The Irish standard., 1908-06-13

Rreckinridge was especially popular
with the younger clement of the DEM
ocrats. and when their party split in
the Charleston convention of 1860,
while he was in the office of vice pres
ident, the Southern section of the
democracy nominated him for presi-
dent. and put Joseph Lane of Oregon.
a man whom John Randolph would
have stigmatized as Northern man
with Southern principles" on the tick
ct with him. ~
The Republicans made happy Sc
lection for vice president in 1860 when
they put Hamlin of Maine on the
ticket with Lincoln. Hamlin had long
been prominent as an anti-slavery
man. and his swing 10 the new party
was one of the factors which put
Maine in the Republican column. The
selection of 1864 was less fortunate.
johnson had been a Democrat all his
life, and, as military governor of Ten
nessee at the time the convention of
1864 met. he was stil Democrat,
Lincoln and other Republicans, how
ever, deemed it good politics to put q
prominent Democrat on the Republi.
can ticket Of 1s84ias A. tribute to the
Democrats who Were in the armies
of the Union, and RS an appeal for the
votes of war Democrats for the ticket.
Nobody, of course,tforesaw the chance
that Lincoln would die in Office. If
tnat had been takensinto the calculation
somebody else than johnson would have
been selected for the second place.
Grants running mate in 1866, Schuyler
Colfax of Indiana, had been speaker of
the House for six years, and was
necessarily a parsonage of consequence
IN his party. Still more prominent was
Henry Wilson Of Massachusetts, who
was with Grant in his second canvass
Except that Hayes had carried Ohio
for governor in the preceding year,
Wheeler Of New York. who was nomi-
mated for vice president in 1885, was
more prominent 'than Hayes, who
headed the ticket H
Grant Dislike1 Garfield.
Had Garfeld,s stieT,h been foreseen
Arthur's selection for Wee president
by the Republicans in 1880 would
hardly have taken place. And yet
Arthur's presence on the ticket is
probably what saved Garfield from de-
feat, Conkling and Grant, the leaders
of the stalwart faction of the Demo-
Gratis in New York; disliked and dis
trusted Garfield They remained out
of the campaign until after the Re-
publican reverse in the Maine election
in September showed that the current
was in favor of Hancock and the DEM
ocrats. Then Garfield appealed to
Arthur to interced" with Conkling and
Grant, of his element of the party, to
come to the rescue, which, after much
persuasion, they consented to do. Thus
the ticket was saved. Probably If the
Republicans had nominated Arthur in
stead Of Blaine in 1884 they would
have carried the c)untry. When Hen
bricks was induced to accept the Sec
ond place on the Cleveland ticket in
1884 the country saw that the Demo-
Gratis had made good choice He had
been prominent in congress for many
years before Cleveland had ever been
heard of outside of his own town, and
he won many votes for the ticket in
the Middle West
Hobart stood closer to Mckinley, the
man who was in the first Office, than
did any other vice president to pres
ident within the recollection Of any,
body then alive. 1t is altogether pos
sible that if Hobart had lived till 1900
he would have been renominated. The
man who was placed on the second end
of the Republican ticket in 1900, how =
ever, was inquest onably of presiden-
tial stature, and he gave great strength
tc. the ticket. Roosevelt was especially
strong in the West, the section which
! put him forward for the vice presi-
dency in 1900, with the intention of
naming him for The larger office in
/ 1904. 1t is fortunate for the country
; that each Of the great parties is be-
ginning to look for men Of presidential
size for the vice presidential candidacy
! in 1908.
| A PRIESTS CRITICISM.