Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-10

plorations in and beyond the Rocky
mountains.
"Fremont's popular vote was 1,341.-
600. His electoral vote ia, all New
England and New York supporting
him heartily But Buchanan, the dem
ocrat, had a popular vote of 1888, 900
and ia electoral votes.
-Four parties competed for the pres
idential prize in 1860. The democrats
were suDdered. One part, chiefly
northerners, nominated Stephen A.
Douglas, senator from Illinois, as it's
candidate. The other part named John
c. Breckenridge, senator from Ken
lucky. The republicans named Abra-
ham Lincoln.
Strictly speaking there was no
third party in that campaign. unless
was such. There was, in fact, a fourth
party, the constitution union, whose
standard bearers we're John Bell of
Tennessee and Edward Everett of
Massachusetts. Yet it Is customary
to speak of Bell and Everett as third
party men.
"Evading the paramount. issue,
which was slavery, and insisting on a
strict adherence TO the terms of the
constitution of the United States,
the constitutional-unioni hoped to
avert a war between the sections of
the country. They failed, although
they got 80 electoral votes, those of
( Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee,
their popular vote being $4,000.
Not until 1872 did another third
party ask for votes in a presidential
contest. The liberal republican par
ty was composed of those republi-
cans who, dissatisfied with the ad-
ministration of General Grant, dis
liked his policy toward the southern
states, lately at war with the north
ern, and desired to clasp hands
across the bloody chasm." They also
condemned some acts of Grants sub
ordinates as scandalous, and demand
ed reform of the civil service.
1T was high-toned party and had
some high-tOned men in it, but evil
IDENTIFY was not overburdened with
supporters. 1t is not possible to es-
innate its strength, for its candidate
Horace Greeley, was taken by the
democrats as their candidate, too
His popular vote was 2,S34,079, but
he did not win a northern state and
Of the southern was successful only
in Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland
Missouri, Tennessee and Texas.
Democrats who did not approve
of the nomination of Greeley met al
Louisville and named as a ticket
Charles O'Connor. noted New Yorh
lawyer, for president, and John
Quincy Adams of Massachusetts as
vice president. Both nominees de-
clined, but the ticket was at the pollI
and got 81 $50 votes.'
When the war closed the demand
for farm products declined, and Sc
did their prices. The farmers were
| overstocked. With large armies IL
; the field there mad been a great de
) mand for grain and cereals. Price,
: were high. Farmers were prosper
! Gus. But the decline in prices ant
the panic in Grants first admins
= tration left the farmers almost hope
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e dominant parties for assistance.
, Out of their needs grew tn
: greenback party, which did not max
? nomination for president unit
0 1876, although it had made itsel
: felt in state and other conventions
I and had elected several members o
n congress. The democratic natiOna
h platform of 1868, the year Seymou
= was beaten by Grant, also containet
: greenback pIanks, planks which di'
E not help the democrats in the east.
2 Peter Cooper. greenback candi
date in 1876. got $4,000 votes in tn
: country at large, but not one cleo
i toral vote.
General Weaver, greenback can
didate in 1850, was also unable 4