Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-03-08
POLITICAL.

The lUdiclous asninBtoh SoiAe'
Worcester Spy, reviewing the Senate DEBATE on
the sale Of arms comes to the CONCLUSION tns'
nothing has been shown, or indicated IS likely
to be shown, even to suggest that any officer OF
the government was corruptly Influenced to per-
NIT the sale of arms The correspondent also
thinks that the fire of the dissfected, " Missouri
policy" Republican Senators has been drawn
and that it clearly appears " they do not carry
Mr.. SIMMER with them" He adds;
"The liberal or Missouri policy Republican
movement has these Senatorial leaders; Irum-
bull, Schurz and - Upton That's all; there
are no more. and even these are not absolutely
certain TO hold out.
A. far as can Judge here, amid the personal
turmoil, Misrepresentation and feeling urant
position is not affected one lotI-
Seven more votes in the Maine House OF Rep
retentstives would have passed a bill conierrlng
the right of ruffrsge on women in the Presiten-
ti.l election, the came having parsed the Senate
by large majority. FOrty-one members OF the
House voted for the measure
The new OK f1ti utu soy
Mr. Trumbull has made mistake Instead
Of A statesman we end a demagogue making An
ostentatous parade Of political virtues WhlCn'
bv his own confession, are only two years old
man who has only reformed himsef within
two wears in :he matter of political confluence
should be lenient in his criticisms upon others
Tie Montpelier WatcAmaH ia hard on Mr.
Sumner. 1t calls him " very political boone
rang"
The Republican Congressional Committee was
rcorganizei last week. Among the changes IN
membership was that Of substituting Hon. L. P
Poland. who is an unqualified advocate Of the
re election Of Gen Grant, in place Of Hon. c. ".
willard, IS a representative Of the Republican
party Of Vermont.
The Manchester Mirror says that the canvass
Of New Hampshire " gSes ia majority Of
Republicans over all opposition, SO that il all
vote az they are reported, and A. they in most
cases report themselves. we shsll elect our can
dil.te for Governor by positive and handsome
majority" The same paper is confident Of sl1
members in the Senate and msjority Of forty in
the House. So that if the election gees to the
legislature, the Republicans will elect their
ticket. The New Hampshire Republican canvas
il commonly very reliable.
Let US zee. How many presidential c2nii-
dates sre already in nomination, There is
Daniel PrAtt, A. L; George Francis Train,
the modest; and the slightly less modest General
Thomas A. Davies Of New York, who nomlnste'
himself By sending Autographs of biz 6gure-head
throughout tie country On Wtshing;on's birth
l.y; md tie wettern conventions hsye added tc
the let By putting in the field David Il. Davis
Of Illinois, lsbor ref9rmer, tni James Black Of
peunsylsauia, prohibitionist The ant-tobse-
oonists hsge not Jet made 9 nomination.
q. Formerly" remarked Mr.. Sye CT Ncyaia
in the United States Senate, everybody thought
General Grant crest ami good man, but
hat vas before ne had removed suybcdy's re-
lators from Office
The Herald accuses Morton, sohurz an
ConkIing Of aghiing on the picket line. Poll
ticisns AMI pockets resemble each other IN thai
both are often found upon the fence"
Ex-Governor Fairohili, Of Wisconsin. who il
a. Washington, Gays that the people Of Wiscon-
sin pGy very little attention to the angry debate
in the Senate, that the Republicans are loyal t'
the party. and that they are unit for Grant
The Ua.cbmaa, the B,ptis; paper Of Boston
iutimA,es that the Springfield Republican, hAs q
Fundamental need, when it says that it hopes IT
Will get religion, but, SIS it i', Miss "srea
sinner"
The New York TINE, says the .Nltioa la
neve. yet found anybody or anything to admir-
in this world Lut senator Schurz, and Ike mos
people who fall in love late in life, is perfectly
infatuated with its idol.
The Missouri Democrat puts the followin.
question to Mr.. sehurz:
"Dii he ever write letter 10 gentleman
by the name Of Schwartz, Of New York, ptomIs
i1r ta.t. after he had lid out the Administers
ton in the general order business. he Tou
turn round and give to him-ScaWartz, as Siore'
taid-sl the profits and emolumentf Of ihS
business
SIR. Scburz will probably tell the Dfmoera
tbs, 81. lies, and then the Tribune CORES
ponIent will give i, 81 hi, opinion that it IS "th'
beat piece ofrhetoric in the language"
Gov Palmer, Of Illinois, who has been spoken
ofua candidate Of the opposition, for the PFesi'
dency, says he shall support the nomination O.
President Grant
Judge D.yi,, the millionaire candidate ioi
the Pre,iieucy Of the Labor Reformers, ssyI
there is 70 hope Of the defeat Of President Gran
without sn union Of the democrats snd disatiect-
81 republicans And he Is not st all sanguin'
that such a combination it possible" The Bos
ton TrareHer says pertinently, on that point
Il really isa huge burlesque, the supp0sitiou
thst the democratic party, which has 50 far pre-
served its corporate identity, as We may call II
throughout period Of teventy-,ix yeart,-dur-
inc which it hss known all kinds Of fortune, -
should now, when il can mass more than three
miilions Of voters be on the eve Of being absorbed
by few spawned republicans, al Of "hos'
d" folowinss" are not large enough to turn the
scale il one great State. This is reversal Of
things with a vengeance. The rabbit Is to swsl-
low the boa, and TO digest him, and TO convert
him into wholesome food Who believes ii
The St Louis Republican, putative father OF
the passive policy. referring to the course Of
Trumbull. Schurz and Greeley, says that while
it does not pretend to fathom their individual
iless or motivef, il IS satisfied 3" to know that
the movement which they are leading, If allowed
an unobstructed field, will not leave anything
undone thst patriotic democrat would have &C
complishei No democrat would msrk out
better course for it thsn these distinguished re-
publican insurgents are directing it into.
The New York correspondent Of the Chicsgo
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