The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-28
Campaigns Of Many Years Ago,

bufalotN " Express: Frank II
Severance gave Il talk at tie H.stor.
zeal building on some OF she presi
lential campaigns Of history.
During sSe recent campaign
said be, several features excited
r0mmen.andh have been cited as new
For example. Mr. Bryan, twice De
isated, was sgaia nominated. So
greatwas she comment upon this cir
,Nmstance that republicans evolved
the JOKE: 'Iose FOR Judge Tsts for
president thts time; you can vote for
Mr. Bryan any old slime
But thts Is nothing new In the
politlcal history OF our country. Per.
taps the greatest man OF our coun.
try who never went to the White
House was Henry Clay. Three times
Mr. Clay was she defeated candidate
o, his party and twice more did he
m. L. every effort possible to get the
nomination.
We have heard much about Presi-
dent Roosevelt naming his success.
sJr. RoosevelI didn't deny that he
wanted Judge TAFT and Judge Tufs
didn'I deny shat he was being foster
ed by President Roosevelt Some
people claimed shis unprecedented In
political history; hut Il .sn't
an the shines OF Andrew Jackson
shere WAS like instance. President
Jackson loaded Martin Van Buren,
wish honors and appointments and
upon the close II Lis second term he
recommended the nomination OF
Martin Van Buren, as his successor
and pulled every wire and used every
means at his command so insure Mr..
Van Buren's nomination and cleo
iion.
Another feature OF this campaign
which has been criticised by some il
the .act thas both candidates have
gone before the people and personal.
ly solicited support Bus that IL
nothing new il American political
history. James G. Blaine did the
same thlng; so did Stephen A Doug
las In the sos and 80 did Villa m
Henry Harrison back In 1870"
Mr. Severance gave most inter
esting talk on the campaign
William Henry Harrison for the
| p esidency. Some one made thf
assertion that Mr.. Harrison was q
lowly origin and had been raised in
u log cabin on hapiacks and cider
immediately the campaign managers
took the log cabin as the emblem o.
the new whig party.
At Main and Eagle streets, where
She New York Central ticket office
now stands, they built log cabin
for campaign headquarters. 1t was
bulls In March and did active service
until November, longer time thar
is given TO campaigning In these
days. Inside the log cabin was 6
cider barrel, we'll filled TO constitu
ents. On the top OF the cabin was 6
canoe emblematic OF Harrison's vic
tory as the Bastle Of TIppacanoe.
During this campaign more music
was written and sung than during
any other camp align In political his
tory. Choruses and glee clubs wer,
formed, and they marched the street.
OF Buffalo singing choruses. Octo
Der 4, 1910, was big day In Buffalo
during that campaign. Log cabin.
on wheels parsded Main street by
the hundreds, and girls from all west
ern New York came to ride in th'
mighty procession. Following TIT
parade great barbecue was ther
held.
In speaking of campaigns of sill
earlier days, Mr.. Severance said tha
presidential candidates were nomi
mated by congress convention ant
that the people had little or nothing
TO say as to the choice. Tickets wer
not nominated. When Jefferson raj
against Aaron Burr, the man VIII,
received the highest vote becam
president. During the campaign o
1900 it took four months to find on
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