The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-06-24
b. JAr1Fs A. EDsrRrox.

ton " 1912 returns 10 the city
where tie FIRST national c0nypn-
ton Of that party assembled
eighty years ago. Up to end inelud-
iug 1874 presidential nominations we're
made by committees of congress IN
that year the system was attacked.
and between that and 1873 various
conventions were held I'll different parts
of The country. but no Democratic na-
tionai convention properly speaking,
was assembled till 1872 That year
one gathered at Baltimore ana nomi-
mated President Andrew Jackson for a
second term.
The convention which named Martin
Van Buren as Jackson's successor also
met in Baltimore, but was a year
ahead of time. being held in 1895. The
four succeeding national conventions
Of the party were likewise held in the
Maryland metropolis that of 1910 re-
nominating Van Buren, that of 1874
naming James X Polk that Of 1913
selecting Lewis cass and that of 1852
choosing FrankNn Pierce. Thus far
Baltimore as a Democratic convention
city was lucky four Of the five candl-
dates named there having been elected.
With isJ2 however. the scepter aud
the luck departed from Baltimore.
-Four years later Buchanan was notnl-
mated at Cincinnati In 1860 the Dem
ocratie convention first met at Charles
ton and split into fragments. two OF
these afterward reassembllng in Balti-
more and naming two tickets. one
headed by Stephen a. Donglas and .he
other BY John G. Brecknrldge A
third fragment reconfened at Rich
moud and indorsed Breckenridge. This
splitting Of the once proud and tri
umpblnt Democracy made possible
the election Of Abraham Lincoln. and
the party Of Jefferson and Jackson did
not seat another president till 1885,
Lincoln Rsnominated at Baltimore.
In those days Baltimore was as much
the national convention city as CHI
cago IS now Not only the Democrats,
but the Whlgs, assembled there Henry
Clay and General Winfield Scott being
among the candidates Of that party Sc.
lected IN the Maryland city. The Re
Dublicans followed suit only once,
Abraham Lincoln being renomnated
In Baltimore IN 1864. His Democratic
opponent in that campaign was Gen
erai George y Mcclellan, nominated
at Chicago
Only once has n Democratic conven.
zion gone 10 New York city. That was
IN 1868 Horatlo Seymour was It's Der.
manent chairman. was sprung rs a
dark horse candidate and nominatcd
against bis protest
The last Baltimore convention Of any
party was that of the Democrats
which named Horace Greeley In 1872
Greeley bad already been made can
dldate BY the Liberal Republicans. and
there was nothing left for the Demo
crais but 70 ratlfy him. which some OF
them did with wry faces. IN its out.
come that Ticket was as ~ starred as
The onc headed by Douglas twelve
Jears earlier.
II is an interesting coincidence that
the first Democratic convention met in
Baltimore Just eighty years aeo and
the Inst one exactly Forty years ago.
Since 1872 the Democratic conven.
tion cities and nominees have been as
follows. 1876 Samuel j Tilden at Chi
cago: 1880, Winfield Scott Hancock at
Cincinnati; 1884. Grover Cleveland at
Chicago 1883, Grover Cleveland TT 81
Louis 1902, Grover Cleveland at CHI
cago. 1890 William J Bryan nj chl.
eago. 1000. William BRYAN N Kan.
gas cltg 1904 Alton b. Parker at ST
louis 1903, William J. Bryan at Den.
yer.
The conclaye Of this year win be the |
tweuiy-arst regular Democrailc con. Z
vention held and The ninth 10 meet III
Baltimore Only fifteen men have been
named for president nj the twenty pre. K
vious conventions ond but six Of these
were elected Outside Of the eight con.
veniieHs ln Baltimore four were held
in Chicago, three Ia 81 Louis. two tn
Cincinnati ANA one each ia New York.
Kansas CITY and Denver.
Everybody Claiming IL.
That ought TO be enough statistics
TO hold The most omulyorous eater up
Of figures II the average render Is
not asleep by this time there Is no
hope Of soothing him to slumber. and
we may as well talk about something
more Interesting and up TO date. But