Arizona republican., 1920-09-30
II. THE AcKSON-ADAMS RACI
 OF 1928
By Frederic J. Fiaskin

Let the People Rule" cried the sup 1 porters of Andrew Jackson before John ! Quincy Adams had taken the oath as president in 1925, and the long three years campaign which resulted in Jackson's elevation to the White House was on. Jackson received a plurality of both popular and electoral vote, and probably would have received ma jority of both if the people had been permitted to vote for presidential cleo tors. The slogan Let the people rule l was potent that of the six states which chose electors by their legis latures in 1924. all but South Carolina had surrendered that right to the pop ular suffrage before 1928 Jackson had been the choice of the greater number of the people and the indigna- ton against the manner in which he was prevented from taking the presi- dency was intense. Out of 1t grew the division of political parties and the system of political methods which ob- tains to this day
 The campaign of 1928 was the first in which there were two parties open ly bidding for the votes of the whole people. Both Jackson and Adams still claimed to be the true opponents of the Democratic Republican party of Jeff ferson, but the line of demarcation was distinct and the parties were known as Jackson" and Adams" It was not until three or four years later that tAe AudnlS people aQOpIeQ the name of National Republicans" thereby driving the Jackson party to the pop ular designation Democratic" which 1t still holds, although the official name Democratic Republican" was adhered to until after the Civil war.
 The election of John Quincy Adams to be president by the house of repre- sentatives, through virtue of votes de- livered to Adams by Henry Clay, and the fact that Henry Clay immediately became secretary of state in Adams cabinet gave rise to the idea which was the principal issue of the cam paign of 1928, the issue which gives it the name of the bargain and corrup- tion" campaign. Andrew Jackson ac- cused Adams and Clay of entering into a corrupt bargain by which the votes of states controlled by Clay were de- livered to Adams in return for the promise of a high cabinet position. Henry Clay denied this charge and proved to the satisfaction of ma Jority of historians that 1t had no foun- dation in fact.
 An Ancient Scandal
 Newspapers printed a week before the election in the house of represen- tatives published reports of a "deaP' between Adams and Clay which would make Adams president and Clay sec- retary of state. It was a dispute grow ing out of this rumor which caused the
  bittered against Clay before the presi- dency was decided. When Adams was chosen, the supporters of Crawford inn mediately charged Clay with the sale of the presidency. The New York Evening Post, a fair sample of the Crawford press, declared that Clay's action was "a most indecent and dar- ing outrage public morals" All of this in February, 1925.
 It was not until two years later that General Jackson took up these rumors of barter and sale, and by giving them the prestige of his name, caused them to become an issue in the cam paign. He added to. the charges the assertion that friends of Clay had come to friends of his with the propo- stion that Clay would throw the cleo tfon to Jackson if Jackson would pledge himself not to make Adams secretary of state This portion of the bar gain and corruption" charge was never proved, but a large majority of the people in the country firmly believed that it was true and it always weighed I against Mir. Clay's aspirations.
 Clay issued a pamphlet in 1920 urg- ing the people to vote for Adams, and denying the charges madee by Jackson and his followers In that pamphlet he proved by the Marquis de La Fay cite, by senators, barkeepers and ev- cry sort and condition of man that he had always said that he was against 1 Jackson and that he would rather see either Adams or Crawford elected than to see Jackson in the Wbite House. La Fayette declared that Clay's fear of Jackson was the fear of a military dictator the fear of an unschooled man at the helm of the ship of state. and l the like.
 The Hero Stuff
 Jackson's great popularity as a war hero gave him the plurality of the | votes in 1924 Four years later he was still the hero, and he had the added strength of the popular belief l that he had been cheated out of the | presidency. Adams had little sincere following outside of New England, he was a miserably poor politician. and l even Clay could not do anything to rally the popular vote to his standard But the Adams appeal was made alto l gether to the conservative element in | the country.
 Jackson was declared to be a man of blood and carnagei" Against his victory over the British at New Or l leans was set the fact that he suspend ed the writ of habeas corpus in that same city Jackson's summary eXecu- | tion of six militlamen was the excuse of flooding the country with circulars and cartoons, showing the murderer l Jackson gloating over the six collins of the innocent victims of his thirst l for blood.
 On the other Slde, all the Old cnafS- es against Adams were brought up in addition to the corrupt bargain" is sue He was accused Of being an aris- tocrat and of seeking to perpetuate his 1 family in the office of President; his Unitarian religious beliefs were at tackled as being infidelism. and his 1 loyalty during the War of 1872 was again questioned. And all this in spite | of the fact that Adams was one of the | best and purest men who has ever i occupied the White House. the most scholarly of our presidents and true 1 patriot.
 Candidates Not Nonnin ated The question of nomination of can 1 didates did not enter Into this cam | paign Both Jackson and Adams were l nominated by various state legisla- | tures but as a matter of tact the two