Talk:1876 Prohibition National Convention

Some clippings from newspaperarchive.com

 * https://newspaperarchive.com/politics-clipping-may-19-1876-1668452
 * https://newspaperarchive.com/politics-clipping-apr-06-1876-1668444
 * https://newspaperarchive.com/politics-clipping-may-19-1876-1668428
 * https://newspaperarchive.com/politics-clipping-may-23-1876-1668928

Removing table from article
I just removed the table of convention votes from the article because it was not adequately supported by the sources. While the first round of voting is clear from the Summit source, there's no guarantee that the same number of votes were made in each round of balloting—it's strange enough that only 70 of 150 reported delegates voted in the balloting for the presidential nominee, but the numbers could easily have been different for the second ballot, and the vice presidential nomination could have been by acclamation if the convention agreed on a single candidate. The thing is, all we know about the second ballot is that Smith won and, as he had a majority with 46, no more than 91 delegates voted. Original research is a tricky thing: it's not safe to make assumptions about known facts and allow them to extend beyond what the sources specifically supply. I'm leery about a number of the links and identifications of the first-round candidates, since the sources don't identify them as governors or mayors; these connections should ultimately be sourced as well. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:03, 10 May 2020 (UTC)