The sun., 1900-06-20
FOR vTCE.PREsrDENr.
The Record Of Republican National CO..,
yentions,


The Republican National Convention o, ,ooo
Is the twelfth to be held by that party. whch
has an unbroken record Of never rcnomina,ir
Vice.Presdent for second term
There was but one formal ballot for v,c..
President in 1885, when william l.. Dayton wns
nominated. There were two ballots for Vice.
President In 1890. resulting IN the election ~
Hannibal Hamlin. The nomination Of Andrew
johnson for vice-PrPsident was made on tho
first ballot in 1894 and that of Schuyler Cola.
on the first ballot In 1865 There were eleven
candidates. Maryland and Kentucky being rep.
resented in tn, list Of candidates The Now
York candidate. Gov. Fenton. was defeated
He was not renominaied for Governor In
1872, at Philadelphia, there was only one ballot
for Vice President. There were two cand,.
dates. an Eastern Republican from Massachu-
sets, Henry Wilson. and Western candidate
from Indiana. Schuyler Colfax. Wilson re-
ceived 384l3 votes to 32il9.
In 1879 william A. Wheeler, the Now
York candidate for Vice-Presldcn,, vos
nominated on the first ballot In 1850 m,
candidate OF the Republican Convention
for vic,-President Chester A. Arthur, also
a New York man. was nominated on tho
first ballot. In 1884 Gen. Logan Of Illinoia who
had been one Of the candidates for prnslder,
was nominated for Vice-President on tho frs,
ballot. and In 1883 the nomination of Levi p
Morton OF New York for vice-Presiden, VIVA
also made on the first ballot. His chief on.
ponents for the honor were William "
Phelps Of New Jersey. W. O. Bradley, since
Governor. Of Kentucky. and b. X Bruce
q conspicuous leader among the colored
voters OF the Gulf States at that period IIc
was resident OF Mississippi The nomination
In 1902 was made on the first ballot. In tn.
notable Republican Convention Of 1890 there
was but one ballot. but the vote was not unan.
imous. Mr. Hobart Of New Jersey received
$40: Henry Clay Evans OF Tennessee, 2sg Gov.
Bulkley Of Connecticut, 80. and Gen. Walker Of
Virginia a. Nr. Evans received in addition u,
solid vote OF Tennessee and the support Of
majority In the delegations from Wisconsin.
Minnesota, Missouri. Indiana. Georgia, North
Carolina and Texas.
Tn eleven National Conventions Of the Ronuh
lican party New York has received the nomna.
ton for vice-Presdent four times. New Jersey
twice, at the first and at the last convnr.'ar
The other States which have been recognized
by Vice-PresidentIal nominations ars Mass,.
chusetts. Illinois. Indiana. Maine and Tennes.
see. The Republicans have never nominated
Vice-President from Ohio. for the reason. II is
assumed. that Ohio always has candidate for
the higher Office of the Presidency The Demo.
Gratis went TO Ohio on two occasions for Vice.
Presidents and In both instances the candidates
were defeated.
There has never been in a Republican Ma
tional Convention any serious contest over the
Vice-President. There has never been q
scramble OF contesting candidates or a dead
lock ipne convention. The choice of Vice
President. always decorously and usually dIs.
creetly made; has followed the recognition o,
tho political exigencles established by the
nomination OF the President. and. except In
three instances. the candidates nominated by
the Republican party for Vice President have
taken that office. Two died before the expra-
ton Of their terms: two became Presidents NJ
the United States by the assassination Of tho
President