Excerpt from Life of Edward H. Rollins: A Political Biography Few of the generation now active in'politics have knowledge'of the important position occupied by New Hampshire in the political contests of the country for nearly a quarter of a century succeeding the birth of the Republican party. Her elections were annual until 1878. Occurring the second Tuesday of March, they were the first in the year, and therefore regarded as an index of popular feeling. During all this period the State was closely contested by the Republican and Democratic parties. The result being in doubt until the votes were counted, the eyes of the whole country were fixed upon New Hampshire, and almost every election of the State became national in its character. State affairs were incidentally discussed by local speakers and by the press, but the all-absorbing issues were made by the national administration at Wash. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.