Show 1 uit IW 5 MAKING PRESIDENTS I Hot o Old Early E McClure Days to Colonel Olon u ih w think Just should hould read Colonel A K IC Ma MaC c ct II C re t book on the making ot at prist th the I much tit the ther whIch enables nables UI are to comprehend r rna tb Ih present and UI 10 n a help for tor the fu tur Particularly interesting is II the c account ot of that greet battle of which took place between Jet Jef pt tt 11 and Joha Adami nere ore some ome from its hll account of f the first In fl which Adams Adam was at I that time the pr elec I 1 r old pot not vote directly for j 1 kP ne they do no nor now nowr r f r h voted oled for tor two men for tor lIt of whom could l not be rt ot of the same lime State Slate and the 1 1 the largest chosen number lp It f a maJority was and the candidate Ica r ond emd largest vote for President President b be IliP Vice S her r Jefferson Jetterson nor Adams was wall r for tor the ht 1701 by byry ry it or maM maee meeting ot of otI I h there le III any record as al tar far Il ac I 1 Iha ha bran t n able to ascertain Aflame Adami I th nt choice holce of Washington and the I n 1 AI ucc or to oe the ther r candidate for tor and andT J T r on stood head and aI all ail the ot of that day The Tb till of Republican wee Wal adopted hp v the friends ot of Jefferson and the theD D m ratte ralle port party Will was founded b by Jet Jef t HI In 17 1196 under the name I a as the majority party part later and It Itt rf f 11 the nation Milan four years eare t f i ht And won on the Democratic bat bati until 1116 when order that name r t f th party changed the title to tor r racY In the ot of oft t a fr th tits Aret time there were t o 1 declared as AI com comp pIH tUtor for the presidency and other othere p all as declared for the t e although all had to be bet tt 1 t fr all ae for President fi 11 the t h ral college The rr pp contest between Jefferson Jeffersons s a I t lams jn developed Into the ever known to In tk tb or of American the red nd campaign ot of 1800 1600 between be as ae asIf accepted I th same me lEaders leaden may it If In no modern presidential and partial I have candidates s defamed as wr were und and parties when a d rou fought ht for power In the tha thaI reset I t of the fathers ot of the republic 1 TherE were few bat it t vats IIa the day of at the pamphleteer a ard 1 the political ot of those Gaya al If compared om pared with the political ac ot of the present ale age would make ma the hl partisan vituperation of the or of the nIneteenth century up esp feeble r r a is tame and Then Th n came the battle which v g e wun w rn by J Jefferson The colonel r n IH a the electoral of rat at day ay b by which each ash eleeter voted t f r two candidates for tor President Jeffer received C n fl and Burr Durr each fach otIS for the presidency and up rn 1 the face fa t of the returns were equal It entitled to claim the highest honor cf the Republic True Burr Durr had not b been n or thought of ofIS ofle le IS a candidate for President lie Will was wasa carted a b by the Republicans Republican distinct II 1 as aa 11 candidate for Vice president a d 1 th Ih whole battle was WAI fought out on onI onta I ta between Jefferson and Adams Adami Hai lIa 1 Burr been honest and manly he heu u arid uld nave hAve ended the struggle lit at once t by y d that the people tople had elected n to the presidency and that DuM not consent to be presented the country and the world all as seek seekIng Ing to wear the tho stolen honors honorl of the but Burr Durr developed his true tru character as soon as he discovered that hI his vote ote was wae equal to that Given to Jefferson The election therefore ea thrown Into the House under rules h had been adopted b by Congress to the case The Federal II j u much mUl a as they disliked Jefferson rJ r ri nl l to 10 side Ide with Burr Durr end and Jet f r nn was R elected eJected The balloting be bet tn t n on Jn FebruarY 11 and ended on till the rh 1 h Hamilton was Wall open In his hll iy y t Burr In the contest In the House and a was wae Durrs Burra res of Ham s hostility to hie his election that visa mad him upon R a trivial pretext II I fr fn II un Ilton Into a duel In which mortallY wounded at the fir rr Burrs Durrs public career was thus e t b by the on contest aed ugh M ha lived many years earl there thereafter after he b drank the dregs dreg o of and dIed In poverty and un d Yet after all Burr Durr was to the vice presidency with Jet Jef ranch and had hArl Jefferson died In ounce burr purr would hove have become L back Durrs Burre character aror ar r one is III surprised that Jetter Jefter Jetters s I t c r d out his term or of office Adams says Colonel McClure le ac achie ler r hie defeat mOlt moat ungraciously 11 hr r Ined In the executive mansion Until n might of the 3rd of March atch 1801 Riser bel r I end his family deserted It 1 teat 1 II t for Jefferson to ent enter ath t a host hUlit to welcome him It Is t f c In which the retiring Prel ii did not personally receIve the President In the tho executive with the single of oC I Andrew Ardre Johnson who did not remaIn at th Ih White house to receive Grant I But Dut Johnson sae excusable from the tact fact that Grant had pur Poe po not to permit Johnsen I him to the inaugural ceremonies e Both Jr f tenon tUlOn and Adams