The Washington herald., 1908-09-01

ported William H Crawford, and had
plurality in the legislature which selected
electors a combination between the
Adams and Clay men kept Crawford ont
OF the votes Of New York. and Tammany
was sore"
Having been organized in the frst place
as a Democratic opposition 10 the aristO-
cratic Society of the Cincinnati" the
Tamuany braves were naturally on the
side OF the -'low-brows But they had
supported, the Virginia aristocratic clique
and had followed Crawford When CraW-
ford was ended. Martin Van Buren rec
ognized the possibilities Of the political
strength OF Andrew Jackson. and took
the upstate Crawford following into the
Jackson camp. persusding Tammany Hall
70 come along
If the people had been permitted to
vote for electors in New York n 1921
or II the three Clay electors had stuck
70 their instructions in that year Tam
many Hall might have followed Adams
and Clay IN the big split OF the old
party. and thus have changed the whole
future Of American politics
The Jackson newspapers played the
very limit Of hero worship. They pub
lished what purported TO be Gen Jack
sons address 10 his troops before the
battle Of New Orleans. in which Jackson
was quoted as referring to the British
troops. fresh from the held OF yelling
tons victory over the great Napoleon %
The same error has been made many
times since. despite the fact that the bat
tie Of New Orleans was fought six
months before Wellington defeated Ma
poleon at Waterloo
This adulation disgtsted the conservs-
rives- One Adams newspaper spoke OF
the vulgar and uliterate Jacksonites. TO
whom It is impossible for civilization TO
be civil II was the first time the peo-
PIE Of New York had voted for President
but the State was looked upon as doubt
ful. and interest centered there, as Il has
in every campaign since Therefore. the
New York newspaper for the first time
became more important politically than
the Mississippi or New Hampshire pa
pers- One effect OF that was 10 produce
the first pert paragrapher-" He was Nor
decai II Noah. OF the New York En-
euirer. a Jackson man and the Tannany
nominee for sheriff He was the only
Tsumany nominee who got beat. but he
wrote some singing paragraphs he
took hot shots al the Adams sristocra,s
On all occasions and was not spzring Ci
personalities
The electors were chosen in various
States al different times. beginning as
early as the middle OF October IN Ohic
and ending in November in New England
The election lasted three days II New
York and Virginia. and Two days in New
Jersey II many States the electors were
1 chosen BY districts. II New York they
[ We're elected by districts, and the district
/ electors were empowered 70 choose two
/ electors for The state al larg- Jackson
/ eot - and Adams Is votes from New
I York
/ Jsckson's majority. both popular and
I New York and Washington knew he was
I elected within less than Two weeks after
/ the last election-a remarkable thing II
| those days. before the telegraph and the
! railroad were dreamed Of In 1924 the to
fJal vote cast for all four candidates FOL
/ President was only 81. COO In 1SS TIE
I first red-hoc party campaign had 80
{ aroused interest that the votes poliet
/ amounted 20 an aggregate of SL156- -000
F, Jackson's majority was about 10000
Z Jackson's success was celebrated viii
great glee BY the prOleraTist al over Jh'
/ country. but the conservatives shocE
{ their heads and expressed a doubt as K
I whether the Union could survive so grea'
I q calamity.
tCoz1Tlght, lsOs. b Fredsrlc J. Hzs1-l
! Tomorrow - Presidential Cam
paiEns. III-The JacksOn-CIay Racs
( of 1892