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In the following article la pre
sented carefully compiled statistics
'concerning National conventions
and elections. There are answered
hundreds of questions which voters
will be asking each other and will
be discussing from now until next
November. It should be preserved
for future reference.
THE people of the United States will
choose their twenty-second elected
President on Tuesday, November
8. 1908. Since the formation of the Union
E6 citizens have occupied the White
House. Five of these succeeded from the
Vice-Presidency to the Presidency by the
demise of the Chief magistrate Tyler in
3841, Fillmore In 1850, Johnson In 1865, Ar
thur In 1SS1 and Roosevelt in 1901. Nine
Presidents served so satisfactorily that
the electors entrusted thn rplna nf env.
eminent to them a second time. These
were Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, Cleve
land, McKlnley, and, properly speaking,
Ttoosevelt Mr. Cleveland was the only
President who, having gotten down and
out, got up and in again. Mr. Roosevelt
was the first and only President who,
serving an unexpired term, was continued
In office for the succeeding four years
by election thereto.
The subjoined figures and data embrace
a general historical and statistical survey
of the nominating conventions and elec
tions that will be interesting for compari
son in connection with the Republican
convention at Chicago June 16, and the
Democratic convention at Denver, July
7. and at the time of the election Itself
in November.
List of th Freatdtnts.
Name. Qualified.
1 George Washington April 30, 1789
George Washington ......March 4, 17!3
S John Adams March 4, 17VJ
3 Thomas Jefferson March 4, 1801
Thomas Jeeffrson.. March 4, 1S06
4 James Madison March 4, 18U9
James Madison March 4, 1813
E James Monroe March 4, 1817
James Monroe...
.March 4. 1821
6 John Q. Adams
7 Andrew Jackson....
Andrew JackRon....
....March 4. 1S25
...March 4. 1829
...March 4. 1833
8 Martin Van Buren..
..March 4, 1837
9 Wm. Henry Harrison March 4. 1841
J'.' jonn lyier. .
April 6. 1841
31 James K. Polk
32 Zachary Taylor...,
33 Millard Fillmore..,
34 Franklin Pierce...
35 James Buchanan..
16 Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln.
37 Andrew Johnson...
...March 4. 1845
...March 5, 1849
July 10, 1850
...March 4. 1863
....March 4. 1857
...March 4, 1861
March 4. 1865
...April 15. 1865
38 Ulysses S.' Grant March 4. ISfiS
Ulysses S. Grant March 4, 1S73
39 Rutherford B. Hayes March 5. 1877
30-James A- Garfield March 4, 1881
21 Chester A. Arthur October 20, 1881
22 Grover Cleveland March 4,1885
23 Benajmln Harrison March 4,1889
Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893
24 William McKlnley March 4, 1897
William McKlnley March 4, 1901
25 Theodore Roosevelt 1901
Theodore Roosevelt March 4, 1905
List of the Ylce-FresldenU.
John Adams 1789-93
John Adams 1703-07
Thomas Jefferson 1797-1801
Aaron Burr 1801-05
George Clinton 1805-09
George Clinton ..1809-12
Elbridge Gerry 1818-17
Daniel D. Tompkins 1817-21
Daniel D. Tompkins 1821-25
John C. Calhoun 1825-29
John C. Calhoun 1829-33
Martin Van Buren 1833-37
Richard M. Johnson 1837-41
John Tyler 1841-
George M. Dallas i. .1845-49
Millard Fillmore 1849-
Wllliam R. King 1853-57
John C. Breckenrldge .' 1857-61
Hannibal Hamlin 1861-65
Andrew Johnson 1865-
Schuyler Cotfax 1869-73
Henry Wilson 1873-77
William A. Wheeler 1877-81
Chester A. Arthur 1881-
Thomss A. Hendricks 1SS5-89
Levi P. Morton 18S9-93
Adlai E. Stevenson 189S-97
Garret A, Hobart 1897-99
Theodore Roosevelt 1901-
Popular and Electoral Totea 1884-1904.
1884.
Blec- Pop- Plural-
toral. ular lty.
