Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-03-14
OUR WESTERN LETTER.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, March 5, 1S1

LAFAYETTE, ina. Marcn D, lOh-.
The Kentucky legislature has COM
pleted the apportionment of the state into
congressional districts, and after some
gerrymandering the desired result Of hav-
ing them all democratic districts is at.
tanned. The following l have taken from
the vote for Governor in 1871, and think
it approximates correctness.
The Democratic majority in the first
district is S 500; second district, $500;
third district, 2,15O; fourth district, A.
3l5: fifth district, 5,ll0; sixth district, T.
$50; seventh district, 4 $50; eighth district,
495; ninth district, 165; tenth district.
1850
The only close stricts are the eighth
and ninth and by hard work they may be
politically regenerated.
The democratic state committee which
dictates the course of the party in this
state has made up the political slate for
this year. Thos. A. Hendricks, of Indi-
annapolis, is to be the candidate for Gov
ernor. w. G. DePauw, of New Albany,
Lieut.. Governor and Dan w. Voorhees,
Of Terre Haute, cJugressman-at.la large. In
the event of the success Of the democrats
this year, it is expected that that party
can carry the state election in '73 for leg
islature. Ii they do this Hendricks will
90 ha k to the senate, and DePauw be
come governor Dan VOORHEES, in futher-
ance of this plan publishes letter to. day
withdra wing from the list of candidates
for the governorship before the coming con.
vention and thus leaves the field clear.
This ticket Is the best the party could
select, and will be very hard to beat. In
diana is by no means certain for the re-
publican party, and although we have an
excellent ticket and in all probability will
have Grant and Colfax's popularity to as
sist in the contests, till the close, and the
victory, if we get one, only earned by
Jealous, unremitLing effort. Our state
government has been pure and the party
Is compact and harmonious.
In Ohio and Illinois the stringent tenn
perance laws to which have referred in
former letters are causing much disafftc-
ton among the Germans Organizations
are forming all over the states named call
ing themselves IS )cieties for the protec
ton Of personal aud religious freedom. {"
Their direct object is to effect the repeal Of
those laws. 1t is to be hoped that they will
not succeed. The only danger is that the
Democrats may succeed in arranging an
alliance with the members OF those socie-
ties and thus effect the defeat of the Re-
publican party in those states. These To-
cal differences will injure especially our
party, as the Republican Legislature have
passed the obnoxious laws,
The Kansas liberals have organized by
the appointment of an executive COM
mttee Of which EX. Senator Ross and EX-
Governor Crawford are members. The
Leavenworth Daily Journal and Kansas
City Journal are to support the move
ment. The new party has secured an able
though not trustworthy writer in Mr.. j.
B. McCullagh, lately MAC" Of the Gin
cinnati COMMERCIAL who is part owner of
the Kansas City Journal. The west is
flooded with the speeches Of Sumner,
Gratz, Brown, Schurz and Trumbull,
sent out by the liberal executive committee
in Washington. ,