The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-27
NEW saaNlT'Srl1usE.


New Hampshire opens the political ball
for the year 1874, the state election taking
place on the second Tuesday of March
and a governor, railroad commissioner. five
councillors, full senate and house Of rep
resentatyes are to be elected at that time.
The governor and railroad commissioner
are the only state officers elected by the
people, the remainder either being appoint
ed by the governor and council or elected
by the legislature to be chosen in March,
so that, in reality, all of the state officers
as well as many of the county officers, are
dependent upon the result OF this election.
although the people do not directly vote
for them. The nominations for the elcc.
tive state officers are already made, there
being three tickets in the fied-republican,
democratic, and distinctive prohibitory
Temperance land the canvass has COM
menced in earnest. Although exactly six
weeks intervene between to-day and the
day of election, and New Hampshire. like
Connecticut, is proverbially close state.
yet we do not think that we venture much
in predicting a republican triumph. Fig
ures in reference to former elections are
not of much account in calculating the
probabilities of the present year, yet that
our readers may have the course of New
Hampshire politics, in nutshell, we pro-
pose to give in round numbers, rejecting,
in most instances, fractions, the general re-
suit thereof. commencing in 1870. In that
year, Stearns, republican, was elected
governor by majority of ,353 over all
in 1871, there was no choice by the poo
pie. James A. Weston, democrat. who was
subsequently elected governor by the lcgis
lature. wanting some three hundred votes
OF an election, but having eight hundred
plurality over the republican candidate
In 1872, Straw, republican, had a majority
OF over twenty-one hundred, and General
Grant majority Of nearly six thousand;
while last year, 1873, Straw was again
elected by the people, receiving, however
majority of only two hundred and thirty.
we have called attention to these figures
for several reasons among others to show
the fluctuations Of politics in New Hamp-
shire; that it is close state; and more
particularly, to show how IDLE it is to pre-
dieate the results off coming election from
the votes in former ones, and that the cal |
culation of the percentage of loss and gain |
for that purpose is the ycriest humbug in |
the world, so far as political predictions
or, even guessing at the result of an cleo
ton is concerned. With these figures be- |
Tore them, our readers will see that II can
be said of New Hampshire politics. as il
was of the nomination by the Baltimore
democratic national convention of 1874, |
that doubtful things are mighty unsartin." |
Notwithstanding this, we look for. and |
confidently predict decided, if not sweep. |
ing, republican triumph in New IIamp. !
shire, ON the second Tuesday of March, /
and will give some of the reasons for the |
faith that is within us. We will consider
the last reason first. The Democrat. pub |
lished at Dover is, confessedly, the ablest |
democratic newspaper in the state, and its |
editor, j. l.. Foster, one of the foremost |
men of the party. Immediately after the
adjournment of the democratic convention,
the Democrat, in trenchant and lnanswer-
able editorial, repudiated the nomination.
We do not lay so much stress upon this
simple fact because that paper may be
brought back into the traces, although we
do not believe it, but its importance con
ssts in the fact that an influential, leading
party newspaper dare speak out and pro-
test against the means used to force the
and resolutions through the
Moreover, it shows that there
are large number of democrats through
out the state, who feel exactly as Foster
loes. 1t will now make no difference
whether he recants or not, the seed is
'own, the leaven has been placed in the
oaf and it will continue to work until a
great part thereof is leavened. AS we have
aid, his argument is unanswerable, and in
hese days when the divine right to "bolt'
5 acknowledged and practiced too, it must,
IF itself, be sufficient to turn the scale.
This is not all there is of it, and the re- !