219 4.911.017 62,683
J82 4,848,334
1888.
233 5,440.216
t 168 6.638.233 98,017
1892.
I 277 6,556.918 380,810
145 5,176,108
1896.
271 7-06,779 606.854
176 6,502.925
1D00.
. 2!2 7.207,923 849,790
165 6,358.133
1904.
: 356 7.623.486 2,545,616
140 6,077,971
Cleveland
Blaine
Harrison
Cleveland
Cleveland
Harrison
Bryan
McKlnley
Bryan
Roosevelt
Parker
The Electoral Vote lor Nov., 1908.
v Following is the allotment of the elec
toral vote in accordance with the ap
portionment under the census of 190O:
Alabama, 11; Arkansas, 8; California, 10;
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Colorado, 6: Connecticut, 7; Delaware, S;
Florida, 6; Georgia, 11; Idaho, 3; Illinois,
27; Indiana, 15; Iowa, 13; Kansas, 10;
Kentucky, 13; Louisiana, 9; Maine, 6;
Maryland, 8; Massachusetts, 16; Michigan,
14; Minnesota, 11; Mississippi, 10; Mis
souri, 18; Montana, S; Nebraska. 8; Neva
da, S; New Hampshire, 4; New Jersey,
12; New York, 39; North Carolina, 12;
North Dakota, 4; Ohio, 23; Oklahoma, 7:
Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania,. 34; Rhode Is
land, 4; South Carolina, 9; South Dakota,
4; Tennessee, 12; Texas, 18; Utah, 3; Ver
mont, 4; Virginia, 12; Washington, 6;
West Virginia, 7; Wisconsin, 13, Wyom
ing. 3.
In 1884 Cleveland carried 10 states,
Blaine 18.
In 1888 Harrison carried 20 states,-Cleveland
18.
In 1892 Cleveland carried 26 states, Har
rison IS.
In..i896 McKlnley carried 23 states,
Bryan 2S.
In 1900 McKlnley carried 28 states,
Bryan 11. s
In 1904 Roosevelt carried 32 states,
Parker 13.
Ie Booserelt Parker Vote, 1S04.
Plural-
rioosevelt. Parker. lty
Alabama 22,472 79,857 67,386 D.
Arxansas 46,860 . 64,434 17.574 D.
Cftltfrtmift . . 9,1- 99C M Ati 11E OOO TT1
...... , -u W.WJ J.10,Oti XV.
Colorado 134.687 100.105 34.582 R.
Connecticut .... 111,089 72,909 38,180 R.
Delaware 23.714 19.360 4,854 R.
Florida 8,314 27,046 18.732 D.
Georrfa. 91 fvi hi ato cq tea
Idaho .47'7S3 18'.480 29'.803 r'.
Illinois 632,645 327.606 806,039 R.
Indiana 368,289 274.345 93,944 R.
Iowa 307.907 149.141 168,760 R.
Kansas sw3 ei stn iiz aq t
Kentucky 20o,'277 217l70 ll!s93 D.'
.uuumana 8,aJ9 47,747 42,542 D.
Maine 64,432- 27,641 36,791 R.
Maryland 109,497 109.446 51 R.
Massachusetts 257.823 1 65 746 92 076 R.
Michigan 361.866 134.151 227,715 R.
Minnesota. 9Mt fiAl ibt ici axa t
Mississippi 3487 53!s36 6olS9 D.
Missouri aai.449 296,312 25,137 R.
Montana 34.932 21.773 13,169 R.
Nebraska 138,558 61.878 86 682 R.
Nevada 6,867 3,982 2,8?5 R.
N. Hampshire.. 64.177 33.992 20,185 R.
New Jersey .... 245,164 164,566 80,596 R.
New Mexico
New York .... 659,533 683,981 176,662 R.
N. Carolina .... 82,442 124.121 41,679 D.
N. Dakota 62,595 14.273 38,322 R.
Ohio 600,095 844,674 255,421 R.
Oklahoma
Oregon 60,455 17.521 42,934 R.
