Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-27

And now Newton Booth. governor Of
California and United state senator elect,
j. mentioned a. "A candidate for the PreSi-
deney. Ili- success already may well pro-
woke high ambition.
The Utica Herald sly. '- Bright dis
ease was what hurt Mr. Cushing most.
Precisely 80 and therefore jhe people de-
manded a man of .iiiereat kidney
Grophic
+. Stewart. of Keenc. Superintendent OF
the Cheshire Railroad, l. the Democratic
/ candidate for senator in the ninth Senate
rial District OF New Hampshire.
In Mississippi the eraer.
I Secretary OF State. Superintendent of Plb-
[ lie Education and Speaker of the House of
/ Representatives are negroes.
Perhaps there j. something significant in
this. y Cleveland, Ohio, paper says that
:" Wick, the deiaultins Treasurer. of Clarke
county. was a Republican, elected by Re
publican majority. But Mr.. Wick i locked
up in the Pententiary, where he ought to
be. The Democratic TrcaSurers Of Rich
mOnd, Fairfield and Bltler counties have
also robbed their respective treasures. Just
a. Wick did but where arc they? Are
any Of .heSe errins Democrats in the reni-
Tertiary or likely 10 be? obviously NOT. -
IN his day, Brabanlio, the Venetian SEN
ator, must have been one Of the Con-erva-
tive school OF politicians. opposed To- the
" haysccd' movement. Tor he says in
"Othello. act scene | - What rell'-t thou
me of robbery? Ny house isnot grange -
George L. Todd. of Concord. Superin-
tendent Of the Northern Railroad. mas been
nominated for Senator by the Republicans
Of the Fourth Senatorial district of New
I Hampshire.
Scandal never helps. but invarAsiy hart>.
I In lo3s. when David J.. Porter was the De-
m0cratic candidate for governor 90 Hcnu-yi +
/ wanna. his opponents circulated story Ut
/ his connection with celebrated woman.
/ and from that hour his success wis assured.
/ IL was closc fight until that circa Instance
was introduced into the scene. Ii fired
/ portcr'> friends with Indignation. and dis
+ guste1 all his honorable enemies. and his
/ election was his fall yindlca tlun -. too,
when Mrs Eaton name was associated
{ with that Of Gen. jackson Nobody thinks
I now of Alexander Hamilton affair with
/ Mrs Reynolds. buchanan did not escape
/ in l,j6. but 1t stands To the credit Of the
/ Republican leaders that they refused To pay
any attention 10 attacks on his private char
acter.- Coi. ForHg.
The political situation L. remarkable
/ The Republican party, in uuqHc>tioned pos
session of the government. has no policy
upon any of the most pressing questions
before the country. The Democratic party
supcriiuous and hopeless, Is not esena skill
ful opposition, but with Il folly that would
be ineonceiyable except for fourteen years
/ experience Of it, nOminates Fernando Wood
for speaker, and reSists the civil rights bill
There was never time within the memory
Of men nov active in public affairs when
party ties were - relaxed George VIM.
| Curtis.
The talk goes on in Congress about th,
distribution of currency TO the South and
West. Members may talk till doomsday
but they can no more prevent the currency
when once in circulation, from going where
the exigencies OF trade require it than they
can prevent water from running into the
gullies and depresSions of the earth's sur-
faee.-BOsfOH Gi0bc