America 1881: Legend of the West

Chen Jianqiu went back to Roswell for his Spring Festival.

But Scott, the Republicans and Democrats don’t celebrate the Spring Festival.

The campaign is in full swing in towns across New Mexico.

Raymond Russ and Tony Davis continued to deliver speeches, describing a bright future for citizens after they were elected.

One said that it would focus on promoting the economic construction of New Mexico and join the federal family as soon as possible.

One emphasizes the need to further protect the rights of lower-class immigrants so that they can have a permanent home and be able to live and work in New Mexico.

The two of them began to brag one by one, and the pie got bigger and bigger.

At their rallies, supporters held various signs depicting donkeys or elephants.

Either the donkey hit the elephant's face with its hoof, or the elephant pinned the donkey down with its own weight.

These two images originated from a caricature ten years ago.

The donkey refers to the Democratic Party, and the elephant refers to the Republican Party.

But members of both parties embraced the image.

Chen Jianqiu paid attention to their news the whole time.

The Border Detective Agency had agents all over New Mexico, and it was hard for him not to know.

He was surprised to find that the political policies and voter base of the donkey and the elephant were completely different from the era he traveled back to more than a hundred years later.

In some places, it's even the complete opposite.

However, their approach is basically the same, which is to get votes and not mind licking the grooves of voters from all walks of life.

Both sides began to show their talents on various occasions.

The methods used include but are not limited to distributing flour to voters, marching, hiring people to cause trouble at the other party's rallies, etc.

Scott and his Santa Fe group ran New Mexico for many years.

He is very experienced in elections.

The old man knows all too well what those chattering voters want.

He took Tony Davis through the corners of the city, greeted those in need, and offered help.

For those voters, even if these help are "limited-time benefits" only available during each election cycle, they are still happy.

Scott has always believed that if Tony Davis's performance as mayor of Albuquerque had not been so lackluster, this election would not have been so laborious.

But there are too few candidates to choose from within this Republican Party.

It's just a matter of choosing a general among the dwarfs.

Besides, it doesn’t matter who is the candidate or the governor.

He thinks confidently.

As long as Scott is still here, the power of New Mexico will not fall aside.

Because the rival Democratic Party is really fragmented and fighting on its own, it cannot pose a threat to him in the parliament.

His idea proved to be correct.

Unlike the Republican Party, which has party leaders, the actions of the Democratic Party are relatively boring.

In this round of confrontation, the Democratic Party temporarily lost.

Therefore, in order to regain a victory, their focus was on attacking Tony Davis himself.

For example, this group of people didn’t know where they learned that one of the Albuquerque mayor’s dividend incomes during his tenure was suspected of tax evasion.

As a result, in Democratic newspapers, the mayor himself was described as a "shameful tax evader."

The newspaper has a nose and eyes, but due to the lack of actual evidence, its attack power is limited.

Soon, at Scott's behest, Republican newspapers began to fight back.

They seized on a controversial verdict that Ramon Rath had received while serving as prosecutor in Santa Fe and smeared him for having negotiated a conduit with the client.

How can a person who knows the law and breaks it be the governor of New Mexico? !

The media on both sides began to pour dirty water on each other's candidates unscrupulously and never tired of doing so.

This information, like what was previously published by the "Santa Fe Star", is real mixed with fake, fake mixed with real, and it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.

"Scott, they are quite capable of scolding."

In Scott's office, the fat congressman put down a Democratic newspaper and muttered to Scott at the desk.

The fat congressman was also scolded. He was described as "a pig in Tony Davis's backyard" who specialized in eating the mayor's "leftovers."

Scott took out an envelope from the drawer and threw it into the fat congressman's arms:
"I've been ready for a long time." A sly smile appeared on his face.

"If the Democratic Party can only single out people like this, why should they fight with me?" The congressman snorted.

Raymond Rath's next lecture was in Lincolnshire.

Early in the morning, a group of Democratic supporters gathered in the square in the center of the town.

Of course, there were some townspeople with vacillating attitudes who also joined in the fun and gathered around.

As the most prominent wealthy businessman in Lincolnshire and the most important potential supporter of the election,
Chen Jianqiu was also invited to attend the rally.

For a time, the square was crowded with people and lively.

