Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-03-17
New Hamp,hirt All Right.


4 Resublicau maiorit, Of about top. ihop-
soAs on the State ticket a Senate three
quarter Republican anu good working
Republican majority of twenty or more IL
the House. j, certain, q, much a. the most
sangaine could have expected IRON New
Hampshire
one year az the New lamp
shire Republicans carried the House
by twelve MAJORITY The Democratic
Council gave the senate ta their party,
and there Wa 10 election Of Govern
or b, The PEOPLE The democrats, this wear,
expected To hold their own. AM intended TO
do 50, by air means or iou- Ba, the ezhi-
bition> Of Democrat spirit ami policy, in
the Democratic House 81 Washington. have
brough; thousands 81 voters. who have been
looking outside Of the Republican party ior
help, 10 see that tia; there j. nothing 10 be
hopei in the way o.. reform from the Demo
cratic party Belknar or no Belknap, the
State swing back o. is ola mooring-, AMI
take it. place beyond question again 10 the
Republican column
THIS election was important because IL was
the trsl election %. the year Jpon the
Legislature now chosen, al-o. VII dcvolye
the choice o. d Senator in C9usre-~ in place
81 Mr. lragin, whose term expires mex,
March This election is also important be
cause the carrying out o many political re
forms j. involved There is, necessity for
law 70 prevent fraudulent registration Of
yotcr> o. give minoritie> 10 the several
towns anu cite rights and protection that
are now withheld. and 70 secure to MAORI
lies tie nights tina, have been sometime
wrested from them boy 4lare-laced frauds.
Ina; these reforms vii be secured, ami Re
publican supremacy 10 the State thereby a.
sursi Is now q fixed fac;
That distinguished democrat, 1r Pen
d-etou. Wa before the Civmer committee OF
Monday, and did not cut a very exalted lg-
urs. lie testified tina, a, President of the
Kentucky Centrs Railroad. be made ST
with tina. road 20 collect gov
ernment claim Of Sl4o 800 ior 90 per ccn..
de Interested himself personally IN the
claim and secured it, passage Penileton
received the money himself. and accounted /
for il TO the railroad les lis OWL So PEI
cent. lie never paid anything T. the .
Secretary Of Waro- 10 any member OF hi.
family for this
The cross-examInstion showed thai .arge
part OF thi- Sl4s. 500 Wa claimed 10y de-
tractou o. bridge anu tre-tles ty re5e. in
'arsions, and thar the government had itsels
aid for restoring the portions of the road
destroyed. NJ Pendleton could nor remem-
'er how many draft, he paid the railroad
ompanv but he admitted that the compa-
y did not realize more Khan S6s 600 of the
fl4s.5oo. Tie oompans allowed MIN $50
No. lie used so, O0o 70 pay hi, debts AMI
o pay drafts Of b is family III Europe upon
in, and took the resi- Tor q TIN C. Europe I
im-elL $4,000 oil the SsU,0o0 went into
is private account Ar Cincinnati
Mr.. Bas, asked the pertinent question {
neither Pendleton. as administrator foT the
'owler estate, representing three infant~
mo owned three-iitth~ OF the road did not {
lake contract with himsellas President 20
sceivs $50 900. while the heirs were to re- ,
1--WE two-thiru- OF about 500 900. and Pen
Teton wac forced 10 admit This pecu,iar fact
xi; peniieton