Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-05-19

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the Republican series. starting an ~
The News believes it, rrad.t> ~
hcn"ticial from both a political and
miss ~ issue of The News. n> ''SnaI
The star, Higgins
Whom thr .eyrqt',nth qulr,nritl
republican natiunai convention meets boo
rhHsu 600 Ihne = nf this year o. WI
hl., 60 s,1u of history lul precedent.
Y.hUl DO Sin, OF th., preceding CON.
N.r'1rs hHt' b,ru held Boz this sam,
.fF E',trn &C thr Iuuur,s named
10 ilr preceding conventions hly.
been elected
California has pro, id'd one of the.
ia preceding prr'idouilll nominees.
l'rn. Onto. h Maine. . Ncw YWk
tnd Indiana. ct Tho yirr pr,s
i'utlnl nominees. N.W Y,rs has ~
..j"i md Indiana . Illinois o. N,V
Jerry 2 T'unssfro Z Main, Mlssl
,huutts ln other wurdr iu 900 this
90 V'uH 90 republican u8'}uuil rnv'n.
zion HISTORY tisk'tiiWh'r hls been con.
'rrd O." total ~ min, fflt.-
Ton presidential nominees hlv, hcrn
named on single unll-au Twir. %
EIs taken thrr. rUil calls Un 10. et.,,
Uf Lincoln and llugh,s,. uu,, faur roll
ilIr dilainsg one, seven ron calls
llIvcsi uur,. 'ight roll calls Hiirituri.
aui once 90 roll calls WarfifiH -Four.
t''1 times vice nr,fIdrutill nominees
have been named un e sind, ruii ,ili !
wut'lN trstifyiur o. the fact chat yi,,'
presidents are "mad.' and uu, "turu
n history touuh,. ANYTHING 20 ami
here 90" the tables And herein sulp..
rhuts that picture 10, essential hisr|
spots IN the Republican st0r, ~ mon,
'II1 half ccntury th, rhrunnlo.
oI accord q b. ~ fascinating ue o..
nance. Sometime IL 6. tragic Always.
Be- is the life.stury 60 America
There T. liberal rivalry fur M. hUnur.
90 original hospitality Co. national re-.
puhlirnuirm. Michigan rundcr the
oaks zoo iacfspnl has the most E,n,r.
ais recognized claim. with crd'nta's
Dotted July &. 1854
ono week later uulv 70. $50 VS..
c0nsin hold O convention ~ Madison
on the same day Ohioans acted AZ CO.
umhus. ana similarly Indiana and Yer
mont ahoiiti0uirts pronounced "r.pui
hoan" hnpiismal rights Massachusetts
followed az Worcester July ~. 1864 "n,
cooperation with friends al freedom in
sister states"
Creclcy's Wing Almanac" show
that republican tickets aisn appeared
this same year IN Maine. Illinois AMI
Iowa. But II was not until two years
later that rcpuhlicanism organized M.
uonll proportions and bid for national
acknowledgement.
First Convention.
Thu first republican national CONVEX.
ton convened M Philadelphia Juno u.
l'j6 nho anuiversars ~ the Battle ci
Bunker Hiln following a preliminary
rrsrion az Pittsburgh February %. 1886
Thsre were no presidents and no rulcs
90 govern representation on procedure.
u WIS largiy = spontaneous affair. with
delegates pr,rert from al the free.so.i
states nnd the border yta'os of DELI
ware. Maryland and Kentucky.
Henry : Lane. breezy Indiana
wcsterher. was chairman of the coi-
vcniion--h.msslf a rare character. Al
though New York newspaper II that
day described him a. "a man six fee,
tai. marvc!ously lean. his front tco,h
ON. his complexion between a sun His
ter and the yellow fever. and his small
eyes glittcring like those ~ q Wild cat"
those who scrffed when he appeared
rcninined ~ cheer. hecausp his homelv
'loqucncc turned bcdlnm loose al IN.
outset ~ tho gathering
William II. seward was the most
conspicuous man IN the party az the
time. and unques,iolshly could have
had the presidential nomination Tor tn,
asking. hu; he declined % permit con.
sideration Of his name rs q result. the
only two contonders were Judge John
Mclean q Ohio. whom the old Wings
favored. and General John G. Fremont
~ California. who caught the conver.
ton with the romance ~ his NE
~ youth. Fremont explored tho
Rocky Mountains. tho great Salt Lakes
the Sierra Nevadas and the valleys II
the san Joaquin. earsing for himself
tho title q the Pathfinder He w,s
known. ton. as 'Jess.o's Choice" be-.
cause 81 his romantic ,iopemen, as
Young lieutenant with charming Jessie
Benton. daughter ~ senator Benton ~
Missouri
Fremont was nominated on the first
ballot. with $50 votes a. 1876 votes for
Mclean.
William l.. Dayton II New ISys,v-
senator and jurist--was nominated ~
on" ballot for vice president H. pullrl
go votes. His nearest cSmpotlior-an
interetting rhetorical contemplation
was Abraham Lincoln ~ Illinois. who
polled ii0 votes
The principal planks In the Platform
declared for free soil. for m. admission
~ Kansas into the Union az n free stat.
Tor federal aid a. huild n railroad ~ tie.
Pacific. and for liberal rivers and ha-.
boris appropriations