"As I said, the land of the United States is undergoing earth-shaking changes! We should join the federal family as soon as possible!"

Raymond Rath’s speech was eloquent.

He is six feet three inches tall (one meter nine), described as majestic, and his words are sonorous and powerful.

"The current governor and the Republicans have done a terrible job in the past few years! New Mexico is still the same lifeless New Mexico!"

He opened his hands and gestured in the air.

“Get the Republicans out!”

“A thief doesn’t deserve to be governor!”

There were cheers of support below, and the atmosphere among voters was ignited.

Leonid Harlin stood in the first row.

He glanced back.

Harlin was very satisfied with today's atmosphere and effect.

This is one of the reasons why he and other Democrats nominated Raymond Rath, a good speaker and political experience, who is an excellent choice.

Raymond Russ on stage concluded a segment.

He was waiting for the applause from the audience to end before he started the next part of his speech.

"father!"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind the crowd.

Lars thought he was hallucinating.

He paused and prepared to continue his speech:
"well known"

"father!"

It was the same voice as before, this time louder and clearer, echoing in the square.

There was silence in the square, and people began to look for the source of the sound.

Soon, they found it.

The speaker was a young black man standing at the back of the crowd. He looked underage, about fourteen or fifteen years old.

The only difference is that his skin color appears a little lighter compared to other black people.

"Dad! Don't you recognize me? Dad!" the black man shouted loudly and waved his hands at the stage.

The crowd began to whisper.

Raymond Russ was stunned for a moment, but his expression quickly returned to normal:

"My dear little friend, I welcome your support! But did you recognize the wrong person?"

He winked at the staff in the audience, indicating that he should drag the child away quickly.

"Raymond Ras, we've been looking for you for a long time and finally found you!" A black woman in a dress appeared next to the young black man.

She raised her hands in front of her and looked pitifully at Lars on the stage.

"Ma'am, I don't understand what you are talking about. If you feel a little dizzy from the sun, our staff can help you to rest aside."

The experienced Las said calmly while signaling the staff to act quickly.

"No! Let me go!" The black woman broke free from the staff holding her arms and rushed to her son's side. "He is your son, look at his face!"

A commotion broke out among the crowd.

Everyone looked at Las on the stage, then at the little black boy, and began to talk.

Putting aside their skin color, these two people look so... alike!
"More than ten years ago, in Florida! On the plantation! Have you forgotten?" The black woman began to cry, covering her face.

"What are you talking about?!" Lars's cheeks were shaking, "This woman is crazy!"

"Attorney Russ did spend time in Florida before, and it is well known that he is the son of a plantation owner."

"It's normal to make mistakes at a young age, hahaha."

I don't know who said something sarcastic in the audience.

"You fart!"

Lars, who is usually very well-mannered, swore.

There was chaos in the audience.

"He said bad words!"

"He's cursing!"

"He panicked!"

"He lied!"

Chen Jianqiu, who was standing aside, was also a little stunned.

The fact that this could make the old fox Las lose his composure like this might be true.

More than ten years ago, the Civil War ended and the South was defeated.

At this time, Mr. Raymond Rath, a member of the Democratic Party, was having an affair with a black woman!
He is really philanthropic.

Councilman Harlem covered his face in pain.

Illegitimate child! Black! Liar! Irresponsible!

It’s over! It's all over!

"That's not what I meant! What I meant was..." The prosecutor, aware of his misconduct, was in a state of panic and at a loss as to what to do.

Just as Harlem was about to go on stage to end this farce.

Four or five children of different skin colors emerged from the crowd and rushed onto the stage.

The staff couldn't stop him.

They swarmed around the prosecutor and grabbed Ramon Rath by the trouser legs.

"father!"

"father!"

"father!"

The shouts became one and the same.

The prosecutor had completely lost his composure. He was using his hands to drive the children away while pulling at his own trouser legs, trying to break free, like a clown.

"Let go!"

He became more and more anxious, and finally kicked one of the Mexican kids.

The child took two steps back, sat down on the ground, and started crying loudly.

"He hit the child!"

"Asshole! Villain!"

The scene was in chaos and Raymond Ras fled.

Also leaving in a hurry were Harlin and his Democratic Party members.

All that was left on the central square of Lincolnshire was a mess.