Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-13
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The Vermont Election.

In another column we give complete re-
turns Of the election for Governor Of the state
and members of the legislature. Most Of
these returns have been gathered by tele-
graph, and it is highly probable that they
are not entirely correct We have, however,
made them as accurate as possible, and be
lieve that the aggregates and majority, to be
officially found on the first Wednesday Of
October, will not vary essentially from our
figures. 1t will be found, however, that the
majority of Colonel Proctor, for Lieutenant
Governor, will somewhat exceed that of Mr..
Fairbanks for Governor. In other words,
the inscriptions attacks Of the democratic
press upon Mr.. Fairbanks have not been
without effect where he is not personally
known, and consequently his majority is
less than it otherwise would have been. We
do not forget that the veto Of Governor
Peck on the original Fairbanks Company
bill of 1874 was the stock argument of the
democrats in this canvass, and hence we may
snow fairly claim that, had Governor Peck
been in the field instead of Mr.. Fairbanks,
they would have lost their ammunition-train,
their artillery would have been useless and
their defeat would have been more terrible.
1t is terrible as it is. For Governor, the
vote is by far the highest ever cast, and the
balance-sheet is as follows:
Horace Fairbanks ..........,.,.......... 4I,73S
W. II. II. Bingham. ...................... 20 $40
Compared with the election of 1874 the
Republicans have gained eleven thousand
one hundred and fifty-six votes and the dem
ocrats seven thousand FIVE hundred and
ninety-seven%net Republican gain, three
thousand five hundred and fifty-nine. Com
pared with the election Of 1872 the Repub-
licans have gained two thousand seven hun
dred and ninety-two votes and the democrats
four thousand two hundred and forty-nine---
net democratic gain, one thousand four hun
dred and ffty-seven. In the legislature, the
Republican victory is complete: the thirty
Senators are all Republicans and in the
House of Representatives the democrats have
lost and the Republicans have gained about
thirty towns, compared with 1874. The
three Congressman are all Republicans, and
the aggregate Republican majority in the
Congress vote will probably exceed that for
Governor.
The victory of the Republicans, then, is
complete, on the fullest vote ever cast new
ertheless the democratic editors, in the state
and out of it, are apparently in ecstacies.
From the cock and chickens of the argus to
the highly fgurative trumpeter of the New
York World, they are growing over "a great
democratic victory in Vermont at least
by-and-by-ten years hence, or twenty, OF
forty. We are certainly content to see them
put the evil day far off, but it is still more
comforting TO believe that for the demo
cratic party there is no millennium-it goes
out with all other evil things when righteous
ness and peace come in.
The tricks of figures, by which the dem
ocratic editors are cheating their readers
are no less delusive than the tricks OF Jug
glers. Apparently they figure their promised
results out, to demonstration but the
same thing they could have done in years
past, again and again-and yet the Repub
leans have beaten them every time. Yer
mont is still the star that never sets, cast her
horoscope how they will.
If the democratic editors wish to figure
fairly-that is to say, so as not to cheat
themselves nor anybody else-they must
begin fairly. For example the Republican
party was formed in 1851, and the first real
trial of the strength OF the two now existing
parties was in September Of that year
From that date, through Buchanan's admin
istration, the war, and the process of recon
struction, the times were adverse to the dem
ocrats But now these adverse circumstances
are over; the democratic party has started
again, as it has proclaimed on the old basi,
of united South in its favor, and with
the old and powerful temptation to contro
the country by playing the fool to united
South. The democratic party of to-day i,
N"'iNApio th' H"ieN Va 'O'fi hafihS th' odiH'
policy and appealing to its followers by the
same motives. In Vermont il has the same
leaders, they fight its battles in the same old
way, and they fight against the same old
Republican party.
Now how stand the figures in 1851 and
ls76P Which of the two parties stands best
at the end of twenty-five years In 1876
the Republican vote is forty-four thousand
seven hundred and thirty-eght; in 1854 il
was twenty-eight thousand one hundred and
sixteen-gain sixteen thousand six hundred
and twenty-five, or more than ffty-nine pei
cent. of the vote of 1854. In 1876 the dem
ocratic vote is twenty thousand eight hun
bred and seventy-six, and in 1854 it wa,
fifteen thousand two hundred and ninety
seyen-gain, five thousand five hundred and
seventy mine, or less than thirty-eight pei
cent. of the vote in 1854. A very fail
show for our side; and Figures will not lie.
The New Legislature.
The Senate is unanimously Republican
While Mr.. Walton, of Washington county, i.