Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-08-09
POLITICAL.

Now that the sultry and busy season
Of the year is getting pretty well spent,
the agitation Of the political cauldrOn is
beginning. Kentucky has led off with
an election in which the opposing can
didate for governor canvassed the state,
and the result foregone conclusion be.
fore the election. is the election Of dem
ocratio officers by reduced majOrities. In
the great central state Of Ohio, the pot
boils furiously, and the issue is squarely
made on rags or specie for money. The
platform Of the Democratic party, as
made at the late convention, declares
that the attempt Of the Republican par
ty, to reduce the currency and return to
specie, has been disastrous to the cOun-
try, and it calls for more money in the
shape Of government currency and shin
plasters. On the other hand, the Re-
publican platform declares for hard mon
ey. and on this bone will be the chief
contention for this election. The rival
candidates for governor are strong and
influential men. The Democratic and
Independent" press, outside Of Ohio,
is wailing bitterly on account of the po-
sition Of their friends in Ohio, and are
predicting ruin and disaster as the con-
sequence Of the imitation doctrine Sem
atOr Thurman, a strong politician and a
presidential aspirant, is going through
the interesting process of riding both
the specie ''hOss" and the rag money
mule, and the attempt is liable to result
in disaster to himself as we'll as injury
to the party in the presidential contest
Of next year.
In other western states conventions
are being held, and in a quiet measure
the canvass is being opened. In Mas
sachusetts. the Republicans are casting
about among themselves, seeking for ;
candidate that possesses fitness anC
availability. Alexander H. Rice ap
pears to stand the best chance Of receiv
ing a nomination from the republicans
Gov. Castor will be set up by the dem
Ocrats. and will receive liberal supper
from the Republican party. The TEN
peranee question il the chief issne II
Mass, at present, and on that the re
publicans lost the election last year.
The two great bug bears-"Souther
Outrages" and the corruption of tn
administration" Of which so much
heard in election times. are not bein
exhibited by the political ring-master
just at this time, and the country az
pears to be in a state of repOse, if nc
prosperity.
In the meantime, affairs 90 on all tn
more happily-the planter is busy
hrs cotton. rice and cane fields the fal
mer is harvesting his crops, laying j
his store for winter, or preparing h
surplus for the market. Commerce
dull not only in the United States, b.
in Europe, and business generally
languid
The elections have something to
with commercial affairs, as they wi
serve TO show what public opinion d
elares on the great question Of fnanC
If Ohio says imitation. other states
the West will follow in her wake. al
the great Democratic party will MAJ
this one Of the leading issues Of the n
tional campaign in 1876.
Whether there Is any sense in it
not, the popular clamor for more none
and the expectation that a change
the administration viii produce bett
times. viii have much to do with I
votes next year, and a state Of affai