Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Impact of Legislation Reduce the number of Lower Court Justices Incoming Chairman of Judicial committees and AG lose 20 points upon appointment Restrict Activities and Powers of State and City Political Machines Crisis Legislation: Trad +1 Red for failing in committee with Trad faction as chair Forbid Federal Troops at Polling Stations Crisis Legislation: Trad +1 Red for failing in committee with Trad faction as chair Points Gained Traditionalist Democrats -500 Least gained for dominant party: RW Pop, Trad -1 Blue Bourbon Democrats +350 Conservative Democrats +650 Imperialists +850 Most gained dominant party: Mods +1 Blue Liberal Republicans +200 Tariff Whigs +350 Free Trade Whigs +700 Most gained opposition party: Mods +1 Blue Business Whigs +350 Stalwart Whigs +550 Silver Whigs -1050 Least gained opposition party: Lib, Prog, LW Pop -2 Blue Net Changes RW Pop -1 Blue (now Blue +1) Trad -3 Blue (now Lean Blue) Mods +2 Blue (already maxed Blue +3) Lib -2 Blue (already maxed Red +3) Prog -2 Blue (already maxed Red +3) LW Pop -2 Blue (now Red +1) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Foreign Affairs Ambassador to UK James Pinckney Henderson attempts to improve relations 34/50-85, success. Relations +1, now trending Friendly. Ambassador to France William Rosecrans attempts to improve relations 34/50-85, success. Relations +1, now at Friendly. Ambassador to Spain William Ralls Morrison attempts to increase trade relations 10/15-50, success. Rolls 6, Revenue/Budget +1 to trending Very Underbudget. Ambassador to Germany Edward John Phelps attempts to increase trade relations 32/50-85, success. Rolls 4, nothing happens. Ambassador to Russia William S Holman take out a loan 77/25-75, fail. Ambassador to China Barnes Compton attempts to increase trade relations 87/75, nothing happens Ambassador to Japan Louis St. Martin attempts to increase trade relations 12/25-75, success. Rolls 1, nothing happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Military Action Great Sioux War Battle 1: Battle of Little Bighorn Difficulty: Difficult -25 Planning: Sec of War Henry L Mitchell (3) and Chief of Staff James W Nye (4) = +7 Officer leading battle: Gen Alpheus S Williams (4x10) = +40 Military Prep: +15 Era Benchmarks: +15 Chance of Victory: 52% Roll: 29, victory! +3 War Score Rolled 1, so Gen Williams is killed in battle. Liberal Republicans will need to select a new faction leader. No more battles occur this phase. Chance of victory: 3 x 2 = 6, 60%. Rolled 36, the war is won. For winning majority of battles, Chief of Staff Nye gains +1 Admin. Treaty of Fort Fetterman Implementation Pres Cobb 39/60, Sec of State John W Davis 9/100, Amb to UK James Pinckney Henderson 16/80 Implementation is successful! 100pts Pres Cobb, Expansionists, GA Gov Charles J Jenkins 22/25, Party Pref +1 Blue For winning a minor war, Party Pref and Cons +1 Blue 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Gen Alpheus Williams dead in battle with the Sioux! Alpheus Williams was the ideal candidate for the Democrats: a military man, from the Midwest, a moderate in an era with many delegate rich states preferring a man without strong leanings either way. Yet, Williams could never quite grasp the moment. He was enigmatic and flighty, deciding to run for President on a whim and other times obstinately refusing. While the nation will mourn the passing of a great military hero, the Liberal Republicans will search for a new leader. The Liberal Republicans select fmr IL Sen David Davis as their leader. Davis was seen as a rising star on the right before tacking to the center. This, however, ended up with him replaced in the Senate and on the fringe of the Democratic Party. Maybe now, he will have his revenge. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 To replace Williams as General, Pres Cobb nominates Pierre G T Beauregard. @matthewyoung123 will Beauregard accept? He will be automatically confirmed if he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euri Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 This is a very fitting end for the man who threw the Nez Perce War 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 This playtest feels like the Playtest of Death. