The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . din Manchester. The Republican partyof New Hampshire had at that timeno such margin to go and come uponas it has had since 1894. Few enter-tained the hope of Hales election 394 Senator Jacob H. Gallinger even by the legislature, should thethird party and scattering vote pre-vent a choice by the people. DoctorGallinger was elected chairman of theRepublican State Committee. It washis first state wide experience in poli-tics. No chairman since the CivilWar and reconstruction periods faceda more try
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . din Manchester. The Republican partyof New Hampshire had at that timeno such margin to go and come uponas it has had since 1894. Few enter-tained the hope of Hales election 394 Senator Jacob H. Gallinger even by the legislature, should thethird party and scattering vote pre-vent a choice by the people. DoctorGallinger was elected chairman of theRepublican State Committee. It washis first state wide experience in poli-tics. No chairman since the CivilWar and reconstruction periods faceda more trying situation. To DoctorGallingers skill as a political organ-izer and manager was due in a large leadership but also the first evidencethe people of the state had of his ca-pacity for work. As a physician, hehad a large and growing practice, cov-ering not only the city of Concordbut many of the surrounding addition to his labors at headquar-ters in this campaign, he neglectednone of his patients, while during theclosing weeks of the canvass he spokealmost every evening at some politi-. Room of the Senate Committee of the District of Columbia measure the victory which that yearwas snatched from seeming in this campaign led to sub-sequent re-elections to the chairman-ship of the state committee, so long ashe would consent to serve. With oneexception, these were unanimous elec-tions based upon the confidence of theparty in his political sagacity andtheir faith that he subordinated allpersonal interest to the success of thecause. The campaign of 1882 was not onlythe first test of Doctor Gallingers cal rally. Oftentimes when leavingon an afternoon or evening train toattend a political meeting, he gatheredup the unfinished correspondence ofthe state committee to take with him,and answered letters in long hand af-ter his audience and the local leadershad retired for the night. When hefound time to sleep in this and othercritical campaigns has always been amyst
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