Year: 1873

threw its vote for winsIow, Lewis county, which
did not really want 70 create any trouble IN
the party, magnanImously gave up its candl-
date and joined Jefferson in support OF its
special choice. This is how Mr.. Wnslow was
was made known In the district the democrats
naturally went to work to lay their plans for nomi-
nhtng man VINO would make the contest q hot
one for the republican nominee; but before they
mad issued the call for their convention an event
TOOK place which altered materially their plan OF
acuon. as the sequel will show. 1t so happened
that while the Jefferson County Fair was being held
mere Mr, y D. Pratt, stanch republican ana one
town, and who IL or was tho President OF the
Earmers Club OF the county, determined that Mr.
cans who were unwilling to send him back 70 the
Senate. He at once, during the Fairs progress
drew up o circular calling for


generally to nominate candidate against Mr..
Winslow who would moro nearly represent them
4. two-thirds or whom are outand-out repub.
ncans, and the day liked for the meeting OF the
the can to the republican paper in this town to Be
published; but the editor, am informed, asked
time to consider the propriety OF his allowing it to
can was handed to him he returned 1t, refusing, at
the same time, TO give y publicity in his journal.
tanning the call, took 1t to the Republican County
Committee, where the names OF the sgners were
Soper ana y Is the 9i the
each one OF the republican signers. What the
letter stated asked has not transpired, but it





each signer was actually written to on the sub
tect from the tact that one Of them wrote
Committee" which was published In the repuDlI-
can local paper in which he stated that he was not
aware when he signed the paper presented to him
that 1t was call for a convention. This was the
signed with fun knowledge on the part OF the
low republicans had any of them en- other than the the
one who did enter his protest signed 1t without
knowing ts meaning the charges made by the local
tainly have drawn forth additional protests. Thus
matters stood on the Goth INST, when the farmers
Andrew O. Middleton, republican OF unquestloned
reputation and man of considerable MEANS was
gentleman the result will in reality depend more
upon


THE ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATS


than upon Mr.. Mtddleton's outand-Out republican
supporters; '1or," said he, I'VE republicans are
determined to vote against him, and, although
pared with the total republican vote in the DIS
trict we can DO good deal with the assistance OF
the liberals and the democrats. There may be
trouble about getting democrats 10 vote for re-
publican, as In the last election, in some Of the dis
tricts but think they have got over good deal
as alive as any OF us to the Importance OF joining
hands with any body OF men whose aim 1t Is to
sem ne ae o. a1 sa Is re m
tage to Mr.. Middleton in the contest that
there are several farmers oranges in the
districts but whether the republican members OF 1t
will vote for farmer In preference TO the regular
nominee is a question open, in my opinion, to very
grave doubt. 1t Is claimed by the anti Winslow
republicans that he would not have obtained in
1S71 anything like the majority he secured then,
had it not been for the fact that the issue in every
district was whether or not Conkling should 60
back to she United States Senate again. This
issue, they say, made the republicans In this dis
trict, as 1t made the dissatisfied republicans in
every other district set aside their differences Of
opinion on minor questions, and thus the entire
republican vote almost was cast for candidates who
might have otherwise run the risk OF defeat. They
add that Scribner who In 1871 at the head 0fthe
republican ticket, was very little known in this
section OF the State, and yet Wlnsl0w ran behind
the ticket. The vote In the district stood as fol-
lows:


Scribner. Wiasioc. Porter
Jefferson ............ 7,4i2 Lls7 56s4