Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19

VOTES
john c. Breckenridge Of KENTUCKY.
The rump breckenridge Democratic Conven-
ton met in Baltimore June 1923, after ADJOURN
ments from Charleston and Richmond ana nom
mated Breckenridge. Both the regular ana rump
Democratic Conventions reafirmed the Democratic
platform of 1856.
In the meantime the Republican Convention had
met at Chicago and nominated Lincoln, with a
platform denouncing the Kansas Lecompto1 pro-
slavery state constitution, denying the right OF
congress to egalize slavery and calling for the
admission of Kansas
With the Democrats divided Lincoln won by
the following votes in the electoral college, Lin
coin and Hamlin, 1870; Breckenridge and Lane,
72; Bell and Everett Constitutional Union nom
inees) 80; Douglas and Johnson, r.
The slavery issue came to head with the cleo
ton and Inauguration Of Lincoln. The Civil war
began April 13, 1861 with the fall of Fort Sumter
The Democratic Convention of 1864 was held
at Chicago and nominated Gen. George B. McClel-
Ian of New Jersey; only twenty-three states were
represented by delegates. The platform upheld
the Union but characterized the Civil war as
failure and called for a cessation of hostilites
The Republican Convention, meeting In Baltimore
renominated Lincoln on platform urging the
fighting Of the Civil war to finish The seced-
ing states did not vote. In the electoral college
Mcclellan got 81 votes from Delaware, Kentucky
and New Jersey. President Lincoln was shot
April H. 1865, five days after the surrender of Lee
at Appomattox, and was succeeded by Vice Pres
ident Andrew Johnson who was impeached in 1868
and escaped conviction by the house by one
vote
The campaign of 1875 brought about the famous
contest between Hayes and Tilden, nominated re-
spectively oy the Republicans at Cincinnati and
the Democrats at st. Louis The decision in the
electoral college depended upon the twenty-five dis
nuted votes in four states-SOuth Carolina Flor
ida. Louisiana and Oregon. The house was Demo-
cratic the senate Republican Congress appointed
an electoral commission to seat the disputed cleo
TORS 1t was composed of five senators, five repre-
sentatives and four Supreme court justices The
Justices chose Justice Joseph P. Bradley as the
fifteenth member. The commission thus had eight
Republicans and seven Democrats. By strict
marty vote the Republicans seated where
unon congress in joint session March 2, 1877, de-
cIared Hayes and Wheeler elected by an electoral
vote of 1876 to 1874. During the four months feel
ing ran high and the strain upon the nation was
dangerous.
There was another dangerous strain in 1884
The Democratic Convention at Chicago nominated
Cleveland The Republican Convention at Chicago
nominated Blaine 1t became apparent that Blaine
had 1872 votes and Cleveland 183 in the electoral
college, with the returns from New York (36 cleo
toral votes) not complete and the popular vote
very close Tammany was accused of Withholding
returns until reports from upstate New York
showed how many votes were required to carry the
electoral vote of the state and elect Cleveland.
After two days Of waiting, New York was reported
Democratic by LAO. This gave Cleveland the
election.
1t was at the 1896 Democratic Convention at
Chicago that William Jennings Bryan stampeded
the delegates with his famous Gross of Cold
speech and got the nomination. The platform de-
manded free and unlimited coinage Of silver and
gold at 16 to 1. McKinley's vote in the electoral
college was 271 as against 176 for Bryan.
The Democratic Conventions of succeeding cam
paigns were held as follows: 1900, Kansas City,
Mo-, Bryan and Stevenson; 1904, st. Louis Parker
and Davis; 1908, Denver, Bryan and Kern; 1912,
Baltimore, Wilson and Marshall; 1916 Wilson and
Marshall; 1920, San Francisco. Cox and Roosevelt