The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-20
ODD FACTS IN POLITICS.
1,he National Conventions Of the Two.
Dominant Parties.


1,.raS &c some interesting history IN
49,. dor,tnant parties with which the
sa,,tio;a - If the new generation may not
be familiar. a,,a,-. the
on1yF one man who presided over tie
.oIthar. ttons of a national convention mas
heen nominated for the presidency VINE VIZ
10 was.nresent in the convention: 4 A .is
hs,menad to Horatto Seymour In the
Dan,ocratfc National. Convention neio IN
New York in 1865 He vacated tne cru. as1t
when the sentiment OF the cow u-eA
turned to him, but he was VIE ei s
emf when nominated, appearing 49, :.
ward to declare that he could not l We g. ~
party $ candidate, but consenuns 20 .,a
= OnIvgon man since, the blrth OF .,is
nresent Republican party has been tue
nominee Of his party and elected Presi-
dent after he was the presiding ofncer.
~ t,e national convention OF his party.
Governor NIcKinley was the permanent
chairman of the Minneapolis conSells.on,
IN 1892 which nominated HARRISON anu
Reid He was nominated four years tleer
at st. Louis. I7,,.a;,
Only four members of the present uhi es.
states Senate have been perAih i'slN
presiding officers Of national conventions
General Joseph r. Hawley OF Connee. lcu.'
Yoro
Cd cant and CoIfax at Chicago In May,
1sss Senator Hoar presided over the con-
vention which nominated Garfield anu
Arthur at Chicago in June, 1sS0. Jonn ".
Thurston. Of Nebraska, was permanent
chairman Of the convention which no1nl-
mated Mckinley and Hobart at 81. Louis JUS
In Iune 1886. Donelson Cahery, OF LOUIS. LOUIS.
lana. is the fourth. He was president OIL
the Sound Money Democratic 5ConVeht1on,
which nominated Palmer and Buckner at
Indianapolis IN August. lSss. He IS aiso
the only former ex-Confederate WHO h.1'
served as permanent cnair " l'iai u = 20
tiona1 convention
Horatio SEYMOUR who presided over
the national convention of his party IN
New Z ork, IN 1865, by which ne was nonl-
mated. was also permanent chairman OF
his martyrs convention which nominated
Mcclellan and Pendleton, at Chicago. IN
August, 1864. Mr.. Pendleton was present
In the convention which nonina ted MN,
and accepted the honor In the convention
In the Democratic National Convention
which nominated Franklin PIERCE and w.
r. King at Baltimore, in June, 1852, of
which John W. Davis, of Indiana. was
permanent chairman, Jefferson Davis re-
ceived eleven votes from the Illinois dele
CATION for Observation-Disclosures a curious
bit OF political history that the President
OF the Confederacy should have received
such vote from a Northern State
y IN the Democratic National Convention
which nominated Buchanan and Breck-
inrfdge, att Cincinnati, in June. 1856, four
candidates were placed In nomfna ton
Buchanan, Pierce. Cas- and Douslassiin.
the shortest nominating speeches ever
(sdelivered The four speeches made ex-
actIy seyenty-seven words. Brecktn-
ridge was present when he was norntss
mated for Vice President. declined IN q
speech and later accepted. The per
nnanent chairman OF this convention was
John e. Ward, Of Georgia So s.
It Is the custom to select as permanent
chairman Of a national convention q
man who IS IN ONCE at The time. The
Demporatio conventions have observed
this custom less frequently than the
ERepublicans In the convention which
nominated Cleveland and Hendrtcks q
Chicago IN July. 1854. e Va Has wa0
|snresfdfnp officer. IN the convention
which nominated Cleveland at st. Louis
in June. slsss, r. "a. Collins. of BostoA
VINO has never held any important
elective ONCE, was permanent chairman
It lisa common Official error 70 refer
10 the Chicago c0nyenttonswhi cht uoD-
mated Garfield ard thur as shat whieh
ha6s the longest session. That cOnventfnn
was .fnsesston seven days. The Chartsa-
ton % 1Soe. In Which sthes DEM
socfat1 lmet. VS. In session m tfAts ettys
[Qten dsyn Caleb Gushin4s Of aEas1Aehu
Etno1i ns t0s political st16e t. g co.
Eyeatinn failed 10 ros,,sn6s an ID
/ 3oull q ~ tWc5 nensls
|slats Jans s.Ilhas
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