Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-31

He's heard de shouts-"Ben Harrison's com
An he knows he's had his day;
His eyes he rubs wild de red bandanna,
For he's gwine TO 60 away.
Senator Thurman, who was run
ming for Vice President on the Clever
land ticket, was noted for his use OF
red silk bandanna handkerchiefs.
Cleveland broke a precedent in 1889.
when he was victorious in the three
cornered contest against Harrison
and Weaver. That is the only i'm
stance on record when the party In
try was prosperous. Cleveland shares
with jackson the distinction Of hav.
ing made three consecutive contests
for the presidency. carried a popular
plurality or majority each time and
increased it in each successive battle
When defeated he received a lager
popular vote than his successful COM
petitor.
Gov. MCKINLEY took an early IeaG
for the republican nomination. viii,
Mark A Hanna as his Warwick.
Speaker Reed. in his rough and READY
way, fought for the nomination more
heroically than wisely.
And then came 0ryan. who since
then has been a power to be reckoned
with in democratic politics. Bryan
went to the convention as q reporter.
During a protracted and bitter debate
on the money question he electrified
the convention with his famous Gross
of Gold and Crown Of Thorns" speech,
which virtually nominated him. for 1t
captured the convention as never before
in the history of American politics.
Richard p. Bland of Missouri was The
father of the silver dollar, and the
logical candidate of the free silver.
party, but the convention went wild
for Bryan. John X. Mclean led ali
other candidates for Vice Presiden,
on the fourth ballot. but lost 10
Sewall of Maine.
Bryan's Speech making sweep
through the country was the amazing
feature OF that campaign. He made
more speeches by far than any pre-
vious campaign orator. and aroused
great enthusiasm in the west, sweep
ing a number of states from their
party moorings. But he did not get
a single electoral vote east Of the
Mississippi and north of the Ohio and
Potomac rivers. Party bondage was
slashed away in this as in no other
national campaign. Mckinley received
at least 100000 democratic votes. and
Bryan at least 250,000 republican
votes. The independence of American
newspapers was also conspicuously
manifest.
it out in 1900. Senator Lodge was
chairman Of the republican conven-
tion that renominated Mckinley. and
Gov. Roosevelt seconded his nomina-
ton. Roosevelt persistently opposed
his own nomination, but his selection
at midnight and ratified by the con-
vention the next day.
Mckinley won with a majority of
100000 over Bryan-a new record for
a presidential candidate.
When Theodore Roosevelt sue
ceeded Mckinley he pledged himself
to 'continwe absolutely unbroken the
policies of Mckinley" There was an
extraordinary difference between
these two men-in training and ex-
perience. in temperament. tastes and
tendencies. The new President ex-
ing the next three years.
The movement to elect Roosevelt
to succeed himself started early and
waxed strong. No Vice President who
the death of chosen President ever
stood so strong with the people
Tyler. Fillmore. Johnson or Arthur
AS early as June, 1902. republican
state conventions in Kansas an6
Pennsylvania passed resolutions IA
voring his reelection. He was de-
ciared the party standard bearer by
unanimous viva voce vote of the 9s4
delegates at the convention presided
over by Uncle Joe" Cannon.
Thomas E Watson. the new sena-
tor from Georgia. was the populist
candidate for President in this cam
paign.
In the democratic convention Will
liam Jennings Bryan, Tammany. Sem
ator A. p. Germans following and
posed to Judge Alton B. Parker. Will
liam Randolph Hearst had built up
powerful organization and had con-
siderable support. Although less
than one-third of the delegates were
pledged to Parker. his nomination
start by David B. Hill. the Parker
manager John Sharp Williams was
temporary chairman and Champ
Clark permanent chairman Of the con-
vention. With SS7 votes necessary
to a choice Parker got $50 and the
on the first ballot. He
was nominated at $50 am. after the
had been in session only
ten hours.
Then an unprecedented incident oc-
CURED. Parker sent to the convention
a telegram that he regarded the
gold standard as firmly and irrevo-
cably established" and that IL this
policy was in opposition to the will OF
the convention-to count him out as a
Parker was in swimming
when notified of his nomination. He
at first essayed a front porch" CAM
paign at Esopus, but was pushed
off the porch" and forced to make
some speeches. which didn't help his
cause much. IL any.
The result was a landslide for Tie
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