Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . the same ground,declaring that the aim of both these parties inshaping their policy is merely to obtain thefavor and vote of anti-temperance people, andthai the differences between them are only thecontinuation of old feuds and a contest foroffioe; denounces the Republican party for re-pealing the prohibitory laws, and avers that allendeavors at retrenchment and reform are vain,unless they are strengthened by simultaneousaction for the cause of temperance. One ofthe resolutions declared that, to establishprohibition
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . the same ground,declaring that the aim of both these parties inshaping their policy is merely to obtain thefavor and vote of anti-temperance people, andthai the differences between them are only thecontinuation of old feuds and a contest foroffioe; denounces the Republican party for re-pealing the prohibitory laws, and avers that allendeavors at retrenchment and reform are vain,unless they are strengthened by simultaneousaction for the cause of temperance. One ofthe resolutions declared that, to establishprohibition as the policy of the State, experi-ence demands that the legislative, executive,and judicial departments of tlie governmentshould be in the hands of its friends, supportedby a constituency and public opinion whichMich control will secure. Several ladies attended this to the ballot on the competitors for theoffioe of Governor, a member moved to allowthe ladies present to vote in the selection of acandidate, which motion was lost—yeas 14,nays 16. ef§&. STATE SEAL OP NEW UAMPSHIRE, The peoples vote at the election on March14, 1876, resulted favorably to the Republican candidates generally. The whole number of rotes polled in the State for Governor was80,681, of which Person 0. Cheney received41,756, Daniel Marcy 88,500, Asa 8. Ken-dall 411. For Railroad Commissioner it was80,824^ out of which William A. Peirce had41,721, Thomas Dinsmore 88,190, Joseph 406. The election of Councilors resulted as fol-lows: Firsl district- Charles A. Foss, Repub-lican, had 8,768 votes; William Rand. Demo-crat, !>•_: Daniel Emerson, Temperance, 161; whole number of votes cast, 16,126. Seconddistrict — Moulton II. Marston, Democrat,.; Charles A. Backett, Republican, 8,876;Edward P. Presoott, Temperance, 62; wholenumber of votes, ]H,170. Fourth district—Albert S. Scott, Republican. :;7; Jonas Liv-ingstone, Democrat, 6,847; David Heald, Tem-perance,
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