lived for tor more than thana a quarter of II a century after their thel r great battle terminated In 1800 an antime and time ar greatly mellowed the asperities r f their political conflicts In th latter years of their Ir lives when had lived long enough In retirement thy they had friendly correspondence and It Is one ot of the most mott notable events In our political annals annala that and Adams AdamI who stood side by side Ilde In presenting the Declaration of once enee to Congress and had taught fought th fiercest political battle ot of the nation as opt sIng headers lead sri both died on the came MIlne natal day of the Republic July 4 1 1816 It was Wal In th the Presidency of John Adams Adame that the Allan and Sedition la laws w were passed Colonel who seems to be strongly antl Fed condemns these theM laws unsparing unsparingly ly Iy but entirely omits omit to 10 state even fact that they were rendered it If not absolutely necessary b by the oper operations of Citizen Genet Genet was Wal a brother ot of Mme lime Campan and Ind wu was th French minister to the United e appointed by th French revolutionary government He arrived In the Unit d States In 1711 and demanded that th United States State declare war against England Washington refused ed to te con elder his impertinent order and asked that he be recalled Genet sought to tl force the country to do his bidding by j 1 organizing mIlS mass meetings Ing privateers and ordering that all their prizes should be brought to New j i York for condemnation by the French I consul In this city Although formally I recalled by hi his own government he con continued to In this country and Ir Irto to run It as ae a colony ot of France of which he teas 1 the governor Ills agitation tI tion Jn wu Ole ope of at the legacies which at the close ot of hit his last ad administration ministration left to his bIll Adams AdamI The Allen and Sedition laws while putting unusual powers Into the lands ballul of at the were t tide e neels sary Iary corollary to the agitation of at sen Ien Genet who had drawn him n a small following of foreign re residents These TheIN laws lawA squelched CitIzen Genet and all his kind Ire Heas was not deported from the United States but fail Into Inlo obscurity and died In New York In 1514 1511 shrunken to toa 1 a nonentity The Allen Alien and Sedition taws laws are summarized thus thul to fourteen years UMI and all emigrants were required to be registered the certificate of regis registration to be the only proof of residence All allep enemies were forbidden the right or of citizenship under any circum Another ot of the series rles IrB gave v the O I President the power In ca case e ot of war to seize and expel all resident aliens allene bl be I longing to the nation at war with us usand and yet et another gave the power to deport any alien whom III he I might think dangerous to thE country and it If after aCter being being ordered away awny he remained In the country he was subject I Ito to imprisonment for three years yare and forbidden citizenship In addition to these thelle provisions previsions aliens so ImpriSoned could be removed from the countrY b by bythe the Presidents order Such welt wert the general provisions of the Allen law The Tho sedition bill that was wae the part of the same policy declared that any one who hindered In the discharge ot of their duties or opposed any ot of the laws lama of the country Will was guilty of high crime and ml misdemeanor demeanor punishable by tine and anu Imprisonment were guilty guilt ot of writing or publishing any false and malicious writings agaInst the goy GOV GOVernment Congress or the President or aided therein were punishable by a fine of oC 2000 and imprisonment for tor two years feare This was what came of a foreign en envoy envoy voy refusing to accept the dictum of the government ot of the United States and becoming a public agitator In view of the rumored Intention of tile the envoys ot of the Si South African Republic In cage they do not find the government at Washington pliable to their will of appealing to the people ot of the country against the government the episode of le II interesting and live PRESIDENT WilliAM McKINLEY t Xe s 1 dl II r ru rr I u r r t y 1 i I I t rr l lOe Oe 11 I s M Mr r ja 1 r I r rn J I I I 1 6 i i r I f r v y p 1 I 4 V r e eI I c cr cI r I I j I 1 ri ik iki i Ir f t tH H 3 b bF F r t r akry y FT t Y k t r ru rh rr h r u fl I It t f r P Vi n k kr i I Ir r V A r t I p vo vor els a I f r t 4 4 J i 1 I I t 1 by acclamation at the Republican National Convention In Philadelphia June 21 1900 for tor the Om In the tho gift ot of the American tran grandest Ct omee on the Ule Ilo globe This Is II Ute the and finest of OC the Chief It shows the President In a a with no the the feure the very soul BOul ot of the forth from the print d page It ItIe Itle le Ie a 11 of that perpetual marvel manel the mode modern n camera eLmera r I V y INTERIOR PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION HALL r r ll sa r Ir t eIs Y ry ryr M r 1 r I h l 1 j This Us II tho photograph of the Republican Convention Halt hail In the Quaker CU City it its general tile front of the building dhe through which many vice ice presidential aspirants and candidate for the vice presidency returned J JI I I |