Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17
ohItienden County PolItics.-A Temperance BOLT,

Q The following call for new convention
IN this county is in circulation for sigma
lures, and in due time will doubtless be
issued
whereas, in some of the nominations re-
Gently made by the two political conventions
areauy held In this county, there has been
an entire disregard of the expressed opinions
OF the temperance and law-abidng portion
OF the citizens of the county and Whereas.
the enactment and maintenance of good
laws are the chief duties OF good citizen
snip; and Whereas, the habitual subseryi-
ency to the claims OF caucuses and conven-
tons, when unfair and corrupt. is \ fruitful
cause OF political degeneracv
Therefore, We, the undersigned citizens
oil Chlttenden county, join in a call for
luAss convention at Essex junction. on Sat
grday, July %, 1874, at 10 o'clock m
Ior the purpose of nominating list of can
uiddtes who are IN sympathy with the laws
Oi our State, and who Will endeavor Ia
MAINTAIN and enforce the same.
OF course nobody doubts that this move
ment Is aimed at the Republican ticket in
tins county. We need not argue. witt,
most Republicans. the general question Of
the duty Of standing by their party and II,
nominees. But it may not be amiss 10
suggest to those who are giving (as many
are, now-a-days) especial prominence to the
temperance issue, that such a bolt As this /
can render no service to the cause of tenn
perancc in this county.
The utmost that such movement coul5 |
be expected to accomplish would be the cleo
ton Of the Democratic county ticket. Ii Is
simply impossible that bolting ticket on
the temperance issue can draw from the
regular Republican nominations votes
enough to elect it. 1t will draw no votes
from the Democratic party They. of course.
heartily rejoice in the prospect Of any d.
vision IN the Republican ranks. they clan
the polltical-temperance men on the shout
der, and tell them to 90 ahead with their
movement, and promise them the votes of
temperance Democrats But when election
day comes, every Democrat in Chittenden
county, who votes ar all, will vote the
straight Democratic ticket. Theutmo.t such
movement as this could possibly accom-
pli-h-and We have no idea that it can do
that-wouli be to keep at homesome disgust
ed Republicans, divide the votes ortho,e who
20 to the polls, and 50 give the election to
the Democratic nominees or a portion Of
them
\,v NE d., r,t see b,,,r ,to .,,,.o..r....
ue-.n,s is q, he belned bv Do,ro,r,+;,', ;..
tories. The Democracy Of Vermont have
openly planted themselves Nv rT,,l- IN
tbei- platform in oppo-ition +, The nrob;
bi,Yrv law. The Democracy If Cbi,t,r3e,
county have formally ,5,1te5 tbo s.roo
rr3+f,-n d., tbe o-ier b,r5 bopo..i,.
can Marty of Vermont t,,o ye,r. .'.4 f.- e
ma..v declared itself in favor of s,s.,ic--..
the " settled policy '' or opr S.,+. +, -l'.
rerre-,i5n Of the trafi, in i,t,v;....... =
drink Itf,-...e,.iil,. .-,,..i..,.. b.. -. p
,,,ier tl.an tv VOID. l.. La. - ~ g
our repres-;re logi.Iation T. 7,. I.,'. ,.' d
with the demands or rho +,,,,-o-,naa 80
neat Of the State. and ba. rcre- r.f,..4 -.
pass any measure nm wbie, tlo +.-,---- 3,
.ncc men of the State were scb.+.,ti,r...
t-rael DESIGNED =, ,.;ro Co.. AL -. ID
he .,is-;,., 1,,, Ti., ~. !
.mpf,-i.,lr, L.. .i., -. 80 u
rsmrs-snce mo, ~ vo--,.,.. Z
INT he sen,,a--.l ,ri.b..,. -. 49, ID
nominees
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