The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09
Party Session
 Gives Chicago
 l7th Since 1860
Only 6 of I6 Nominees Have Been Losers in
 Elections

Chicago (UP)-Eighty years ago gaunt, stoop-shouldered Abraham Lincoln received the Republican nomination for the Presidency in a ramshackle building called the Wig. wam. This month not far from the same spot another Presidential can- didate, this time Democrat, will be chosen.
 During the period from Lincoln's nomination in 1860 to the present 16 nominees have been named in Chicago. William Howard Taft was nominated twice, elected once and defeated once. Grover Cleveland was nominated twice and elected twice. Five others were defeated.
 Chicago, as a convention city, has seen much of the heartbreaks and thrills associated with the unique American institution of the nominating convention. Tn 1880 dark-horse, James A. Garfield, was named by an exhausted Republican convention after 35 ballots had eliminated the favorites, Gen. U. S.. Grant, James G. Blaine and John Sherman.
 Session stormy in 1912
 Again in 1912 the Republicans held a stormy session in Chicago. It was the bitter contest between William Howard Taft, candidate for reelection, his one-time friend Theodore Roosevelt and Wisconsin's Sen. LaFollette. Cries of theft" rang through the convention hall as time and time again the Taft controlled credentials committee re- fused to seat Roosevelt delgations. Taft won the nomination, but at a cost fatal to his chances in the elec- ton. Roosevelt and LaFollette left the party, the former as a Bull Moose candidate, the latter as a Progressive, with the split resulting in Democratic victory.
 The Democrats, too, have held memorable conventions in this city. That of 1896 is remembered as it shot to national prominence Will liam Jennings Bryan. Bryan's irn- passioned plea for the farmer, his words, you shall not cruelty man. kind upon a cross of gold" turned the convention into 8 frenzied, wildly cheering bedlan. Fight Curbed in 1932 The last Democratic convention held here was in 1882 during the depression's darkest days. The bat tie for the nomination appeared a dogaght between Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, John Nance Garner of Texas, and a handful of others. After an all-night session the convention was stampeded to Roosevelt when William Gibbs Mo- Adoo announced that the California delegation would change its vote from Garner to the New York gov- ernor.
 The list of presidential candidates chosen in Chicago:
 1860-Abraham Lincoln (R., elected).
 1864-Gen. George Mcclellan O., defeated by Lincoln). l868-Ulysses Grant (R., elected). 1880-James A. Garfield (R., elected).
 1S84-James G. Blaine (R., de- 4SdVCQ ny 11OFCI SlGVCldkluJs
 1884-Grover Cleveland O., elected).
 l88s-Benjamin Harrison (R, elected).
 1ss2-Grover cleveland O., elected).
 1S96-William Jennings Bryan O., defeated by William McKin- ley).
 1904-Theodor Roosevelt (R, electeO.
 19o8-William Howard Taft (R., elected).
 19l2-William Howard Taft (R., defeated by Woodrow Wilson,.
 19l6-Charles E. Hughes (R., de- feated by Wilson,.
 1920-Warren G. Harding (R., elected).
 1932-Herbert Hoover (R, de- feated by RoosevelD.
 1932-Franklin D. Roosevelt O., elected).