The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-07-01

dent with Butler, of Kentucky, for
vice president. A bolting Free Soil
Democratic convention was held at
Buffalo soon after the nomination of
Cass, and nominated Van Buren for
president and Charles Francis Adams
for vice president In 1852, after a
bitter struggle between the old Demo-
cratic leaders, Pierce was nominated
for president and Senator King of Ala
bama, for vice president In 1856 the
convention met in Cincinnati and
nominated Buchanan for president
with Breckenridge for vice president.
In 1860 the Democrats held three
national conventions, composed of the
same delegates. The first and only full
convention met at Charleston on the
23rd of April, and continued until the
3rd of May. A number of southern
delegates seeded after the adoption of
the platform and the convention ad-
iourned to meet in Baltimore on the
18th of June, where 1t nominated
Douglass for president and Herschell
V. Johnson for vice president The
Democrats who bolted at Charleston
met in Baltimore on the 22nd of June
and nominated Breckenridge for pres
ident with Lane, of Oregon, for vice
president.
In 1864 the Democratic convention
was held in Chicago and nominated
Mcclellan for president with Pendle-
ton, of Ohio, for vice president. In
1868 the convention met in New York
on the 4th of July and nominated
Seymour for president with Frank P.
Blain, an old Republican, for vice
president. In 1872 the convention met
in Baltimore on the 9th of July and
nominated Greeley for president and
B. Gratz Brown for vice president,
and adopted with the Liberal Republi-
can ticket the platform that had been
adopted in Cincinnati.
For the first time in the history of
the country a national convention was
held west of the Mississippi when the
Democrats met in st. Louis on the
9th of June. 1876, and nominated Til
den for president with Hendricks for
vice president. On the 22nd of June,
1850, the convention met at Clncin-
nat! and nominated Hancock for pres
ident with English, of Indiana. for
vice president. In 1888 the conven-
ton met again at st. Louis on the 5th
of June and nominated Cleveland for
president with Thurman, of Ohio, for
vice president. In 1892 the convention
met in Chicago on the 21st of June
and nominated Cleveland and Steven
son for president and vice president.
In 1896 the Democrats met at Chicago
on July 8, and after one of the most
stubborn fights of modern times over
the adoption of platform, nominated
William J. Bryan for president with
Arthur Sewall of Maine, for vice pres
ident. In 1900, on July 4, the Demo-
Gratis met at Kansas City, Mo-, and
nominated Bryan for president with
Adlai e. Stevenson for vice president,
One week from tomorrow the Demo
Gratis will meet at st. Louis, but who
the candidates for president and vice
president will be is a matter o. con-
lecture.
1t was deemed a great tribute to the
west when the Democratic convention
of 1856 went as far west as Cincin-
natl. In 1860 the Republicans went
westward to Chicago, and it was the
location of the convention at Chicago
that nominated Lincoln over Seward
Since then both parties have held
most of their conventions at Chicago,
and the Democrats have crossed the
Father of Waters four times to hold
their national conventions. When ne.-
tional conventions were first institut-
cd, Baltimore was the most central
city of the Union, but since, the march
of empire has gone westward until
both Chicago and St. Louis are east
of the center of our great civilization.
Atmosphere Is Purer.