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Executive Actions While we wait on Beauregard, Cobb will enact his 4 exec actions. The Cabinet could suggest, but Cobb would have no repercussions for not listening so we will just skip that. Pro-States Rights Policy 50pts Conservatives, Traditionalists, RW Activists; -50pts Progressives, Liberals, LW Activists Offer Many Federal Jobs to Blacks and Former Slaves 50pts Civil Rights, -50pts Trad, RW Pop, RW Activists Deactivate Pro-Lenient Immigration Policy 50pts Conservatives, Traditionalists, Nationalists; -50pts Progressives, Liberals, LW Activists Mods -1 Blue (now Blue +2) Offer Many Federal Jobs to Women 50pts LW Activists, Human Rights; -50pts Trad, RW Pop, RW Activists Party Pref -1 Blue (now Red +1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 No Supreme Court Retirements And now we enter into the 1880 elections! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) The Census is now ready, even though it will not take effect until 1882, but the government is ready to release the figures. Population is now 4.7% higher than historical, which is good because in 1870 it was around 0.71 lower than historical, so our absolutely amazing economy really worked. Ironically, actually very very few states succeeded in their dice rolls, but that's life. The biggest driver of expanded EVs was that event we just got about immigration to the great plains and also the recovery from John Brown finally. For a quick census fact, the only state to lose an EV this cycle was Indiana. - Story Points Almost immediately after the turn of the decade the economy starts to recover, largely through massive investment in trade, fishing, and overall maritime industry. This is made possible by technologic advancements in preserving techniques and shipbuilding which occur in the United States and give the country a slight head start over Europe. Indeed, as the decade progressed, dedicated workshops and industry to technology would leverage this advantage and start widening the gap, only boosting the economy further. As the first half of the decade continues the economy rapidly recovers into a new boom, fueled by resource and mineral extraction which had been somewhat neglected in the United States up until this point. Agriculture develops too, but not for export. Many new farms are set up, but as large co-ops with their own local bank as their controling owner. Future historians will draw some parallels to communes and communism, but these were still very much capitalistic in nature and their structure had more to do with localism and a prevailing sense of isolationism. It was good for settlement of the frontier and the economy, either way, and several new initiatives were taken against natives in the West in this era. By 1875 the South began to repopulate with settlers from the North taking advantage of cheap land prices, who were in turn replaced with immigrents in their native North. This caused surprisingly little tension, as the South had been suffering a labor shortage and economic malaise, and this greatly reduced the burden. As the situation stabilized, this led to traditional agriculture once again finding purchase in America. The Upper Great Lakes were particularly fertile due to climatic happenstance this decade as well. The tail end of the decade saw further capitalization on the repopulation of the South with the region industrializating. The economy here developed differently than in the North, however. While the North focused on urban centers, the South remained decentralized, but every small town had a factory to call it's own. Both were becoming equal, but different. The increased profits doubled investment into the technology sector that started earlier in the decade, but those laboratories were focused on the coast, where export of fragile machinery was easy. A wave of immigration also swept over the Great Plains, bringing rapid development to the region. - AL: 12 (+2) (ahistorical) AR: 8 (+2) (ahistorical) (New Focus Rep!) AZ: (-2 modifier, technically at 1, due to event) (ahistorical) (NOT A STATE JUST A NOTE) CO: 3 (no change) (historical) CT: 7 (no change) (ahistorical) DE: 4 (no change) (ahistorical) DU: 5 (+1) (ahistorical state) FL: 6 (+1) (ahistorical) GA: 13 (+2) (ahistorical) (New Focus Rep!) IA: 13 (+2) (historical) (New Focus Rep!) IL: 23 (no change) (ahistorical) IN: 14 (-1) (ahistorical) KS: 7 (+4) (ahistorical) KY: 10 (+1) (ahistorical) LA: 11 (+2) (ahistorical) LC: 6 (+1) (ahistorical*) *ahistoric