The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20

| the tal Cong 10 have heen ado
| nv branches Of the SONS of Liberty nv IN. Com
mi,,cc NJ Co,,.snond.nce n, he . copfercnc. com.
mite compo,od Of doler.,es from ,be.o and hin.
| d,.d o,u,ni,o,ions Thu, in New yo,L In iulv
INA IN. Commits ot Correspond.pce vas .u,bo,,
! ,z.d al , gcno,.I meeting ~ ,b, sii,.ps IN an,
| point. A slb COMMITTEES 10 oonfe, with n siniIa,
| oommi,,ce finn, the Mechanics Cub with regard
IN ,,repoer en,s 10, taking A vote in tho d,He,.nt
v,rd, 40 ,es,,, NJ this conference Inv % :. n.
| ,ppoin,ed for the election Nv the bcq;nnip, ~
| Tho Revolution the caucus or prim.,v bad become
| pr,,,v we'll established througbout New EnuI.nd
and IN. Middle St,,ca Nv IN. cIos. "a, ,bo mn, 4,
had gradually lost IL, secret cbor,c,,r and becou.
| A miniature Meeting of IN. p,r,vvocrs NJ tho ward
| n, district In New England c,c.pt in .om. n, ,ho
large cities and in those soc,ons of other states
| which b,v, been se,,,.d nv Now EngIand mao.
mic the caucus still retains ia o,icip.l tour meat,
jng aspcct. lint eIscwbcre with tho q,owtb NJ
! population. the primary has como ia be A mere
! polling plsce for the election NJ de,ep,tes IN tho
various conventions and Of members n m, locol
par,y committee no opportun,v boino afforded
| 70, anv discussion Of III. merits Of Tho various
| candidates Tho result has bcen that the real
work of nomination bas Iorpelv fallen into The
hands either nj "no,,or c,uc,scs" n, NJ noli,;cal
committees and c,ubs the mower Of IN, Individual
voter being restricted TO a choice between csndi
dates az reed upon A, such preliminary secre, con-
fercnccs or named nv such organizations
The adoption of the Federal Constitution Trimmed
al PHILADELPHIA in 1887 introduced for the first
lime the election of national officers In 1888
and again in 1892 Washington was the sole can
didate for the Presidency, being nominated so 10
speak. by general consent In regard 10 the Vice
Presidency on the other hand In 1888, there was
no previous agreement as Is shown by the scattered
votes in the electoral colleges In 1892 however.
although there is no record of any meeting public
or private, IL was generally understood that the
electors opposed TO Hamilton's financial policy
would vote for George Clinton. The existence of
such an understanding is proved by the fact that
there were only four scattering votes for Vice
President all the rest of the electors voting either
for Adams or Clinton. Mr. Dallinger has not been
able to find any conclusive evidence that in 1885,
eny formal meeting was held by the members Of
Congress OF either party. II is certain neyerthe-
less that Adams and Jefferson were the recognized
candidates of the Fcderalist and Republican part
les for the Presidency But although Adams
was designated by tho general consent of his party
there is believed to have been some secret cleo
pioneering on the part Of Hamilton to Illustrate tho
wishes Of the great mass of the Federalists Tho
chief ground for this belief is the statement Of
John Adams, Who writing in 1903 of the insttu-
ton of the caucus said: Alexander Hamilton
was the greatest organist that ever PLAYED upon the
instrument He made all the uso he could of
those bodies of Cincinnati and others to prevent
N, Adams from being chosen vice PRESIDENT
Al the second election h. was n,eased N ne,mi,
Mr. Adams To have considerab,o majority "a
Xice President Al the th;,d .,.c,or h, In
,,ioued with al, b,s might N oct Maor rrhonos
l,inclr.v cbos.n p,os;d.ntr rrh.,. 10 M COW,
,rsive n,oof that Uarii,on,s ;nt,;,u.s Included
IN. calling NJ c.rcs ~ ,hs ,r.r,h.rs ~ Conar.sa
in ,7o6 mich as Adams says th.t h. d,d col, in
1eoo T,h.,. 1. IN an. o,h.r b.nd COM. .,idono.
NJ a Renublic,n c.uc,s In 17oe for IN. toc, ,b.,
Aaron Rurr received IN. votes ~ Nv. s,ots. n,
IN. VIZ. p,osidenc,, Indicates ,ho .,i.,onc. ~,
NV. n,.,iouo und.,s,.ndtr,r On. - a.. o,io,
,.,.ons uro.d 10, IN. ho,d,no ~ ponvb,i..n
c.ucrs in 1900 w.s The con,r,.;,, ,,.d. a., a.
had not he.n sunnortod in 17oe ",s h. o,,a,, ~
h.vo h,.r" h., An. n.rt,, Il, ,ho Sou,h Th,a -,
~ ,r,n,v ,hot purr ,,nd.rs,ood a., ,a a.,
-" Mt, c.rdid.,. -, an. Vi. pr..,d.n., :,
4. ,.r,.in ,h., ~ ,eoo ~. ..nd,d.,s - .o,,,
n,r,ies w.re nominated Al c.ucu..s ~ ,,.,+v
h.,s - Al. ,,, IJo,,... - Con,.r.. m. d
Ican caucus which WAS str;c,,, ,r,v.,. 10 s.id