New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-11
NEW HAMPSHIRE SPEAKS.

The Pieaymne yesterday afternoon wa
silent regarding the news Of the election i,
New Hampshire. The Times accepts tn,
Republican victory. and trimming its sail
as usual to take the wind from every pass
ing breeze, takes occasion to read our loca
Democrats great moral lesson in an 81
told you so" sort of way. The Bullet,
represents the last ditchers in all things
1t accepts nothing, yields nothing, and sect
nothing remarkable in the defeat Of the
Democrats at this moment in the great
Northern stronghold. The Bulletin says
licans, and that the issues were of local
character, which means that the rum party
| made mistake in not Matchmaking their
sorrows. They attempted to do 60, but it
was of no avail. They cried for the
bleeding South, and at the eleventh
hour General Gordon, and Mr.. Lamar, of
Mississippi, went up there and spent their
breadth on the granite hills. They told
over and over again the story Of States
rights and bayonet outrages; but they
talked to q people able to think and read
for themselves; they argued with constit-
ueucy untrammeled by White League in
timidation, and did not change vote.
New Hampshire has tried the Democratic
party for one year. and found it not equal
to good government. It did not come up to
public expectations, and its promises. 1t
prated of reform and it accomplished nothing
but corruption. A year ago the Democrats
came into full power. They did il. by prom
ising everything to everybody. With the
Prohibitlonists they compromised by prom
ising judicious license system that should
overcome the indiscriminste sale of intox.
icating liquors. Rum selling was to be
limited to corner groceries kept by few
faithful Democratic. To the Grangers they
promised decided opposition to railroad
consolidation. To the pure in heart they
promised all things pure; and to the vir-
tuous all things of virtue known in the
calendar of saints.
The Legislature met, with strong Demo-
cratic majority. The Democrats had the
power to accomplish all things they de-
sired; but they forgot their promises. They
did not even repeal the law of prohibition,
and they did not oppose the consolidation
of the railroads, on which they rode into
Office. The men of temperance and the
men of hay seed were left ont in the cold.
What the Democrats did do was to turn
out every Republican, from tho highest to
the lowest Office, and put in men with no
other qualifications than that of being
Democrats. They removed the best and
most experienced men, and made places for
the worst and most incompetent. For the
sake of getting rid Of Republican judges
they abolished the best and most satisfao-
tory judiciary system New Hampshire ever
had, and gave instead a cumbrous concern
which curtailed trials by jury, and provided
for the decision of q large number of cases
by referees. and the referees were to be
Democrats. The judges removed were hon.
est, capable and true men. but they were
not Democrats. They redistricted senatorial |
districts in surprising manner, that their |
power might be perpetual. They worked !
N the Legislature as if o committee of |
seventy fiends controlled their immortal |
'ouls. They disgusted the honest mea of |
heir own party. The Bulletin is right in |
aying local causes defeated the Democrats. |
These were the causes.
Coming to the present campaign the |
Democrats nominated their weakest and
worst men for Office. They dug up and put
Onward for Governor Hiram 4 Roberts, of
Roberts was Hunker of the
Id stripe. He was opposed to the war, op-
posed to paying taxes, and opposed to
verything except corner groceries and
Democracy. He was regarded as general
nbecile in the village offices given him by
he Concord almoneIs. The Republicans
ominated Person C. Cheney. of Manchester.
n energetic man of experience. full of pub.
10 spirit and business. Aside from the can.
idates for Governor the only State officer
Oted for was the railroad commissioner |
or that Office the Republicans nominated
harles H. Powers, OF Jaffrey, a man with
n enviable record: and the Democrats
oted for Adam 7. Pierce, of Claremont, a
ian but little known save as an alderman
| his native village.
For Representatives in Congress the
epublicans nominated Henry w. Blair, of
lymoutb; Austin +. Pike, Of Franklin, {
I'd Charles s. Whitehouse, Of Rochester I
r. Whitehouse is solid man, banker,
Id popular in the thriving manufacturing +
WI where he resides. The Democrats {
minated for Congress Frank Jones, of l
'rtsmo"th; Samuel N. Bell, of Manches- /,
rr, and Henry o. Kent, Of Lancaster t
othing very bad or good is known of j
nes. He is simply very wealthy. and
ade his money by brewing ale, and of a
urse is not prohibitionist. Mr.. Bell is \
old-timer, and has been for years chin Il
: with the Democracy. Mr.. Kent has y
en- q Republican, but he failed to impress q
1t party sufficiently with his claims for q
ice. and became q meek and lowly fol. t
yer Of Horace Greeley. As usual with :" =.
h converts he became one of the most b
zoe and furious Of Democrats. al
'uch are some of the causes and men in. N
luencing New Hampshire politics. No ~
tied States Senator is to be elected by "
new Legislature. The kilograms indi. bl
Q a Republican victory. However the ).
ction may turn. enough has been seen to tn
W that the Democrats do not make good at
ers; that they can not be depended upon tn
reform measures; and when it comes to NC NC
ational question, and President is to til
voted for, the old Granite State will be pr
nd in the right place and solid for the pr
ion.
The State House. ri
IS rather strange that the Bulletin, ar,
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