, 1879-02-25
DEMOCRATIC GAMES.
Tfticn Tactics Frnctlerd lit Iowa ~ Far
lgark m 1871.

"BIAVO4th lkI VA MA1Ds
rttden Tactic. rrnc,lc.,l lit iowa a. Far
Nack n. fH;7.
s,..,,, t.or,,,nopd.n,. a, Tbt Tribune.
rrs atn..,ra :. ~, q, -r,r,,,r I'm In.
LES ao'SEs, la.+ reo' sS-husns ~ W.
turning boards, s.uf1ina ba!1ot-boxcs, stealing
ballot.i}oxcs nsrl roIlookt, nre not new things
with the Democratic ,nrty 1t ia All old game:
and. wh,,c nu1,,t. ottcn,tou IL ius. nav ntiract-
ri hv th' po,tcr % ,nrcsti~a,ion ,ct mr. srsfcr TO
far hack us 1877.
Whc,, th,s stotc vo, frat o,vnnzcfl. ANIL even
when lowa W.. n rrrr,,.,ry, Il wa, Under Dcnn-
trate rnle' III lo4t ihrfc WAS MI e'cetloh u
State Superintendent nt Public Instruction.
James ilnrla,,, wiu WIS then ronncctcd Will, t!n
Academy NJ In. rtcax,t,,. n MrthuI|st prcncl,-
e. "l' so''al''f'1m f'sh@ genius Who ts' ,"aue
himself quite we'll known by several brilliant
public srecr!,es, WINS elected. Tl,t. nfule the
Democrats mad, It. was uu Innovation upon
."." n,s" '". :" n "tI. H., t.>,n' 49,
scheme was cotcorted IL prevent MN tFf'h' INK
Ing tile place, 1t WIS attempted To iraht tl'c
election Illegal for want o PROPER notice, but
t,is ta,tcd md ,s , 1n,, rtrt,, E1te,,, fn,vcr,
t,,",, so.r","rv ~ s,',o r.t,,,o r. ne, m"rnr
y, ''.a'I' 'c'"ee" ~ H''e '''' ~"
eeFtlteate ol eieesloll.
Tile following year, 1siS, Here were two clec-
4DNH, Auultaf, ftstlHrF8
,,rcss sta,e olcrrs ,,,,l ,n.,,1er. of ,bn ccts.
,..,,.'., ...', s'.,'. -. '''. -. 49,
ia'nlf. n!1| "''o ~ -NoFehhers u enonso iFfhi-
dehtnl Electors, ior The 1r+t tlIno In the state.
dental cauJlolcs. y'Ic Dru,ycrat,c Electors
wcrr Inn. A. a. ,,,,,,,s 1.,rro,, f.,ort .f,,
49, "'"' ,' -. D",,e, h''e', S,u'h' von'
',e'hon' "na "'sc'" hniEa'"s' '!i.' wing E!ec'-
ora were Fltz-licnry Warren, ". II. Wallnce,
Jcssa Bowen, and Tllo,uaa j. Mexican.
For Stvte officers the Deulocsath nominated
ali ,c old iucl,nbc,,ts exert Cut,tr, w|,O mad
nude himself 60 unpopular by bis conduit
towards Ilnrlnn TINT ,lIry lid not dure to risk
him. TI,ls tyas thu first time tlie DrI,,nyratic
cut,cIuye WAS broken III Iowa, md to tu,ncs
IIarIuu belongs the lluIor OF s,e,Iplllg ipto lie
breach.
The stut;. wus divided tuto two Congressional
Dtstrirts. o In 10 In sccnnu J1ts.rtct. william
Thn,nns,,n wns In, 13cnn"ra,. r',a'r s''ta,,; mn;
n.uci + Msicr .ic ivhie t.,,u5t,,sic Tlm' Mar. .
unn,,s hnl, tnaIc their hrrira frntn Sn,r"o. usul
iMarrI II, what Ia urnv ilntrnwafta,ntt. f'm,.iv
iImrr wrrc nf,,,,,, 10 OaFl n tu,n' n,ul it was
tbn,,I,t tirx ,",itt r"st S WIZ '' ~ ,aS a,
ha,i r. Hlnnls airnys vn."J viii Tho nnm;.
mrats TI1,.mnsnn,s frienI, wrrc rnur,Iue a,
his xnrrrss. oitI,tn,ut II wns known ,HNt fhfr
,xra ~. .r,.I hv f,r., "Ia n.s" ,'cfr o.5"r
Early r., ti,,. t,u,1m,p, Ify,1n wrnt IN HIriinr-
inn nnl hc,I n ro1s,,lto,inn With Fi.z. fl"nry
Wnirrcn an ost"nsih,r ~, sn,,,s nrivatc mattrr' Il
VIVA sn,u rttmt,rrl tin, 1,c inf pic,prI fi. Mor-
mon vote 10 sIv Whirs. il Tic NiornJons were
niimv,s, to vtr ThIs rrcatc,I ,rrcnt rritc,,,,,,t
r., ;,n ncuscrei., "o,n,,' fnr IL. hfar,nnu vntc
,v,ud dr.i," H." cnm."s,. u1 sr,,rmn. rrra t NJ
NM" stsrtmI In r,1r In Mormn,,s mn II md
Scru orI.rcI Tint M, election tor lhs or,at,iza.
,1.,n ~ ,,iaxn,tnr Fanny sIn,,fH h., XIII T.,
Anr,i mn ~ 4 1uwnsr,ts i,rus,cratI" ' i.
Sn"riir , ,vns char,I viii, H.. d,,trs ~ es,vin|
tin ur,,,v.r nrci;,ntuurv nnticc. Tia cnprjnic1
nut II. nj: "a tia county wns not or,,nnlzc
IL. Nnr,rnna ,"rr., ln,i mi N M. iii ~ ~,
sncn,,. l,mt tErv wrr,. ,irtrrI,jued nnt n ic
ii,w ,rtci b 'iliev apulfeI IN ti {;on,,nfssinI,.
toWnshin for the prrposc Of elcctfrr
,Tttsfe.s of tic Feayu u1ll ConstabIrs:
and thut the elrrtf0u ,nl,,ht iu. i,rfi
ut Kancsylile, now Counr. ijiHiis. They 10