Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1912 — A Striking Series of Political Dates. [ARTICLE]

A Striking Series of Political Dates.

Anybody who is inclined to be poflitically superstitious is invited to consider this curious chain of events in the history of the republican party and its ancestors: Twenty years ago, 1892, was the (year of the great populist bolt which defeated Harrison and elected Cleveland.

Twenty years before that, 1872, was the year of the Liberal republican bolt which failed to defeat Grant but which cost the republicans the house of representatives in 1874 and led to the Tilden campaign of 1876.

Twenty years before that, 1852,» was the year the Whig party went down to its death. It was the destruction of the Whig party that brought about the organization of the republican party. "» ‘ Twenty years before that, 1832, the national republican party collapsed, and the Whig party was built upon its ruins. Twenty years before that, 1812, the Federalist party made its last formidable appearance in a national campaign. It is a striking series of dates: 1812—1832—1852—1872—1:892 1912.-—Monticello Journal.