Pennsylvania .. 840,949 335.430 505,519 R.
Rhode Island... 41,606 24.839 16,766 R.
8. Carolina .... 2,554 52,563 60,000 D.
8. Dakota 72,083 21,969 50,114 R.
Tennessee 105.369 131.653 26,284 D.
Texas 61,242 167.200 115.958 D.
Utah 62,446 33,413 29,033 R.
Vermont 40,459 9,777 30.682 R.
Virginia 47.880 80.648 32.768 D.
Washington ... 101,640 28.098 73,442 R.
W. Virginia.... 132,620 100.855 81.765 R.
Wisconsin 280,164 124,107 156,057 R.
Wyoming 20,489 8.930 11,559 R,
Alaska
Arizona .
D. C
Hawaii
Philippine
Porto Rico
Figures of the Election of 1604.
Total popular vote, including
scattering 13,520,531
Total popular vote for all can
didates 13,510.708
Roosevelt (Rep.) 7,623,486
Parker (Dem.) 6,077,971
Debs (Socialist 402,283
Swallow (Prohib.) 268,536
Corrigon (Soc.-Labor) 3,1,249
The Electoral Vote by States 1884-180.
B4. 1888. 1892. 1896. 1900. 1904.
so 615 T6 o o
? ? 3 3 ? 3 ? 3 ? 3
.. .. 10 11 .. .. u .. 11 .. 11
.... 7 8 .. .. 8 .. 8 .. 9
8 8 .. 8 1 8 1 9 .. 10 ..
3 3 4 .. 4 6 ..
.... 6 6 .. 6 ;. 6 .. 7 ..
.. .. 3 3 .. 3 .. 3 .. 3 ..
....4 4 .. .. 4 .. 4 .. 6
.. .. 1213 .. .. 13 .. 13 .. 13
3 .. 3 3 .,
22 22 .. 24 . . 24 . . 24 . 27
.. 15 .. 15 .. 15 .. 15 .. 15 !.
13 13 .. .. 13 13 .. 13 .. 13 ..
9 9 1010 .. 10 ..
.. .. 13113 ..12 1 .. 13 .. 13
.. ..I 8 8.. ..I 8 .. 8 .. 9
6 6 .... 6 6 .. 6 .. 6 ..
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1414 .. .. 15 16 .. 15 .. 16 ..
1313 .. 6 9 14.. 14 .. 14 ..
7 .. .. 9 9.. 9 .. 9 .. 10
.. .. 9 '9 .. .. 9 .. 9 .. 10
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3 .. 3 .. 3 3 ..
6 5 .. .. 8 .. 8 8 .. 8 ..
S3 3 .. 3 S ..
4 4 .... .4 4 .. 4 .. 4 ..
.. .. 9110 .. 10 .. 10 .. 12 ..
.. 36 .. 36 .. 36 .. 36 .. 39 ..
.. .. 11 11 .. .. 11 .. 11 .. 14
1 1 3 .. 3 .. 4 ..
23 23..' 12223 .. 23 .. 23 ..
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30 30.. ..32 32.. 32. .34 ..
4 4 .... 4 4 .. 4 .. 4 ..
.... 9 9 .. .. 9 .. 9 .. 9
4 .. 4 4.. 4 ..
.. .. 12 12 .. .. 12 .. 12 .. 12
.. .. 13 15 .. .. 15 .. 15 .. 18
3 3.. 3 ..
4 4 .. .. 4 4 .. 4 .. 4 ..
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4 .. 4 4.. 6 ..
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1111 .. 12 .. 12 .. n .. 13 .-.
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STATES.
Alabama
Arkansas
California ....
Colorado
Connecticut ..
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana ....
Maine
Maryland
Mass.
Michigan
Minnesota ....
Mississippi ....
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
N. Hampshire
New Jersey
New York ....
N. Carolina ..
N. Dakota ....
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania .
Rhode Island.
S. Carolina ...
S. Dakota ....
Tennessee ....
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington ..
W. Virginia ..
Wisconsin ....
Wyoming .....
