, 1880-01-08
q ow Barstow Was Counted In by the
Returning Board and H.
augurated,
And Then Ousted by the De-
cree Of the Supreme
Court.
The Inside History Of The Trial, and
Racy Sketch Of The Chief Actors
In the Drama.
a Gaze That May Furnish Some Hints for
the Maine Ropublicans---Personal
and Political,

6pseial Correspondence Of The Chicago 7rtbunf
MADISON, Wis, Jan. T.--1viseonsln was /.
rnalcal Democratic State from the earliest
Territorial t1lnes and under tic Stntc Govern
Ment till 1Sli; ltp 10 that tlnHn there having
been but two breaks III the line of Demo-
cratic succession. john II. Twectly, Il WhtE,
OF Milwaukee, WINS clccted delegnta tn Con-
gress Iii 1914. over Moses N. Strong, ami I'D,
Farwe1l, Whlg, Frec-Soller, n1ut Intlcpell-
ent, wns elected Governor by fnw hundred
majority, In 1881, while On tho balance nj tic
Offices tho State went Democratic by 1000 or
5000 majority. William A. l,arstow WIS the
abscst the puckiest, the most energetic, anl
tile most fertile In resources Of NIL tho Demo-
cratic politicians, by whose management md
lnbors Dcnnocrntlcs supremacy lAtl been 80 I0llg
maintained. lie organized and manipulated
l0cnl politics, and acquired suclt strength
and prominence TINT lie wits chosen without
difficulty Secretary Of Stale fl ts0. lie nd
plnlsteretl the office faithfully enough, but
used II md all Its patronage, which, ftlClMtl-
Ing lonns from the Sclool. Fund, wns I'LL
,nel,se, to strengthen Ills party, and especial
ly tho wing 0f the party Which constituted
his personal following, although, rp to TINT
time, there had been III strongly-ll,arkcd
divisions leading to tho furmutiol,
OF cL1quEa AND FACTIONS.
He wns n man Of unusually iInp nnu nttrlct-
I've personal appearance, with mixed
suavity md bluntncss III Ills manners null nd
dress which made him exceedingly captivnt-
Ing. lie wns not scr0pulous III Il politician,
MD ho did not believe that nny
body else WIS sincerely SO; lie wns iluplacn-
ble In Ills reselitnIcltts and equally firm II, his
friendships; hts personal pride was satantc
III its force md elevation mil Ills ambition In
politics was literally without llntt; lr saw
ITO reason, III those ex,ibernnt days of his
conflicts and successes, why lie might nat l,e
chosen President Of tho United States. lie
determined 10 be nominated for Governor III
1851, but before the time arrived he found
tllat Ito would fail, mud cuntentctt hi,l,self
with a reorganization for Secretary of State,
but he was
I,EATES ALSO Fols THAT.
He then laid by for twu yeeirs, nlIr In 1879 was
nominated forG0yernnr Hnl WIS elected over
E, D. Holden {Free Soil) AMI II. S. Baird
(NNhig], entering OFT tho Office Jan. I, 1851.
With lin j. n. Lewis, Of Columbus. WIS
elected Lieutenant Governor; Alexander Il.
Gray, Of Ja1esyIllc, Secretary of StAto; L.
II. Jansen, Il German, Of Ozaukee County,
Stase Treasurer, mud tic late George Il.
Smith, Attornoy.tiencral. This fact IL men-
t!oMcd, as Gray, Jnnsseli, and SinitIl constitut-
DUR1NG llIR Two YEARS
as Governor, lie practicetl ,lp urts Of concilln-
tion, and hostile combinations Of Ills old ere
mics were ngain formed agafnSt him, They
did not manage to defeat Ills denomination
In 1855, for by strenuous md judiel0us effort
lie Ind succeeded Il, packing the Convention
with his friends; but tho opponents Of his
nomination boltcd him afterwards, and ol,-
posed his election. Arthur Macarthur, of
Milwaukee, nftorward Circuit Judge aud
now one Of the Judges nf The Supreme Court
of the District OF Columbia, was nominated
OIL tile ticket with HIN for Lieutcnant-Coy-
ernor.
Tho Republican candidate for Governor
agatnst D0rstow was Coles Bashforl, who
had been Il resident OF the State but six or
eight years. lie had served two terrls III
thu State Senate, null llo enjoyed n reasonable
degree Of personal popularity,
THE POLITICAL CONDITION
had changed materially during 1854 and 1855.
Tho enforcement Of the Fugitive Slnyo law,
III tho nrrest nnd prosecution of S. II. 1,oot!l
and others who had altcd the rescue and es-
eapo of the negro Glover, had created hi In
tense excitement, willie tie kntlslls-Ncbras-
kn contest had caused d partial break-up Ut
parties. III 1854 the Republican pnrty Ind
been formed, and tho Stale went largely Re-
publican Oh the Congressional vote,
The Democrat Stats officers III 1885, nII ex-
cent Goyrrnor. ,y,,ra oIert,,l NV un,lism,tnl
,uniorltJes ro,,o,,, 1ron, IN - ,,,n IN ~,
Governor, the vote between l3arytow anil
Basllforl was very close. Darstow rnr
greatly behind Ills ticket. and. M tia
retmrms co,ua IN tho TnmmI,,t.o,a o,nimo,I
H. euAu ~, u'o nn tnpuo''c,4S c1 c'aln,eu
nls aeleat ny from CIV 10 dt0 minority.
!le and Ills friends. however, assured every
buily that l,o WIS elected. disputed tho count
where It ,vns odvarsn, !" "1n,m'.,i nvcrvth,n,,, y
raT,sa5 s"ornS,,1,,, ~ -,,,a .,a.atIa ,.
.,.',s.' T.. 1.o'".uuy 10 slvo nSn'n' a'' "ese
nolay III bfag anu Dllister+ The law Giu not
fix the day for tho ea,tvass OF the voth by the
State Returning Board. and ,lelnv NJ tho mr.
rIval ar rninrns cn,,voh tho ,o,;,.ncs ~, Iva
,,'s..,os y. 49,, eaassu aio eunVaSs ~ pe
sst pos.ponsa ~ neeelnDer. AZ one Official re-
rowel down to a finer poiut, MI md tie grounds RI
for dispute sill from under both gl,ies. At