Litchfield enquirer., 1846-01-29

tow ere u josed to ne Orange Warner Esq
the 6,st representative an our tavsn, was n
, favo. =. my having SAD o..icc, and Lawrence
TAYLOR was opposed to me and for Doct Tav.
! lor. AT the caucus in the spring of 1913 the
celebrated Lawrence Taylor received twelve
votes only for representative out of between 60
and 10, notwithstanding the decided efforts of
Doct TAYLOR & Co. in his behalf, which be-
lieve is some evidence what was the opinion Of
the party regarding George Taylor's having the
\ Probate Office.
I In the fall Of 1913 it is said was nominated
for Selectman, and nv unfair means; and now
let Us see how the affair stood at the cancus:-
Before the caucus Perry Smith saic in the hear
ing Of sundry individuals, thai he would 60 to
the caucus and fro,cn down Orion. was in
formed Of his remark and met him and Tav-
lor & Co. We had the largest caucus we ever
had in New Milford for the nomination of town
officers NY favorite candidate and that of nv
friends for one of the Assessors was Sherman
Peck, Esq. frequently representative from our
4own in the Legislatures. Smith came out on
ne, with TAYLOR for an assistant the affairs of
bur party were thoroughly argued before the
meeting; Mr. Peck, and such men as my friends
desired were nominated, and Smith and Taylor
ii & Co. before the nominations were done, left
the meeting ,one of his followers saying to him,
What shall we do? Smith replies. We cannot
ado any thing in this meeting. and then left So
% sInuCn t0f S!nltnS TTO1CUS Al tne DaIIOt LOT Il
kcanddate for Board Of Relief there We're IS
Votes polled At the following ballot. when
Twas nominated for Selectman, there were 70
Votes polled. out Of which number received
A44 AT a following ballot for Town Clerk there
were IS votes polled, of which Noble s. Bennett
Received IS. So you can see both before and af-
Ter the ballot for Selcctmen there were more
votes polled than when 7 was voted for. So
aynuch for fraudulent voting at the cancns; be-
L.. i De- tod ovfh ca
Smith said orenly before the meeting he would
mot vote for him. and did mot on the day of cleo
zion. When the dav of election came every
fhing was done nv different individuals.
during the balloting for Selectmen that could
be, to carry the election in opposition to myself.
all of which was entirely ignorant Of until in
formed at nearly the close Of the ballot bv q. w.
Pickett EST. coming to where was and giving
me information Of what was doing; and one Of
the basest acts that was done was the crcnla-
fling the story that Ihnd declined the nonsinn-
iion, and Richmond aoas the man, which was
an imposition upon nv friends that may be- for
l giyen but will, 7 assure all concerned IN II,
| .9aever be forgot. Bv such means Truman Rich
mond, with the aid Of the wings. was elected bv
one majority, and manv wings voting for him
7 One of the leaders afterwards informed me he
voted for Richmund so az to break M the demo-
cratic party Yes, and what followed after the!
succeeded in eiecting Richmond bv such base
means? The caucus nominations were disre-
kgarded, and Edward N. H;ne (the tnrncoat)
Awas by Doct TAYLOR and others brought three
Sfsimes before the peope for constable. although
II he was not nominated at the caucus. and was as
manv times voted down, to The utter chagrin o
ktTavlor 4 Co. John Mallett ESQ and Elliott
fIovt, two true democrats who were regularly
snominated at the caucus for grand jurors were
mot elected at the meeting. and Ezra Noble Esq
70 strong and leading whig, was elected TO pa,
flor whig votes for Truman Richmond for Sc
lectman. and thus ended the HARMONY in thu
democratic partl Of New Milford. which wa
dshonorablv brought to ruin TO crafty the bro
ken down pride of Smith and Taylor, on accoun
oftheir defeat at The said caucus. n
Said New Milford paper states that If wa
out of the party the party wonld in a feys year
become strong again. But 7 say if SusIh, Tay
Tor & Co had been politically fair iEtheir con
duct, the party would not have been broker
down. n
The next spring am CHARGE with getting vi
an independent ticket in opposition 10 Home
Wallen and Daniel Keller Eisqrs. | have moth
ing TO say against those gentlemen. either o
49, whom should vote CIR On any other occasion
and Mr.. Keller have frequently voted TO
since; but it could mt be expected that a
that time time shotId sustain any set Of mel
that TAYLOR & Co, claimed were their candid
ates. especially When Smith s. Co. were fire.
quently saving tkat they "woul'l drive orion OH
OF the pa.ty.-he has no influence, he canno
carry four men with him.-we will carry tn
y town by one hundred majority and drive Ortiz
out of the party" Vain boasting better tr
again Il Fine effort Of TAYLOR & Co. to produc
harmony! True wehad norepresentativest tina
year, although we had So majority on the Stat
Ticket. Taylor Il Co. ought then to have LEAFS
a lesson, to remember that fairness is the bes
policy in politics. In the fall tsaid pauer pre-
tends to say) they endeavored to make peace
and now let US see little as regards the term
Of that peace. Perry Smith openly said Rich
mond should be candidate for Selectman agaiI
Many of the people thought otherwise; but "
went to the caucus and Richmond it was sal
was nominated by one or two majority. and
N Hine, the apostate whig. for Constable an
Collector. The election came we elected OF
Assessors and Board of Relief,-when we can
to vote for the celebrated Truman, he fell
votes behind the ticket for Board of Relief, a
tneugh, voted for him, but the people wou
not. The Doct. & Co. say bargained aw;
the rights Of the party with lawyers. First v
had no rights to sell he had given them to
E. Bostwick and sold to ESQ. Noble for yot
for Truman the year preceding; but let US g
to my bargain with wing lawyers. The fac
are these: after counting the votes for Selee
men. and as was about leaving the Board
remarked to Anan Hine land not to u. c. Sa
rest of the officers to suit themselves, and L
the meeting-if that was bargaining away I
rights of the democrats at a meeting where {
wings had then got over 90 majority against
let t be so, and Taylor & CO. make the m,
Of il. believe said Edward N. Hine recev
fcrty-sever votes for Collector. So il appe
almost all the party thought as did. viz
wings would Rave their own way
One word in answer to the charge Of decoy
democrats into my office-especially rruu
Richmond will assure the public he did
rranire any salt to call him, he wanted my
q sistance for his son George for Deputy ShsH
a and was frequently at my Office full Of decept
Aand soft SOAP.
1s45, they say so managed as TO de
NSss,ction Of Mr.. Marsh and Capt. Highly
IN n y an in town knows that voted for tn
h. Taylor said ne should not do q
hsaain their noninatiUh, others &