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At noon on July 7 thu sixteenth national
convention ot tlio democrntlo party will as
semble In ClilcuKo. It was in May. 1832 , at
Baltimore , that the llrst national convention
of thu party was held. Ucforo that tlmo the
presidential nominations had been made by
congressional caucuses , but the arrogant as
sumption of the coiiKi-fsamcn that they had
the rlKlit to uomlimto a president broke
down under the burden oi Mr. Crawford In
ISI. : : In IS'JS Ui'iieral JacUson was swept
Into the whlto house "under the prcsbiiro
of spontaneous enthusiasm , " as his admir
ers claimed , and no convention or congres
sional caucus was deemed necessary to
formally nominate him. Every democrat
understood that Jaclcson was his candidate.
The Ili'ist national convention , held In 18311 ,
began business by laying down the famous
and Inllc.ilblu "two-thirds rulo" us a funda-
FUANKLIN PIERCQ ,
mental regulation , a rule from which the
democratic party has never daied to depart
since.
The sccoud national convention of the
democratic party also met at llaltlmoro , Its
data being May 20 , 1835 , eighteen months
In advance of the holding of the elections
lu the principal states. At that tlmo the
selection of clcctois was not held simulta
neously In the differ out stales , some of thte
states choosing electors by popular suffrage.
\vhllo others had their legislatures choose
them , as United Stoles senators arc chosen
at the present time. TuU second convention
roattlrmcd the two-thirds rule and nominated
Martin Van Duren far president.
DALTiMoiin THI : FAVORITE.
For a tlmo llaltlmorc seems to huvo been
the favorite city for theee gatherings of
president makers. In May , 1SIO , both the
democratic and whig parties held their
conventions in that town , and , what his
never happened since , they both met ou
the game day , The democracy nominated
Martin Van Durcn again. nuJ there WBB
not a voice raised agaluit him. Yet he was
overwhelmingly defeated at the polls by
General Hunlson , and this lirst great over
throw of the democracy waa a magnificent
whig triumph. Van Duron carried only
seven states , losing oven his own state , Now
York , by over 10,000 majority. In 1S4I the
democracy again gathered in Haltimorc.
There were two bodies , each of which
claimed to bo the slinon pure , original repre
sentatives of the party , and they held sepa
rate sessions for neariy n week. One nomi
nated John Tyler for president , but he soon
after withdrew and left the Held open for
James K. 1'olk , who was elected.
The fifth natloiuilj convention of the
democracy met also at Baltimore , on May
22 , 1848. The New York democrato were
divided into factions known as Hunkers
and Barnburners. The delegates of the
JAMES 1C. POLK.
other states listened with more or less pa
tience to the disputes of the New Yorkers
for five days , and finally the committee on
credentials reported In favor of admitting
both delegations and dividing the vote of
Now York between them. This pleased
neither of the factions. The Barnburners ,
headed by Samuel J. Tlldcn , withdrew from
the convention , and the Hunkers , though
they remained , announced through Daniel
S. Dickinson that they declined to partici
pate In the balloting. Lewis Cass was
nominated for president. Van liuren , with
Charles Francis Adams ot Massachusetts
as chief assistant , led a bolt , became the
candidate of the free soil party and secured
enough votes to defeat Cass and elect
Zachary Taylor , the whig candidate.
A DARK HORSE WINS.
In 1852 the era ot Van Durenlsm was
closed and the democrats of New York
sent a united delegation to the national
convention , which met at the Maryland In
stitute building at Baltimore on Juno 1.
A majority of the delegates favored Wil
liam L. Marcy for president and the minor
ity favored Cas.s. The two-thirds rule
was fatal to tlio leading rivals and Franklin
I'lcrce received the presidential nomination
In lSf > fl the democratic national couven
tlon met at Cincinnati on Juno 2. Hut
thrco prominent candidates Buchanan ,
I'lcrco and Douglas wcro urged upon the
convention. The bulk of the southern
delegates , guided by the Instinct of present
utility , voted to. rciiomlnate Pierce , because
of his Kansas policy , forgetting that Doug
las had not only begun It , but was their
strongest future ally to continue It. When ,
after a day of fruitless balloting , they
changed their votes to Douglas , Buchanan.
