The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-11-13
TUESDAH.S ELECTION


That single word tells the whole story
Gov. Wa-hhuru aud his associates. or
the republican tickes. have been def. ated
al he polls b. a majority OF 5 0uO 1000
ar 10. 900 or almost any other amount
than any one viii ieeI tisrnsed to claim.
A month aga M one supposed such a re-
>niI a. within The rarRe nj pos.ibIl,ties.
Ten days ago Lone but those Who sre unet
| vIgIant in pol teal affair, supposed such
result aS pruha he. and a week from
now the Farmers will be Wondering how
IL all happened. The explanation is not
1T all difficult, one. A variety OF auses
coniIituted to it. ut the chief II them
are stated below.
Two years ago the Graham liquor law
was passed. The Iaw a. not much more
stringent then the laws which were al
ready in existence regulating the sale Of
liquor aid beer, except a. to the personal
liability clause. hu he act was extremely
di>Iasieiul to fht &c mans uhuregaldcd
it a. an infringement of their prerupaIives
and they gave Gov Washhuin and the
party in power uue notice that they
should go the polls on that question
The presidential election restrained them
:a>t year, and they biied their time They
have been a. good a. their word. The
Constitutional Uni"hi>t>' have Ina>sed
their forces and gone tn the polls with
uuanimity never known hrfore. and cast
their votes agaiu>, GOV. Wa-hburn The
100. majority in Milwaukee, and ma
j rritics in The other large cities TO at h
show E..w much eau tie accomplished III
the name of ret ru.. While the Con
sIirufional UninnlSts have been thus
actIve, the easy going temperance men
have very generally been busy with their
corn hu~king. in the. .cruntry. or croqnet
playing IN the cities. ard have ALLOW ed
their lal,or tn come to nanght. The
Grnhnm iatU 'rW und0abtaliy be rfpediei
He.rf tcinfer.
An equally powerful agent were the
railroads The people in the .country
have demanded legislation on The subject
of ~ailr"adS. restricting their carry ing
rates. &c.. Gov. W,.shbufn has for years
advocated such legislation, and has been
the Foremost man III the state liz OPP
I,csitIott a. he Us: uat eXactions of railroad
Companies With scarcely and exception
! the railroad folks have met Gov Wash
t'uib with Their opposition at the ballot
| toX. while the farmers, who We're 50 we'll
I,le1Sed with his talk. aud his acts. husk ed
rhc ir corn aud plowed their tields when
the day fur action came. A few delu'iei
GrangerS voted with the railroad folks
and assisted in defearea their best friend.
Thr aa a,on9P.g !4grarion 4, whist 81 Ex,-r, ihe
ingiy valuable. of course.
The Milwaukee & ST Paul Railway
Coms any had sperIai cause of hostility
to G.,y Wa~hburn. for the douhis reason
tina he voted the ''bridg till > and be-
cause Of the stand he took on the ST
I . Il
Of ;he state execrated the 81. Paul COM
l.any. la summer. tor soliciting and
Obtaining the nd grant, and than declinss
| ing Ia accept ii after The adjournment "f
| the legislature. Ofcrurs the St. Paul
comIa, V will have bridge bill passed TO
meet their tastes. and the land grant
will - disguised otto suit them Farm
| er Taylor" will inter pose no setnes.
! The Wisconsin Central company has
Deen as hostile a. the ST. Paul company
| for the reason that Gov. Wa>hburn wirh-
| held the lauj grant from it until it should
| buiid the road from Portage. That
cfni,anv. We dare predict will now get
the lrnd grant first, aud will build road
to Portage or not, ~ II lik es afterwards.
IL certainly will huiid 10 road to Stevens
| Point on the route required by existing
! law The ciiizens OF Portage have cen
,,ribnteC. their mite to Gov. Washburn' r
defeat, and their mouths will be sealed
from making complaint At what may
| foilnw
| The foregoing reasons were all powerful
and all SUFFICIENT tn accomplish the result
which will he 30 much at surprise and
so astonishing to SO ont of every 100
/ electors. Lust Tuesday it could be ac-
comrli>hed. A week from Tuesday
with the people thus sdmopi~hed. Gov.
! Wssbburn could be rejected by 100 NJ
maiurirty-The Important fact TO reflect
over is: What has been done. ard uot
What might have been done.
There Is snmer hing 50 extremely ludic-
rou> in coutemplating hnw very easily
| The {, PIE have been duped In this mat
ter. thar rhe chagrin and modification
which might te exected. does not fol-
! low