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Of all the dissrAceful scenes eEer enacted un.
der the broad panoplG and in the name OF Agri-
culture, the election Of last evening is entitled to
precedence. It was bedlam let loose; an extlthl'
uon o. au the lowest 1ofms OF tarfoou pfa"liDg'
or political roFdysu. Your readaH may ask If 1t
is possible that the farmers, the hardy tllers Of
the soil, could be guilty Of such heinous odsnse
against good order, morals and parliamentary eti
quette. Our answer, Us the lawyers Eay, must be
somewhat mixed. The meeting was in part made
up oi voters ut dollar head. Men ol Ill grades
Of intellect, and moral status, Of occupation call
ing or profession, staLle.boys, lray men, salcoa-
keepers, clerks and gentlemen Of extensive lei
potatiou5 from the bar, we're here to mix in the
election Of officers Of the State Agricultural
Society, and under the ga1b Of friendship to this
valuable nstitu jon mar its beauties and turn its
deliberations into pothouse brawl.
We hare no apology to mike for the faithful
portrait that We intend to gire Of this gross out
rage against this institution, in the attempt to
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advance either personal OF political ambition. It
is an act OF justice to our farmers that this matter
be stripped Of its covering and the actors in The
drama have proper holes cut In their hats for tile
PURPOSE Of letting tLeir ears stick out that all
may zee at glance the genus to which they be-
long.
Tile candidates for the Office Of President, were
Lewis Ellsworth, OF Du Rage, and Lion. 5. a.
Buckmaster, Of Madison. It is well known that
during the six years Of the Society the north
part OF the State has not bad The honor Of filling
this cfhce from among the large number o! her
intelligent and enterprlsing farmers, but this aud
most Of the other offices haye been Tiled south ot
line drawn through tue northern limits OF the
State capital II "l5, therefore, but REASONABLE"
NAlI~-AAN0 -At@" ~+te -et et%-~AA A~A"N ~
permit ed to select man from among them who
should hold this important trust. But the south
ern Democracy had no idea Of doing IN act Of
justice, and therefore rallied its cohorts OF dollar
voters to crush cut the Republican tendencies Of
the f4r1ners. Ih1s IS the stcond attemp: to make
| this political Lobby, and it il with much sratii
cation that re can inform the readers ol the
Press AND TRIBUNE that both efforts have sjsnally
failed, and that the new Board stand forth un-
tramel!ed With political hanpcring5, ready to do
the will OF the farmers, to advance the interests OF
agriculture, and to carry it forward TO that proud
position TO Which the soil and climate of orr
Eoble State should place it among the States Of
| The Union.
IL justice to Mr.. Buckmaster, we accept his dis
cl4iner against my attempt oa his part to bring
togetA~ tlcSc Influences, but that they we're here
| Is apparent to the most stplil observer. 1t wa
we'll known thr ouEhuut The day that large pIcT q.
| r4tio.s were beng made to make Democracry 4
test that the friends Of tue society found it ne.
| ccssary to so advise the farmers and mechanics
throughout the Stair. who were at the r,ni1al IN
| other business. to came Ia Tho rescue a ,,rtr
| Which 1l,ey uobly perform.l. Tie yote wa7 1es
| for Nr. Buckmas,cr and 2o7 for Lewis Ellsworth.
! a total Of 3s5. In addition Ia thi.. cne hunlrd
na,nrs were c.1,cd 10 wbcl, M rc.nonses vcrr
made m,nv IF whom c,n,c ,or,ora AZ The c}o.e
or ,,c c,, ard p, ,7rne1 thu r;cht IN ,.o. Inf MI.
was 5-c7,,oa IN tho ncr,.;xe civinc ,non, tha
n,s.,t lint n mt ,;,rer i'm linn q, ,1c a7r whc
thev rni,ht 1,ve lion ,iainr tbs b.nl ,h,t r,v,
thc,n tl,c mower to ro,c I'll, yice p President, werr
| c,cr,c, 7:ithont nurh on,o.i,io, The Th,a and
Filth Districts ony heinz contested. T1,c ,1ec;ior
Of Reco,dinr Secretary was oran the orr c,sion n
IN exhibition of roydyism, to 1e followed Lv F.:
ticrccr tlsht over the cf1ice Of Cortspondiuc Sec
rc,aty; aud it would be propcr to say that ,1s
candidates for th,s Office and their friends h,;
been active for some DAYS in collecting this ot1e,
array, and Large share Of tile turpitude Is per
han. dine Them. At the Close or thc c)rct;on a
officers. the friends Of the society mac Il SUCCESS:
1uI attcu,pt to amend t1,e conetitu,tun by chang
l's the plan and manner Of eect1ns officers at tn
mkt biennial election, which s to be held at th
State Fair, and by three delegates from cach Coun
ty Agricultural Society. Tie meeting adjourncs
at 3 O'Clock A. H., and with the exception Of
short time, just before the close, was one COT
tinued scene Of excitement aud rowdyism dis
graceful in the extreme. The Hall desks and cat
~ ~. ,-.,'.. '5 Pr,a44e' .,.1 as,.,1 sI'e,.1
lae desA7 were pfoAen' aao 'ae CARPET looAs
though IL nau pee1 dragged tnrohen pools OF 10
bacco juice and swamp mud. We hope this wil
,e the list exhibition If thu kind IN this Hall AM
| t,ot +,,o ,a,,,,r, -,,,o ~ tr;s M, ON, c,a
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'fotn met1ofS' 1s Dettee eouacls p1eS'ui' n
give pe'o" 'ae ''ss VI on1cefs e'cc1'
tffs'afa'-Le"'s ELLSWORTH popase county.
'.ee 1'tstofas-e' D. 1'ea'o' 20 l't''ess eouu
" "m- II. 'au npp'' Aee ooan'y, 'onn "e'lu'
eelh1''l'on eoan.s' ava ouala r. feof'a county
~ w. etns'e'oo' ao41ns oouat5' otepaea ool'
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tet.s ~'u"@s.
tf'"e ~o'0@'o' A"ne ~ ''1A
satnop eon1l9.
6foo'd'he s<eTeta'g-~'ona eoeR' sanS4me
county
1Tfasurcr-j.A- n buun' sancamon County,
| For the benefit o! t:ose who wish to lear
tue political complexion oi the Board, We mar
marked the Democrats with q star ~, femarkln
that in this hsld Of ethics they are not actl'
members, and it has been With some ul1hcolty tha
we nave arrlVeo At tne 1aess. AcRAL'
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