Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-31


Mr. .Alams, Master of the National
Gr,nge, e-timates the present membership
Of the Order at about a half million. lie
says tie Order has no political procliyi-
I ties. and tia, c,lorcI men are admitted
( a~ well g. others the matter being wholly
within the province of the local Oranges.
/ \ state Grange ha, been organized at
Salem, Or
The " y. Ir,lme's reporter thus speaks
of the lake Democratic State Convention at
Utici " Strictly speaking. this Is not so
fall convention as the Republican. The
same may not be said Of the delegates. They
filed ap early, and have -o far kept full
With beautiful consistency. Ii j. better
l,t than usual, however they have in gen
eral more >ubdueI look. which may be de-
scf.bed as individual seediness representing
political hard times Last weeks cOnven-
tiol was composed Of persons in Office and
power; they had the sleek, we'll ei and
comfortable appearance Of men whose most
arduous duties were to support the cOnsti-
tuition oC the United States and sign pay.
rolls, and who felt the responsibility of
the governing class This lot has more
,ho look %. hanger and thirst. with the sug-
seStiln Of great readiness to support the
constitution and draw pay, if they can only
get the chance
The Catholic farmers OF Olmsteai county,
Ninn., whose faith is an obstacle to their
joining the TRANCE, recently met and ex-
pressed their warm sympathy with the
movement, and took action for the organi-
zttion of an open -odality having like pur-
pose, ia view
That the Democrats in Minnesota in ac-
cepting the Anti-llonopoly nominations at
their recent convention actually disbanded
their organization and made IN end Of
Themselves a. 81 party. is generally under
~u,J
The California papers give several in
stances, illustrated in the recent election in
that State. Of the Importance ola lew votes.
In three districts the candidates for Assem-
bly, were elected by but two majority In
Nevada county the Democratic candidate
for state Senator had only 81 majority in a
vote Of $500 in Iumbolit county the
Senator was elected by 2i majority, and in
FL Dorado hy eight majority. In Saera-
mento county the Republican candidate for
public administrator hal l. majority in a
vote of more than 1000.
The correspondent Of the New York sun,
an oli-ia>hioued Democrat, who has attend
ell more conventions than any man connect
with the press in New York. says Of the
Democratic Convention at Utica, that it
was guided by small men, and " everybody
here admits thar ticket is weak one.
Professor Mead writes from Andover to
the INfVsneeaf as t. " the Right of Bolt
ing" lie says, " The tyranny of the eau
cu~ vii. never be broken uut:l We boldly
take the ground that it las ID authority.
.ha. il imposes no obligation. and that the
only claim which any man has upon our
votes lies IN his own warthines>.
The Sgfhe is the GrangerS' new paper.
Now let them get q MILESTONE. To give ita
little more elge.-Nac York Commercial.
4 new article has been placed in the
Pennsylvania Constitution in relation to
suffrage. which provides that the voter must
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least one month. and q resident of the dis
trict two months. instead ot ten days. "a
heretofore. aud also that his taxes shall
have tccn assessed no least two months and
paid one month lei1re the election. Each
ballot H. to bee numbered. aad the number
placed opposite the voters name.
Mr. Van Trump, leading Democratic
Congressman from Lancaster. Ohio, says
" hen 10 was found. on the tHa vo-e there
was laugeroi tac salary bill being defeated.
several members " DO had voted against it
fastened % change their votes, and he was
sorry To- say thar q majority vt them were
Democrats.
Samuel ;. TX has been nominated by the
Democrats as successor ID James Brooks
for Consre>-
Ii the late Connecticut town elections.
the Republicans obtained control of eighty
three towus, and in nineteen others they
have equai power with the opposition The
Democrats carried -izty-thrcc towns and the
Ind endents one.
The people who call themselves Consery-
at.veS in Virginia, are forming what they
style kcmper kampaIgn kiuh-- The mn
tiai- which they seem fond o' using IN the
heajInc- OF ticir Advertisements Of meet
ineS. are suggestive Of the ku kluN klan.
Tnc~o same people are earnestly endeayOr-
ing To mnsr the election a contest between
the races.
The Chicago Post thinks chat the ridicu-
lou~lv light vote OF the October elections
,hol!l be accepted for exactly whet it is-a
silent bat emphatic protest against the ab-
surd system of annual elections. which
leaves The people no breathing time between
the continually rccauins cxcitements OF
politics.
The New York Tribiage, commenting as
an independent journal on the October elec-
tions. says The experience Of the past
dozen YEAR, has shown that q very little
success is sufficient to demoralize the Dem
ocrats and sufficient as well % put the Re
puhlicans on their mcttle to retrieve their
blunders and more than make good their
defeat