Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-07
Second District Affairs,


committee of that organization will have
something to say about the next eonven'
ton, unless different spirit is manifest
ed by the Times and its side Of the house
And it may be well, just here, to remind
our friend of an important fact that he
seems to have forgotten, namely The
election of 1874 proved to the satlsfac
ton of almost erybody that the " reg
ular convention was wholly irregular
in that it was captured by the politician;
and did not represent the party. Thi:
is really conclusive reply to anything
that may be said on the subject. When
the majority of a party see fit to resist
the politicians and wire pullers and take
the election of public servants into then
own hands, as they did in this District
who will assume to deny their right
When the time arrives for calling an
other convention the Times +" regular .
committee will think twice before NOV
ing Independent of the bolter's com
mittee. Stick pin there.
(2) That was Munchausenism OF
the campaign that died and was buried
long ago. Just here few figures. AT
the September election Judge Poland
was beaten by majority of $500 votes.
The total democratic vote on state tick
ct at the same election was 1920, and
the democratic vote on congressman,
against both Poland and Denison, was
2500 AT the November election Den
ison had clean majority of 2700 The
Times may turn and twist these figures
as it pleases, they will tell but one story.
(3) They have something to do and
are ready to do it with all their might,
and they are disposed to be generous
even, provided the minority meet them
in proper spirit.
Ask us some more questions.
The people Of this district probably
do not care to have the congressional
campaign of 1874 served up again at
this late day, butas the Standard appears
in good trim and wants more questions
we will ask a few only
In the first place the leading newspa-
pers and registers abroad had all marked
Mr.. Denison as outside of the republican
party, and the fact that nearly every
body IN the district knew better, does
not at all affect the propriety of the brief
est mention that he had placed himself
right on the record by voting for Mr.
Blaine for Speaker.
For the first time, that we remember,
by any one, the Standard raises the ques-
ton of the regularity of the district con-
vention of 1874! Wherein was it "ir-
regular +" So regular and orderly was
its entire proceedings, that Mr.. Henry
Stafford, who had himself opposed Judge
Polands nomination, rose and moved
to make his nomination unanimous, and
then il was that Mr. Baldwin of New
bury objected and led the bolt, but even
Mr.. Baldwin could not and did not say
word against the regularity of the pro-
ceedings, and the discovery at this time
of the =" irreguarity " of that convention
ought to be rewarded with centennial
medal
Upon what the Standard says about
the district committee calling future
convention, we have nothing to say now
We put it on record that the committee
may properly tumble themselves before
calling another convention.
We shall attempt no twist on the fig
ures of our contemporary. There are
figures not given by the Standard that
will tell The whole story without twist
ing. In Orange county at the Septem
Der election, Bingham, democrat, fol-
governor, had 1437 votes, while the dem
ocratic congressional vote for Davenport
was but 401 Now will the Standard
tell us for whom did the 1896 democrats
vote, for Congress 1t won't do to say
they did MT vote at all because the tota
congressional vote only varied IA vote.
from the total governor vote, and wa
the highest at that, the aggregate Cover
nor vote being 4045 while the aggregat,
congressional vote was 1859. The fig
ures of the Windsor county vote tell til,
same story on smaller scale. OF tn,
$50 democrats in that county who votec
for their candidate for governor, onl,
427 of them voted for their own candi
date for Congress. The difference can
be given to Mead for he only had 146 il
the whole county.
Now then is it not possible for evel
our friend of the Standard to see an
virtuous(S) relationship between the 100
democratic votes in Orange county 70
Mr.. Denison, and the election of severa
democratic representatives from the sam
county from republican towns
And right here is where the non traC
ing, nOn-bargaining, virtuous. origins
Denison men so overshadow in politics
morality, all the other political element
of the district The Z" Munchausen {
that campaign was the pretended claiI
that Mr.. Denison received a majority
the republican votes cast at the Septen
, Der election, and if our friend will BIT