Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-10
X selection OF school commissioners
Lawrence. Ward, LOOMS ana
al.er.

The results Of the election Tuesday may he
/ briefly summed up as follows
For Mayor, Luther C. Dodge was elected,
with surprising unanimity, receiving 102s votes
/ out ofIO34 cast for Mayor.
For City Judge, William G. Shaw is elected by
$40 majority, receiving G86 votes against S27
cas-; for L. B. Engles5y, nominee Of the &c Cit-
tsus 80 Caucus, or more than two TO one.
For Alderman, in the North Ward, II. Z
Wing, Republican, the nominee Of the Citizens
Caucus, is elected by majority over 4. X.
Ballard, straight Republican In the Centre
Ward, James a. Shcii, straight Republican, is
elected Alderman by A. majority over C. Biol
gett, Democrat In the South Ward, c. S. Ap-
pleton, Democrat, nominsted by both the Bepub
licsn aad Citizens Caucuses, Is reelected uuani-
m3usly.
The Board of School Commissioners remains
unchanged Commissioners Ward, Lawrence,
Loomis and Alger being reelected.
For Ward officers, the straight Republican
tickets we're elected in the North and Centre
Wards, and the Citizens ticket in the South
Ward by 8 majolty
We are more than satisfied with these results,
and the probability is thst no democrat has
found occasion to send any special kilograms
to the y. y. U'orl9 in regard 70 them. They
give emphasis to the verdict rendered, last
Fall, and stamp Burlington as vmphatioll.y
republican city.
The democrats inieel practically SURRENDERED
the field, when inste,i Of nominating distinctive
democrats tickets, they ras5-;el to the device
Of calling their csl,uzes uaIer the name Of
Sc Citizens - caucuses, which nominated in mos:
cases republicans for the various Offices. in hopes
Of dividing a1I demo5aliz.ng the republican
ranks In other words, hopeless Of e.ectnr
straight democratic nominees. they undertook
TO decide what republicans should hold oHse in
cur city. In this they slgna.y failed, with the
solitary exception in the North Ward. where a
republican Alderman IS elected on the Citizens
ticket
The main contest was on City Judge, sol au
the Alderman in the Center Ward
The election Of Judge Shaw cannot De claimed
as a party victory. Ezcep, in the North Ward.
party lines had but little to do with II. The
splendid majority given 20 Judge Shaw is veg
dict IN favor Of honesty, impartislty AMI ability
in his oiace, and yiulica;ioa Of bis character
against the bitter personal assaults made upon
him. There can be 20 doubt that these. instead
Of hurting him, helped u swell his majority. It
Is q mode Of warfare which docs not prosper in
our city tits TO be motel that bis own neigh
hars OF the South warI, where be j. best known,
gave him vote Of ire 20 orc, ami the votes IN
the other wards were only less emphatic.
The shsrpest contest vas 90 Alderman in the
Center Ward The iemocraE waited 70 re-olec,
Judge Blodset., whether they accomplished any
thing else or not They stood ready TO barter
all the other Offices for this, aal the definite
proposition was made by them. that they would
make no contest on any ether city office. pro-
yiIed the republicans would make no party no.
miuation for Alderman in that ward, and thus
permit the reelection of Judge Biodgett The
republicans chose to stand squareIy by ,he.r Coz
Tors, nominated a square and true republican,
and elected MIN in spite of the desperate and uE-
scrupulous efforts made to detaa. him.
We have no space to-day to point further the
moral Of these results. The election was spirit
ei one; but SIS We have said, there were too many
good names ia common on the opposing tickets
10 make il very bitter one. The general high
personal character Of the nominees o. bo.h
sides speaks well for our city. The results can
not hat c1niuce 20 a wholesome political atllos-
phere, and good city government ia future