Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-03-20

cratic party offered NO relief for this state OF
affairs has saved IA 'iou au overwhelming
defeat rhi- l. the truth and no good pur-
pose can BE ~uh-crycd ia concealing 1t. 1t
j. c>pccaiiy desirable that it should be I'M
d,7~t1ul at Washington. and by the country
generally. iu order thAt tie idea of Demo-
cratic rr~a-,ij4tion may not be enter
iaiucd
New Hmsumr Election Tho latest
returns render it absolutely certain that
The D,mocrat~ VIII gain unii-puted con-
tr,l Yl she STATE government for the cn-u-
ms gear. a-,I vii be- in il position to carry
or- every ~chcin. Of practical nature that
may ,r proposed Tire house of represen-
tati,e- sill comprise l69 Republicans and
- Democrat, thus giving a good working
maiortv lruaw appears that the RepCb-
irau, h,cDcrtci ts.ir clu1idateS fer sen
at1r- in Districts Z. !. % AMI II. with 2 posi-
h'itN ID ~. 3 heiu- given 70 them on the
ground of i-aaiaIeat Voting. Counsellor
district \, Carried ly the Democrats,
while tr,tc i~ 800 choice IN the remaining
three districts. tlI vacancies are filed by
the Legislature; Icuet the Democrats will
haye ,lnr oat st the five councillors and
either ~cyea ur eight of the twelve senators,
80 that every department of the govern
mentwiil De ia their possession.
One feature of the Republican defeat Is
worthy of special remark. Il Is that while
the Republicans boldly adopted prohibit
DRY pink in their platform, the so-called
pr,aib!tory pa:ty voted for their own men
and prevented the choice IF representatives
in t1e Republican towns of Rochester,
Newport, Bristol and other places Had they
acted with the Republicans IN these towns,
the Legislature woall have been Republican
and ,bc prohihitory law saved. But as it
l.. they aided in securing Il Democratic
triumph, AMI the repeal Of the law and a
year Of free rum viii be their reward
It is openly boas;el by the Democracy
tAlt they viii remove every Republican
oilce-h5licr in tie State, repeal the prohibi-
tory liquor law and re-di.;rict the Senator
iai and counsellor districts, with a view to
securing important advantages in the fu-
tare
The New York Nation notice, Mr.. Parks
statement OF his connection with the Emma
mine bat gives no abstract Of it or extract
from il. saying We shall not 20 into
the details If these ex- parte communications,
because W think the public has had enough
Of them" Furthermore it agrees entire
ly" with the Springfield Republican, when
it say-
at viii be well-ni.h impossible for the
public IL get Mt a finally intelligent and
satisfactory judgment in the premises, or
for the distinguished American citizens who
were concerned in the transaction to relieve
locomotives of the suspicion, if not the
udium, thai las grown upon them out of
thl~ history, without something more
thorough and scientific in the way of in
vesii-Htiou than partisan pamphlets or
newspaper articles can furnish. Ii would
ht "r,i 10 the complaining stockholders
a-r...-' ADD the defending accused at home
c.ulH a-sec Gpru reference of the facts in
4'-patr {, -ine body ot mining and legal
Sitri- i'r '2nmiuatlnn aud report
". >4huit That iii, leave. the No,;on
(-a,au. nothing of lb, Repu56caal in a
v'r5 lame position. COR journal which
desire To maintain. amy character for fair
ne~~ an3 truth Having published n long
cz-parie statement. Which if true made
several distinguished American citizens"
''' '''''i'''F' nhh'''"i>h'i reputation can
'''.',''. 'r me p'h'''"'"ry' 1t declines to
I"'''~ii detailed reply, because the pub |