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Eaohat, 3. That although always constituting a publican candidates for all the other offices, 



large majority of the American people, the agricult- ^he omc ial coun t was as follows : 

 urists have never demanded of Government, State 

 or Federal, any special privilege ; have never infested Governor. 



the halls of Congress or of Legislatures with lobby- William Allen. Democrat 214,654 



ists and rings; but, on the contrary, have suffered E. F. Niiyes, Republican 213,837 



under discriminating and unjust laws, until forbear- T. Stewart Prohibition 10,278 



ance has ceased to le a virtue. We hereby pledge Isaac Collins, Fusion 10,109 



our sincere and honest efforts to obtain them are- Lieuttnant-Gmernor 



dress of grievances and equal and exact justice. 



BtultS, 4. That the public lands should be fflSSSS S* 

 sacredly re'served for actual settlers who will dwell ^^ 

 upon and cultivate them, and that we will continue to ^. 8. Piatt, Fusion 

 denounce and oppose, as we have always denounced 

 and opposed, all gifts of such lands by the Govern- Treasurer of Stale. 

 ment to incorporated companies. lBaac Welsh, Republican 218.527 



Jletolced, 5. That the greatest danger to free insti- Oeorge Weimer, Democrat 213.349 



tutions U the wide-spreading corruption that threat- George Dodds, Prohibition 10,663 



ens the utter destruction of public virtue. When J. Harshman, Fusion 10,128 



Credit Mobilier frauds pass unpunished ; when those 



engaged in them are elevated to high official posi- Attorney-General. 



tion ; when scats in the Federal Senate are noto- John Little, Republican 213,983 



riously purchased : when vast sums of money are M. A. Dougherty pcrat 213,413 



corruptly employed in popular elections ; when an A - gJ2f4fit* WUaB }J'*J* 



army of office-holders, with the sanction of the Gov- 8 ' M ? en! ' FttBlou w < m 



ernment, use their official influence to control elec- Controller. 



tions ; when bribery of custom-houee officials is an w T Wilson Republican 214 244 



established usage ; when rings of plunderers are re- J.K. Newcomer, Democrat!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fti,isi 



cipients of millions of money appropriated for pub- T. Edmundson, Prohibition 9,49* 



lie use; when official defalcations are of such fre- C. P. L. Butler, Fusion 10,150 



quent occurrence as scarcely te excite attention; 



when presidential pardons relieve defaulters from Boar<1 & * Wort *. 



mental punishment, and presidential appointments P. B. Herzing, Republican 214,558 



reward Credit Mobilier and salary-grabbing Con- . Sclienck. Democrat 312.793 



gressmen ; and when a congressional investigation f fiSf'St Prohibition 10.620 



fs generally a whitewashing affair, it is not strange J- McBeth, Fusion 9,9*7 



that men begin to lose confide nee in free institutions. Judge Supreme Court (Full Term). 



an 1 that the fame of the great republic is tarnished .. Tn.i > . 



throughout . the civilized 'wo-". J -medy these J^ffij, SoC^::!::!:::::::: gilg 



evils we insist that the receipts and expenditures of 8 E Adams, Prohibition.. . in rx-i 



Government shall be diminished ; that its patronage p. B. Ewlng, Fusion 10,037 



shall be curtailed, and all useless offices abolished ; 



tli.it it shall cease to usurp functions to which it has Judge Supreme Court (toJUl Vacancy). 



no title ; that official misconduct and fraud and cor- w. F. Stone, Republican 214,863 



ruption in elections shall be rigorously punished; C. H. Scribner. Democrat ! 2is!55l 



and that public virtue shall be upheld and the want W. Dnnbar. Prohibition 10.540 



of it condemned, by the united voice of the people. D - A - C. London, Fusion 10,114 



Rttolved. 6. That we condemn without reserve the T\. n ._t_i r , ttaoxo 

 late act of Congress, granting additional salaries, as , 7 he * TOt ? n Governor was 448 878, 

 unjust and unjustifiable, and demand its immediate being a falling off from the vote on Secretary 

 an.l unconditional repeal. And we denounce every of State the previous year of 70,777. The Re- 

 member of Congress, whether Republican or Demo- publican f:illing-off was 51,993, the Democratic 

 crat, who supported the law, or received and retained yj 126 The Prohibition vote increased 8,233, 

 the money procured thereby. And we especially de- , , , 

 nounce the conduct of President Grant in using the or was more than quintupled, drawing mostly 

 influence of his high position for its passage, and from the Republicans, while the Fusion vote 

 whose official signature made it a law. was chiefly from the Democratic strength of 

 d, 7. That the act of the President, in set- t] 10 preceding year 



& a^Th^ ^wha?: ' At the same election a Legislature was cho- 



ever to rule over them, was a flagrant violation of her sen . the Democrats obtaining a majority in 



rights and of the Federal Constitution. both branches. The struggle on the legisla- 



Kamleed, 8. That every department of the Gov- tive candidates was very much confused by 



ernment being in the hands of the Republican party, local isgnes combined with the fact of four 



ffi^JrS&S*2A^ute%g. independent State tickets being in the field, 



try complains. Several successful candidates ran as mdepen- 



Rvmlvtd, 9. That under the i time-honored Democrat- dent, and in some counties the tickets were al- 

 io banner with this declaration of principles inscribed mo st inextricably mixed. The general corn- 

 on its folds, we engage in the conflict, and we ear- nipyio,, n e *h result mnv ho thus atntorl 

 nestly appeal to patriotic men of every class, without n, 7 DO thus stated . 

 1 to party names or past differences, to unite Senate Democrats, 21; Republicans, 14; In- 

 with us, on terms of perfect equality, in the struggle dependent, 1. House Democrats, 57; Re- 

 to rescue the Government from tne hands of dis- publicans, 45 ; Independents, 3. 

 honest men, and redeem it from the flood of corrup- T ne fl sca j rear o f t ], e State government 

 turn which threaten. ,ts mm. c , Qn th / 15th o f Novem ber The fol- 



The election was held October 14th, and re- lowing is a summary of the financial con- 

 sulted in the choice of the Democratic camli- dition of the State at the close of the fiscal 

 date, William Allen, as Governor, and the Re- year 1873 : 