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Roosevelt over all
Electoral vote Roosevelt, 338
. 117,133
. 2,546.516
. 1.736.2G4
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140. Roosevelt over Parker, 196.
Ages of Candidates and Presidents.
Following Is the present age of the
leading candidates arranged alphabet
ically: William Jennings Bryan 48
Joseph G. Cannon 72
George B. Cortelyou 45
Albert B. Cummins 68
Charles W. Fairbanks 66
Joseph B. Foraker 61
George Gray 68
Judson Harmon 62
Charles B. Hughes 46
John A. Johnson 47
Philander C. Knox 65
Robert M. LaFollette 63
Leslie M. Shaw' 59
William H. Taft 60
In the above alphabetical list of can
didates, it will be noticed that Bryan's
name comes first and Taft's last.
Following Is the age of the former
Presidents at the time of their elec
tion and of those who succeeded to the
office by the death of the Chief Magis
trate at the time of their taking office:
John Adams 61
John Qulncy Adams 67
Chester A: Arthur 60
James Buchanan 65
Grover Cleveland 47
Millard Fillmore 60
James A. Gartield 49
Ulysses S. Grant 46
Benjamin Harrison 55
William Henry Harrison , 68
Rutherford B. Hayea 64
Andrew Jackson 61
Thomas Jefferson 67
Andrew Johnson 66
Abraham Lincoln 62
James Madison 67
William McKlnley 64
James Monroe 58
Franklin Pierce 67
James K. Polk 49
Theodore Roosevelt 42
Zachary Taylor- 64
John Tyler 1. 61
Martin Van Buren 64
George Washington 67
The average age of the Presidents
has been 64 years 10 months and 6
days.
Brief Biographies of the Candidates.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT Born In
Cincinnati, O., September 16, 1857; at
tended public schools of that city, gradu
ated In 1874 from Woodward High School,
from Yale in 1878; from th Cincinnati
Law College in 1880; was successively as
sistant Prosecuting Attorney of his native
county. Collector of Internal Revenue un
der President Arthur, assistant County
Solicitor and law practitioner; 1887 was
appointed by Governor Foraker Judge of
the Superior Court of Cincinnati; 1890,
appointed by President Harrison Solicitor
General of the United States; was ap
pointed United States Circuit Judge; in
1896 was dean of the law department of
the University of Cincinnati; in 1900 was
appointed by President McKlnley head
of the Philippine Commission, and in 1901
the first Governor; was appointed Secre
tary of War by President Roosevelt Feb
ruary 1, 1904. Is married and has two
sons and one daughter.
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS
Born in Union County, O., May 11, 1852;
educated in the common schools and
graduated from Wesleyan M. E. Univer
sity, Delaware, O., In 1872; admitted to
the Ohio bar, 1874; removed to Indian
apolis, where he practiced law till he was
elected United States Senator, January
20, 1897; re-elected, 1903; was a delegate
to the Republican National conventions
of 1896, 1900 and 1904; was elected Vice
President, November, 1904. Is married
and has a grown, family of sons and
daughters.
PHILANDER CHASE KNOX Born in
Brownsville, Pa., May 6, 1863; graduated
at Mt. Union College, Alliance, O., 1872;
admitted to the Pittsburg bar 1876. and
was assistant United States District At
torney for Western Pennsylvania, 1876;
was Attorney-General In , President Mc
Kinley's Cabinet, 1901, hut resigned June
30. 1904, to accept the appointment of
United Stales Senator by Governor
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ed Senator in January, 1906. Married and
is a grandfather.
JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER Born
July 6, 1846. on a farm near Hillsboro, O.;
ran away from school to ine War as a
private, serving In the Eighty-ninth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry till the close,
coming out as brevet Captain; graduated
from Cornell, 1869; began practicing law
at Cincinnati October 14, 1869; elected
Judge of the Superior Court of Cincin
nati, 1879: resigned 1882; defeated for
Governor. 1883; elected 1885 and re-elected
in 1887, and again defeated in 1889: was
a delegate-at-large to the Republican
conventions from 1884 to 1904; presented
Sherman for the Presidential nomination
In two conventions and McKlnley both
times; was elected United States Senator
In 1896 and In 1902. Is married and has a
large family of grown children.
