Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-06
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

The condition of things in the Old Granite
State since the democrats accidentally OBJ
tanned the control of the legislature is told in
the following article from the Concord States
man.
BY a sort of accident, which might not
happen again In century, and certainly will
not happen again for years to come, these old
political hacks, who have been hungering for
the spoils of office sixteen long years, have
suddenly become possessed of an opportunity
to prevent any one else from ruling the State,
and almost to rule it themselves. The rare
fortune has produced amore exhilarating effect
upon them than Democratic whisky on the
rank and file who back them. They are
drunk with the JOY of little unusual power,
and crazed at the tantalizing sight of q little
plumber. Could they have enjoyed even the
immediate fruits of their partial victory, they
would perhaps have been more moderate and
discreet in their transactions. But their tri-
umph was obtained only with the help of
faction more greedy, if possible than them
selves, and their continued supremacy in the
House of Representatives still depends on the
will OF that faction, which, conscious that the
chance will never come again, demands and
receives every thing that the coalition has to
give. The Speaker and Sergeant at Arms
Of the House, the Secretary of State, and the
Treasurer, are all so-called Labor Refor-
mers, who have coolly seized these offices
and left to the democrats-what? The al
most profitless job of the State Printer The
Democrats did make feeble attempt to get
the Secretaryship; but the young Concord
lawyer who wanted it was informed that il
was Mr.. Goodale's meat and accordingly he
is put off with the empty honor of nomina-
tion made on the express understanding that
he decline it Immediately in favor of the said
Goodale.
With this narrowing state of affairs on the
one side, and the certainty that New Hamp-
shire is republican on the other, Mr.. Bingham
and his satellites are driven to desperation
and are trying every possible experiment that
may perchance give them the State next
March, so that they can throw the Reforming
adventures overheard and revel in the fruits
OF their own knavery. They intended to thrust
out OF the House enough Republicans to give
the straight Democrats a majority over all |;
but Reformers saw through the trick and
there are indications that the scheme has been
dropped. Then they wanted to re-district the
State, for both Senators and Representatives,
IN the way to give themselves every advan-
tage in the distribution of majorities But
this is stopped in the Senate by the integrity
OF Mr.. Smith, who has turned deaf ear to
all proposals to betray his party and has stood
manfully by his long and honorable record
and oft asowed principles. Then they get
up scheme to unseat Mr.. Smith who was
elected by their own votes y, on the ground
of imbecility. This was discovered; and
when it was known that If such a thing were
proposed, the Republican members would in
stantly leave in body, it was temporarily
given up. Finally Senator Fling had the un.
blushing efirontery to raise the point Of order
(Othat on question of re-chartering Man.
chester, Senator Holbrook, who resides in
that city, should not be allowed to vote And
President Pitman, profoundly deliberate man
that he is, could not undertake to decide the
point until he had thought about it over
night
Whatever outrage on the rights of the mi
nority, whatever thwarting Of the will of the
people, whatever revolutionary measure OF
partisan import, the Democratic leaders have
withheld their hands from, the reason has
been simply and solely that they feared they
could not carry it through with success.
And the session promises to be consum-
ed mainly in desperate but abortive attempts
to put the State into such condition that IT