Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-23

Those who think that presidents Gust
,.rosnu should read Colonel A. X, Nc
r-rrs.s book on the making Of presi-
s.r,s Between the covers Is much
.,iyoble information concerning the
,o., which enables Us TO comprehend
-, present and is a help for the fu-
s,rs Particularly interesting Is the
,,,opels account Of that great battle Of
.,,r,. which took place between JEFF
IN and John Adams Here are some
.,,rsris from his account Of the first
e,bt IN which Adams was victorious
IA that time the presidential cleo
,,r. aid not vote directly for President
.,5 Vice President, as they do now
r,rb elector voted for two men for
p.-5i5ent both OF whom could not be
...5ents OF the same State, and the
.s1sIlate receiving the largest number
~ votes. II a majority was chosen
presl5ent. and the candidate receiving
me second largest vote for President
beeeme Vice President.
oVsi,her jefferson nor Adams was
dominated for the presidency I'm 1898 by
ans legislature or mass meeting OF
Witch there Is any record, as FAR as
tays been able 70 ascertain. Adams
'r,s The choice OF Washington, and the
,,gcai successor 10 Washington as the
rs5sral candidate for President and
isFsrson stood head and shoulders
sbova All the Republicans OF that day
tn, Tide OF Republican was adopted
49, tha friends OF Jefferson and the
democratic party was founded by JEFF
tsrson IN 1895 under the name Republl-
.., Established as the majority party
"a Inc nation four years later, and II
fought and won the Democratic pat
tles under that name until 1924, when
tbe Jackson party changed the ute 10
nowocracy In the contest OF
i-os for the first time. there were two
candidates distinctly declared as com
neutors for the presidency and other
candidates as distinctly declared for the
Vice presidency, although all had TO be
voted for as candidates for President
IN The electoral college. The
occidental contest between Jefferson
and Adams developed into the most
Sefamatory campaign ever known IN
ths history Of American politics, unless
ne second campaign Of $500 between
,be same leaders may be accepted as
soualing II. In no modern presidential
csmpaign have candidates and parties
boor al maliclOusly DETAINED as were
Candidates and parties when Jefferson
ana Aadms fought Tor power In the
so,tast OF the fathers Of the republic,
ss' There were few newspapers,
INT II was the day Of the pamphleteer,
and The political pamphlets OF those
Says N compared with the political as
reItles OF the present age, would
make the partisan vituperation OF the
evening Of the nineteenth century ap-
pear as tame and feeble.
Then came the second battle when
was won by Jefferson The colonel
savs. Under the electoral system OF
ihat day. By which each electer voted
for two candidates for President, Jeffer-
son and Burr each received seventy
three votes for the presidency, and up
on the face OF the returns were equal
" entitled TO claim the highest honor
Of the Republic. True, Burr had not
been discussed or seriously thought OF
A candidate for President. lie was
accented by the Republicans distinct
81 as a candidate for Vice President
and the whole battle was fought out on
the issue between Jefferson and Adams,
Had Burr been honest and manly he
would have ended the struggle az once
By declaring that the people had elected
Jefferson to the presidency, and that
Burr could not consent 10 be presented
10 the country and the world as seek
.Nxn al hnnnTa
government: but Burr developed his
true character as soon as he discovered
that his vote was equal 10 that given
10 Jefferson" The election, therefore,
was thrown into the House under rules
which had been adopted by Congress 70
meet the special case. The Federal-
lists, az much as they dlsliked Jenerson,
refused TO side with Burr and JET
iersoH was elected. The balloting be-
gan on February II and ended on tho
ilth Hamilton was open In his hostil-
ity 10 Burr In the contest In the House,
and Il was Burr's resentment OF Ham,
ilton's hostility to his election that
made him seize upon a trivial pretext
70 force Hamilton into a duel, In which
Hamilton fell mortally wounded at the
FIRST fire, Burr's public career was thus
ended by the Burr-Jefferson contest,
and though he lived many years there.
after he drank the bltterst dregs OF
sorrow. and died IN poverty and I'M
lamented," Yet after all Burr was
elected 10 the vice presidency with JEFF
ierson, and had jefferson died in office
Burr would have become President
Looking back upon Burr's character
and career, one Is surprised that Jeffer-
con lived out his term of Office.
Adams" says Colonel Mcclure, "ac-
eepted bis defeat most ungraciously.
he remained in the executive mansion
until midnight OF the Srd Of March, 1871,
when he and his family deserted Il,
leaving IL vacant for jefferson to enter
without a host TO welcome him. II Is
NE only instance in which the retiring
President aid not personally receive the
incoming President in the executive
mansion with the single exception Of
Andrew Johnson, who did not remain
az the White House to receive Grant.