Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-25
BALTIMORE CONVENTIONS
History Made for the Democrats
in the Past in That City.
First of the Dark Observation-Disclosures
the scene of Struggles Hetween
the North and south Before
the War.

Is to meet. was the city in which as.
seInblod the first national convention Of
the Democratic party, the city in which
a national convention first gave forth
the party's formal platform and that in
which the first democratic dark horse
was nominated for the presidency. SAYS
the New York sun
AT the wish of jackson the first demo-
cratic national convention. which met
a baltimore May Il, 1>2., eight months
'lt"r the Anti-Mason party had set the
fashion Of such convention. by meeting
IN the same city, formally nominai.J
Van bnrcn for vice-presidcnt but merely
ratified the nomination uf tacl..o, far
president already mad" hy many state
Legislatures. EVen az that convention the
htti" rif; within the democratic lutte that
was by and by to make the music mute
hAd appeared for Jackson's candldncv
ana thu nomination OF Van Buren, marked
the wen defined quarrel between jocs.
son ana calhoun and prepared the way
'"r the fhctional struggle be-Veen The
northern ana southern democrats.
The convention adopted no Uniform
but expressed confidence in Jackson and
ms policies. The man ana his policies
really constituted TIA" party platform
ne national republicans. however, soon
TO call themselves Wings having held
their nominating convention at i}alti-
more In December 1871, recommended at
that meeting Il convention Of young men
in sympathy with the party, and that
convention in session at " ashington IN
May, 1872, adopted q definite platform.
lhc national democratic convention
mat nominated Van Buren, for president
met at Baltimore in May. 1885. having
been called thus early to offset the cam
didacN of Senator Hugh l.. White. already.
nominated Ms an anti-Jackson democrat
~ the Legislature Of Tennessee II
seemed to most observers almos; a toss
up even yet whether legislative no,ni-
nations or nominations hy national CON
venticn should be tho democratic policy
though all WHO fOrcsaw Ito trend of the
times toward greater popular influence
in party affairs must have seen that the
latter llan would sooner or later pro
vail.
In 'hs convention tho vote Of each
Stat'. though not its actual representa-
Non vas in proportion to its strength in
'ongr"sS There was invented also at
Was 'onvention political verb since
lost. ruckcrize." TO NEE, the case of one
hucker. who assumed to cast the whole
vote of Tennessee. which State had no
accredited delegates present. The con-
v,nti"n was largely made up of federal
officeholders. as was that of 1852
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ire nomination.
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