The sun., 1907-11-30
Alabama.

1t has become a tradition with some
Republican political machinists and the
substantial opinion Of others that Ala
bama, first on the roll call Of States
i'm national conventions, is q political
factor OF great importance because Of
its alphabetical precedence. The record
does not warrant that idea.
Alabama did not send delegates 70 the
Republican national conventions Of 1859,
1860 and 1854. The record OF the State
in the ten subsequent national oOnven-
tiOns Of tho Republicans, that In from
1868 to 1904 inclusive, is a. follows:
isss-The entire 10 votes were cast for Grant on
the arst and only ballot. GRANT wss nomlnated.
is7.-The entire 70 votes OF the STATE were cast
for GRANT on the nrst sad only ballot. GRANT wss
renominsted.
Is7e-On the nrst ballot the states vote was
BLAINE. 10: BRrsrow. !: HAYES. :: JEwElL. 1. Seo-
ond ballot: BLAINE. 10; BRIsrow, 4 Third ballot:
BLAINE. Is; BRTsrOw. e. CoNELEo. L. Fourth bal
lot: BLAINE. 10; BRrsrow. Z Fifth ballot: BLAINE
10: BRIsrow, 4 Sixth ballot: Bl.ADH. rs; BRIsrow.
4 HAYES. I. Seventh and last ballot: BLAINn. n:
BRIsrow. ,. HAHRs was nominated.
isSO-on the Arst ballot shs StatEs vote was:
GRANT. 10; BLAINE, I; SHKRNAN. s. Second ballot
the same. Third ballot: GRANT. n: SHzRNAN. D.
Fourth and arm ballots the same sixth and seventh
ballots; GRANT, TO- SMHRNAN. q GARYIELD.L l. Eighth.
ninth. tenth, eleventh, twelfth. thirteenth. -FOUR
seenth and nfteenth ballots GRANT. III sHERNAN.
D. Sixteenth ballot: GRANT. 10; BLANB. I: SHERMAN.
3. Seventeenth and eighteenth ballots GaAET. Is:
BLAINE. 2; SHHRhAN. a. Nineteenth, twentieth.
twenty first, twenty second. twenty third. twenty
fourth. twenty NTH. twenty SIXTH, twenty
and twenty eighth bsIsts: GRANT. 10: BLAINE,
1; SHrRMAN. .. Twenty ninth ballot: GRANT. IS:
BLAINE 1: SHERASANs. ThirtIeth ballot: GRANT. Is:
BLAME. I: sHuRNAN. D. Thiyty nrst and Ghirty-seo-
Ond ballots; GRANT. rs: BLAINE. !; sHEn<AS. =
Thirty third ballot: GRANT. IS. BLATSs, T. Thirty
fourth thirty NTH aud thirty sixth ballots GRANT
| 10; BLAINE. 4 GARrInLD was nominated.
iss4-The vote of the state ON the nrss ballot
was ARTHUR, II: BLAINE. I: LOGAN. I. Second
and third ballots AErHUR. ~: BLAINE. /, LooAx.
| l. Fourth and last ballot ARTHUR, 10: BLAME.
| 9. BLAINE was nominated.
isss-On the nrss ballot she states vote was:
AL0KR, Q: DEPEw. 1: HARRISON. I: SHERMAN, n.
4 Sc ,ond ballot: AL0kR. 2: DHpKw and HARRISON,
each q: SHERMAN. Il. Third ballot: ALGHR, Z:
DPEw. L. HARRISON, ;; SKrRMAN. 10. Fourth
ballot: ALGER. 10: HARRIsoE. T. SHERMAN 9. Firm
I o.
BLAINE, l. Sixth ballot: AI0ER. 9: HAnnrsON, I:
SHERMAN. II; BLAINE. I. Seventh ballot: ALGKR. g.
HARRISON. 1: SHERMAN. Is: BLAINE, /. Eighth and
| last ballot: ALdER. 10: HARRISON, g. SMERMAN, !:
BLAINE 2. HARRISON was nominated.
isos-The States vote on the arst and only ballot
was HARRISON. 49, MCKINLEY. 7. HARRISON was
renOminated.
isss-The delegation voted for MoKMLxY. 10:
! ballot. MCKINLEY nominated.
IecO-rbe States vote was unanimous for McKN-
LEY on the nrst and only ballot. McKDusx was
renOminated.
IsO4-on the nrst and only ballot the vote Of the
state unanimous for ROOSEVELT. ROOSEVELT
| was nominated.
General GRANT was without a rival
for the nomination in 1893 and 1872. IL
was thus easy for Alabama to pick the
winner in those two Republican national
conventions. In 1879 the State scat-
tered and fused and made BLAINE its
favorite while HAYES won the nOmina-
ton. Just so in 1880 Alabama shaclxled
itself to GRANTS fortunes and GARFIELD
carried on the prize. Four years later
alphabetical Alabama stood by ARTHUR
and BLAINE won, and in 1888 the State
divided its allegiance, or whatever you
choose TO call it, between ALdER and
SHERMAN only 10 see HARRISON run
first under the wire. Again in 1892, with
HARRIsoN's denomination almost fore
gone conclusion, Alabama gave MCKIE-
LEY good support, and yet HARRISON
l won easily on the first and only ballot.
The two Mckinley conventions or 1898 and
1900 and the Roosevelt convention Of 1904
did not reqhire particular foresight or
political speculation. Alabama in those
three conventions trailed along with the
prevailing sentiment.
Then as TO Republican results in the
State: In the reconstruction and car
petbag days Of 1898 and 1872 GRANT
carried Alabama by l,276 in the former
and by 1O,S3s in the latter year. Since
then it has been q sweep for the Demo-
Gratis as follows: In 1879 TILDEN's pIur-
atty was s+,2si; In 1880 HANcoCK's was
3d. ,s22; CLEVELAND in 1884 carried the
| State by ESQ, in 1888 by 81 ,I33 and in
1897 by s3,es7. In 1898 BRYAN's plurality
was "a, $50 in the State, and in iseo Il was