The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-05-18
ABOUT IR[ 1915
Of POLITICAL PARTIES
Democrats Practically Sure to
Renominate Wilson on First
Ballot and; Having Adopt
ed Platform, Adjourn.

| OnlO, Maryland, California, PennSylVa-
| MIA, Oregon, New Jersey, South Da-
kota, West Virginia, Vermont and Min
hesota
Who selects the cities in which the
conventions are to be held and fixes
the dates?
| Answer.-The national committees
attend to this. These committees con-
sist Of one man from each state. They
select also the temporary officers of the
conventions and appoint smaller com.
mittees to look after details.
When and where was the first COLI
vention to nominate candidates for the
presidency and vice presidency held?
! Answer.-The first was held on Sept.
26, 1880, in Philadelphia by a party
that has long since passed into OBJ
livion. This was the anti-Masonic
party. However, no nominations were
made at the Philadelphia meeting, as
| it was largely gathering to effect an
| organization. The nominations were
made eighteen months later at a con-
vention in Baltimore.
The First Convention.
When and where was the first con-
vention of one of the larger parties
held?
Answer.-The first was the Demo-
cratic-Republican convention held in
Baltimore on May q, 1882. What is
now known as the Democratic party
was known in those days as the Demo-
cratic-Republican party.
Can you give brief history Of that
convention?
AnsWer.-PriOr to 1882 the nominal
tions were made by what was known
as the ''caucus method When the
party spirit became strong the nomi-
mating was done by congressional and
legislative caucuses, and the caucus re-
manned king of the situation until it
was Overthrown by the convention idea.
Andrew Jackson had a notion that the
liking" was somewhat of a scoundrel
and that there were often "niggers in
the WoOdpile" at the caucuses. To
overcome this the party of which he
was leader evolved the convention
plan, and 32G delegates gathered in
Baltimore and, of course, renominated
Jackson. No platform was adopted, as
word from "Old Hickory was all
that was needed. Thus the convention
system started and has reigned for
eighty-four years, but it's end may be
in sight with the growth of the direct
primary system.
Democratic Candidates.
Can you give list of the conventions
that have been held by what is now
the Democratic party since the first
and also the candidates nominated for
the presidency?
Answer:
1S32-Democratic Republican, Baltimore,
Andrew Jackson.
1s36-Democratic, Baltimore, Martin Van
Buren,.
1S4O-Democratic, Baltimore. Martin Van
1S44-Democratic Baltimore, James K.
Polk
1S4S-Democratic, Baltimore, Lewis Cass.
1S52-Democratic, Baltimore, Franklin
Pierce.
1S56-Democratic, Cincinnati O., James
Buchanan.
Stephen A. Douglas; Democratic,
Charleston, S. c., John c. Breckin-
ridge.
1S64-Democratic, Chicago, George B. Nc
Clellan.
lS6s-Democratic, New York, Horatio sey-
mOur
1S72-Democratic, Baltimore, Horace Gree
ley. CThere were four other candi-
dates styled Democrats).
lSI6-DemOcratic, st. Louis, Samuel J. Til
den.
1Ss0-Democratic, Cincinnati, Winfield Scott
Hancock.
1ssEDemocratic, Chicago, Grover Cleve-
land.
1SSs-Democratic, Chicago, Grover Cleve-
1se2-Democratic, Chicago, Grover Cleve-
land.
1sss-Democratic, Chicago, William Jen-
nings Bryan.
19oo-Democratic, Kansas City, William
Jennings Bryan.
| 1904-Democratic, St. Louis, Alton B. Par
ker
| 1eOs-Democratic, Kansas City, William
Jennings Bryan.
1912-Democratic. Baltimore, Woodrow
Wilson.
Republican Candidates.
Can you give list Of the conventions
that have been held by what is now
the Republican party?
| Answer:
Philadelphia, John c. Fremont
| 1860-Chicago, Abraham Lincoln.
| 1S64-Baltimore, Abraham Lincoln
| 6S-Chicago-Ulysses S. Grant.
1S72-Philadel phia-Ulysses S. Grant
| 1876-Cincinnati, r. B. Hayes.
| 1SS0-Chicago, James A. Garfield
1SS4-Chicago. James G. Blaine.
| 1855 Chicago, Benjamin Harrison.
1S92-Minneapolis, Benjamin Harrison
1S96-St. Louis, William Mckinley
| philadelphia, William Mckinley.
19O4-Chicago, Theodore Roosevelt
| 190S-Chicago, William H. Taft.
| 1912-Chicago, William H. Taft
However, in 1912 the Progressive ele.
ment Of the Republican party, popular
ly known as ''bull moose" and officially
styled Progressives, headed by Theo.
dore Roosevelt, revolted from the Re.
publicans and nominated Roosevelt,
thus making three leading candidates
that year.