The Montana post., 1868-09-11
THE LAST SENSATION.

The last sensational dispatch which
has come over the wires to disturb the
nerves of the Democracy of this Terris
tory, is flashed from the Green Mountain
State. IL announces that the recent
election in Vermont called out larger
vote than has been polled since 1910,
and resulted in Republican majority
estimated at from % 900 to 10000. The
Democrats turned out to a man and
used every effort TO decrease the maiori-
ty OF the Republicans well knowing
that a crumb of that kind would Ice
highly acceptable to the party in its
present starving condition. But the
Union men were thoroughly aroused by
the threats of revolution and the adula-
tious of the "lost cause" expressed by
their opponents and determined to show
them that Vermont instead Of becOms
ing weak kHeed. as the Democrats would
have Us believe every Northern State is
doing. is still growing stronger in the
+ right. But the lost cause" press att
Temps TO console itself and to delude
its readers by stating that the Demo-
Gratis did not turn out but let the cleo
ton go by default the World says it,
the Gazette repeats it, and we now need,
we suppose, only the testimony of the
La Crosse Democrat in order to make the
fact certain. But despite the authority
given. the assertion is manifestly false.
When an election goes by default the
vote polled must be much smaller than
usual and the majority OF the victorious
party proportionately larger, as was
shown to be the case at the last election
in Montana But in Vermont the vote
polled was the greatest since 1910. 1t
must then have been at least 5000 for
the vote at the last Presidential cleo
ton was 55,74O. Now let us suppose
that, instead of letting the election so by
default" the Democracy turned out as
well as it did at last years State election
and polled, as it then did, IL 800 votes.
Deducting this from $4,000, the lowest
publican vote of Al 500, from which sub
tracing the II 800 of the Democracy,
we should have Republican majority
of $4,000. And yet the estimates place
it at from 5000. to GOO0 less than that. |
How can our Democratic friends account
for this discrepancy and still hold to
their statement that their party did not
turn outz They cannot do il. The sim I
pie truth is they did turn out, and did, I
by one of the greatest efforts they have /
ever put forth. increase their vote Ss
the Gazette very inconsistently expected
would be shown by "fuller returns" not /
withstanding its statement that its party |
made no attempt at contest. Let US
see hoo much il increased It's vote"
Suppose the Republican majority to be .
$4,000, the same that it was at the last /
Presidential election; this sub;racted !
from $4,000, would leave $4,000 votes. j
one-balf of which would be Republican .
and the other half Democratic. that is I
the Democratic vote would be 1880, a
gain of 1000, or eight per cent. on that /
of last year This does not look much .
like letting an election 60 by default,
and making no attempt at contest,
when thirteen men are marched up TO
the polls. in place of twelve last
year. The Democratic press may
as well then acknowledge the truth
that, despite every effort made by them
and an extraordinarily large vote cast
by their party, they have been over
whelmingly defeated in Vermont and
that where they struggled for a crumb
they have obtained only stone The
result in the Green Mountain State is
indicative of the fate which awaits the
Democracy throughout the country. The
leaders of the rebellion reckon without
their host when theythink they have sue
ceded in whipping in the weak kneed of
the North by their bluster and threats
They have only aroused their anger and
caused them to stand still more firm for
their principles and although the ban
ditti of the 'lost cause" may have its
numbers increased, the army of the
Union will be enlarged to a still greater
extent, and the defeat of Democracy in
the coming contests will be still more
crushing than ever before.
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