Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-26


matched "Tippecanoe and Tyler too
with "Old Rough and Ready" Willard
Fillmore WAS his running mate. Dam
Tel Webster pronounced the nomina-
ton Of Taylor one mot fit to be made"
The Barn Burners, who had with
drawn from the Baltimore convention
with the avowed object of defeating
Cass. met In Utica, N. r.. with dele
gates from Ave states in attendance.
They nominated ex-President Van
Buren,. and placed the name of Henry
Dodge Of Wisconsin upon the ticket as
his running mate. Dodge later with
drew and supported Cass. The Aboli-
tionists became dissatisfied with the
Free Soil ticket and again nominated
one OF their own. composed Of Van
Buren, and Charles Francis Adams.
When the returns came in the ex-
pected happened. Every one had rea-
liked that with an undivided democ-
racy. even the hearty attractiveness Of
General Taylor. the freshness of his
war-won laurels, ana the magic mem
ory Of Buena Vista, all could not have
sufficed to sweep the Democrats out
Of power and the Wings Into office
again. But that throat-cutting fight
In New York changed the situation.
Van Buren, did not carry a single state.
But he was able TO take enough votes
away from Cass in New York to trans
fer the electoral vote of the Empire
state from the Cass column to the
Taylor column. and that gave the pres
idency to the Wings.
Depended on New York.
New York goes. so goes the union"
As far back as 1900 Thomas Jefferson,
asserting that he had foretold the vote
Of every elector but two in his first
bout with John Adams, declared that
his eyes in the 1900 fight were upon
New York City. He declared that as
New York City went New York state
would go, and as New York state went
the union would go.
The issue of the campaign was the
Wilmot Proviso. This famous question
brought slavery to the fore as a burn
ing controversy. When the bill ap-
propriating money for the closing of
negotiations with Mexico for the ac-
QUESTION Of territory following the war
was before the house a half dozen
anti slavery Democrats had copies of
an amendment which had been drawn
by Representative Brinkerhoff of Ohio,
and which provided that slavery should
not be permitted in any of the states
or territories to be erected out of the
territory thus acquired. 1t fell to the
lot Of David Wilmot of Pennsylvania,
first to gain the speakers eye and to
get recognition for offering 1t. Hence
it's name
General Cass at first was favorable
to the proviso. but. seeing that 1t was
an issue that had dynamite in it, after
ward decided to trim" a little. If the
northern Wings had had the courage of
their convictions that year they would
have taken the northern view Of the
slavery question and could have elected
an anti slavery president. This would
probably have prevented the formation
OF the Republican party and have per-
petuated the Wing party. But in those
days the Wings were a northern party
led by southern men, while the Democ
racy had become a southern party cap
tanned by northern leaders.
For the first time In the history OF
the country the popular elections were
all held on the same day, in accordance
with the law passed three years before
In Massachusetts, the vote was so badly
split that no electors were chosen, and
the legislature at a later date had to
appoint its electoral college.
Tomorrow - Presidential Elections
XVI-The Democracy Reunited.