Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-22


ticket was defeated by Taylor and
Fillmore. wings
Franklin Pierce o. Nev Hamp-
shire. a dark horse" whose name
had not been publicly mentioned a.
a candidate. won me presidential
nomination a. the national Democrat
&C. convention held Boz Baltimore DO
1859 William q King OF Alabama
was nominated for vice president
but did nor live ro fIl tue office
The convention WHICH met az Gin
cInnat ON June .. 1856 lasted -four
days and resulted .n pho nomination
~ James Buchanan of pennsylvania
for president and John e. Breckin-
ridge of Kentucky for vice president
IH" most fafeiaI convention which
eas over held Doc the United States
Ha that which opened af Charles
foH s. q on April -3 $500 which
lasted fsU days and took ~ llayalI-
us ballot. and which split 'he part
into o. northern aud southern sec
ton each OF which had Conyeu-
ton 100 another place and put up Il
ticket Of lts own One faction nan
cd stephen s Douglas Of Illinois
and Herschcl y Johnson of Georgia
while the other nominated John G.
Breckenridge OF Kentucky and Jo-
seph Lane Of Oregon Both were de-
ieated an the polls by Abraham Lin
coin and Hannibal ,Hamlin. Repuh-
Leans
The main purpose for holding The
Democratic national convention
which met IN Chicago on August go.
1854 was 20 prevent the party or
ganization from going wholly 10
pieces The convention adopted
platform which declared the war
failure and nominated Gen. George
IN. Mcclellan Of New Jersey for pres
dent and George NJ. Pcndleton Of
Ohio for Vice President Only three
states ratified the conventions ac-
''lon.
In the convention OF 1865. the
only one ever held IN New York. Ho-
ratio Seymour OF New York was nam
ed for president and +. =. Blair OF
Missouri for vice president This
ticket was easily beaten by the Re
publican ticket OF Grant and Coliav
The 1872 convention Of the Dem
ocrats was held az Baltimore n ac-
ccpted Horace Greeley. the nominee
OF the seeding element OF the Re
publican party. and named D GRAFT
Grown Of Missouri for vice president.
but the regular Republicans iu that
year repeated their victory OF 1865
In their convention of 1876 in So
Louis. the Democrats nominated their
strongest aud ablesi man, samuel j.
Tilden of New York. with Thomas A.
Hendricks OF Indiana for vice pre.-
! ident They came within one ,Ia
in the electoral college OF eIectinr
their ticket
Since 1876 the national .onyu-
ton andMominces of the Democratic
party have been as follows
1850, az Cincinnati Gen Winfield
/ S Hancock of Pennsylvania for pres
ident and William a. English OF .1-
diana for vice president
1854, az Chicago. Grover Cleveland
of New York for president and Thorn
as A. Hendricks OF Indiana for vice
president
lNNN, al Chicago. Grover Cleye-
land of New York for presiden, and
Allen g Thurman of Ohio for vice
president
/ 1892, az Chicago, Grover Cleveland
OF New York for president and Ad-
lai r Stevenson 90 Illinois FOR vice
/ president
1896. az Chicago. William D. BRYAN
OF Nebraska for president and Adlai
T. Stevenson OF Illinois FOR vice pres
ident
1900. az Kansas City, William J.
Bryan of Nebraska for president and
Ndlai r. Stevenson Of Illinois for vice
president
1904. az 81 Louis. Alton y Parker
of New York for president and Henry
1 g. Davis OF West Virginia fo- pres
dent
1905. az Denver. William Fl Bryan
of Nebraska FOR president and John
" Kern OF Indiana for yir. nresi-
don't