Iho so-called "old fogy , " just returned from
the English mission , and therefore , not
handicapped by present personal jealousies
ftivl heart burnings , had secured tbo firm ad
hesion of a decided majority , mainly from
the north. The "two-third * rule" was not
yet fulfilled , but at tills juncture the
friends of Plcrco and Douglas yielded to
the Inevitable and withdrew their favorites
lu the Interest of "harmony" On the
Korentoenth ballot , therefore , and the fifth
day of the convention Jnmes Buchanan of
Pennsylvania became thu. unanimous nomi
nee of the democratic party for president ,
and John C. Hrccklnrldgo of Kentucky for
vleo president.
The democratic national convention of
1SCO was epoch-making In more ways than
one. The delegates aEsumblcd In Charles
ton on April 23. The northern delegates
went to Charleston committed to Stephen
A. Douglas , but prepared , if ho was nomi
nated , to compromise on a platform. For
more than a week the convention battled In
committee. The south revealed Its single
purpose to procure the passage of a pro-
slavery resolution , which was written by
Benjamin. The northern delegates de
clared that on that platform the democracy
could count on carrying not more than two
northern states and certainly not New York.
Moreover , Henry B. Payne loudly proclaimed
that Mich a resolution would be an Insult
to Douglas and the northern democracy ,
and ho proposed , In Its stead , another ,
pledging the democratic party to abide by
the decision of the supreme court upon this
slavery question.
The southern democrats repudiated the
suggestion , claiming that such a resolution
would be nothing more than a makeshift , a
subterfuge , and would be unworthy the sup
port of any organization powerful enough to
contend for the presidency. Unable to agree
In committee , the resolutions were taken
Into the convention , and here the northern
democracy and friends of Douglas were in
the majority. Henry B. Payne matched him
self against Caleb dishing and gained in
the encounter the repute for skill as a poli
tician and tactician which served him a
quarter of a century later so well that he
was elected United States senator from Ohio.
Under Payne's leadership the majority re
port In favor of the pro-slavery resolution
was defected and the minority or Douglas
report adopted , and then occurred that om
inous portent of a more dangerous secession
which was to happen within a year , The
delegates from the seven Identical states
which nine months later proclaimed that
HORATIO SCYMOUQ ,
they had seceded from the union withdrew
from this convention and set up another of
their own. They knew that in doing this the
democratic party was split and that the re
publicans must win In the election of the fall.
When the delegates from these seven states
departed the northern democracy controlled
the convention absolutely. They were not
able , however , to nominate Douglas on ac
count of the adoption of the two-thirds rule.
Kentucky , Virginia and Maryland voted for
John C. Brecklurldge steadily.
A DEMOCRATIC SPLIT.
The convention therefore adjourned to
meet In Baltimore on June 18. It might
ns well ha\o finished Its work In Charles
ton. By June IS the republican canvass
under Lincoln and Hamlln was well under
way , and with the certainty of defeat be
fore these democrats they. In an almost
perfunctory manner , nominated Douglas ,
with Herschel V. Johueon ajs the candidate
for vice president. The acceding convention ,
with James A Bayard , father of the secre
tary under Cleveland , as president , nomi
nated John C. Hrecklnridge , with "Joe"
Lane of Oregon also on the ticket. This
nomination was not made with any expecta
tion of victory , hut It was. made to prevent
the possibility of the success of Douglas.
What were called the Union Whigs , a party
which proposed to save the union and
protect slavery at the same time , but u not
very numerous party , also met In Baltimore
and nominated John Bell of Tennessee for
president and Edward Everett of Massa
chusetts for vice president. This party ,
which was deemed Insignificant , never
theless polled almost as many votes as
the Brecklnrldge democrats. That , how
ever , was duo to the fact that thousands
of the southern democrats stayed away from
the polls.
