Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-28

forget the children. They love Cas-.
carets because they taste good-do
good-never grippe or sicken. Adv
square. Seward said: Weed, II you
had been faithful to me. should have
been there instead of Lincoln" To
which Weed replied: lis 1t not better
to be alive and in a carriage with me
than to be dead and set up In bronze!"
Salmon p. Chase also was consid-
cred for the nomination. but It was
agreed that he had been too closely
identified with the Democrats to carry
Ohio. 80 he was eliminated before the
balloting began. Justice Mclean, who
had been on the supreme court bench
since 1929. also was talked Of. But
Horace Greedy wrote Of him: I'VE do
not consider him quite s. o. 0."-the
IS. 0. G." standing for political slang
expression of the day. Sound on the
Goose" Charles A. Dana wrote to a
friend: You ought to rejoice At the
interment Of such a candidate rather
than shed tears by the quart when he
is done for"
In the end John c. Fremont was
nominated. His political principles
were little better known than were
those Of Zachary Taylor when the
wings nominated him in 184S. But q
boiling faction Of the Know Nothing
party had nominated him some time
before and the Republicans sought to
add that strength to their own. Lin.
coin was a candidate before the CON-
vention for vice president and received
vOtQQ h0 1o< A,,A NY
ton OF New Jersey was nominated over
rim. Lincoln favored the nomination
OF Justice Mclean and urged r. n.
Washburne and other friends to do al
!hey could IN behalf Of the eminent
jurist.
The Know Nothings. Of whom Horace
Greedy wrote that they had, as a
party, about as many Of the elements
or permanence as an anti potato rot
party. held their national convention
on Washington's birthday, their ma
tional council having three DAYS before
Drawn up the party platform. A fight
was precfpitated over the right of the
council to take away from the conyen.
ZION the framing of the national plat
form. and this probably was responsi-
bic for his subsequent nomination Nv
the Republicans. The regulars nom.
mated ex-President Fillmore ana Sam.
uel j. Donelson. The Wings afterward
met and ratified the nomination, the
last convention they ever held Thus
they, organized into a political marty
by anti-Masonry. expired as an adjunct
of anti Catholicism.
The Democrats met in Cinc,nn.u
holding there the first national con,
vention which ever convened west ~
the Alleghenies. Although President
Fierce was a candidate for renomins.
ton. 1t was early seen that the M rtv
course was to be determined from The
fact that the nominee would h.v. "a
carry some northern states to win ana
r.erce was unpopular at the north. So
nuchanan got the, nomination with
'onn =. Breckinridse as his running
mate. The convention rather eveued up
.ne score by ringing approval OF
Pierce's administration in its platform
Buchanan. when minister to England.
had Joined the American ministers TO
france and Spain in a letter from
Ostend. afterward labeled the "Ostend
MANIFESTO" in which they declared that |
-upa ought to be q part OF the United
states become such by purchase II DOS.
sible, or by force II necessary. That |
with the favor with which Pierce and
lsuchanan looked upon the Walker Ali.
buster In Nicaragua, led 20 the Demo-
,rats being called ''Buchananeers"
Free States. Free Kansas. Free
Speech. and Fremont" was the hattie
cry Of the Republicans. while Buck |
and Breck" was as much as the Demo-
cratic campaign poets could find for
= slogan. The Republicans could find
no term more gentle than border ruff |
nan to apply to a Democrat, The
democrats retorted with Black Re.
and honors were easy.
The Dayton Rally.
one OF the greatest political rallies /
ever held In this country was the Ere.
mont and Freedom festivar' held at
Dayton. Ohio, the last of July. More
nan a hundred thousand people came |
rom far and near. The rallying cry
u the day was There Is a North"
One OF the chief features Of the cele-
'ration was burlesQue Democratic |
parade staged by young Hoosier Free |
nonters. 1t was headed by His Satanic |
gotten up to resemble Presi.
rent Pierce. attended by menials who
we're recognized as the members Of his
'abinet. Floats were in the procession
representing Buck and Brech." the
Walker filibusters, border rufflans beat
ng women to death. Simon Legree
iogving Uncle Tom. southerners ap-
Tying coat Of tar and feathers to
Tree State men. Brooks breaking his
ane over the head VI .narles Sumner,
ND Brigham Young and his wives rep
ssenting Demo cratic Normonism ana
allied by the Rep iblicans with slavery
he twin relic Of barbarian" BRINGING /