Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-23
DEMOCRATS READY ID BEGIN
 2lST NATIONAL GATHERING

WASHINGTON. D. C., June Z2 -
 The convention which opens at Bal
 timore next Tuesday will be the tWcn-
 ty-frst national assemblage of the dem
 ocratic party. while the one now ID session in Chicago is only the fifteen
 tn republican national gathering. But
 the democratic party surpasses the re-
 publican in age much more than this difference would indicate. Born m She 5ank controversy Of l791, christ ened by Jefferson. its founder, in ltf2,
 and strengthened in the division among the people which Washington neutrality proclamation at the begin ming Of the Anglo-Frenvh war in ltS5 caused, the democratic party passea its centennial mark more than de- Cade ago.
 But the history Ut the rarty.s con- Iyentions dates back only 70 lN32. In which year the national delegate con ventiou method of nominating candi-
 dates for president and vice president was adopted The first national demo cratic convention was held on May l F, lS&2, at Baltimore, and adopted two rules which have guided the ac- tiOus ui atl subsequent conventions.
 One Of these provided that the dele gates, when so instructed, should cast ! the votes of their states as a unit, and the other that no candidate should ! be nominated without a two-thirIs majority. Andrew Jackson was nom | mated for president and Martin Van Ruren for vice pres ident. They were Ielected.
 The second national democratic con vention met OF May 25, 1S3G, also al | Baltimore. and nominated Martin Van i Burcu for president and Richard M. Johnson for vice president. The tick I ct was successful in the subsequent
 election.
 The third convention, held on May
 ,, lSi0. at Baltimore, renominated Van Buren, but named no candidate for vice president, leaving that to the several states. lr also put forward the first complete platform ever adopt
 ed by the party. Parts of this plat
 form were incorporated into the de. |Ii'erance Of every national democrat.
 iC convention prior to the civil war
 and its leading ideas have reaVpear
 ed in many of the party platforms Ol
 the last JO years.
 In 1Nif the national democratic
 convention ugHin- assembled in Balti more Van BUren had majority o the instructed delegates for his nom ination. James R. Polk was a can
 didate for vice president. UnfOrtun ateiv for Van Bureu hetwgs not on tht popular side in regards to the burn ing question Oi the annexation of Tex as Again the twO-thirds rule wa. introduced, and assured Van Buren, defeat After a three days stp4Igsl, the nomination was given to Polk. } In the couventiOn of lSfS. also ii . Baltimore, took place the first of th' } great walB-outs' in democratic ns , tional sssemblages, the others bcini , in SGp and lSsG The party in Nev . York was divided into two hostile fac , tiOns The national convention at |. tempted tO patch up a truce between . them by admitting the delegation |. which each chose. allowing each t ]. cast half the votes The result wa that the faction whose choice va 2 defeated indignantly withdrew iron ' the convention. Lewis Cass of Micf ? isan was named for president am . William O. Butler of Kentucky fo : vice president. This ticket was dc : leated by Taylor and Fillmore Whig' Franklin Pierce of New Hampshir . dark horse" whose name had no
 been publicly mentioned as a car . didate. won the presidential nOmiI . ation al the national democratic cor . yention held in Baltimore in tS5. . William R. King of Alabama was non ! mated for vice president. but did no