The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-08-11
CHARM IN LETTER N.
Arp Says Democrats Have the
Bulge This Year.
Candidates Have the Charm-NO
Ticket Where Both Candidates'
Names Ended with IN" Was
Ever Beaten.

A paragraph in a New York paper
asks: SIS there a charm in the letter
NJ" and all's well that Ms (ends)
well, so Mr.. the writer tells us that
the names of ten presidents OF the
United States ended in n He might
have gone further and said that no
presidential candidate whose name
| ended with n and whose running
mates name ended with N had ever
| generally been laid on the political
| shelf as back numbers and under the
ban. 1t has been said that this was
the reason why Roosevelt did not wish
| to be nominated. But this is mis-
take. Jefferson was a vice-president
and so were jackson and Van Buren,.
| But it is astonishing how little is gen
orally known of vice-presidents. How
soon they are forgotten. Even the
best histories of the United States
fail to mention them in any table or
order or index 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. Q. Adams president; who
Jefferson's and Jackson's, Monroe's
and Madison's? You can't find an
swers to these in any school history,
and | found them only after much
research in Appleton's biographies;
and who ran against Jefferson for his
second term? who against Monroe and
Taylor and Pierce? Nobody knows
hardly. Now here is table of refer
ence that lovers of history may look
over and paste in a book for reference.
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 Tompkins,
Monroe and Daniel Tompkins, j. Q.
Adams and Calhoun, Jackson and
Calhoun, jackson and Van Buren,, Van
Buren, and r. M. Johnson, Harrison
and Tyler, Polk and Dallas, Taylor
and Fillmore, Pierce and William X.
King, Buchanan and Breckenridge,
Lincoln and Hamlin, Lincoln and
johnson, Grant and Colfax, Grant and
Colfax, Hayes and Wheeler, Garfield
and Arthur Cleveland and Hendricks,
Harrison and Morton, Cleveland and
Stevenson.
Jefferson ran against C. c. Pinckney.
Madison ran against Dewitt Gin
ton.
Monroe ran against Rufus King.
J. O. Adams ran against Jackson.
Jackson ran against Clay.
Van Buren, ran against Harrison.
Harrison ran against Van Buren,.
Polk ran against Clay.
Taylor 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 Tilden
Garfield ran against Hancock.
Cleveland ran against Blaine.
Harrison ran against Cleveland.
Cleveland ran against Harrison.
NOW PICK InOse SUCCESSFUL cdnul-
dates whose names, presidents and
vice-presidents, ended in N.
Jefferson and Clinton, Madison and
Clinton, Jackson and Calhoun, Jack
son and Van Buren,, Van Buren, and
R. NJ. johnson, Lincoln and Hamlin,
Lincoln and johnson, Harrison and
Morton.
And now If there is any charm in
the letter n look out for ground
swell that will roll Bryan and Stew
enson into Office next November.
Look out, l 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 because the name Of his