Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-04

president for the day ad interim.
ohiy onc ohahiihous Eic'''"'.
Washington was the only president
ever unanimously elected. James
Monroe had every elector instructed
for him in 1921, but one refused to
| vote according to his instructions
given him by the legislature of Yer
| mont. He declared that in the first
place he did not want to be chosen as
an elector and in the second place
would not be bound by the instruc-
tions because he was opposed to any
man standing in Washington
shoes" by receiving the entire cleo
toral vote. lie voted for William Ii.
Crawford.
Breaking Instructions.
There is only one other instance of
clear-cut defiance of electoral insruc-
tions: In 1896 an olector violated in.
structions given by the Legislature OF
Massachusetts, in favor of John
Adams. In 1924 certain state lesis-
latures that elected and instructed
electors. issued instructions not In
harmony with the nominations made
by the congressional caucus. This led
to much confusion and scattering OF
votes, as the electors involved chose,
each for himself, which instructions
he would follow. The numper OF
candidates receiving Notes was 50
large that none received the reIuli
majority; hence lor the secoI'u -, -
last time the mouse ol rSP' eSe'l'" -, 70
named the president, choosing JoHh
Quincy Adams. James itusSeil loM
ell. the poet, threatened TO n'Ola'e ms
instructions and vote Tor llluen uul
ing the 1llden'Hayes cohtroNe'sY'
cause, FOR time, IL appeared 10 ~"
that Tllden was pelng roppeu " tho
presidency, put ne l,haIy Noteu -
Hayes who was declareu eleeieu i ~
one vote ohiy altcr .ilG a. ,,,,.s
,S 9no,dod i'o'1' nnn,hcr of contests i'm
~. ~ fo,.or -
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Speeches and the Presidency.
One eneech. ostonsiblv a bid for the
nomination probably cost Daniel
Webster the presidency: II was his
seventh of March Speech," in CON
pross in 1880 Likewise. one speech
made lanes A. Garfield president
ava another came near doing the
same for Rrvan. Lincoln's Douglas
debates gave him the prominence
that nominated him, and his Cooper
Union speech was propaply tIe tutn
ing point III the campaign 'h"' eieN''u
MN.
There have been three presidential
nominating speeches in the history OF
American political conventions tnat
stand pre-eminent as great speeches.
but not one of the men thus noml-
mated was elected. They were an
quite brief. They were Roscoe Cohk,
llIs ne iiaiIs I'm @ 1NtbTai''to .iind torT,
loii1lnatI!lS HIait lot o. d ..p,',r,od
itonert ". InstrSoll i.ti, i,,i,iu"' rar,aa -
Hiisilt speSNii, Sorfiald's
pIalne' aih fni,, charr,on wbicb
octnaiiv resulted In the nomination
~ Carfiold himself
-, ,,o.,o, .nooob
me sIoateS' P' i1,lI,',i, Satt,,s-
ever ueIivereu Was i.'ruu,,n 49,, - ou the
purg auuress' ~ was N, ~ ,rosi-
pack ol an S"IeioPo VIM ooanh from
uclt S,, toteIeu ~ t.,.nhi,,o, q oo5 In ro-
w dsiliiston ~ Hr'eS soI,, .. ,o,orls ," he
spoISe " 'ali -, ~ q h,+ ,o, santoncas
neau nea II, l.. cuI!''ti'I q. ~ 10 nnIv bit Of
.oo Noi VI i;,s.', +,'ro o,'a, tongbt In an
Ha,;li, ,,i,.o,.si,,, 7, ms heon ranked
EsiisiI otSrtios .'' os The grentest
Wy e'''Ii 80 a., itiod go deI;verod
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Intcrcstin" facts.
1t is interesting to note that of the
27 presidents, IS had only one given
name; of the nine having middle
names. one, Thomas Woodrow Will
son, has entirely dropped his first,
and one, Hiram Ulysses Grant,
dropped his first and added his
mothers maiden name, Simpson, as
his second, upon entering the mill
tary academy at West Point.
No man o,,er want from tho United
c.atos senato "a tbe nresidencv. many
80 ottnn,n+od ~ Ar Hughes was
~ III, i,'stica of tho eunreme court
u,bo n,,or ran for nresident
va"
L-lncoln is the pesl loNeu PlesiuoI'
and washington the Hlost aulI.iI ,,o vu.
Ihe latter Is our pest eNalnplSo ol .he
arlstocrat, Whlle the IoIr'Iel 10 '"e
most perfect type OF tne ueIiloci"..
James Huchahah was ouI oiS
Dachelor preslueIt' Neianu VA Va
married during ms iirsI tvrh'; WI
nam lienry liarIlSUn i.du Tue n,,S, IA, rs
picsiuo l",''tiS 'en ~. W, ~
bmron Tho shortest and Taft the larg-
est
From the standpoint of intellectual
attainment and administrative expert
ence in statescraft, Buchanan was
perhaps the best equipped man for
the presidency ever elected; he had
spent most of his life in politics, in
many of the most responsible admin
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