The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
HOW VIRGINlANS
VOTED in 1914
OND. A, Special

r / @ II az o n ID, V A, Special
Sixty-eight years ago the Democrats
OF the United States assembled in
convention in the city OF Baltimore
to nominate a man for the presi-
dency of the United States. And what
is better still, their choice fell on a
winner, for they named James X.
Polk, Of Tennessee. who, in the ensu-
ing general election, defeated Henry
Clay, of Virginia and Kentucky.
n third man, James g. Birney, OF
New York. figured in the contest as a
Liberal, but today his name is only
the ghost of memory and would DO
altogether forgotten were IL not FOX
the cOntemporaneOus records which
preserve it.
Polk got n total vote of 1,337,243,
while Clay trailed close behind him
with a vote of 1.299,O6S. Birney was
honored by the ballots OF only $4,000
suffragans. Folks plurality was 49,
IT'S.
In view of the fact that another
Democratic convention is soon TO meet
in the Monumental City, IL may be
well to bark back" for n few minutes
to the nominees OF the Baltimore con-
Vention of 1874. A COPY of the ticket
voted by Virginians in the November
election of 1874 is submitted by w.
P. Knowles, superintendent of the City
Gas Works. 1t reads as follows:
Democratic
Electoral Ticket for Virginia.
For President
James X. Polk Of Tennessee.
For Nice-PreSident
George NJ. Dallas of PENNSYLVANIA
Electors.
LIST District-John s. Millson Of Nor
folk.
End dist.-Thomas Wallace of
Srd dist.-willian r. Baskerville of
Mecklenburg.
4th dist.-wfllian Daniel Of Camp
bell.
9Th dist.-Archibald Stuart of Pat
eth dist.-willian Smith of Eau
Quier.
sth dist.-wnlian p. Taylor of Car
oline. t..--
9Th dist.-willian II. Roane Of Hem
10th dist.-Richard Coke. Jr. of
Gloucester.
11th dist-Henry Bedinger Of JEFF
| ferson.
Shenandoah.
18th dist.-James Hoge of Pulaski
14th dist-Henry S. Kane OF Scott.
18th dist--Robert A. Thompson OF
| Kanawha.
10th dist.-Joseph Johnson Of Har-
| rison.
18th dist.-william S. Morgan Of
| Marion.
The whig ticket voted in the Old
| Dominion read as follows:
| For President of the United States.
Henry Clay OF Kentucky
The glory OF his country and the
| first living statesman.
| For Vice President
| Theodore Frelinghuysen
of New Jersey
! AN upright and able statesman and
an honest man.
| These men. IL elected, will support
American industry against the capital
| and pauper labor of Europe, which
will lead to the creation of a steady
and permanent Home Market for the
| American Farmer. They will sup
4 port the Distribution OF the Proceeds
OF the Public lands among the States.
| TO whom they OF right belong, thus
securing annually TO Virginia from a
half million to a million of dollars,
for educating her children; and they
are friendly to sound National Cur
rency which will make money more
plenty, and prevent its depreciation.
These are the measures to make
the country great and prosperous, and
to protect Liberty.
Wings of Virginia; Let each man
do his duty"
District 1-Robt II. Whitfield OF
Isle of Wight.
! Dist 2-John L. Shell Of Bruins
VIZ.
/ Dist. s-Henry p. Irving Of Cum
! berland.
Dist. <-Joseph X. Irving of Am
herst.
Dist. Geo. H. Gilmer Of Pittsyl-
vania.
Dist. 6-valentine w. southan OF
Amelia.
Dist. John Janney of Loudoun
Dist S-Edward L. Tayloe of King
George.
Dist. 9-Raleigh T. Daniel of Rich.
Dist. 1O-Moreau Bowers of VIII.
liamsburg.
Dist. 11-Andrew Hunter Of Jeffer.
son.
Dist. 12-Alex. H. H. Stuart o.
Augusta.
Dist. 1s-winiam B. Preston o.
Montgomery.
Dist 14-Andrew S. Fulton o.
Wythe.
roe.
Dist. 16-Augustine ]. Smith O.
Harrison.
Dist. Thames NJ. Stephenson O.
Tyler.
1t will be observed that the Whis
ticket slipped in a sort of political
harangue which had a pretty goo(
| ring to 1t, though it did not suffice Il
make the party successful in the cleo
ton. In that day West Virginia wa
still part of this State. which
accounts for the large number OF
electors.