Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

fraud results which could no; be secured by
honest voting. that it is easy to believe that
there were similar frauds attempted by the
same men. in the late h0tly contested cleo
t;on in Pennsylvanis. OF course 1t Is not
very easy to believe, as the Tribune and
other Greeley organs would have US, that
the cheating was all confined to the Repub-
lican side. this time. That there was more
or less double voting and reckless counting
ON both sides, we can readily CONCEIVE,
for the standard of political moral-
" Is not Of the highest In that
Stare and there are Inscriptions ana
dishonest men on both sides. We have only
n say. as to that. that if crimes against the
nurirv Of the ballot can be proved, we trust
the pnilrv parties viii be put through to
the extent Of the law, be they Republicans
o- Democrats. But we fail to find any sui
6eient proof that the result IN pennsylvania
was materially affected by fraud. The large
vote cast in Philadelphia has been insisted
On As roof positive that unprecedented
frauds were committed but the New 1ork
Herald. which mas all along favored Greeley,
remind. Us that the vote in Philadsphi
this wear ''is the lightest cast IN number
Of wears Pour years ago the vote oiPhli-
sdelnbia was 10. 600, and now It Is only
lis. 900. fthat yote Of four years ago was
a fraud. we have only 20 remark that II was
cast under the management Of Col Ale1ah-
der K Mcclure, the Chairman OF the Liberal
STATE Committee IN Pennsylvania. The IN
mense registration this year of los, eoe-i7,-
600 more than the vote. has also been brought
I'D a. proof that frauds were intended II
i such but il Is not shown that the lnien
ZION was all on the Republican side. The
Republicans say that 70 Mcclure mani
pulations the greater part Of that excess
was probably due, and that ne intend
ed 10 produce repeaIers enough 10
swamp the honest vote Of the people
but the ballot boxes were 50 closely
watched that he found II was impossible
70 carry out his designs. But at
worst Hartranft's majority IN the
resi- Of the State is abundantly
Sufficient TO show that he was the choice OF
the people Of Pennsylvania Throw out the
maiorirviu Philadelphia entirely, and then
the Republican candidate is chosen by al
least 1000
Again. the Official returns show that Ten
Hartranft. instead Of running ahead OF the
Republican ticket-as wss asserted by the
eoalitionists who raised the cry Of fraud
rms considerably behind. as was anticipated
by all Republicans. While his majority Is
n little over "a. 600, some Of the other candi-
date OF the Republican State ticket were
elected by more than 4 500. Il We take
the maiorities Of the Republican Congress
men at large and Of the Delegates To the
Constitutional Convention, We have an
averare Of Il. 1926. This may be called the
r-ue figures Of the Republican triumph III
PENNSYLVANIA. It is emphaticaliy sumner
n the anti-Gran1 men, and they are obliged
70 ind an explanation Of II in something
besides cheating. Col. Alex. Mcclure re-
piled 10 q reporter Of the Philadelphia
Prrss. who interviewed him the other day,
and who asked him DO you regard the
result Of the October elections a. deciding
the presidency
McClur-' Pennsylvania hopelessiy ior
Grant. and do not think either Ohio or In
dina are likely TO vote for Greeley. ] regard
the debatable states as settled against rs by
the October elections
slr. Mcclure was very sore over hi- defeat,
but be did not attributeis al 10 " fraud
He had another name f0r It. twas the de
baucherv Of the democrats. He knew. ne
said. that many influential democrats IL the
civ were for Harrranft, but be did not
look for the general debauchery that pre-
vailed throughout the state. % Deoaueh-
e-v " i, his name for the regard for ther
own Interest and for the public welfare
which LED thousands Of substantial demo
crats IN Pennsylvania, % refuse % contri-
butte in any way towards result 50 disas-
trous a. would be the committing Of the
United State Treasury and Government 10
the reckless and corrupt hands Of Greeley
Fenton. C0chrane a. Co. The help
Of such honest democrats in every state
far more than makes up the de-
fections Of Republican s1re-headz,
and this Is fully and sadly admitted by lead
ing Greeley organs. Thus the Chicago
T-Ibstnc accounts for the great republican
gain IL Indiana (which went 1000 demo
cratic last year by the fact that a. many
democrats voted the republican ticket Is
there were republicans who went f0r the
Greeley party. and the New York SiH says.
In word. We believe the present lmperll-
eli condition OF the reform candidate l.
largely due to the lack Of zeal, courage and
heartiness on the part Of the democracy
This withholding Of democratic support
viii be far more apparent IL the National
election than II the recent state elections,
and. Joined with the enthusiastic support
given TO their nominees by the republicans,
viii leave Mr. Greeley IL November the
most conspicuous monument, IN the history
Of the country. Of the folly a. well as wrong
Of attempting 10 secure power by abandon
ment Of principle and corrupt bargaining
between traders Of opposing parties
The Springfield Republican says, Sc With
M. Greeley in the White House, which II
does not pretend 70 expect, ' we should
know pretty well what we mad 10 expect.
We could not. indeed, forecast Ms foreign
policy, nor his Indian policy We could
not be sure IL advance that his messages
would be always wise or MS appointments
Of unvarying and ideal excellence But
there are number Of things that would be
definitely settled by his election. The no.
bodies who now loll in the cabinet arm
chairs would have 10 give place 10 the ripest
statesmen that the two historical parties
could furnish.
This Is simply absurd. II Nj. Greeley
were elected he would give no place in MS
cabinet to q single Republican who is en-
titled 10 the title Of a ripe statesman Mr.
Sumner has gone abroad for his health and if
he were al home and well, II. G.. would |
hesitate long before ne put 50 dictatorial and |
uncomfortable q spirit into his cabinet lie |
would not invite Trumbull, who wanted the |
nomination himself, nor Schurz, who wept |
and played the heart bowed down.
when Horace was nominated. and |
If ne did ask either he would |
get some pretty Indifferent eabi-
net timber He would not even select as
good man as Bowles, who, after his nomi-
nation. told u that M Gereley would still
continue to give his confidence TO the ad-
venturers and sbysters who lfawn on and
aatter him that they may use him. His Sc