state MA: 17 (+2) (ahistorical) MD: 9 (+1) (ahistorical) ME: 6 (no change) (historical) MI: 14 (+2) (ahistorical) (Gains Focus Rep!) MN: 7 (+3) (historical) MO: 17 (+2) (ahistorical) MS: 9 (+1) (historical) MT: 4 (+1) (ahistorical) NC: 11 (+1) (historical) NE: 5 (+2) (historical) NH: 5 (no change) (ahistorical) NJ: 11 (+1) (ahistorical) NM: (-2 modifier, technically at 1, due to event) (ahistorical) (NOT A STATE JUST A NOTE) NV: 3 (no change) (historical) NY: 36 (+2) (historical) OH: 22 (+1) (ahistorical) OR: 3 (no change) (historical) PA: 31 (+2) (ahistorical) RI: 5 (no change) (ahistorical) SC: 6 (+1) (ahistorical) TN: 10 (+2) (ahistorical) TX: 12 (+1) (ahistorical) UC: 6 (+1) (ahistorical*) *ahistoric state UT: 3 (no change) (not yet admitted historically) VA: 8 (+1) (ahistorical) (Gains focus rep!) VT: 6 (no change) (ahistorical) WA: 4 (+1) (ahistorical) WI: 12 (+1) (ahistorical) WV: 5 (no change) (ahistorical) - Total EV: 429 (215 EV to win presidency) House: 343 Seats US Population: 52,561,552 (Historical population: 50,189,209) (Increase of 4.7% over historical) Edited June 2, 2023 by OrangeP47 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 And bonus fact, top 5 (6) states. New York - 5,165,008 Pennsylvania - 4,405,448 Illinois - 3,190,152 Ohio - 3,038,240 Massachusetts/Missouri (tie) - 2,278,680 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) For this census, to find the (rough) population of any state, take the EVs, -2, then multiply by 151,912. That is the average figure for people per house district and is how I'm making up these figures. Edited June 2, 2023 by OrangeP47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrman104 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 There must be like 2 people living in AZ territory fr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 minute ago, Murrman104 said: There must be like 2 people living in AZ territory fr It's was like the 1850s, but basically the Whigs, totally out of Character, decided to just surrender AZ and NM to native Americans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 8 hours ago, Ich_bin_Tyler said: No Supreme Court Retirements And now we enter into the 1880 elections! BTW @Ich_bin_Tyler remember we have to do conventions first so we know who can't run in normal elections. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewyoung123 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 10 hours ago, Ich_bin_Tyler said: To replace Williams as General, Pres Cobb nominates Pierre G T Beauregard. @matthewyoung123 will Beauregard accept? He will be automatically confirmed if he does. Pierre G T Beauregard accepts the nomination and is proud to serve! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewyoung123 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 10 hours ago, Ich_bin_Tyler said: This playtest feels like the Playtest of Death. Boss Tweed agrees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Electoral Votes by Region Mid Atlantic: 91 EVs Midwest: 74 EVs Great Plains: 65 EVs (71 EVs with ND and SD) Deep South: 57 EVs Upper South: 47 EVs New England: 46 EVs West Coast: 19 EVs Southwest: 15 EVs (24 EVs with NM, AZ, and OK) Mountain States: 10 EVs (16 EVs with ID and WY) Mexico: 5 EVs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1880 Democratic Presidential Convention- Jackson, MS Jumping ahead a bit... Democrats meet in Jackson, MS on a muggy summer day to nominate their candidate for President. Pres Howell Cobb has been exactly the man that the Democrats knew he would be: stable and non-controversial. Pres Cobb is renominated through acclimation and he will keep Vice President Pendleton on the ticket. [This is due to Cobb being a kingmaker and no faction having their enthusiasm at the worst levels). @OrangeP47 can work on the platform and keynote speaker. Then Democrats can load up into the Gov and House races. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeP47 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 minute ago, Ich_bin_Tyler said: 1880 Democratic Presidential Convention- Jackson, MS Jumping ahead a bit... Democrats meet in Jackson, MS on a muggy summer day to nominate their candidate for President. Pres Howell Cobb has been exactly the man that the Democrats knew he would be: stable and non-controversial. Pres Cobb is renominated through acclimation and he will keep Vice President Pendleton on the ticket. [This is due to Cobb being a kingmaker and no faction having their enthusiasm at the worst levels). @OrangeP47 can work on the platform and keynote speaker. Then Democrats can load up into the Gov and House races. I feel as if this is a blatant lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Just now, OrangeP47 said: I feel as if this is a blatant lie. Hey, the winners get to reframe history. