Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-21

great "walk-outs" in Democratic ma
tional assemblages, the others being
| in 1860 and 1896. the party in New
York was divided into two hostile fac
tions. The national convention at
tempted to patch up truce between
them by admitting the delegations
which each chose, allowing each to
cast half the votes. The result was
that the faction whose choice was de-
feated Indignantly withdrew from the
convention. Lewis Cass Of Michigan
was named for President and William
o. Butler of Kentucky for Vice Pres
ident This ticket was defeated by
Taylor and Fillmore, .'higs
Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire.
a dark horse" whose name had not
been publicly mentioned as candi-
date. won the presidential nomination
at the national Democratic conven-
ton held in Baltimore In 1852 W1l-
liam r. King of Alabama was nominal
ed for vice president. but did not live
to fill the Office.
The convention which met at Gin
cinnati on June 2 1856, lasted four
days and resulted in the nomination
of James Buchanan Of Pennsylvania
for President and John C. Breckin-
ridge of Kentucky for Vice President.
The most fateful convention which
was ever held in the United States
was that which opened at Charles
ton, S. c., on April g. 1860. which
lasted ten days and took 81 unavailing
ballots. and which split the party into
a Northern and Southern section.
each of which had separate con
vention in another place and put up
a ticket of its Own One faction nam.
ed Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and
Herschel V Johnson of Georgia while
the other nominated John c. Brock
inridge OF Kentucky and Joseph Lane
Of Oregon Both were defeated at the
polls by Abraham Lincoln and Hanni-
bal @Hamlin, Republicans
The main purpose for holding the
Democratic national convention which
met in Chicago on August 30, 1864,
was to prevent the party organization
from going wholly to pieces. The
convention adopted platform which
declared the war a failure and nom
mated Gen. George B. Mcclellan OF
New Jersey for President and George
H. Pendleton of Ohio for Vice Presi- |
dent Only three States ratified the
conventions action.
In the convention Of 1868 the only
one ever held in New York Horatio
Seymour of New York was named |
for President and P. P. Blair Of Mis-
souri, for Vice President This ticket |
was easily beaten by the Republican !
ticket of Grant and COlfax.
The 1872 convention Of the Demo
Gratis was held at Baltimore. 1t &C
cepted Horace Greeley the nominee |
of the seeding element Of the Repub- |
lican party and named B. GratZ Brown |
of Missouri for Vice President but the |
regular Republicans in that year re-
peated their victory of 1868.
In tLeir convention Of 1876, in st.
Louis the Democrats nominated their
strongest and ablest man, Samuel ].
Tilden of New York, with Thomas A,
Hendricks of Indiana ,or Vice Pres
ident. They came within one vote
IN 1io electoral college of electing
their ticket.
Since 1876 the national conventions !!
and nominees of the Democratic party
have been as follows;
1880, at Cincinnati, Gen. Winfield
S. Hancock of Pennsylvania for Tres i
ident and William H. English Of IN
diana for Vice President,
1884, at Chicago, Grover Cleveland
Of New York for President and Thorn
as A. Hendricks of Indiana for Vice
President
1883, at Chicago, Grover Cleveland
Of New York for President and Allen
G. Thurman of Ohio for Vice Presi-
dent.
1892, at Chicago, Grover Cleveland
Of New York for President and Adlai
T.. Stevenson of Illinois for Vice Pres
ident.
1896, at Chicago, William J. Bryan
II Nebraska for President and Arthur
5ewall of Maine for Vice President.
1900, at Kansas City, William J.
Bryan Of Nebraska for President and Il
Adlai E. Stevenson Of Illinois for Vice
President.
1904, at St Louis, Alton B Parker,
If New York for President and Henry
). Davis of West Virginia for Vice
President.
1908. at Denver. William J. Bryan,