The members of the Democratic Party carried the morale of the "Senate victory" and put Gardner as the Democratic candidate for the position of the current governor of New Mexico.

Voters throughout New Mexico are stunned.

Gardner?

Who is this person?

"Does this man have a history of politics?"

Scott had an extra white patch on his nose and was a little sluggish.

It made him look a little funny.

But no one around dared to laugh.

"No, Mr. Councillor." The fat councillor pouted.

His right eye was also bruised.

"What did his father do? Uh, I mean, does he have any background? ”

Scott asked, drawing his fingers in circles.

The fat councillor is still shaking his head:

"No, we only know that he is a shareholder of the Santa Fe Railway, he lives in Albuquerque, and he used to be a timber seller."

Santa Fe Railroad?

Isn't that related to Chen Jianqiu?!

Chen Jianqiu! Chen Jianqiu! How come there is a shadow of this person everywhere?!

At the thought of the name, Scott's nose began to ache again and his skull swelled.

He closed his eyes.

"Let's see what tricks they play."

Chen Jianqiu and the Democratic Party really didn't play any tricks.

What they do is very real:

Anyone willing to vote could receive a fifty-cent voucher for Roswell's kerosene.

Republicans have slammed it as a bribe.

But soon the Democrats countered:

You Scott can make flour, why can't we make kerosene.

After receiving kerosene, he also gave a kerosene lamp.

When you run out, you'll have to buy kerosene next time.

If it weren't for being too sensitive, Chen Jianqiu would have planned to send a bullet.

Mr. Gardner also started his lecture tour.

However, he did not have excellent eloquence, and his speeches were not very contagious.

The vocabulary used in his speeches is generally very simple and easy to understand.

The entire speech was also very short and unpretentious.

"I'll make everyone rich." That's what he says the most.

However, the results were surprisingly good.

People are very affectionate to this good-faced rich man.

They are tired of the flamboyant politicians.

Not for the sake of getting rich, who came all the way to the frontier.

Who doesn't like someone who makes everyone rich?

And Chen Jianqiu also made the Democratic newspaper start to create Gardner's character.

Yes, he is a political amateur.

But he was honest, honest, honest, down-to-earth, and generous.

Voters quickly fell in love with the man, and even began to care less about what his approach was.

Since he came to New Mexico very early, he knows a little Spanish.

That gave Gardner another legion of supporters among Mexican-American voters.

Plus the part of the Democratic voters who originally supported Raymond Russ.

A few weeks later, he had caught up with the Republican candidate, Mr. Tony Davis, the mayor of Albuquerque.

"Does this man really have no handle at all?"

In the editorial room of the New Mexico Herald, the fat congressman frowned, and the editor on one side was even more at a loss.

"Does it count if he's a little old?" The editor scratched his head.

"Is he Alzheimer's or is he pulling on his pants?!" The fat councillor despaired of the editor in front of him, "Or do you fall down often and doze off at every turn?" ”

The editor honestly shook his head.

"None of them."

He was also desperate:

"He's just an ordinary timber merchant, and he does business in a proper manner, and he hasn't appeared in our field of vision before, how can he make it up? Just hard knitting? ”

The fat councillor was unusually mad, and he and Scott thought of several possibilities.

Whether it was Haring himself or pushing Chen Jianqiu up, they were not worried.

The former has a bad record, and the latter is not even a member of the Democratic Party.

They never expected that they would launch such a person, and they had no idea where to start.

Just when they were still racking their brains on how to arrange Gardner, Chen Jianqiu finally made a move.

A large package of detailed information was packed in a package and sent anonymously to the newspaper office of the newspaper Santa Fe Star.

Landry hesitated.

But there was also a piece of paper attached to the package, which was neatly written:

Remember our agreement, make a name for yourself, or sleep underground, you can choose one.

The editors no longer dare to play tricks.

He opened the package and looked at the contents.

The more I watched, the more frightened I became.

But at the same time, he knew his chance to hit the Santa Fe Star with him.

That day, the lights in Landry's office were on all night.

"Extra! Extra! Mayor of Albuquerque and current gubernatorial candidate, Tony Davis is an out-and-out embezzler! ”

The Santa Fe Star newspaper added an issue that day, and devoted an entire issue to reporting on Davis.

During his tenure, the mayor of Albuquerque took advantage of his position to find ways to get several of the city's budget for river repairs into his own pocket.

At first, it was thought to be a customary smear between the two parties.

But in the days that followed, the Santa Fe Star newspaper reported on this matter one after another.

The evidence is detailed, the logic is meticulous, and the data is so large that it is breathtaking, and I have to believe it.

Landry used his pen to write this thing into a serialization!

"Chen, did you provide Landry's information?" Harlem asked in a low voice, holding the newspaper in his hand.

Chen Jianqiu didn't answer.

But you don't have to think about it to know.

In the entire state, who else can obtain these materials except Chen Jianqiu?

His border detective agency is everywhere.

"Bastard! This traitor is actually investigating us! The fat councillor swore and threw the newspaper on the floor.

During this time, he was busy with his Republican newspapers to refute rumors.

But in front of the mountain of evidence and Landry's pen, the refutation of the rumors seemed extremely pale, but became darker and darker.

Most importantly, he knew in his heart that everything written in the Santa Fe Star was true!

His fat face was flushed red, like a ripe big-headed lobster.

It must be Chen Jianqiu again! Only he can do that!

"Go pick up the newspaper and give it to me!" Scott said to the fat councillor.

Reluctantly, the fat councillor picked the newspaper off the ground and handed it to Scott.

The old man took the newspaper and read it for a long time.

Davis's affairs, in fact, he knew, not only did he know, but he also participated in these things with the fat councilor.

But this newspaper told the people involved, but did not mention him.

Could it be that Chen Jianqiu thought of his old feelings and deliberately chose him? Or do you want to leave a way to see each other in the future?

Scott quickly dismissed his idea.

With his understanding of Chen Jianqiu, he would not do such a thing.

So, why exactly?

"Voting is going to start soon, right?" Scott asked the angry fat councillor beside him.

The fat councillor nodded.

Scott inexplicably felt a sense of foreboding.

For the first time in a decade, he was worried about the election in New Mexico.

The old man became more and more incomprehensible.

I can't understand this election, I can't understand the current state of New Mexico, and I can't understand Chen Jianqiu.

He was a little tired.

A few more weeks passed, after rounds of debate and confrontation.

Voting for the 1884 New Mexico gubernatorial election finally began.

(End of chapter)