Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-09-21
voting for Peck. Remarks on the facts above
stated naturally suggest themselves, but we
have not room for them this week
Items of Vermont Election.

over Clark l3,G0S, over all oO7i. The ten
small towns to be heard from will probably
not alter the result fifty votes The majority
against the Administration and for Freedom,
is in round numbers c,ghteen thousand.
Several counties give increased maiorites for
Royce. In Washington County, his majori-
ty is larger than it was last year by ,l59
votes in Rutland County by l64 votes in
Chittendcn by 80 votes.
he total vote Of the State, lie lighter than
the vote OF 1884 by about ono Thousand fire
hundred cotc,. The vote for Gov. Royce
falls off about 1000 from his vote Of last year.
Mr.. Clark falls OFF more than Gov Royce and
lacks about 200 Of his vote of last year.
The scattering vote gains what the others
lose and is 5000 larger than last year. Per-
the " Straight out Wing ticket, nominated
by Ormsby of Bradford We have no means
OF present Of arriving ut correct estimate
Of the vote for Shatter, the Standards candi-
and tuo in St, Adams If he ran no better
throughout the State, he comes nearest to
being the dead horse in the team"
We suppose the exclusive Know Nothing
vote on the State ticket is not far from 900.
The Rutland Uera!d and Middebury Regis
ter state that the votes cast for Slade were
not given with his consent and that he pre-
ferred that Gov. Royce should he reelected
We do not dispute tho statement, but we
think that the proper time for the announce
ment Of Mr. SHADES unUillingncss to be a
candidate, was bcfore election, instead of after
In u few towns the election OF representa-
tive turned solely upon the Know Nothing
issue.
In Montpelier both the candidates stood on
the Republican platform. On the first ballot
the vote stood Il. T. Jewett (anti-k. y. J
266 Abijah Keith tx. N.Y. 2ll Scattering
L. Majority for Jewett, 81. Both cand-
dates were. formerly Wings. The vote for Gov
ornor, in Montpelier, stood For Royce, 37s.
for Clark l44
In Rutland the whole number Of votes cast
on the first ballot for Town Representative
was Gl3. OF these, Lorenzo Sheldon Re-
publican, had 229 William +. Barnes. X.
n, Dps j. j. R. Randall, Dem, 50 John
Osgood- Ind, so; Scat, l.. On the fourth
ballot, Barnes was elected by 40 majority.
In St. Johnsbury there were four cand-
dates, two Republicans, one X. n, and one
Democrat. After the 4th ballot, the Re-
l. 4 ; L., H., -, r., 4
fifth man, and on the 9th ballot Hastings,
X. y, was elected by 10 majority.
In Bennington there were seyera! candi-
dates for town representative on the first
ballot The strength however, was divided be-
tween s. L. McEowtn, Wing d. Corkins,
X. N and Samuel Kies. Democrat. Six bal
lettings were had before choice was effected
when Mr.. Corkns was declared elected by a
majJrity Of twelve.
In Windsor, Jason Steele, Esq, was elected
on the first allot by Gl majority. He was
the American candidate Or. Powers was
elected in Woodstock on the second b,llot
by Is majority. The Windsor Journal says
He has under his control large society oil
the Sons of Temperance, bound together by
property interest Each member is a vote
distributor at the election, and all act al
one man when they vote. The doctor is
strong energetic man, and will be likely t.
keep the Legislature awake by the din o
his voice, and he is ever ready to 60 ahead
fearless of the consequences 10 himself rnC
others
The Watchman, with returns from 23(
-. E
tivcs as follows; u Slavv-Whig, 29 Locos
and 1913 Republicans" G. W. GRANDEY, tn,
popular speaker of last year, is reelected
from versennes, and will be likely to Be
chosen speaker again. The Senate stand
90 Republicans to Democrat. MIR Wads
worth Of Grand Isle, has the honor of bein,
the sole representative of his party in thu
senate lie is not n very Jealous admins
tration man. lie was an attentive and capa
bic Senator last year, and if Grand Isle mus
be represented by Democrat, wenre glaC
he is the man.
from the Rutland Herald
What ha. been gained for Native Ameri-
caIisIn By casting votes for Slade, against hi
WILL and against the will of the State COun
Gil Nothing but this-that the people can
not trust the conventional action Of TIN
party. They have professed one thing il
council, and done another thing at the polls
What has been gained for Temperance by
the nomination Of Shafter lie has received
in Rutland County about twenty-five votes
And yet this county is strongly in favor o.
the Prohibitory Law, This is most en-
phatic condemnation Of the Ludlow farce
Distrust and division have been introduced
into the Temperance ranks by the nomination
Of Shafter, ard NJ good whatever has re-
suited.
Washington County las found that she be-
longs to Vermont and not to New Hampshire
as some have suggested in former days. She
has given 1850 majority Tor Royce 50 much
for annexation to the First District But
alas for Windsor County Silyergr yisT
and DR.. Powers have sheared this tam'
sheep, and hre dividing the wool between
them ! Mr.. Thomas Hale, what are you do
ing Addison has done nobly, - and so hal
Chittenden. Franklin and Windham only hole
their own. What do you think of Rutland