Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-13
Election Items.

{ The Republicans Of Mortified rsde ne
gain en- their lat State vote Of seyenty-,wo.
Not an oppo,i'ion member hu been elected t,
the House from Washington county. though
Mortified, Rozbury anil Mar,lfsli sent demo
Gratis at the last election
The republican csniiis.e for High BliGf in
Washington county seems to bsve lost his cleo
ton by means Of i imprint Of lie name
The Journal says that fsom thirty to forty is
the extent Of the Lihersl Republican strength in
Montpelier
Franklin County, which was bosSiei Greeley
stronghold, increase, the Republican majority of
two year, sgo l5G.
Bennington County made good showing elec-
ton day. The Republicans thrAshei cat the
Gariner, Horrobia and Kent crowd mort eilec
tnsIly Manchester shows Republican gain
OIL over the vote Of 1870 The Greeeyite.
cleo, four representatives, in the county
Dorset; the home Of D. l. Kent. one of the
Liberal nominees for Senators gave Converse Q
majority. Kent bosstel ths, he could carry
the town by $50 majority but he received only
10 voter
We,thersfell la. Grant AMI Wilson club Of
$50. and Greeley and Brown one Of about 50
| The vote Of the town on Tue,dsy stood 2}S for
Converse and IL for Gsriner, which s the
largest yo,e for 50 years
SENATOR BUCEIyGHAM on President GRANT.
If anything more were needed in yinlicition
of the Presidents personal character, it would
be supplied by the following from speech re
Gently delivered at Stamford, Conn, by Senator
Buckingham, whose temperance and religious
standing il 60 well known:
a deal has been ssid about the h.bits Of
President Grant. Ii will not be possible for me
to prove G negative, therefore can't say | |
can prove that the President hiss never been
under the influence Of intoxicating drinks. but |
will say this that have seen him and been with |
him on vari0us occisions, public and private, at |
his house and mine snd !hsve known some
thing Of his habits Of life. | wss with him on
the fourth of July, two years ago. | entertain
ed him At my table. | went with him to the
city Of New London, and there we ss: at the
public table, where there WAS wine. don't
know that he drsnk = drop if he had drank
anything Of consequence | should have known it.
After dinner he was suffering very severely with
a headache, and it was difficult for him to meet
his friends ; and yet he stood for over an hour
to receive their congratulations | went with
him 20 the steamboat, and afterwsrd to the hotel,
when he retired, he Was still suffering Now.
say this. he hsd one of those periodical head
xches which he has at times. when he cannot
entertain men, Snd that it is in consequence Of
that, people have gone away and reported that
because Of his habits he was unable to DO bust
ness. will say further, that have never seen
him when he was shy more under the influence
Of ardent spirits than our Chairman is now.
(ApplAuse) will say Of the men who are &C
luninted with him, that | never saw or heard q
one say that he had ever seen him under the in q
iuence of intoxicating drinks say that these
reports in regard TO his habits are, in my judy
nent, the reports of his enemies cloud sp- I
,lsuse) They are base SANDERS (Renewed o
.pplause) There Is nothing in his habits or =.
haracter which robs me Of ny confidence in
lin. / know that he is man Of great iGteg- u
ity, and don't believe that there ia any re- =
Yard or favor that you or any one can bestow u
hat will make him swerve from the course which :.
for the best interests Of this Republic will Il
ay further, that | have never known public ii
nan who appeared to be governed less by per- c.
onal ambition than Ulysses s. Grant. ZAP n
lsuse.) | say still further, that you may be I,
nth him in private snd in public, and you will &
ave TO be with him more than | have been be-
ore you hear him utter one word in commenda-
on of his services while he was General in Il
be army" ~