The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-06
THE RESULT OF THE COR.
PORASION ELECTION.


MS last week relative to the result Of the
town election we're more than realized
on Monday TIE eotire radical ticket
was elected by an average majority Of
abont sixty.
While We Anticipated trouble and a
close fight. We certainly were very
much surprised ar this result. But
after viewing the field and searching
ou' the causes of our defeat, we are
about rs much Disguised as surprised
For several months every possible
effort has been made to create Gisaffec-
tion in the minds Of the PEOPLE of our
town with the administration of the
democratic officers. To accomplish
this purpose the parties inter-
estHd have labored to take the or.
eanization Of iremen IN body over
to the support of any radical ticket
that might be nominated. An effort
was also made to convince the business
men and merchants of the town that
their interests demanded The success of
radical ticket.
Fearing these labors mi hit prove
abortive, the radical leaders met in
convention last Saturday evening and
" to make assurance doubly sure" put
in nomination the following ticket:
For trustees. j. b. ~ Kluger, c. III.
Reeve. G. s. cleveland. G. c. Buck
and s. Miller; For Clerk. NJ 40
Packard for Marshall, NJ. Boyd, and
for assessor, H. r. Pershing.
Mr.. Packard declining to be in anv
way connected with such a ticket. a
young man by the name of Goble was
appointed in his place. making the
ticket consist. as the radicals claimed
OF i've democrats so-called ~ and
three radicals.
And this ticket was elected by an
average majority of sixty. over a regu
lar democratic ticket. which Was nomi.
Dated by TIE largest corporation con.
vention ever held in the town, and
which was composed of the best men
IN our party in the place; and also in
face of the fact that neither conven-
''on was IN any manner pledged to any
inc OF action on auy subject connected
With the corporation, and that no
pledge was asked Ia the radical con-
venfion.
The victory was a very decided one
and the radica 3 we're Jubilant over
their successful strategy which gives
them control over a strongly demo-
cratic town.
We attribute this result to the
course pursued by the fire department
in uniting with the radical party; to
the illiberal and selfish course of seve-
raj merchants of some prominence; to
the untiriDg labors and zeal of the rad.
zeal leaders to the lethargy of the
democracy, and to the coun,enance
and assIsfar &c given the radical ticket
by the men whose names appeared on
that ticket as democrats.
Mr.. Klinger evidently sought the
non,ination he received. and sought it
for the purpose of using his name. as a
democrat, to insure the success of the
radical ticket. HIS action admits of
no other Interpretation as one reason
he gave why he would no. accent a
democratic nomination, was that he
should be out of town all summer and
could not attend TO it. And he asked
apledge Of the democratic convention
which he did not mention in the radi
cal convention, though present when
he was nominated
MIR. Reave asserts, in strong terms,
that he did not favor the movement
which has resulted in a radical success
and had nothing whatever to do with
it, and voted the straight democratic
ticket. 1t is true, however. that he
to- K 90 part in the election except to
vote, late in the afternoon that poiti-
cal friends who conversed with him
after his nomination did not feel an
tborized to say that he would not serve
if elected, and that Mr. Packard found
means after his nom nation to remove
his name from the radical ticket, and
avoid giving them the support which
they would have derived from its az
pearance. MIR. Reeve, We are inform.
ed, declines to serve, and therefore his
place will be supplied By appoint meut
IF Mr.. Cleaveiand declined to ac.
cept the nomination or in any manner
objected to it, We have never heart
anything of it.
Boyd and Goble seemed not only