GEORGE BRUCE CORTELYOU Born
in New York City July 26. 1862; educated
at public and private schools; graduated
at Georgetown and Columbia (D. C.) law
schools; was a general law reporter In
New York and principal of preparatory
schools1885-1889; was a stenographer in
the postoftlce at Washington, stenographer
to President Cleveland, assistant private
secretary to President McKlnley, then
secretary, and secretary to President
Roosevelt; made Secretary of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor In 1903;
made Postmaster-General in 1907, and
later Secretary of the Treasury.
JOSEPH G. CANNON Born at Guil
ford, N. C May 7 1836; struggled for an
education, became a lawyer in Illinois:
was elected State's Attorney 1861, and
served till 3868: has represented the Dan
ville district in Congress from the 43d
Congress to the 60th, inclusive, with the
exception of the 62d; was elected Speak
er in the 58th, 59th and 60th Congresses.
JUDSON HARMON Born near Cincin
nati, Hamilton County, O., February 3,
1846; educated in the publio schools and
graduated at Denison (O.) University,
1866; at the Cincinnati Law College, 1869;
became Judge of the Common Pleas Court
of Hamilton County, 1876. and served as
Judge of the Superior Court of Cincin
nati from 1878 to 1887. resigning to be
come a corporation lawyer; was Attorney-General
from June. 1895, to March,
1897. In Cleveland's Cabinet.
GEORGE GRAY Born at New Castle,
Del., May 4, 1840; graduated at Princeton
University, 1869; studied law at Harvard,
and was admitted to the bar of New Cas
tle and Wilmington 1863: became Attorney-General
of Delaware 1879. and served,
till 1886; was a United States Senator from
1885 to 1889; was a member of the Peace
Commission at Paris In 1898; was the
chairman of the Anthracite Coal Strike
Commission In 1902: & member of the In
ternational Court of Arbitration of The
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cuit Court Judge since 1SS9.
JOHN A. JOHNSON Born- at St. Peter,
Minn.. July 28. 1861; educated In the pub
lic schools. The care of the family falling
on him at 12 years of age. he went to
work In a drug store; later became inter
ested in the St. Peter Herald, and was
made Its editor; was for seven years In
the Minnesota National Guard and be
came a captain; was elected to the State
Senate, and in 1904 was elected Governor,
and was re-elected In 1906. He has a fam
ily and is a Presbyterian.
LESLIE M. SHAW--Born in Morristown,
Vt.. November , 1848; educated at Cornell
and at the Iowa College of Law; went
into the practice of the law at Dennlson,
Iowa, 1876; was president of the Bank of
Dennlson and the Bank of Manila, Iowa;
gained prominence in the West in 1896 as
a McKlnley advocate: was Governor of
his state twice; elected 1898 and 1902; was
Secretary of the United States Treasury
from 1902 till he resigned from the Roose
velt Cabinet.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN Born at
Salem, 111., March 19, 1860: educated at the
Illinois College and the Union College of
Law, Chicago; from 1883 to 1887 he prac
ticed his profession at Jacksonville, 111.,
then went to Lincoln. Neb., whence he
was sent to Congress In 1891 and again in
1893; was editor of the Omaha World-Herald
1894-1896;. was a delegate to theJDemo
cratlc National Convention of 18S6, and
was nominated for the Presidency, and
defeated; was again nominated In 1900 and
defeated; raised the Third Regiment of
Nebraska Volunteers v for the Spanish
American War and was made its colonel;
Is at present owner and publisher of the
Commoner. He is a young grandfather.
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES Born at
Glens Falls, N. Y., April 11. 1862; attended
Colgate University, 1876-1878; admitted to
the New York Bar 1884 and practiced In
New York. 1884-1891 and 1893-1896; was pro
fessor of law and special lecturer, 1903
1905, at Cornell, and special lecturer in the
New York Law School in 1893-1900; was
counsel for the Stevens Gas Commission
of the New York Legislature and of the
Armstrong Insurance Commission; special
assistant of the United States Attorney
General In the coal investigation of 1906;
nominated for the ' Mayoralty of New
York in 1905, but declined the nomination;
became Governor of New York In Janu
ary, 1907.
