Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-03-27

Tnk Porr OyyfY EtEcTIgs took place as
per arrangement bh "Wednesday afiernoon,
and was attended with NJ the earnest activity
Of presidential canvass. The territory with.
In the j. o. delivery had been pretty thorough.
y irayersed and neatly every man rcachcd Wy
personal cfforL Many had committed thcm.
selves by signature 10 The recommendation Of
DR.. HARnis, aid whIlo solne were governed by
that rommltmeht, many considered themselves
absOlved from n ny the course ~ himself and
fflthtls In accepting the afDirament OF the bal.
lot box, and voted against him The poll was
a large ono, and notwithstanding The dcmocpa.
cy were ruled cut, quite an parncslntss was
manitestcd, TO exercise the privilege of voting
for the ihan who had ttrned tail "a" 10 his po-
litica friends, No doubt some OF the less scru.
pulous democrats did cast their votes, M The
mere assertion Of the voter, that lie voted fOr
Grant, was the only test required The polls,
however, were ylgilantly watched through the
afternoon, by the respective parties, and per
sonal effort active and earnest on both sides
as upon presidential elections carriages were
in constant use, and everything indicated the
deep interest that prevailed. Both parties
were confident during The vote, though NO one
was able To give n very Intelligent guess, about
what the result wasto nc. The interest was
hardly less after tho close of the polls, and
while the rOuntwas in progress, aud the pent
uIIfcclihg WAS only relieved when, nj hs con,
clusjon, the declaration was made that 44S votes
were cast, and of the number Dr. HARMS had
232, and ARTnUR ASH 215, and that Harris
was elected by IL majority. This though a
very dinIinutive majority, il settled the
question so far as his opponents were CONCERN
ed, for They had demanded a vote---had referred
the decision of the question to an expression
of the popular will through the ballot box
This was Insisted upon from their opponents,
and agreed should be a finaIity to them They
have, therefore, no alternative, and seek none,
but to accept the situation, and like good pa
ticnts fix their stOmachs for the potion how
ever distasteftl and bitter. 's
Perhaps there arc some lessons to be drawn
from this election that il may he well To think
Of The mcagcrness of the majority is n toll
crably well defined rebuke to the successful
candidate. About one half the republicans
within the voting district are decidedly oppos-
cd to him and his trimming and disreputablc
cuddling with Johnsonisnl mud democracy
1t is rebukc, too, to the coarsencss and cap.
tiousnsss with which those doing business at
the Office have been unnecessarily trcated.-
In this view, II is well that the majority is as
1t Is. And this opinion Is tho opinion Jf 9th.
ers than Dr. lIarriss opponents, but they may
not have the ffankncss to call his attention to
the admonition. We trust he will, take it as
here offered, and ponder it.. The result of
minority vote, in Harris favor as il is, will
have ono pleasant effect, and that is to make
The course 1f oar representative free and easy
one. Having taken the favorable course OF
awaiting nn indication of the popular will be-
fore taking action, he may now act without
prejudice, or just complaint from any quarter.
Let us hope for u better administration uf p. |
o. affairs and in the spirit Of candGf give the
palm where justice points it due"
Sincethc above was in tyrs, the Doctor has
sought burial Of the lnttlIet, and rcconeil. |
iation of all differences, In such Split M to
provoke reciprocal sentiment lie proposes
70 ascertain the range. Of box rent in some
half dozen offices Of the same class ms this |
and modulatc the rents here to tile average, |
and there fix and make theD permanent. |
This is right, and with il and the spirit that
prompts it, the public will, no doubt, be salts
fed In the exercise of this spirit Horoi and
PLATE were made friends. ~