Show 0 0 0 f tales and 6 V traditions from yr Arner icari cal history FRANK E HAGEN AND a ELMO EIMO SCOTT WATSON DRAFTED F FR ROM OM time to time there has been talk of drafting some candidate however there have been only two instances in our political history tory when a man was given the nomination against his will and ana in both cases the drafted candidate was defeated in the election in 1868 one of the issues raised by the democrats was a demand for the payment ol of the war debt in paper money issued for this purpose its chief advocate was george H pendleton of cincinnati and the appeal of the ohio idea was so great that he was the logical candidate tor for the nomination but horatio seymour t the civil war var governor of new york was opposed to both the ohio idea and the candidacy of its chief supporter As chairman of the convention he was able to prevent pen dlemons dle tons nomination but he could not keep the inflation plank out of the platform after many ballots and some co confusion it turned to seymour and although he shouted from the platform your candidate I 1 can not be the delegates went right ahead and nominated him although seymour polled popular votes to for gen U S grant the republican nominee and carried eight states the electoral vote stood for grant and 80 for seymour this defeat ended his political career for he considered his accept acceptance an c of 2 an n unwanted nomination as th the greatest mistake of his life and would never again consider running nin g for any any office four years later a peculiar political situation resulted in another case of drafting A faction of the republican party dissatisfied with the grant administration and his held another convention in cincinnati and chose horace greeley for president and B gratz brown of missouri for vice president when the democrats met in baltimore they decided that a fusion ticket might defeat grant so they also nominated greeley and brown but this action offended the old line democrats so they feld a convention in louisville ky for president they selected charles a distinguished new york lawyer who had won the deep affection of the south by his efforts to secure the release of jefferson davis from prison at fortress monroe and to defend him against the charge of treason was nominated on the first arst ballot by a vote of to four and for their vice president they named john quincy adams of massachusetts immediately after the balloting was notified by telegraph of his nomination and at once declined to accept it the convention was thrown into disorder and an attempt was made to give the honor to the permanent chairman james lyons of virginia but he refused so the convention conver tion adopted i a resolution reiterating ane selection of and adams and immediately adjourned in the e lection election which followed and adams received votes I 1 scattered through 23 states this I 1 was not an impressive showing but the Greeley ites did little better I 1 and the had the satisfaction of knowing that they had been true i to a plank in their platform which I 1 read we welcome an eternal minority under the banner inscribed with our principles rather than an almighty and everlasting maj bority purchased by their abandon I 1 ment MORE THAN A WHISPER D ARE indeed is the presidential lv contest which does not bring out a whispering campaign that attempt to discredit a candidate by circulating slanderous stories reflecting upon his morals or mo atves ves so it is refreshing to learn that occasionally political partisans dare to speak out boldly against an opponent instead of working against him secretly and in the dark to shout rather than to whisper one of the earliest examples of this kind of campaigning took place during the adorns jackson contest in 1823 1828 it was a printed placard which read immorality fellow citizens can we vote for the man who openly sets the laws of the die great jehovah at defiance thereby showing a bad example to our children some few sundays ago mr adams passed through providence gal gillopine lopine and running his horse and at every tavern stopping to receive the salutes or huzzahs of the federal party I 1 have always been an adams man until he violated and trampled on the laws of god now nov my conscience forbids my support I 1 I 1 ing him I 1 therefore shall andrew jackson one who keeps holy the sabbath day A professor of religion kittery point maine sept 9 1828 c western Nos paper union |