ROBERT MARION LAFOLLETTE
Born at Primrose, Wis., June 14, 1855;
graduated at the University of Wisconsin,
1879; admitted to the bar 18S0; District
Attorney of Dane County, 18SO-1S84; mem
ber of Congress from the Third Wisconsin
district from 1886 to 1891, and helped to
frame the McKlnley Tariff bill; elected
Governor for the terms of 1901, 1903 and
1905: elected to the United States Senate
January 25, 1906, and resigned the Gover-
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norshlp; led the movement to nominate by
direct primaries; advocated the equal tax
ation of railroads, and championed the
present railroad rate regulation of his
state.
ALBERT BAIR CUMMINS Born at
Carmichaels, Pa., February 16, 1850; re
ceived an academic education and studied
surveying; became chief engineer of the
Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne Rail
road; studied law In Chicago and was ad
mitted to the Illinois Bar; practiced four
years In Chicago; then went to Des
Moines, Iowa, in 1378; elected a member
of the Legislature, 1888; was a candidate
for United States Senator, 1894; a member
of the Republican National Committee of
1896 and 1900, and elected Governor of
Iowa, 1902.
Sure States and Doubtful, 1884
1904. Republican Iowa. Maine. Massachu
setts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.
Democratic Alabama, Arkansas, Flor
ida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tex
as, Virginia, West Virginia.
Changeable California, Colorado, Con
necticut. Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, In
diana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, Missouri. Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota,
Utah, Washington, AVisconsln. Wyoming.
In the six Presidential elections 1884
1904, California split Its electoral vote in
1802 and 1894. and went Republican the
other four times. Colorado went Repub
lican in 1884. 1888 and 1904, Populist in 1S92
and Democratic In 1896 and 1900. Connec
ticut went Democratic in 18S4, 1888, 1892,
and Republican In 1S96, 1900 and 1904. Dela
ware went Democratic In 1884, 1888 and
1892, and Republican in 1S96. 1900 and 1904.
Idaho went Populist in 1892, Democratic
in 1896 and 1900, and Republican In 1904.
Illinois went Republican, except when it
went Democratic In 1892. Indiana went
Republican in 1888, 1896, 1900 and 1904, and
Democratic in 1884 and 1S92. Kansas went
Republican in 1884. 1888. 1900 and 1904. Pop
ulist in 1892, and Democratic In 1896.
Kentucky wont Democratic, except in
1896, when It split its vote, giving the
Republicans 12 and the Democrats 1 elec
tor. Maryland went Democratic In 1884
and 1892, Republican In 1896 and 1900.
and split in 1904, giving the Democrats 7
and the Republicans 1 elector. Michigan
went Republican except in 1892, when it
gave the Republicans 9 and the Demo
crats 7. Nevada went Republican in
1884, 1888 and 1904, Democratic in 1896 and
1900, and Populist in 1892. Montana went
Republican in 1892 and 1904, and Demo
cratic In 1896 and 3900. Nebraska went
Republican In 1884, 1888, 1892, 1900 and
1904, and Democratic In 1896. New Jersey
went Democratic In 1884. 1888 and 1892,
and Republican In 1896, 1900 and 1904. New
York went Democratic in 1884 and 1892.
and Republican in 1888, 1896, 1900 and
1904. North Dakota went Republican in
1896, 1900 and 1904, and spilt in 1892, giv
ing the Republicans 1 and the Democrats
1 elector. Ohio went Republican, ex
cept In 1892, when It gave the Repub
licans 22 and the Democrats 1 elector.
Oregon went Republican, except in 1S92,
when It gave the Republicans I and the
People's Party 1 elector. South Dakota
went Republican In 1892, 1900 and 1904, and
Democratic in 1896. Utah went Demo
cratic In 1896, and Republican in 1900 and
1904, and Democratic in 1896. Wisconsin
went Republican, except In 1892, when It
went- Democratic. Wyoming went Re
publican In 1892, 1900 and 1904, and Demo
cratic in 1896.
