The Greenville times., 1891-01-24

A Concord (N. H. special to the
New York Times gives full account
OF some of the great deals of the only
Bin Chandler. 1t says: The charge
Of then brought against the Republi-
cans Of New Hampshire is not mere
defamation made by men of another
party which they have defeated ia a
fair contest, but il is actually a true
charge. No softer word than theft
would adequately desert e the proceed
ing TO which it has been applied. The
election of November was won by
Fthe Democratic party and that party
had right to organize the Legislature
and by means of the Legislature to
elect Governor and other State
officers and United States Senator.
The people of the State, in as fair an
election as has ever been held in New
Hampshire, declared their wish that the
Republican party, which was in power,
should turn over the State Govern
ment to the Democratic party. For
time nobody Questioned that this
declaration had been made.
suddenly the announcement was
made by Senator william L. Chandler
that the Republican party would not
surrender the control of the States
government, but would continue in
power itself, At first everybody re-
garded this as nero buncombe. but its
reiteration in the Concord Monitor,
and knowledge of certain acts which
came under public notice eventually
convinced the Democrats that a con-
spiraey had been formed, the purpose
of which was to set at naught the
expressed will of the people. The
details Of the conspiracy were exposed
in due time, and then il became a
matter of general knowledge that ii
was in contemplation by those who
were parties to the conspiracy actually
to steal the State.
AS has already been stated in the
Times, the theft was planned by Mr..
Chandler. AS corrupt AS any man in
public life, not even excepting the
Chairman of the Republican State
Committee, absolutely uuscrupulous,
possessed of unbonded oilrontery and
unlimited courage to do wrong, living
in State whore politics is quite as
rotten as the politics of any State In
the Union, knowing that If he should
succeed in his undertaking he would
be apotheosized by his party, what
moro natural thing could happen than
that Chandler should decide upon a
scheme Of grand larceny to keep the
Democrats from coming into the pos
session Of their ownI
He needed help and he found 1t
without difficulty. The Governor aud
the Council willingly took u commits.
sion from him, and, in the first iu-
stance, under his orders stole three
Senatorships, literally stole them, aud
then later issued call for special
session Of the Legislature, understand
ing that the business of the session
would be to steal the House of Repre-
sentalives.
Coy. Goodell was psalm-singing
professedly righteous man, pious like
Benjamin Harrison and as much given
to ostcntatlous exhibitions of sancti-
moniousness. But he wanted TO go to
the United States Senate, aud Chandler
made him believe that II he should do
considerable amount of dirty work
for his party there would be pretty
good show for him to come In as a
dark horse after Gallinger and Blair
had trotted number of dead heats
and people had tired of looking at
them.
The next commission was given to
little Pettifogger Jewett Of Tacoma,
whose connection with the nefarious
conspiracy has already been told to the
readers of the Times. Chandler
promised Jewett that II he would steal
the House for him he would make him
clerk of II, and Jewett SAID that that
would be all right
Then came the Democratic appeal 10
the court, and there are people who
are so foolish as to presume that the
six mon who sat upon the bench were
actually judges, intent on rendering a
decision upon the questions submitted
to them In accordance with tho dictates
of their judgments, based upon the
law and tho Constitution. The pre-
sumption Is most violent one. There
were four Republicans on the bench
aud two Democrats. Try these men
on one proposition alone, the PROPOSE
tion made by the Democrats, that the
"if-entiiled" men were not entitled TO
take part in the organization of the
House. Did the Republican Judges
believe that this proposition was un-
sound? If they had so believed they
would have said so. But they did not
consider II unsound. They knew, az
every lawyer In the State knew, that
the '4if entitled men had no title what
ever to seats in the House, and could
acquire none except by action Of the
House.
FINISHING 1T.
The Times correspondent has made
careful inquiry, without prejudice, In
an effort to find an "if-entitled" man
who supposed when he was elected
that he would be allowed a seat III the
House at any time If the admission of
the forty men OF which he was type
would alter the political complexion
of the body. Not one such person has
been found or heard of. So It may
be said that both lawyers and laymen
were agreed that the "if-eniitled7 men
had no rights. But If there had been
any genuine difference of opinion upon
this question the situation as to the
Judges would not have been changed. |
There were the Republican attorneys
asking that the Democratic PROPOSE
tion be pronounced unsound. There
were fhe Democratic ATTORNEYS asking |