The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-03-28
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Connecticut Election.

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Connecticut Election.
As in the recent election in New Hanpshire
SO the approaching election in IOannecticu
will be preceded by the 6ost active eampsig,
ever known in the State. Ceagress, which
contributed Radical orators SO freely to speal
at the New Hampshire meetings, win be large
ly represented in Connecticut In this bust
ness they can beat the Democrats, having
more than .tws-thirds of the House and Senate
to draw from. A Washington correspondent
writes:
The coming election in Connecticut is, next to
impeachment, the current topic of interest in
Washington Among the Republicans who will
take part in the canvass during the ensuing two
weeks are Senators Harlan, Wilson, and Thayer,
aad Representatives Logan, Garfield, Stokes,
Payne, Blaine, Donnelly. Mckee. Coburn, Nc
Carthy and Kelley. By invitation of Governor
English, Hon. d. w. Voorhees,, Of Indiana, left
here to-day to engage in the canvass on behalf Of
the Democrats. Invitations have also been sent
to Senators Dixon and Doolittle and Represen.
tatives Brooks Eldridge, Marshall, Boyer, Nib
lack, Kerr, Hubbard, and others of the same
side Senator Dixon's advices are that the Dem
majority over last year. s.[...".s..
No one doubts, if the election is honestly
conducted, but that the democrats will carry
the State. But if the campaign is conducted
by the Republicans as it was in New
q Hampshire, the Democrats have reason to
abate somewhat from their confidence of sue
cess. In reference to how New Hampshire
was probably carried at the recent election;
we have the following speculations in an arti-
Gle which we copy from the St. Louis Repub
p lcan: -Gd ,Hr laaH ,.s.H 80.
Notwithstanding the large increase of over
1000 in the Democratic vote in the little State
Of New Hampshire, the Democrats failed to carry
the State. The Boston Commonwealth, good rad
ical authority very distinctly charges that Bos-
ton Radicals sent unprecedented sums Of money
mp into New Hampshire to aid in carrying the
election, and that the money was not all spent in
paying for speakers, music, printing, &c. 1t
mentions the prices paid for votes in some towns,
ranging from SEQ to$75 The Keene Republican
alludes to the frauds in that town thus: 1-si
10 But in the management of the checklist our
Selectmen showed Partially in favor Of the
Radicals SO far beyond what an honest man
could dream, that it is fair to estimate that
hundred votes were cast for their party that
were purely illegal, while Democrat was oblig-
cd to give the most incontestible proof in order
to get his name upon the list. There were q
great many names upon the list that no one
knew anything about, but they were allowed to
remain on, and during the day of election some
body was drummed in from abroad to vote upon
these names; while Republicans in town who
had been here but two or three months were un-
blushingly put upon the list, and others who
had permanently moved off with their families
were kept on and brought back to VOTE Young
men who never had a voting residence here were
brought in from neighboring States and upon
the mere assertion that they considered this their
home, were allowed to vote and return to their
real homes. .a .. .
1t Is stated that in the city Of Portsmouth,
1902 votes were polled, known to be at least 300
more than the CITY is entitled to- In one ward
b4 more votes were returned than the number
polled. In South New Market men voted who
had resided away from the town six or seven
years. A very significant fact is stated, which
shows that there must have been fraud practioed
to an enormous tent. The total yote cast bears
to the total population of the State the ratio of
to ~. Even in California in the yeur 1853 to
1856, when the population was largely composed
OF adult males, the ratio of voters to population
was not equal to this The average ratio in the
States is about to z and in the older States, es-
pecially those in New England, the proportion Of
voters to population is less than in the new States
In New Hampshire it is stated that the proper
ton was never before greater that to s. Rating
the population of ST. Louis at 100000, a ratio Of
to would give us a total of 10000, or more
than any one believes could be gotten out at any
election. But in the old State of New Hamp-
shiie, to which there is no emigration, and from
which young men are constantly departing to
live elsewhere, the Radicals are able to show the
surprising ratio Of to AZ! In no honest way
can such vote be got. The DemOcl ats were
astonished, or as our radical neighber called it.
puzzled" by the published Radical estimate of
the aggregate vote, for they knew the population
OF the State, they had canvassed the vote, and
that vote Of in AZ was impossible, except by
importing votes or manipulating the poll lists
and making false returns -"
But yet, in spite of these fraudulent efforts to
escape defeat their majority of 1867 was cut
down nearly one-third, the Democrats gained
4,OOO votes, and gained "a members OF the Leg
islature.
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