The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-14
h..s,ssuB Vi, CoNcoRD, n H, Jan, Il, 1888,

To the Editor Qfthe Presses 3
As the Granite State is the State that votes
first of all the States in the year Of the Presi-
Dental election, we know well that lively in-
terest in the result of our annual election is
felt, just now by both of the great political
parties, in all parts Of tho country. Especially
is this SO in Your State,y wherein dwell
so, many of the prominent sons of the
Granite State, two sot whom have very
recently been highly honored at your capital.
I allude here to the Hon. Josiah Crosby, who
was elected last week PRESIDENT of your State
Senate, and Hon. Theodore G.. Woodman, who
waselected Speaker of your House OF Repre-
sentatives, the same day.. 1t Is an interesting
fact that these two gentlemen are natives Of
the good old county of Straford, Mr.. Crosby
of Dover, and Mr.. Woodman of Rochester
while the proprietor Of the Press, WHO'S again
a member of the Legislature from Portland, is
native of Canterbury in the county adjoin-
ing. I see elso many others Of the sons of New
Hampshire are members Of your Legislature
the present year. $3.50, $3.50 e, ;..,,g 80
know the sons of this State, who reside in
your State, feel q deep interest inwhat is to be
the result of our coming election, and, as the
Press is extensively read by them, 1 send you
this hastily written article to assure you and
them, that the Republicans will triumph at
the polls in this State, eight weeks from to-
morrow, by re-electing Gov. Hartman, and by
electing three of the five Councillors, seven OF
the twelve Senators, and one hundred and
eighty five of the three hundred and forty
three Representatives. The Republicans will
elect county offices in Rockingham, Strafford,
Hillsborough, Cheshire and Sullivan counties,
while the Democrats will elect their candidates
for county officers, in Belknap, Carol. Merri-
mack, Grafton and Coos counties. Gov. Har-
riman's majority will be somewhere between
fifteen hundred and twenty five hundred.
You see the vote will be close, but we have no
fears of the result.
1t is to be theihardest contest ever witnessed
in this ever severely contested State. The
Democrats can have any amount of money
they desire from their friends in other States
especially from New York city and from the
rich liquor sellers in the large cities and from
the leaders of the p. L. L. movement in Massa-
chusetts. All kinds of secret societies are in
our midst, and all that money, intrigue or Ia
Dor can do to secure victory will be done, but
in the end it win be money, intrigue and labor
lost by the expenders. The Republicans are
well organized in every city, town school dis
trict and neighborhood, and if the 10th of
March shall be pleasant day with good get
ting about there will be three thousand more
votes polled in this State than were polled in
the hard contest last year. latetg 1as 5a
The p. L. L. movement in this State is weak
and in the end it will do the party that seeks
to use it, more injury than benefit; and yet the
money furnished by that organization in Mas
sachusetts, will be very acceptable to the party
now in the minority in this State The tenn
perance voters in this State condemn the use
of money to corrupt voters. and many Demo
craft, condemn its use for such censurable pur-
poses, and after the present contest shall have
passed, many ofthem will leave the party that
arrays itself ON the side of intemperance.
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