The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-01

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
mate S name ended in N had ever gen.
erally been laid on the political shelf
as back numbers and under the ban.
It has been said that this was the rea-
son why Roosevelt did not wish to be
nominated. But this is a mistake.
Jefferson was vice president and so
we're jackson and Van Buren. But
it is astonishing how little is generally
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 candi-
dates for president are equally ignored.
Who did Taylor run against? Who
cid William Henry Harrison? Who
Van Buren, who Madison? Who was
J. @. Adams's vice president; who
Jefferson's and Jackson's, Monroe'e
and Madison's? You can't find an
swers to these in any school history,
and I found them only after much re-
search in Appleton's biographies; and
and who ran against Jefferson for his
second term2 who against Monroe and
Taylor aud Pierce? Nobody knows
hardly. Now here is table Of refer
ence that lovers Of history may look
over and paste in book for reference:
Washington and Adams, Washing
ton and Adams, Adams and Jefferson,
Jefferson aud Burr, Jefferson and
George Clinton, Madison and George
Clinton, Madison and Elbridge Gerry,
Munroe and Daniel Tompkins. Mon
roe and Daniel -Tompkins, j. @.
Adams and Calhoun, Jackson and Cal.
houn, Jackson and Van Buren, Van
Buren and R. NJ. johnson, Harrison
and Tyler, Polk and Dallas, Taylor
and Fillmore, Pierce and William R.
King, Buchanan and Breckenridge,
Lincoln and Hanlin, Lincoln and John
son, Grant and Colfax. Grant and Col
fax, Hayes and Wheeler, Garfield and
Arthur, Cleveland and Hendricks,
Harrison and Morton, Cleveland and
Stevenson.
Jefferson ran against G. G. Pinck-
ney.
Madison ran against Dewitt Clinton.
Monroe ran against Rufus King.
J. Q. Adams raa agsiat Jackson.
Jackson ran against Clay. a.
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 ran against Seymour.
Hays ran against Tilden.
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 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
Norton.
And now il there is any. charm in
the letter N, look out for q ground.
swell thst will roll Bryan and Steven
son into office next November. Look
out, I say. and have as much faith as
you do in seeing the new moon ID q
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 wouldent take Hill this time
too much L (helD in it they said. But
ALI we'll that Ms (ends) well, so Mr..
Shakespeare says Bryan and Steven
son will, sweep the country, for the
double Ms have never get been de-
feated.
And thereis another shameful neg
lect in our histories. They tell as
nothing scarcely Of the mothers or
wives Of the presidents; nothing Ct
their children nor whho was il the
White House. OF course we know
about Washington,s mother and his
wife, and about Dorothy or Dolly Madi.
son who was . widow Todd, and may
be was kinto Mrs. Lincoln, for she
was Todd. We know something
about General Jackson's wife and