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1880 Whig Presidential Convention- Hartford, CT After the crushing defeat of Fremont in 1876, the Whigs meet to decide which direction they should move. They recovered their Congressional majorities on the backs of the Fremont wing of the party but this same group seemed to alienate the American public. Party Leader James Speed seems the likeliest man to take the nomination as he melds both the center and the left, but many also though Pres Lee was also the likeliest to come out of the last convention. Candidates Tariff Whigs nominate no major candiate. Minor: Mr Cornelius N Bliss of NY Free Trade Whigs put forward Fmr RI Sen Henry B Anthony. Anthony was a rising star on the Whig side of the aisle while in the Senate before serving as Sec of State and later Treasury for the glorious Pres Francis Granger. After his stint in the executive branch, Anthony fell into obscurity. Now 16 years after his last public appearance, Anthony feels the time is right for him to bring his mix of Legislative and Executive experiences to the nation. Minor candidate: Fmr TX Gov Edmund J Davis Business Whigs nominate Chief of Staff James W Nye of NV. Nye started his career at the highest levels of the military right prior to the outset of the Civil War and in less than one year found himself in charge of the entire Union forces. Nye has served as a competent and capable military leader and has resisted the allure of running for President, as he sees himself as a man of duty and above the politics. Yet now Nye has been pushed to run for the highest office by the more moderate forces of the party fearing a leftward lurch at the hands of the Silver Whigs and John C Fremont. Minor: Fmr NY Gov and Sec of War Levi P Morton Stalwart Whigs nominate KY Rep and fmr VP James Speed. Speed ably served as Vice President for the untouchable Pres Francis Granger. Despite this partnership, Granger saw Speed as a threat to him and made sure to knock the man down when he sensed his own power on the party starting to slip. Now that Granger has announced his withdrawal from public life, Speed has nothing to fear from the Grangerites in the party without their figurehead. Speed has a focus on economic growth and development in the nation while ensuring both employer and employees are protected without sacrificing output. Minor: Fmr OH Gov/Rep Rutherford B Hayes. Silver Whigs nominate Admiral and 1876 nominee John C Fremont of UC. Fremont has been a relatively quixotic figure in the Whig Party. He never really seemed interested in serving as an admiral, mainly due to the remoteness of the position, and ran numerous times for Gov of UC and lost every time. He toppled a sitting President at a convention and led his party to an almost assured victory against the plainfaced Howell Cobb...yet he failed. His greatest moment of triumph taken away despite representing the true voice of the Whigs and the power of the party. Now is his time. Minor: Mr George F Edmunds of VT 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euri Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 It saddens me that Speed has the best chance of winning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 25 minutes ago, Ich_bin_Tyler said: 1880 Whig Presidential Convention- Hartford, CT It's the most...wonderful time...of the YEAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_bin_Tyler Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1880 Whig Presidential Convention Nomination Speeches Henry B Anthony nominated by Nathaniel P Banks of MA. Roll 3, nothing happens. James W Nye nominated by KS Rep John W Geary. Roll 5, +1 Momentum with Orator. James Speed nominated by Robert B Elliott of SC. Roll 3, nothing happens. John C Fremont nominated by William A Peffer of KS. Roll 2, nothing happens. Starting Momentum Nye +1 Speed +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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