The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-03-04

lcans with their Prosperity Is Returning-Don't
Throw 1t in Reversed" And already there are
dissenting opinions to the value of both slogans,
both of which have been characterized as "un-
imprisoned, uninspired and uninspiring" SO it
would seem that there's still chance to coin
phrase which will play its part in electing our
next President and, if may judge by past
history. that slogan may be brought into being
at the most unexpected time and under the most
unexpected circumstances any time between
and November s.
How potent a slogan may be in winning for
a Presidential candidate (and also for losing
oneD is easily seen by examination of Amer
lean political history. The first effective use of
the campaign slogan was away back in 1900
when the Republican party (Which later became
the Democratic) raised the cry of Equal rights
for all; special privileges for none!" in protest
against the ariStocratic tendencies of the Fed
eralist party and swept Thomas Jefferson into
office over John Adams, who was a candidate
for reelection.
Then followed "a years of rule by the "Vir-
ginia dynasty"-Jeferson, Madison and Monroe
and the Federalist party disappeared from the
scene. leaving only the Republicans, who now
called themselves Democrats, with various fac
tons within the party. In 1924 there were four
outstanding candidateS-John Quincy Adams,
Monroe's secretary of state; William Crawford,
his secretary Of the treasury; Henry Clay,
member of the house of representatives, and
Andrew Jackson member of the senate
In the election Jackson led in both the popular
and the electoral vote but did not have a ma
tority. So the election thrown into the
house of representatives and there Clay threw
his support to Adams. resulting in his election.
When the new President Adams offered Clay the
post of secretary of state, Jackson adherents
raised the cry Of Bargain and Corruptionw
They kept that slogan warm for four years and
in the election of 1923 it helped Jackson defeat
Adams and sent him to the White House. there
to stay for eight years. In the meantime the
Wing party had been formed but its strength
In the 1882 campaign divided and Jackson
again easy winner.
When "Old Hickory" was through with being
President he passed his mantle along to his
secretary of state, Martin Van Buren,, who was
elected in 1886 over four Wing candidates, one
Of them, William Henry Harrison. Then came
the famous campaign of 1910 when slogan very
definitely won an election. This time of the
defeated Wing candidates of the previous cleo
ton was swept into Office on platform of slo-
gans and songs.
Affairs had gone badly for Van Buren, during
his four years. They had been four years Of
continued executive autocracy of undiminished
official partsanship. of increasingly violent in
reference with the fiscal system Of the nation,
of unrelenting administrative abuse of power"
There had been panic and Van Buren, was pro-
posing measures which might upset the financial
stability of the nation. Then, too this Presi-
dent who was supposed to be an upholder of
democratic ideals had become considerable Of an
aristocrat.
So when the Wings nominated the type Of man
that Andrew Jackson had once been-a frontiers
man, an Indian fighter and military hero, the
nation was ready to turn Ito state 1t paradox
ically) from Democrat who was an aristocrat
to Wing who was democrat Unwittingly
Democratic newspaper gave the Wing candidate
the greatest boost it could possibly have given
him. Sneering at his intellectual caliber (Which
admittedly smalD 1t said, "Give him barrel
of ,cder In a log cabin the remainder of his
life" 5Ga asa S
And what godsend that was to the wings |!
Immediately the log cabin and the hard cider