The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-15
RECORD Of REPUBLICANS
FOR FIFTY-sIX YEARS
Fifteenth National Convention Since
Organization of Party Will Be
Held at Chicago Next Week
Associated Press Special.

a The gathering of delegates at Chi
v cago next Tuesday forms the fiji,
0 bteenth national convention held
: by the republican party since Its
f birth in Pittsburg more than hall
1 century ago.
!, The first convention was in Phil.
: adelphia in 1855, and Edward d
: Morgan called it to order on June
II. Robert Emmett of New York
i was temporary chairman and Hen.
e ry s. Lane of Pennsylvania per
g manent chairman, with David Viii
t mot as head of the committee on
resolutions The platform declar-
t ed against the extension of slavery
into new states and territories, de,
Tended the admission of Kansas,
and advocated the building of the
Union Pacific railroad. The cand-
idates nominated were John G. Ere
mont-he defeating John Mclean
: Of Ohio on first ballot-and Will
| lam L. Dayton of New York The
4 ticket was beaten by the democra-
tic ticket nominated at st. Louis
/ and headed by Buchanan.
The second, but in point of i'm
portance really the first, convention
OF the party was held in Chicago,
assembling June 10, 1860. The
platform declared for the preserya-
ton of the Union, denounced the
extension Of slavery, and advanced
tariff laws, (which would encour
age the development of the indus
trial interests of the country" II
Abraham Lincoln was nominated
for president on the third ballot |
and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine was
nominated for vice president on
the second ballot. This ticket was
successful in the fall, easily beat
ing the divided democracy.
The third republican convention
met in Baltimore on June 7, 1864.
The platform declared for the car
rying on of the war, advocated a
constitutional amendment forever
prohibiting slavery anywhere in the
Union, returned thanks to the fed
eral soldiers and sailors, and in
dorsed the emancipation proclama-
ton. Abraham Lincoln was re
nominated, receiving all the votes
except those of Missouri, which |
cast for Gen. Grant Andrew John
son of Tennessee was named for
| successful at the polls.
| al conventions and candidates held
/ since the close of the Civil war is
as follows:
Chicago, May 20, 1S6S-Ulysees
S. Grant of Illinois and Schuyler
Colfaz of Indiana.
Philadelphia, June 5, 1s72-Uly-
sees s. Grant of Illinois and Henry
Wilson of Massachusetts,.
Cincinnati, June IA, 1S76-Ruth-
elford B. Hayes Of Ohio and Will
lam A. Wheeler of New York.
Chicago. June 2, 1SS0-James A.
Garfield of Ohio and Chester A.
Arthur of New York.
Chicago, June s, 18S4--James
G. Blaine of Maine and John A
Logan of Illinois.
Chicago, June 10, 18SS--Benja-
min Harrison of Indiana and Levi
P. Morton of New York.
Minneapolis, June Z, 1S92-Ben-
jamin Harrison of Indiana and
Whitelaw Reid of New York.
St, Louis, June 7, 1S96-WiIl- |
lam Mckinley Of Ohio and Garret
A. Hobart of New Jersey.
Philadelphia, June 10, 1900
William Mckinley of Ohio and
Theodore Roosevelt of New York.
Chicago, June 81, 19O4-Theo-
dore Roosevelt of New York ana
Charles w Fairbanks of Indiana,
Chicago, June is, 1908-William
II. Taft of Ohio and James S. Sher-
man of New York.
The convention next week will
be the seventh that the republican
party has held in Chicago. OF the
republican candidates nominated in
that city, Lincoln and Garfield were
assassinated. Blaine died a dis
appointed, if not a heart-broken
man Arthur, who succeeded Gar
| field, lived to realize the full mean
ing of political ingratitude. Harri-
son although renominated at Min
neapolis, was defeated. The defeat
of Grant in the convention which
met in Chicago in 1880 was the
occasion of bitter feud in the re-
publican party, and incidentally LED
to the defeat of the party four
years later, Mr.. Roosevelt was
nominated in Chicago in 1904 and
Mr.. Taft in 1908 These two, OF
the seven standard bearers named
by the republican party in chicago
conventions, are the only ones liV-
ing.
Wedding in White Mountains.
Bethlehem, N. H., June 15.-The
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