The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-11-17
Eepublicanism in Van Buren, County

I'm this county, the great majority was
sufficient to carry through the entire Re
publican county ticket, but they had narrow
escape, and are like shipwrecked sailors
washed ashore and barely saved, while their
craft has gone to the bottom."-Pd0 PdO
Courier.
All persons, familiar with the well-known
proclivities of our esteemed contemporary,
especially when speaking of political matters,
who might chance to read the foregoing ex
tract, would know at once that il should be
taken cum grdno sdlts: but one who was
unacquainted with the capacity of the editor
Of that veracious sheet for drawing the long
bow, might reasonably conclude that Re
pablicanism in Van Buren, county is really
on the wane. To see that this is not so, it
III only necessary TO review the results of
the different elections held here since the
organization of the party in 1854. That
year was, like the present, an "oh year, at
which, it is proverbial that the full strength
of the party is never manifest: The total
vote OF the county at the general election
chat year for the Office of Lieutenant Gov
ornor was 1888; Republican vote s51 e; op-
position vote 1888; Republican majority G3.
Fifty-fve per cent of the entire vote was
Republican and a. per cent was opposition.
We make the comparison each year on the
Office of Lieutenant Governor, because there
is but very little splitting done on tina. Office
and il shows the real strength Of the parties.
In 1856. a Presidential year, the total vote
was 2,777; Republican vote LOS; opposi-
ton vote 1868; Republican majority G39;
per cent of Republican vote CT y per cent
of opposition vote 3815.
In 1858, an off year. the total vote was
2,742; Republican vote 1,jGs; opposition
vote liza; Republican majority 1884, per
cent of Republican vote 81; per cent of OPP
position vote 43.
In 1860, a Presidential year, the total vote
was BAG; Republican vote 2,157; opposi
ton vote 1879 Republican majority 93s
per cent of Republican vote GO; per cent of
opposition SO.
In 1862, an off year, the total vote was
$3.50; Republican vote 1923; opposition vote
1927; Republican majority 496; per cent of
Republican vote 80; per cent OF opposition
vote A..
In 1864, Presidential year, the entire
vote was 1896; Republican vote 1896 OPP
position vote 1899; Republican majority
597; per cent of Republican vote co. per
cent of opposition vote 40. This vote for
1864 does not include the vote of the soldiers
in the field, which was, under the statute,
canvassed at Lansing and not returned TO
the county.
In 1906, an of year, the total vote was
1853; Republican vote 2,499; opposition
vote 1860; Republican majority l,1so; per
cent of Republican vote G41s per cent of
opposition vote 3512. This was an unpre-
oedentedly large per cent for an of year,
the largest in the history Of the party. Can
it be possible that it was attributable TO the
fact that the war was just ended and that
the soldiers had all returned homer We are
told, you know, that the army was largely
Democratic Only two years ago Democratic
journals teemed with long arrays of figures
in the vain attempt TO prove that there were
more Democrats than Republicans in the
armies Of the Union.
In 1868, Presidential year, tie entire