St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-08
CHARM IN LETTER n,
Arp Says Democrats Have the
Bulge This Year.

| Candidates Have the Charm-No
Ticket Where Both Candidates.
Names Ended with ssN'' Was
Ever Beaten.
A paragraph in a New York paper
lsks: is there a charm in the letter
N2" and all's well that Ms (ends1
well, so Mr.. the writer tells US that
5he 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 tue political
shelf as back numbers and under the
pan. 1t has been said that this was
he reason why Roosevelt did not wish
to be nominated. But this is a mis-
AXE. Jefferson was a vice-president
and so were Jackson and Van Buren,.
But it is astonishing how little is gen.
orally known of 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
gnored Who did Taylor run against2
Who did William Henry Harrison?
Who Van Buren,, who Madison? Who
was J. @. Adams president; who
Jefferson's and, Jackson's, Monroe's
and Mad6son's? You can't find an
swers to these in any school history.
md I found them only after much
research in App1eton's biograR Rhies;
and who ran against Jefferson for his
second term? who against Monroe and
Taylor and Pierce? Nob.dy knows
hardly. Now here is a table of refer
ence that lovers of history may look
,ver ana paste in book for reference.
Washington and Adams, Washing
ION and Adams, Adams and, Jefferson,
Jefferson and Burr, Jefferson and
George Clinton, Madison and George
Clinton, Madison and EEbridge Gerry,
Monroe and Daniel Tompkins,
Monroe and Daniel Tompkins, ]. @.
Adams and Calhoun, Jackson and
Calhoun, jackson and Van Buren, Van
Buren and r. Ne. Johnson, Harrison
md Tyler, Polk and Dallas, Taylor
and Fillmore, Pierce and William r.
King, Buchanan and Breckenridge,
lincoln and Hamlin, Lincoln and
Johnson, Grant and Colfax, Grant and
colfax, Hayes and Wheeler, Garfield
md Arthur. Cleveland and Hendricks,
Harrison and Morton, Cleveland and
Stevenson.
| jefferson ran against C. G. Pinekney
Madison ran against Dewitt Clin-
ton.
Monroe ran against Rufus King.
j. @. 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
md 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 those successful candi-
dates whose names, presidents and
ce-presidents, ended in N.
Jefferson and Clinton, Madison and
Clinton, Jackson and Calhoun, Jack
son and Van Buren,, Van Buren and
R. N. johnson, Lincoln and Hamlin,
Lincoln and Johnson, Harrison and
Morton.
And now il there is any charm In
the letter N look out for a ground
swell that will roll Bryan and Stew
enson into Office next November.
Look out. I say, and have as much
faith as you do in seeing the new
moon in clear sky over your right
shoulder. Bryan was defeated the
last time because the name of his
running mate ended in Z. That's
why the wise men wouldn't take Hill
this time-too much Z (hel) in it
they said. But al1's well that Ms
(ends) well, so Mr.. Shakespeare says.
Bryan and Stevenson will sweep the
country, for the double Ms have
never yet been defeated.
And there is another Shameful neg
tect in our histories. They tell us
nothing scarcely of the mothers or
wives of the presidents; nothing of
their children nor who was born in
the white house. Of course we know
about Washington's mother and his
wife, and about Dorothy or Dolly
Madison who was a Widow Todd. and
maybe was kin to Mrs. Lincoln. for
she was Todd. We know something
about Gen. Jackson's wife and about
Mrs. Eaton, for there was scandal
about her, and because Mrs Calhoun
and others wouldn't visit her in the
white house Jackson broke up his
cabinet and took a new one. We
know that Jefferson had no sons, but
that his daughter married a Mr..
Eppes, and her descendants are quite
numerous. One of her grandsons was
my classmate in college. We know
something about Mrs. Polk and Har-
riett Lane, who kept the white house
for Buchanan, and about Julia Dent