Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-06

Editors Note:-The following story
by Mr.. Haskin was the 10th article
OF his series Of % articles on presl-
dental elections, now running. III
was omitted in its regular order. due
to delay in the mails, and Is there
fore given at this time.)
BY Frederic J. Haskin.
The years that interviewed between
1900 and 1924 witnessed no election
contest whose result was not fore
gone conclusion. jefferson agreed to
be his logical successor Then came
Monroe, who succeeded himself with
but one dissenting vote. This was cast
by a New Hampshire elector who said
he did it to prevent Monroe from
equalling Washington in respect to a
unanimous vote. The papers of the
time show that he was roundly lam
basted for having done so. After Mon
roes second election everything was
SO unanimous that there was no party,
unless all the people were included
in the Democratic Republican party.
1t was evident that Monroe's sue
cessor would be chosen more upon
the HTOuHu VI GSISoidl S'"''
Of political principles, so the fight for
position in the next presidential ocn-
test assumed the proportions of
ree-fer-all. Hezekiah Niles declared
that there were no less than 16 or
II receptive" candidates as early as
1921. Monroe had three OF the leading
candidates as members of his cabinet,
and early declared himself neutral in
l.. ,nl
pulling and hauling and from charges
of favoritism.
1t was not long before the advo-
Gates of third term were on hand
with the usual story. They told Mr..
Monroe that there were a dozen can
didates for the presidency in 1924,
and that not one of them had been
strong enough to have even hope Of
securing majority of the electoral
votes. This, they told him, would
throw the contest into the house, an
evil of evils. They also assured him
that he had been entitled to a unani-
NOUS vote last time and that he would
get it this time. Furthermore, they
asserted, il he retired Europe would
not understand it and would conclude
that the United States had not backed
him up on the Monroe doctrine.
CIay's Resolution.
Clay was so carried away with Mon
roe's pronunciation that he offered a
resolution in the house backing it up.
Later, remembering that he had been
called war hawk" out in his own
west because Of his vigorous cham
pionship OF the war of 1912 "for free
trade and sailors rights he sidestep-
ped the difficulty by asking that the
resolution continue to lie on the table
Monroe had a difficult time of II
balancing between his candidate ad
visers. He complained that Crawford
had given him considerable trouble al
though some historians assert that he
threw the weight of his influence
quietly to that gentleman. An undated
memorandum among mis- lapers shows
that upon one occasion he cogitated
upon a proposition to ask Crawford
To retire from the cabinet. Thai
Crawford did not feel that he had hat
the support OF Monroe Is shown by
the fact, related in Adams diary, thai
he afterward cursed Monroe to hi
face, and that Monroe was on tn,
point of ringing for a servant to escor
Crawford thought better OF himself
and apologized to the president for hi
behavior.
There was a general unrest anon,
the people in 1924 They felt that the.
had not been consulted in the selec
ton Of their presidents. Some of tn
states still chose their electors b.
their legislatures, and in others prop
Aro En, ho inrit
Of the citizens from voting. The west
ern states were Democratic as Opposed
to the aristocratic east and they wer
tired Of the high brow" Virginia dy
nasty and the succession of the secre
taries. They wanted a man for presi
dent just for once who had not beel
secretary Of state in his predecessor
cabinet.
There were two popular candidates
Henry Clay and Andrew jackson. bu
the latter appealed most to the ordi
nary citizen. In the dog days of 1872
the Tennessee legislature adopted
resolution proposing Jackson for pres
ident as "the soldier. the Statesman
and the honest man."
John Quincy Adams Plan.
John Quincy Adams sought to hitc
his presidential wagon to star b
getting Andrew jackson to agree
stand on ticket with him as vic
president, and in 1924, on the ami
versary Of the battle Of New Orlean'
he gave q great dinner to jackson
which . thousand or more attendet
Jackson had been sent to Washingto
as . senator, in the hope that the &C
quaintanceships he would form woul
help him In his contest.
Crawford wanted to be the part
candidate. and to that end congress
sional caucus was called. Printed sid
by side with the announcement Of tn
call Of the caucus was another an
nouncement stating that 1871 out {
the 2s3 members OF congress woul