The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-31
Bill Ar]p'S Letter
He Says Democrats Have the Bulge This
Year Candidates Have the Charm.

\ paragraph in a New York paper
asks: is there charm in the letter /
NJ? and all's we'll that Ms lends) we'll 4
SO Mr.. the writer tells u~ that the +
names of ten presidents OF the United t
States ended in y. lie might have 4
gone further and said that no presi I
dental candidate whose name ended I
with y. and whose running mates
name ended in y had ever generally |
been laid on the political shelf a back I
numbers and under the ban. II has
been said that tnis was the reason Why /
Roosevelt did not wish TO be nominat-
ed. But this is a mistake. jefferson 4
was a vice-president and SO were
jackson and Van Buren,. But il is
astonishing how little is generally |
known of presidents. How soon
they are forgotten. Even the best his
tories of the United States fail to men
tion them in any table or order or in
deN. Indeed, the defeated candidates
for president are equally ignored. Who
did Taylor run against? Who did
William Henry Harrison? Who Van
Buren, who Madison? Who was j. @.
Adams vice-president; who Jetfer
sons. Monroe and Madison'Sa? Yen
can find answers to these in any
school history, and found them only
after much research in -Appleton's Di-
ographies; and who ran against JEFF
ferson for his second term? who
| against Monroe and TAYLOR and
| Pierce? Nobody knows hardly. Now
here is a table Of reference that low
ers Of history may look over and paste
| in book for references:
Washington and Adams. Washing
| ton and Adams, ADAMS and Jefferson,
| jefferson and Burr, Jefferson and
! George Clinton, Madison and George
| Clinton, Madison and Elbridge Gerry.
! Monroe and Daniel Tompklns, Monroe
and Daniel Tompkins, j. Q. Adams
and Calhoun, Jackson and Calhoun,
Jackson and Van Buren. Van Buren,
and II M. johnson, Harrison and Ty-
Ter. Polk and Dallas. Taylor and Fill
more, Pierce and William r. King,
! buchanan and breckenridge, Lincoln
and lIamlin, Lincoln and Johnson,
Grant and Colfax. Grant and ColfaN,
Hayes and Wheeler, Garfield and Ar
| thur, Cleveland and Hendricks. ITarri-
son and Morton, Cleveland and Steven
! son.
jefferson ran against c. c. Pincl>ney.
| Madison ran against Dewitt Clinton.
/ Monroe ran against Rufus King.
! j. Q. Adams? ran against Jackson.
jackson ran against Clay.
/ Van Buren, ran against Harrison.
Harrison ran against Van Buren,.
/ Polk ran against Clay.
/ TaH lOr ran against Cass
/ Pierce ran against Scott.
BUCHANAN ran against Fremont
Lincoln ran against Breckenridge
and Bell.
/ Grant and Seymour.
/ Grant ran against Seymour.
Hayes ran against 1llden.
Garfield ran against Hancock.
/ Cleveland ran against Blaine
Harrison ran against Van Buren,.
Cleveland ran against Harrison.
Now pick out those successful can
didates whose names, presidents and
| vice presidents. ended III \.
jefferson and Clinton, Madison and
Clinton, Jackson and Calhoun, jack
son and Van Buren, and II. NJ. Johnson,
Lincoln and Hamlin. Lincoln and
Johnson, Harrison and Morton.
And now if there is any charm in
the letter \ look out for a ground
| swell that Will roll Bryan and Steven
| son into office next November. Look
out, [ say, and have as much faith
| as YOU do in seeing the new moon IN
a clear sky over your right shoulder.
Bryan was defeated the last time be
cause the name Of his running mate
ended in l.. That's why the wise men
wouldn't take Hill this time-too
much l. (helD in it they said. But
all's we'll that Ms (cnds) we'll 50 Mr..
Shakespeare saws BRYAN and Steven
son will sweep the country. for the
double Ms have never Yet been de
teated
And there is another shameful ne
clect in our histories. They tell us
nothing scarcely Of the mothers or
wives of the presidents; nothing OF
their children no who was born in the
white house. OF course we know
about Washington's mother and his
wife. and about Dorothy or Dolly Mad
: ison who was widow Todd, and may
be was kin to Mrs. Lincoln. for she
was Todd. We know something
: about General Jacsson's wife and
about Mrs. Eaton for there was q
scandal about her. and because Nr>
Calhoun and others wouldn't visit her
in the white house, jackson broke mp
his cabinet and tOl Il new one. We
know that jefferson had no sons, bur
that his daughter married NJ. EppeS
and her descendants are quite mum II
Gus. One OF her grandson> was my
5 classmatc IL college. We know some
| thing about Mrs. Polk and HARRIET
I Lane. who kept the white mouse lor
5 buchanan and about Julia Dent Grant
and Miss Folsom. whom Cleveland
: married but this is about ALL j he
( mother of great man deserves the
5 highest consideration Of tn historian
? ! but they have not had T. y With tho
/ few exceptions that / hayn named oui
/ people know itothIng of the morhcTs
wives or children of ihc presidents
How many NcV england reopl" know
g who WAS Daniel Websters wifi" on
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