Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-11-04

GTON. VT, FREE
The Democratic Congressional Committee have
put forth brief address purportiDg to congrat-
ulate the Democracy upon the results Of the DC
tober elections This is ,omeHbat like Daniel
OConnell's famous expression Of gratitude to
the Wing Ministry of England, " Thank you for
nothing, :"
SOUTH CAROLINA ELEcrIos-Unofiicial re-
turns from South Carolina indicate the re-
election Of Gov Scott by largely reduced major
ity Rsiney (colored), Republican, will sue
coed whittemore in Congress from the first dis
trict, and Elliott (colored), Republican, is also
| elected from the third district
Advices up to Wednesday from London state
tina, the press abandon the hopes of peace, but
the English Cabinet are confident of success
Among the signs, regarded by some as indica-
]
tive of peace, is the fact mentioned that the Su-
perintendent- General Of the Prussian army mad
refused to renew the contracts for provisions
which would expire on the 10th.
Vermont supports the cheese press better than
the newspaper press.-Er.
We always supposed outsiders supported Yer
mont's cheesepress at lels; insiders often fad
it very hard to get any good Vernon; cheese,
because forsooth it is all sent to the city.
The Boston Trarellcr says " An Originsl
stakeholder in the old Vermont Central Railroad
Corporation, proposes to write a complete his
| tory of the past financial aud legal management
Of that highly useful but unsuccessful work Of
internal improvement" We don't see how net
income Of nearly 5000, 900 the last year argues
unsuccessfllness
1t is some time since the earthquake now, and
probably most persons have fully inside up their
minds about it but if there are any who don't
yet understand how it happened, the following
explanation. which We find in one Of our eE-
shauges. will make it all clear
Earthquake are caused by wave OF elastic
compression, produced by a sudden aeIure and
| constrsint Of elastic materials forming portion
of the eatth's crust, or by sudden relief Of this
copstraint BY withdrawal of the force. or by
their giving way and becoming fractured
The L-ss or TIE CAvHRtA-A private dispatch.
dated At Pi;tsburg. Pa, Oct, %, states that one
]. E Hod.on, Of Collins ststion, Ind, has re
ceiyed cable telegraph from his brother. Albert
Hoison. who was q passenger by the steamer
/ Cambria, announcing his safe arrival at Glas-
gov From this it would appear that there Is at
/ least one survivor Who has not made known to
the arents.of the steamship line or English news
papers the fact Of his safety. and leads % the
hone tia, still others are safe Piece Il the
wreck have been found in plenty along the
coast
The weather prophets are beginning TO aPpezr
with their prophesies Of wat che coming winter
i,to be- one of these in his prophetic fuzzy writes
to Massachusetts paper predicting tha' al
the storms with which We are TO be visited dur
inc the winter months, will burst on Us from the
north and northeast. Il is c1nsoliug TO hear.
on the same authority, that " they will not be
attended by high winds or severe cold Cali
fornis. according 10 the quartz miners Of that
state. is in for a net winter lhese natural
Philosophers have motel that the swallows
and nsrtins raised their bFoods quickly this
summer. AID departed which is rcgarl9t as an
I infallible sign Of long and wet season. The
/ muskrsis and beavers remain 20 be heard from
/ With the fall Of Schlestalt. which s1pitula,ei
on Tuesday, the entire department Of the Bsf-
Rhin is placed in the possession Of tie Prus-
slams. sni number Of troops released to com
rlete TIE reduction Of Als.ce At the present
rate IF advance in the east. it is scarcely probA-
be thst any progress beyond Belf5rt, the
southern point Of the Haut-Rhiu. viii he made
this sesson Bessncon sad Dion, sad suhse
queutly Lyons, l.G5 therefore meanwhile be con-
siierei as safe The c5mpe,S 5c-rpaiion q
Alssse is ROW, however, but 4 question q lee
weeks. anI with thAt occupation, the PrussiaH'
will hold the coveted boundary Of the Y1sges
mountains
The successor Of Gov Cox in the Department;
Of the Interior, Hon Columbus Deano, is a Yer
monter. born in shorehsm in l-o', but resi-
dent Of Ohio since ls1-. In is4i he was elected
representative from Ohio to the Tserty-ninth
Congress. and servei Oh the committee OF in
valid pensions. In Ioi- he vas candidate for
Governor. but lacked two votes q nomination.
In 1852 he vas candidate for the United States
SenAtor. but again lacked two votes Of nonina-
ton. In 1868 be Wss elected % the House Of
Representatives Of Ohio, and was a prominent
member af that body, taking leading part in
shaping the mport4a; legislation Of ihat session
He was reelected 70 the 18th congress. His
administration Of the c5mmissionersEif q in
ternI revenue to which he vas appointed by
President Grant. Ia been very able ani efec-
tive
A successful experiment was made in Blooms
burg. Pa. on the occssisn Of a recent election
under the new plan Of minority representation,
or = cumulative OF free vote, whereby proper
tional representation Of all parties is secured.
The experiment vas made in municipal cleo
ton. in which two assessors, two school direc-
tors sni two constables were TO be chosen. The
plan provides that each voter shall have IL
many votes as there are candidates OF officers TO
be elected. and may either distribute them
equally or unequally among the candidates. or
concentrate them upon one. In this instance
each party nominated one candidate only, SO
thst one officer Of either party might be elected
each party obtaining it's share Of the town Off
GERS by it's own voJes. Thus, II the election for
assessors. for example, there we're Boz voters
$50 Democrats Snd 1874 Republican. On the
accustomed plan the Democrats would have
nominated and elected both candidates by 1872
majority ON the new plan, by giving each
voter two votes the total was made ll2O, aud
$50 votes we're necessary to an election. The T.
Democrats having but 752 votes were ensbled to .
elect but one candidate, and the Republicans got .
the other. This novel plsn, has been engratted I
into the new Constitution Of Illinois, where its
business and efficacy viii have IN opportunity to .
be fairly tested We have hsi experience enough /
Of the despotism Of msjoriuss. and of its de- I
morsliziug influences in legislative bodies to (
authorize general and deep interest in this re-
formatory experiment. If successful. as it
promises to be, it will enable yirtuous citizens TO
elect their ablest and purest men, and to secure
to the legislative councils larger measure Of
popular confidence and respect
Now that Ba1sine saI Metz have surrender