There never was a more patriotic body
FRANK P. DLAIR.
of citizens assembled to consider the mi
tlonal needs than was that convention a'
democrats that met In Chicago on August
30 , 1SC4 ; Intensely and purely patrlotlu It
was , If also in some things misjudging
Besides nil the northern states , Delaware ,
Maryland , Tennessee , Kentucky and Mis
souri wcro represented by accredited dele
gations. Nearly all the scr-cded states had
self-appointed delegates there to testify
that there was still a body of loyal citizens
In every ono of these states that hoped
for a restoration of the union on the basis
of constitutional equality. The attendance
of outsiders from all parts of the country
was larger by thousands than that upon
the republican convention qf I860.
However , the convention was singularly
unfortunate. The delegate * had practi
cally agreed , even bcforo getting to Chicago ,
upon nominating General McClellan , and
they had also agreed to do the absurdly In
consistent thing of placing In nomination
a union general who had won some brilliant
victories , and of compelling him to stand on
a platform which was virtually an Insult
to his career as a soldier. This platform
declared that , after three years of failure
to restore the union , It was high tlmo to
call for Immediate cessation of hostilities.
McClellan was nominated on the first bal
lot , and with such a reproach as was hinted
In this platform as tbo Issue of thu cam
paign. Even before the convention ad
journed the- lie was given to the platform ,
for the news of the capture of Fort Morgan
was then received , an only the day before
the convention adjourned General Sherman
emphasized the ridiculous position In which
the party had pjaced Itself by sending the
news that Atlanta bad fallen. General
McClellan himself , In accepting the nomina
tion , practically repudiated tbo platform.
Georgu II. Penaleton wcs nominated for
vice president and , as. in I860 , now the
democracy had placed In nomination very
young men. McClellan ' was not yet 40
years of age , and Pe'ndlrton was only a
little past 40. Of course the canvass which
followed Uila nomination waa wlthqut In
terest. The result was known even before
the ballots were cast.
lu 18CS tbo democratic national conven
tion convened at Tammany lull , New York ,
on the 4th of July The democracy of New
York was then under the control oi Tweed
and Sweeney , and It was Tweed's policy to
nominate Salmon P. Chase for president.
By the exertions of Geoigo 11. Pendleton
and Clement L. Vallandlgham the Chase
slate was broken and the leadership of the
democracy was confened on Horatio Sey
mour , who presided over the deliberations
ot the convention. Francis P. Blair was
named for vice president.
The year 1872 promised little for the
party , and it was with no hope of pres
ent success that the delegates met ngnln
In Haltlmoro to reassert the principles of
the party and offer n protest against
the corruption of the republicans. It was
felt that this protest was a quoquo
agreement , for the party had been
charged with responsibility for the Tam
many ring frauds under Tweed , and It
was manifestly impossible to elect any
straight democrat who was prominent
enough for the nomination. The regular
party convention therefore disregarded
precedent and endorsed Horace Grcelcy , who
was already In the field as the candidate of
those republicans who had revolted against
their party's convention. A "rump conven
tion" of democrats nominated Charles
O'Conor for president and John Qtilncy
Adams for vice president , but although vig
orous protests were made against Grecley's
endorsement by the Bayards of Delaware
the veteran abolitionist was supported by
the party generally , with what disastrous
results Is well remembered.
In 187U It was felt that success was possl-
Me. and the national convention met at St.
Louis on June 28. General John A. McCler-
I'ond of Illinois was president. The New
York delegation , as usual , was divided , the I
\ Tammany hall men beln ; ; bitterly opposed to ]
Iho nomination of Samuel J. Tllden , who was
the choice of a majoilty of the delegation.
John Kelly , August Delmont nnd Augustus
Sthell of New York energetically desisted
the candidacy of Mr. Tllden. but under thn
JOHN C.
operation of the unit rule the solid vote of
Nc\v York was cast for Tlldcn. Some able
men wcro In the convention , moat of them
for the fim tlmo appearing prominently In
such RE.iocIatiati.
