The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-02

popular sovereignty'-th., :.
permitting the people Of :
tory to decide the slayerv -.
for themselves.
The Democratic national, =.
ton met at Charleston th.s
The light ON the platform -. 4
and bitter. and when n -.
that Douglas controlled ~
vention and the Douela. 49,.
would be adopted. tie m.s",,s.
the southern state dsss~
withdrew from the conyeptiu.
regular convention ten s1s..
to meet ID Baltimore NJ ~
adjourned to meet In Rs.ss
The Richmond conveuton ~
time, but Immediately adio.,..
another day to await tho 49,
the Baltimore meeting.
The regular" conyentt. .
sembled in Baltimore and ri. !,
nght broke out afresh. H.
Gushing Of Massachusstt,
was president of the cop,a.t.
finally became so disgustsi -,
the Douglas followers that =
signed his chair, and led ,ss
bolt from the convention Il
remnant of the regular" g..
ton then proceeded to -.
Stephen A. Douglas for pr11iis.
and Benjamin Fitzpatrick d m
bama for vice president M~
rick declined. and the second -,
was given to Herschel v, 49,
OF Georgia The Caleb CIV
boilers in Baltimore nomin1a,1
John C. Breckenridge, then =.
president of the United STATE. i
president, and Joseph Lana Of a.,
gon for vice president The NJ
ing "seceders" at Richmond s
mediately ratified the nominat;c,,
of Breckenridge and Lane.
Lincoln . Machine CandkiaIa
Lincoln was nominated 1t chi
cago by a group Of shewd polK|
clans who deliberately overtln
the will of the majority Of tho n
ty in the interests Of expediecr|
William H. Seward was the M
leader of Republication, and w
the delegates met at Chicago, tvoI
thirds of them were for SevshI
But Seward as governor Of Nd
YORK. had been too closely asss|
ciated with the Roman Catholics b
politics. The Know-Nothing vua
was still large and had to be red
oned with, especially in PennsylM
mia and Indiana. Andrew G. Cum
and Henry S. Lane. Republim
nominees for governor in Penngl
vania and Indiana, respectiyey
put up the scheme to defeat Sew
ard. They knew his Catholic q
fiiliations would defeat him In thei
states, and would probably deia
them also.
But with all the strenuous o.
position and scheming, Sewsf
probably would have won il b
managers had not foolishly orgal
lied a great street parade in b
behalf. That took all the SeHsl
boomers on the streets. Viii
they were marching, the Lincol
managers packed the Wigwam q
leries with Illinois folks who wei
instructed to yell for ABE" Thu
yelled all right, and by this chez
political method Of organizing
clique, Abraham Lincoln was NON
mated for president.
The Constitutional Union par
was the last attempt made to gstl
or the "old line Wings" into q p
litical organization. Its candidate
John Bell of Tennessee and b
ward Everett of Massachusetts \
ceived more than three times
many electoral votes as the Doul
las ticket and more than halt
many as the Breckenridge ticke
Lincoln received a great mAjo
ity of electoral votes over all D
opponents, but he was greatly
the minority of the popular vcl
The possibilities of the electof'
system of choosing a presfdel
were keenly illustrated in the y
suit. lincoln received $50 cleo
oral votes and 1,S66,352 popui
votes. Douglas was next IN U
popular vote with 1,375,157, S1
got only IL electoral votes "
coin received an electoral vota y
every 10000 popular votes, wm y
Douglas had more than l0o,S
popular votes for each electon
vote. Breckenridge had WA
popular votes, but little more tn1
half of Douglas, yet he receM
Y electoral votes, six times .
many as Douglas. Bell, WIN y
than half Of Douglas popular w
received 80 electoral votes to Doa.
las IL. Douglas, running mex.
Lincoln, carried only one suu
Missouri, although he rece. y.
three of the seven votes OF y.
Jersey and three OF the ~ WV
of Pennsylvania. 80,
The election of Lincoln naa %.
expected early in the campaign !, y
account of the Democralic evu
and threats of secession '" !,
borne on every WIND trom =
south. and retalatory 'alea.S -
| war were waited back on e. "a.
northern breeze. The great ~, ),
was at hand and Lincoln We "
man tn meet it.