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The Soilers
The Soilers is a 1923 American silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel, and was released in the same year as the Western silent movie drama "The Spoilers". The name of one character from the original, "McNamara", may have a parody in the name of the James Finlayson character.
Cast.
- Stan Laurel - Bob Canister
- Ena Gregory - The girl
- Mae Laurel - Woman in saloon
- James Finlayson - Smacknamara
- Billy Engle - Prospector
- Eddie
Free Soilers were able to agree to a coalition. On the Democratic side, Boutwell and Nathaniel Prentice Banks agreed with Free Soilers Sumner and Wilson on a division of offices should the coalition win. The key to their success was control of the state legislature, which would decide the election if no gubernatorial candidate won a majority of the popular vote.
Both parties worked to bring out the vote in rural areas sympathetic to their cause. Although Governor Briggs won a plurality of the popular vote (57,000 out of 120,000 votes cast