Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-11

COMMENTS or THE rREss.
From tie Albany Journal.
OF course, Vermont goes Republican
The Green Mountain State never ialters. ).
TAR as the general ticket was concerned. the
only question about the election Yesterday
wa one OF maiorities. and single sentence
of the despatch tells the story There will
he but slight falling off from the Repub-
lican maj rites of lo72 on the State
ticket.
From the Troy Times.
Tie Vermont election yesterday possesses
/ little significance. Judge Peck, the Re
/ publican candidate for governor. is chosen
| hy about the usual majority, and there j.
/ the same overwhelming prepuudcrauce Of
! Republican strength in the legislature In
"a few 90 the larger towns the rum interest
united win the Democrats and defeated the
EeputacIn legislative nominees. In this
State few temperance men are at work to
help the Democrats by much the same
means that the liquor men of Vermont
aided them yesterday. There was good
deal of cutting and slashing in Judge
Poiand's district, and it Is rumored that
q ere has been no election by the people If
he l. defeated, however, he l. not the first
man who ha- been temporarily oyerthrown
by SANDER and treachory. and we predict
that If another election he held the Judge
will come out Of the canvass with iying
colors.
From the Boston journal
Tie vote i everywhere very light. unless
some local excitement has varied the result.
And Yet the aggregate Republican majority
Is well maintained Judge Peck will be
chosen Governor by good relative MAJOR
ity, and two of the Republican candidates
Tor Congress, Mo~srs. Joyce and ilendee,
have no reason to complain of the unanimity
and success OF their Republican support.
In Judge Poland's district We regret TO
say it Is otherwise. We shall not undertake
to discuss the causes of the strong opposi-
ton which has been arrayed against one
whose Congressional standing has been 50
creditable indeed, at this distance the
trouble Is not well understood. The extent
OF the disafecti0n appears to have surprised /.
even those who took par: in it. The first I
obvious suggestion which comes from this /
occurrence l. that it is advisable-this year /
partlcularly-t0 take unusual care in the /
selection OF candidates, for voters seem to I
have little regard for the binding authority /
OF regular nominations, unless meeting
their approval 1t i possible, however,
that in this second district of Vermont the
elements of dissensioD had become 50 in
tractable that bolt would have been the
order Oi the day any way. Such cases can /
only be healed by time
In connection with another phase of this
boiling tendency, perhaps our Republicans
can learn something from the Vermont cleo
ton on the temperance question. Judge
Peck, although quite radical in his prohibi-
tory views, suffered very little apparently
On that account; but in many localities ON
The minor tickets the liquor interest and
The Democracy combined and succeeded in
carrying several hitherto strong Rspubli-
AN towns. Would they not have done Just
he same if the Republicans of the State had
ruckled 70 that interest in the selection of
| candidate for Governor and would not
he detection OF the temperance Republicans
nave made the result ten times worse than
t is? This is a fair question for considera-
ion, and some concurrent light is thrown
ipon II by the open organization of the
Iquor interest in New York, where thepro-
by their separate nomination,
IRE only helping to give the State to the
Democrats, their bitterest enemies.
From the Boston Traveller. ,
Vermont Republicans believe in rotation {
n Office. Congressman W lizard fell VIC
i'm to the dislike of his constituents to long
erms IN Office, and failed of a denomination.
Poland, more fortunate in the !
aucus, seems to have been been beaten at I
he polls. There was opposition to him at
he last election, but the good luck that I
GEMS to have now forsaken him, then car I
led him through.