Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-11

| IerMhelmingly. but HARRISON dled az
the White House exactly month from
his Inauguration; and the fruits Of their
victory were lost to the Wings
New Yorw Elected Polk.
The election OF 1874 witnessed the
third and last attempt of Henry Clay to
secure the presidency; Theodore Freling-
huysen of New Jersey, his running
mate. James X. Polk of Tennessee,
(born in North Carolina1 and George
M. Dallas of Pennsylvania, opposed
them and were successful, the vote of
New York turning the scale.
| Encouraged by her success with Har-
rison, a military hero, in 1910, the west
in l84S presented another, candidate in
the person of General Lewis Cass of
Michigan, on the democratic ticket.
Cass, New Hampshire boy, had some
military reputation, but was beaten by
General Zach Taylor, "Old Rough and
Ready" the real hero of the Mexican
war. His success against Cass was due
to the appearance of Martin Van Buren
as q Free-soldier, whose vote in New
York gave that state 10 the Whigs
| In 1852 both great parties took their
candidates from the old sections: Pierce
Of New Hampshire and King of Alaba-
ma (porn- IN North Carohna) against
scott of virginia and Graham of North
Carolina. The former were elected ov.
erwhemmgly; and the Whig party ceas-
ed TO exist.
Beaten with scott, southern mill
tary hero, the west essayed another in
1856, in the person OF General John G.
Fremont of California thp hrillia n 4
Pathfinder. This was the first time Il
candidate was named from beyond the
Mlssisslppi. Fremont was born in Geor-
gia; as son-ln-iaw OF Thomas ii. Ben
ton, was allied to the democratic party;
yet ne became the flrst candidate of the
new republican party. de was opposed
by ms wife's father onNthe ground that
ms (fremont success would mean
the triumph OF sectional party''
william l.. Dayton OF New Jersey went
DOWN 10 defeat with him. Abraham
Lincoln OF Iilinois, then unknown, reee-
lved large number OF votes In eonven-
ton for vice-president and was Dayton s
nearest competitor. Buchanan OF Penn
lsyNania, and breckenridge of Kentucky
carried the country.
away BACK In March 1901, William IL.
Seward OF New York, when speaking in
the senate IN favor of the admission
Oh Callforma INTO the Union as free
state, uttered these remarkable words:
1.-The people have been accustomed to
say, the south and the north :; they are
oniy beginning now TO say, the north
anu VIC sou,h' Inc uay was ap
pioaShlis' ''he hour was strlhing IL
"hich t1is s'a.ememt, ms prophecy,
was to-po IuiIiheu; the south sup
ieniacy was 10 come 10 al ehd; her scep
tre was 10 pass. otrangeiy enough, she
iuihisheu one VINO was 10 exercise the
so.eIign'y thus reiihquiSheu; sue pro
Niueo 'he nero Ior the great drama then
opening!
IN ihe campaign al 'oo Apranam I'm
com porn on tne save SOL OF hentucky
reared III ihu,uh" anu tnere grown 10
mahnoou' iinaiis se'thhg III ihlhois, the
Empire OF tne west-a physical, mental
ana moral giant, VINO Dy sheer force OF
character ana ihteilect mad two years
pefore wres1ed the leadership OF ms
state from otePneh a. Dougias, the dem
ocra'ic iuoi, proke up the OLD regime ny
capturing the presidency on the repub
|
IN, nalieu from Maine; mus the firs'
compihatlon OF east ana west, wlth the
west me senior partner, was formed
by their triumph the ola flrm OF south
anu norm was dissoiVed; ana mas never
since peen IN business
The Mao is Recast.
Mr.. Lincoln 3 rivals were three in
number, and powerful: Douglas (born in
Vermont) and II. V. johnson of Geor-
gia were the northern democratic can
didates; Breckenridge of Kentucky and
Joseph Lane of Oregon (born in North
Carolna) were the southern democrat
ic; while the Constitutional Union party
put up John Bell of Tennessee and Ed
ward Everett of Massachusetts.
"War legisates'' -; and our Civil War
which followed hard upon the inaugura-
tion of Mr.. Lincoln, disturbed and re.
cast our political map. States like Penn.
sylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois
which had been in ante belIum days
largely democratic became strongly re-
publican The treaty which had so long
existed between the south and the north
was dissolved by mutual consent; and
each party to it sought a new alliance
The change, the revolution wrought in
the south, was even greater and more
siouificnut that thnt in tha north prini