Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-16
THE RECORD Of
ALL REPUBLICAN
CONVENTIONS
Meeting This Week Will BE
the Fifteenth National
Gathering of the
Party
SEVENTH TO BE
HELD IN CHICAGO
First Convention in 1856
Nominated John c. Free
mont and William
l.. Dayton

WASHINGTON. ID. C., June IL
The gathering Of delegates al Chicago
next Tuesday forms the fifteenth ma.
Uonal convention held by the repub-
llcan party since It's birth in Pitts
bureh more than half 2 century ago
The first convention was in Phiia-
delphla in 1856, and Edward ID Nor
gan called il TO order on June II.
Robert Emmett of New York was tenn
porary chairman and Henry s Lane OF
Pennsylvania permanent chairman.
with David Wilmot az head of the
committee on resolutions. The plat.
form declared against the extension
of slavery into new states and terri
tories. d. manded the admission of
Kansas, ana alvOcated the building OF
the Union Pacific railroad. The cardi.
dates nominated were John c. Ere
mont-he defeating John Mclean of
Ohio on the first ballot--and William
L. DAYTON % New York The ticket
was beaten bv the democratic ticket
nominated at ST. Louis and headed By
Buchanan
The second, but in point of i'm
portance really the first, convention
OF tho party was held in Chicago. as.
semhl!ng Juno ~. 1880. The plat.
form declared for the preservation Of
the Union. denounced the extension
Of slavery. and advocated tariff laws
which would encourage the develop
ment OF the Industrial interests OF the
country" Abraham Lincoln was nom
mated for president on the third bal
lot and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine
was nominated for vice president on
the second ballot. This ticket was
successful in the fall. easily beating
the divided democracy.
The third republican convention met
in Baltimore on June Z. 1864 The plat
form declared for the carrying on OF
the war. advocated constitutional
amendment forever prohibiting slay-
cry anywhere IN the Union. returned
thanks TO the federal soldiers and
sailors. and Endorsed the emancipa-
ton proclamation. Abraham Lincoln
was nominated. receiving all the votes
,xcopt those OF Missouri. which were
cast for Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson
of Tennessee was named for vice
president This ticket was successful
al the rolls
The record of republican national
conventions and candidates held since
the close Of the civil war is as fol.
lows:
Chicago. May 80. 1s6S-Ulysses 6,
Grant. Of Illinois. and Schuyler Col
fax OF Indiana.
Philadelphia. June ;. -lS72-Ulysses
s Grant. OF Illinois. and Henry VIII
son. OF Massachusetts
Cincinnati. June II. lS76-Ruther-
ford B. Hayes. Of Ohio, and William
A. Wheeler OF New York
Chicago. June 2, lSSO-James A
Garfield Of Ohio. and Chester A. Ar
thur. of New York
Chicago June s. 1SS4.-James C.
Blaine. Of Maine. and John A. Logan.
of Illinois.
Chicago, June 10, lSSS-Beniamin
Harrison. OF Indiana. and Whitelaw
Reid, OF New York.
St Louis. June Z. lS96-William Nc
kinney. Of Ohio, and Garrett a. Ho-
bart. of New Jersey
Philadelphia. June 10. l9OO-William
Mckinley. of Ohio. and Theodore
Roosevelt, Of New York.
Chicago, June 81. l9O4-Theodcre
Roosevelt. of New York. and Charles
w Fairbanks. OF Indiana.
Chicago. June 1G, 1908-William H.
Taft. of Ohio, and James s. Sherman
Of New York.
The convention this week will be
the seventh that the republican Darty
mas held in Chicago of the republican
candidates nominated in that city.
Lincoln and Garfield were assassi-
mated. Blaine died a disappointed, If
not a heartbroken. man. Arthur. who
succeeded Garfield. lived TO realize