Possibilities in the Colored Vote.
The colored voter easily holds the bal
ance of power in a large number of the
states. Where the vote between the
two great parties Is generally close the
negro. If unrestricted in the exercise of
his right of franchise, could awing many
a state from the Republican column to
the Democratic, or vice-versa. For In
stance. Cleveland in 1392 carried Indiana
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by 7126 over Harrison (his own state),
and in 1896 McKlnley carried it by 18.001
over Bryan. Indiana's colored popula
tion of voting age by the census of l'JOO
is 18,445, and its white voting strength
is 701.761. Of the total voting strength
of the state of 720,206, the vote cast is
664.094. Only 35 to 40 per cent of the
Republican Southern vote Is cast. In
the doubtful states of the North the per
centage reaches 90 to 95. This always
embraces the full quota of negroes. Fol
lowing la the colored population of vot
ing age in some of the states where the
November. battle promises to be lively:
California.' 3711: Colorado, 3125; Dela
ware, 8374: Illinois, 29,762; Indiana, IX.-
186; Kentucky. 74.728; Nebraska. 22!S:
New Jersoy, 21.474; New York,
31.425;
Ohio. 31,2:6: Rhode Island, 765;
West
Virginia, 14,786.
Convention Oratory.
Not many convention speeclips will he
preserved in the memories of the Amer
ican people. But some of the words of
Ingersoll on Blaine, of Conkling on
Grant, of Garfield on Sherman, of Do
herty on Hancock, and of Bryan on
wealth and the masses will long be re
membered. Robert G. Ingersoll, in eulogizing
Blaine In the convention of 1876 at Cin
cinnati, in the course of a lengthy ad
dress, said: "Our country, crowned with
the vast and marvelous achievements of
Its first century, asks for a man worthy
of the past and prophetic of her future;
asks for a man who has the audacity .
of genius; asks for a. man who is the
grandest combination of heart consci
ence and brain beneath her flag. Such
a man is James G. Blaine. This Is a
grand year a year filled with the recol
lections of the Revolution; filled with
proud and tender memories of the past,
with the sacred legends of liberty; a
year in which the sons of freedom will
drink from the fountains of enthusiasm;
a year In which the people call for a
man who has preserved In Congress what
our soldiers won upon the field: a year
In which they call for a man who lias
torn from the throat of treason the
tongue of slander; for a man who has
snatched the mask of Democracy from
the hideous face of rebellion; for the
man who, like an intellectual athlete,
has stood In the arena of debate and
challenged all comers, and who Is a to
tal stranger to" defeat. Like an armed
warrior, like a plumed knight, James G.
Blaine marched down the halls of the
American Congress and threw his shin
ing lance full and fair against the brazen
foreheads of the defamers of his coun
try and the maligners of his honor. Gen
tlemen of the convention, Illinois nomi
nates for the next President of this
country that prince of parliamentarians,
that leader of leaders, James G. Blaine."
Roscoe Conkling. in advocating Gen
eral Grar.t's rermlnation In th? conven
tion of 1880 at Chicago, used these
words :
"Obeying instructions, I should never
dare to disregard and expressing also
my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf
of the State of New York to propose a
nomination with which the country and
the Republican party can grandly win.
The election before us will be the Aus
terlitz of American politics. It will de
cide whether for years to come the coun
try will be Republican or Cossack. New
York is for Ulysses S. Grant. Never
defeated In war or in peace, his name is
the most illustrious borne by any living
man; his services attest his greatness,
and the country knows them by heart.
His fame was born not alone of things
written and said, but of the arduous
greatness of things done, and dangers
and emergencies will search In vain in
the future, as they have searched
In vain In the past, for any other
on whom the Nation leans with such
confidence and trust. Standing on the
highest eminence of human distinction,
and having filled all lands with his re
nown, modest, firm, simple and self
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