El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19
Democratic Convention
History

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REMOCRATIC opinion up and down
u the country had fixed on gov
ernor Grover Cleveland OF New
York as the strongest available presi- /
Dental candidate long before the |
clans gathered at Chicago on July 5, |
1884. He had a New York majority /
~ 100 600 to his credit in the state |
campaign Of 1882, and ne was seLle-.-
ally looked upon as a sincere rsLo 80 - -,
~ Sterling dependability- he nau oP-
-,osiffon however in his home state I
/ from powerful Tammany HAM - -
--be1 fhis latter aggregation reacheu
the floor Of the conVenLons II so-2 -
/ 10 escape the time-honored unit rus
| under which it was bound Dy N
SSt--,ctions 10 support Cleveland) IN
order TO vitalize its hostilty- -
S-s-9nanv proposals to amend inc
-1,Ies were defeated by a majority OF
oV 61 l ne first ballot, Cleveland led
81 400 votes IN q field Of nine. His
{ -,-51riDal opponents were Bayaro OF
! f0eiav1are. Thurman Of Ohio. RandaIl
/ - Pen1svlvania. Mcdonald OF lndlanas
and Carlisle OF Kentucky. On ne
second ballot, Thomas A HenoIlcl-ss,
~ T1diana- with 145h votes, moved
- second pIace-the third conven-
fion in which he had been a prom
3 -snf presidential contender But on
ms same second ballot, CleXelanu
vent to SIS. When this ro!l calL "s 20
finished, Cleveland sun laeAe slt-ss
! --o+es 81 the necessary tWo-lnlIgs
r9eSorftv required by Democrats
rules. but numerous changes
made from the floor, and his noIniH@-
ltion resulted forthwith . IL.
Hendricks was nominated Tor w.
nresident by communicates secOHu
f5r,a ~ had been thus honored-
Picbsrd D. Hubbard OF Texas was
l+s-oDorarv chairman OF the conFeh-
Ifion- and William +. Villas OF Mlscoh-
sin was permanent chairman IN ms
light OF modern problems, one in me-.
I'VE o1nose sumptuary laws when
vex the citizens and interfere WIN
Individual liberty
one OF the most unique figures IN
this convention was Cen SEN s-llilLL
r Rutler OF Massachusetts Butter d
Few wears before had abandoned the
Republican party, with which ne hao
acted since the civil war, ana as q
Democrat had been elected governor
| OF Massachusetts, in 1882. IN 1888 ne
HAD already been nominated 1or presl-
dent by the "greenback party anu
the "anti-monopoly party
He appeared in this Chicago con-
ventfon as a delegate -gtng MS own
nomination at the head OF the Demo-
cratic ticket, but his name was never
presented and he received no Eotes;
His only formal appearance occurred
when he tried to have his own per-
sonaI platform substituted for the
COMMITTEES on resolutions In this
effort he was voted down d141z 70
is7h- 49,.
N the subsequent campaign. Cleye-
land and Hendricks were elected
registering the first Democratic pres
idential success since 1855
The Convention OF 1855
When the Democratic national con-
veutfon Of 1855 assembled In St
Irouis on June 8. its function-so
Tar as the presidential nomination
was concerned-was purely that OF
providing a formal ratification OF the
Understandable opinion Of the country.
President Grover Cleveland was re-
nominated unanimously, without even
a formal vote being taken he was
the first candidate since Van Buren,,
in 1870. 70 be thus honored-
/ The death OF vice president heno-
ricks in the first year OF his term
however, left the second place on the
ticket open to contest, and from this
contest the convention CLEANED It's
Ionly real color and excitement, II
! proved 10 be a contest between A G.
Thurman Of Ohio and governor Isaac
. P. Gray OF Indiana II also proved
lin its spectacular and demOnstrauve
iphases-to be a contest between high
white hats" (Which were worn Dy
Grav's frfends) and red handker-
chiefs" (which were flourished by
the friends OF Thurman, who always
used a bandanna HIMSELF. The ban
dannas" won. On the first ballot
Thurman polled $50. Gray los, and
John C. Black Of Illinois 2s.
S n. White OF California was tenn
porary chairman OF the convention,
and Patrick A Collins OF Massa-
chusetts was permanent chairman
The resolutions were without new OF
unusual feature One plank endorsed
the pending Mills blll' for reduc-
ton in the tariff; another complained
because the Republicans had re-
fused statehood" to Washington Da-
kota- Montana and New Mexico; and
a third expressed sympathy with the
efforts OF those noble patriots VINO
led by Gladstone and Parnen, have
conducted their grand and peaceful
contest for home rule in Ireland
! In the outcome Of this campaign,
BENJAMIN Harrison vas elected presi-
dent
Although there was bitter antag-
onism to Cleveland in some party
quarters, he was once more the
dominant party favorite when the
1892 Democratic national convention
! assembled at Chicago, on June 2
CIeveland's old and persistent enemies
IN his home state OF new l0Ek were
again the head and front Of such
opposition 20 him as existed; and they
left no stone unturned TO accomplish
their purposes
No sooner had the national commit
tee issued the national convention
call, than a New York state conven-
ton was assembled-four months
ahead Of the national convention
and snap" delegation set up to sup
port governor David 3. Hi instead
Of Cleveland Around this nucleus
(which was bitterly assailed by those
who were called the -anti-snappers'
the Cleveland opposition rallied; but
to no avail Out Of 909iz votes in the
convention, COZ were necessary to a
two-thirds choice, and Cleveland's
vote for a third nomination was Oh =
on the first roll call. Governor Hili
poIled IL, and Horace Boies OF Iowa
was third with 103 IN total field OF
II candidates.
] One roll call for second place
showed Adlai z. Stevenson OF Illinois
! leading Cbut not with a two-thirds
vote) with 402. His nearest COM
petitors in a total field OF eight were
\ Isaac p. Gray Of Indiana (who had
Il been a spectacular contender in 1889
\ with 343 votes, Allen B. Morse OF
I NFfchfarau with IS votes, John l.