, died IN Office e
few weeks after his inauguration "
Fillmore, when he ran for the presi- t.
deney in 1886. on tn Know nothing b
fickct, carried only one state II
buchanan has been blamed, whether h
justly or not FOR having brought or the c.
civil war Poor Garfield was assassin .
ted. and Harrison was beaten by Cleve- "
land four years ago la
James Monroe, one OF the four six let AZ
ter presidents. was lucky while in Office, 81
bWt the closing wears OF his life were a,
ciouded by misfortune When lac died
ia ST. Louis, &c was practically de
pendent for his support on a relative
TAYLOR. ihs second Of the six-lcucred st
T'reidenss eled IN Office Pierce may 50
be { down as failure. and Arthur M
failed "a sst the nomination COW !"
cied. In
The presidents that had five iettersin "l
rheir names were the two Adamses. both ''u
Of hom failed for reclection TYLER, 10
who betrayed the party which elected M
him; General Grant and Hayes. co
Ti,is brings the record down to four. mi
letter Polk No man with only three
letters IN his name has ever become
president. although at least two received -,
'otes IN the electoral college Among r.
hen was the great John Jay. Henry ,a1
Ice was a candidate for the vicepresi-
Iency In 1888, but his ticket only got II
otes. ''s
An extraordinary iatility has attended ~
he men with four letters In their names 'e''
fuo nave pcch Sahuiuatrs LOT the prCAi-
eney and icepresidency. Polk Is the arc
My exception, and even he was beaten nun
lore than once before he succeeded. hao
First of oil comes the bad but brilliant
urr In 1901 Burr tied Jefferson for s'e'
e presidency In the electoral college. "su
Il. .,,.,,o. -. So. -. no l.
representatives, and Burr was beaten, una
nning only the ee-presideney, for -
hieh he did not care. Before that, so
Irr had twice been beaten for the sec o'e'
4 Office 'N"'
. g. v,u -. 49,. =. g. such
Inton for the vice presidency in 1904
4 again In 1903. In 1910 he ran for
, presidency and was whipped by -.
'nroe. Daniel ID. Thompkins de- ~ :
ted James Ross IN the same election 49,
! four years latter Rush received only
; vote IN the electoral college. 80"
ieury Clay's career IS record OF ca
llty. lie was first beaten for the
sideney IN 1874, and again ia 1884, 'o''''
a third time iu si4
Virt vas another presidential failure.
.n came Cass. who was slaughtered
$40, !" ,o'o mann y N,'s' paper
he Pierce ticket 30 1851 John Bell ,ht' !,
beaten for the presidency IN 1900.
so was Iosepii Lane who rar with