Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-04-07
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELEC-
TON.
Some Interesting Incidents Connect
ed herewith, by an Eye Witness.

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Some Interest sting Incidents Connect
ed herewith, by an Ego. Witness.
Correspondence of the Bulletin.
The result of the late election in
this State was no less surprise to
the Republicans than to the Demo
Gratis. So far as the Democratic party
was concerned, everything was done
by it that ingenuity and partial pos.
session, work and money could do to
secure a Democratic victory. Two
years ago, when that party had con-
troll of every branch of the State gov
eminent, they re-distrieted the State
and re-cast the wards of the principal
cities, and gerrymandered the thing
all through, till some of the new dis
tricts looked on the map about like a
crook-neck squash, and all for the
purpose of securing the Legislature
to their party forever. They told us
frankly that the Republicans might
possibly get Governor sometime in
the indefinite future, but the Legis
lature and Council without which
the Governor is a mere fgure-head)
never. The Governor had removed,
by advice of the Legislature-a pro-
ceedure l believe unknown outside of
New Hampshlre-all the Republican
Judges and Sheritfs and clerks of the
courts and filled their positions with
ardent Democrats, and thus having
entrenched and fortified themselves,
and made it, as they thought, impos-
sible for the government machine to
grind out anything but Democratic
music, they held out their hands to
other States for money to make as
surance doubly sure, and put beyond
a possible doubt the election of a
Democratic Legislature that would
choose Democratic U. S. Senator.
And the other States, notably New
Y DIRK, responded libe rally, and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars were
put into the hands of the Democratic
State Committee and their subs for
use where they would do the most
good. An unprecedented array of
Democratic talent, native and for
eign, stumped the State, and brass
bands and flags and good dinners
travelled with the show,
After all this they were defeated
a regular Waterloo defeat-ln every
branch of the government, and lost
the State by about $500. They have
not got through wondering at 1t yet.
And the Springfield Repudliran, fail
ing to appreciate the situation, char
ges the result to money; the New
York Sun, apparently better posted,
attributes it to religion. To show
the first to be wrong, it is only nee
essary to state the fact that Demo
cratic money was sent into every
town that was close last year, with
orders to secure representatives to
the Legislature at all events and let
the Governor take care of himself.
Laconia last year sent three Relubli-
can representatives by small vote.
This year ten thousand Democratic
dollars were put into that town, and
the result is the election of three
Democrats. A neishboring town
Jailed to send, there being three
parties and a majority necessary to
elect, the Democrats invested largely
IN that town, and the result is three
Democratic Representatives.
1t is quite likely, as the SIN sug-
gestS, the general revival of religion
n the State should, in part, be credit
I'd with the change, us a truly good
nan would be bent up like Il Scythe
'na.h if he undertook to be Demo-
;rat i'll the Centennial year; but a
liberal Republican told the whole
secret when he said the Democrats
could not get into power because
whenever they gained Il partial VIC
tory they were sure to "put their
foot in 1.-THE did not say cloven-
foot-and 50 disguised the liberals
who were trying to affiliate with
them.
During the year 1874, When the
Democrats were in power in this
State, they were guilty of inefable
meanness, and piled up more nasty
history than they can wash out in
lifetime. We have law that can
didates for office shall have their
names wri ten or printed in full
The law has always been regarded as
only pointing out the proper course
when there are different candidates
of nearly the same name, or when
there is honest doubt regarding the
Of the voters. Well, last
year Franklin Jones ran on the Dem
ocratic ticket for Congress. He has
for years locked his first name and
written himself "Fra k JONES'" and
very few outside his own family
knew his name was Franklin. His
name was printed on the tickets
'Frank JONES'" and he was elected.
At the same election Nathaniel Head
ran on the Republican ticket for State
Senator (quite an important office, as
we have only 70 Senators) He was
elected as "Natt Head" with every