Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-11-17
FOf.IIIUAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
The New York T.aes Of Tuesday SAYS
In tie general situation there is nothin!
, but what is Cheering to Republicans They
may re-, in peIicc; COZ fdence that Governor
Hayes L. been elected"
\ jacksonville tFlorida) 3esratch Of No
yembcr l2,L ,sys The Republicans claim
the State for Hayes by as legitimate, though
not a. large, majority as that given By
Vermont. This rests on actual, undisputed.
and iudi.retsble retorus."
Mr. Chandler, Chairman of the National
Republican Committee. says to everybody
that nil information rscei7el Is to the effect
that Hayo~ ard Wheeler arc certainly
elected
1t j, to.erabiy certain that tie Republicans
have olec:,d l3G members Of Congress and
the Democrats l45; and three members are
yet 10 le chosen. This leaves nine mem
bers ia d;-rate.
Tie Albany Jgi.raa. .ays The Demo
Gratis raay BE thankful tley haven't the
New York Assembly, for they haven't u
member IL TO be Speaker"
The Tildeni;es, Itmaiks tie Chicago
T,aes, are willing to forget the past, even
the immediate Iaet, but not until they have
heard TIA; rooster crow just ouce
Mr. Bsvles remarks that i. Is all very
well, perhaps, but Charles Francis Adams
has got to be nominated ag2in for some
thing, right away.
On Sunday dospatch 10 the Word ad-
mitted that the electoral vote Of South Caro-
lima woaid he "olose, ana added that the
Democracy would "sccep: the result as
shown ly correct count This is very
good OF The Democrats.
One good result il tie Western States is
the almost complete defeat Of the iLaltion
movement Tie G.eeuback Democratic
candidate, Stewart, was defeated in Illinois,
and tie three Congressmen who were pro-
noancei apostles Of the rag-money heresy
were laid out by 40 overwhelming vote
A Raleigh, South Carolina, despatch says
Smith NJ Weed j. II South Carolina lie
is supEo-cl to be travelling with barrel
aud mlay mules" ne registered ct the
hotel in Raleigh as Thomas Keith. Of /
Tennessee.
III the Rclublieau, and some OF the better
class Of Democratic, journals are eounsel!ing
moderation, prudence, good temper and
faithful observance Of the course Of law
The course ofmany Of tho Democratic papers,
however. Is fairly iucendiary.
The Ti!dsu Bureau which Is now claiming
Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina for
Tiideu. i. tho same news mandatory
which caTri.d Colorado for The Democrats in
Oc;jler
The majority Tor Judge janis IN tie St.
Lawrence District, Of New York, Is only a
hgnirel less than nine thousand Mr..
Magone's E. reforms " 90 not seem 10 have
carried h.. ueishbors BY storm
Tho independent pcs" remarks the
Albany Journal, have taught the country
in it, Centennial year, that independent !
'urport and PARTY opposition are convertible q
terms tba, an independent helper is not 70 q
De distinguished from partisan hindcrer :
ha; an independent Hayes jIarral and 4 Q
riden organ are as like as two peas
The Democratic papers, which are tA.sias J
0 mach nonsense about popular majority :,
Or Tilden, are not only sreiul to keep ID
be back gr ound the sources whence he gets K
Ia: majority, hat they seem to have forgot v
IN that Van Buren,, Polk and Buchanan, as Ct
ell as Lincoln al his first election, were - ~
eeted by minorities Of the Whole vote Of ci
lie people. "
The Hartford Courant Gays of tie vote of OF
onnecticlt " We have no doubt that, ex- Il
'pt for the certificate voting and the repeat to
g and fraudulent voting in the cities, the !. "
ate would have bad a decided Republican
shortly, and would have elected two Repub- tn
AN Congressman" sn
nj
All of the Southern States, except South th
.rolina, Florida and Louisiana cas-. their cia
.es for Gov. Tilden All Of the Northern ce
ate, except Connecticut, New jersey, In r. r.
ana and New York cast their votes for sta
". Gayes. New York is only carried HC
ainst him by the slums Of the city, and lro
nnecticut and New Jersey only by their nj,
e1llow from New York fro
10 North Carolina, the returns show an 10 10
ormous vote, in some districts much larger con
N the voting population. The Republican jor
e is l05 000, which is nearly seven thou has
a larger than the vote which elected Cald- d. d.
Il, the Republican candidate for Governor, era
1872 yet this vote is completely over gre
elmed by the astonishing Democratic vote
ich gives the State to Tilden by ma ms
ty claimed 20 be nearly thirteen thou mea
d, iron