There was William Urcshclmer , who would
lifcome governor If Tlldcn were elected presi
dent , Speaker Handall , who venerated Tlldcn
as the ablest demotrat since Jackson ; young
Vllas \VIsconsln , nftrrward to serve In a
president's cabinet ; Leon Abbctt , afterward
governor of New Jersey ; William C. Whit ,
uey , hlmvclf to gain great pronilncncc ;
Henry Wattcrson , "Hluo Jcaiih" WlllUtns
ard General McClernand. The platform was
prepared by Mr. Tllden himself , although in
Its verbal expression It represented thu cul
ture of Manton Marble uiul John Dlgolow.
Its features \\ero the demand for udmlnlfl-
tratlvo reform , for the repeal of the resump
tion act and a vague assertion that the tarlll
should be laid with the view principally of
Etcuilng revenue. Only one formal ballot
was taken , Tllden lacking only a few of a
two-thirds vote , thu rest belug ( tattered for
llendrlcki , llayard , Hancock and Governor
Allen. Ilefore the second ballot wua com-
pitted Mr , Tlldtn wac nominated , and Gov
ernor Itendrlcks was placed upon the ticket
with LIm. It was tlio llrat couventlon blucc
1SGO In which the democratic party revealed
Itself as a great political organization man
aged by leaders of cansuininute ability. The
canvass which followed tcsultcd In a disputed
election and a tlmo of uerll.
The democratic national convention of 1830
met at Cincinnati on June " 2 , John W.
Stevenson of Kentucky being permanent
president. The question of the candidacy of
Samuel J. Tllden entered largely Into the pre
liminary canvas1 ? for the selection of dele
gates in the different states. Every demo-
ciat In the United States felt that Tllden
was cheated out of the presidency In 1877 ,
and the "deep damnation of his taking off"
FE UN AN DO WOOD.
wan urged ns a reason for his rcnomlnatlon.
When the convention met Daniel Manning ,
chairman of the democratic committee of
New York state , presented the famous letter
from Mr. Tllden , which was his last olllcial
communication to the democracy. In this
ho declined to assume thu position of candi
date for the onico of which ho had been de
frauded. Hut many of the dulcgatea refuged
to accept the letter as final , and thirty-eight
votes weie cant for him on the first ballot.
With Tllden out of the way , Hayard wan
brought forward by an tnllueiitlal element ,
and ( > o was Judge Tburman and William II.
Morrison , ns a Ur.ff reform cand.dato , though
the convention , through political manipula
tion , which has never been fully undiTstood ,
seemed to bo for Hancock. Ho received 171
votra on the first ballot ; Hayard. IB ' .i ;
I'ajne , 81 ; Thurman , 68 ; Justice Fluid. 05 ;
MorrUon , 62 ; Hendrlckg. JOli , ; Tllden , 38
Now York , seeing that Payne could not be
nominated , tried to combine on Randall , hut
It did so too lato. The combination had
been made for Hancock , and upon the second
ballot there was a stampede , which ga\o
Hancock ultimately every vote of thu con
vention but thirty-two , and with William
II. English of Indiana as candidate for vice
president. The platform called for a tarlll
for revenue only , and on that platform Han
cock was defeated.
CUSVHL.AND'8 STAR RISKS.
The most IntfU'stliig and exciting demo
cratic convention ever held was that In
Chicago in 1884 , at which Graver Cleveland
was first nominated. There was Interest
and excitement In the Charleston convention
of 1SCO , but that was comparatively a small
assemblage. The St. Louis convention of
187C , which nominated Til don , drew a largo
attendaneo of non-dclegatcH , and Its proceed
ings were followed with curiosity by the
whole country. Tlilti last named body was
troubled with tome of the very questions
that vexed the Chicago convention of 1881
those , namely , that arose from thu attitude
of Tammany but it was known beforehand
that Mr. ' ! ildcn would have the conven
tion , and also Just how It would turn out.
Not EO with the convention to which Mr.
Cleveland submitted hla Claims. Tammany
was fighting him , and h VJoa there wan op
position to him iu New Jersey and other
Important dcmociatlc btatea , and there wcro
six other declared candidates for the uoini.
nation.
