Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27
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Titc Attempt To Fajsify the Vote of New
Hampshire.

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A strenuous attempt is now being made
By Senator Chandler to defeat the will Of
the New Hampshire people as expressed
AT the polls, Mr.. Chandler is well known
10 be an adept at this business. We gave
the other day an account Of the political
situation as it then stood, showing that if
what are called the class towns are al
lowed the vote to which they are entitled,
the Democrats will elect their governor
and will be able TO elect a Democratic
senator to succeed Senator Blair The
question with respect to the ''class towns
turns, as was stated, on the fact that the
state constitution in 1889 abolished class
town representation, but the legislature
made no provision for apportioning the
representation Of these towns as the consti-
tuition provided in abolshing their class
condition. The consequence wasthat owing
to the Legislative neglect to provide for
them under the new pro rata system they
We're disfranchisGd. In these circumstan-
Cos the general opinion was that as the
constitutional provision had not been car
ried out legislatiyely, these towns were en-
titled to vote under the old law until the
next legislature remedied the defect. They
SO voted, and these 81 class towns elected
to the legislature % Democrats and II Re-
publiCans and thus gave the Democrats
majority on joint ballot. We reeaptuate
these facts for the better understanding of
the further attempt of Mr.. Chandler and
his associates to nullify the votes Of the
towns, and by throwing ont the Demo-
cratic representatives of those towns force
upon the legislatures Republican majority.
As there is no dispute about the validity of
the returns, the usual course would he to
let the matter rest until the opening of the
legislature next January. II is then the
duty of the clerk of the old legislature to
call the roll of the new one, because no
other clerk can act until the new
legislature is organized. The plan Of
Republican politicians was to arrange for
their clerk to throw ont the returns from
the towns and thus give to the Republic
cans control Of the organization with
power to decide upon the admission and
rejection of the representatives of the
towns. The result of the action would be
to elect a Republican governor and q Re-
publican senator Of the United States.
The clerk If the house being II Republican
it was imagined that he would concur in
the Republican plan and thus give his
party control Of the legislature. But it
appears, on being sounded on the. subject,
he has conscientious scruples, and being
fuir-minded man it is unprecedented that
he will do his duty even il ii does injure
his party" Finding that they cannot
trust their own clerk to do their bidding
they have now rtsurtod to another scheme
They have induced the governor and
council TO call an extra session Of the legis-
latnre for no other business than to turn
ont their clerk, on the ostensible ground
that he is not eligible for the position, and
appoint another clerk who will carry out
be seen whether the plot will succeed
Whether it does or not, how long can such
scandalous schemes to falsify elections be
continued?