Still there was no formidable canvans
made for any other candidates. The
friends of Hcndrleks and those of Ilayanl
and Handall made some pri'tonMon which
was moio loud sounding than strong. When
thu convention met in Chicago on June 23
Daniel Manning's estimate was that Gov *
ernor Cleveland would bo nominated not
later than the fourth , piobiibly upon the
second ballot , and there was never a mo
ment from the time of the opening of the
convention until the icbtilt wns announced
when Mr. Manning and these who wcro
associated with him had any leauou to doubt
the accuracy of the canvass. Yet there was
n moment , ten moments perhaps , when It
seemed to others as though the convention
might be stampeded to Governor Hundrlcks ,
In the Indescribable fury which accompanied
that effort , when the convention scorned to
have gene mad and the maniacal galleries
were demanding with \oclferoun and awful
demonstrations the nomination of Hendrlcks ,
Mr. Manning sat nt the head of the Now
York delegation as uiiruflled as though his
cars were deaf and his eyes wcio blind.
No more majestic pleturo of coniposurq
In tlmo of extraordinary political peril was
over teen than that with which Mr. Man
ning and his delegates then offered. Had ho
wavered , had ho or his betrayed the slightest
sense of fear , the end would have come , and
Hcndrleks would have occupied the whlto
house Inbtcad of the vice presidential chair.
At last , when there was a lull In this storm ,
Mr. Manning nroso , and , In a ( inlet , de
liberate manner , usthough nil which had
Just happened was the meio rustling of
the leaves upon the trcca outbld < > , ho said :
"Mr. Chairman , the New Yoili delegation
Instructs mo to cast its united vote for
Orover Cleveland. " And , with this utter
ance , the Hendrlcks charm was broken , and
not long after drover Cleveland was the
nominee of his party for the piTsldency , with
Governor Hendrlcks for vice. The canvass
had been conducted for Cleveland In ac-
corduncu with the political teachings nt
Governor Tllden , for Manning was as opt
scholar mid worthy ot his training. The
Hendrlcks Incident was the only ono of
excitement during the meeting of the con
vention ,
CLEVELAND AGAIN.
In 1888 the national democracy met In
St. Louis on Tuesday , Juno G , to nominate
candidates for president and vleo president.
Previous to the clay of assembling tbero
was no great Interest taken by the country
at large In the then coming convention. It
was universally understood that G rover
Cleveland's would bo the only iiumo nub *
milled for the consideration of the delegates
for first placo. When there Is no contcfct for
thu first place there is btiro to bo no very
largo crowd. And for the fceond place ,
while several names wcro mentioned , there
was really but ono name that was regarded
as cllglblo under thu clrcuiiiHtanccs to been
on the ticket. The choice the convention
would maku for vleo president was an well
known for weeks before the convention as
sembled as It was thu moment It was finally
made. Great numbers , thercfoio , of the
hosts of democrats that usually attend tha
national conventions wcro very willing to
accept by anticipation Cleveland and Thur
man as the candidates , and willingly left tbo
ratification of thu people's cbolro to tbo
delegates alone. Mr. Cleveland was
nominated by acclamation almost Im
mediately after the organization , with Judffa
Thurinan , rather agalnut hlu will , aa big
associate upon the ticket. The platform
In a modified way repienentcd thu view
which President Cleveland hail expressed I ,
his tariff message of the winter before , in
on that lusuo thu parly went before tha
country.
The story of tbo convention of 1S92 , In
which the claims of Da\ld II. Hill had 16
give place to an overuhelming public sen
timent In favor of the rcnomlnatlon ot
Mr. Cleveland , In familiar to ull , and need
not bo repeated here.
It will bo noticed from this rapid re
view that the national conventions of tbo
democratic party have been hrld ofttner
In Haltlmoro than In any other city. In
deed , of the sixteen conventions which tha
democracy has had. Including the ono which
U to meet In Chicago In July , sliUt
been held In Ililtliuor * .