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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15
POLITICAL NOTES

The Arkansas Democrats claim the state
bv maiori'y Of forty to fifty thousand bat
retarns are a. Yet quite incomplete.
The Connecticut Democrats after much
debate nominated r. H. Hubbard, Of Hart
ford. for Governor, and Francis B LOOMS,
Of New London for observation-disclosures.
"What DO yoa think Of Adams and
Plaukc;t?" was the query rat to Massa-
caase;ts Republican Think Of them, ~
he replied why, think We shall PUNK
it to them in November.
IN Wilmington, Del, on Tuesday, the
Republicans carried eight out of ten wards,
electiue nine out Of eleven Counoimen. The
Republican majority in the city was 200.
The New York Herald drops into poetry
Hans Zsrmoar had hardy
Nere j. dat hardy nov '
The ONO S'a.e Journal says " Next
Thursday Sep; :, is the birthday of Thomas
\. Hendricks. and he will be fity-seyen
years old on that day, if that event is not
hiudered by having the date fixed in nd-
vance.
In conversation with leading Repub-
lican, the other day, that eminent Democrat,
Dan, VOORHEES,, remarked 1 am not sur
prised at all these things coming out on Til
den. And, he added, sugge-tiyely, lam
expecting, every day, something still worse
to he developed"
The other day Col Ingersoll, who is
dong good service IN Maine, mentioned as
straw " that on taking the vote Of one
thousand men in the Maine State prison it
was found that nine hundred and ninety
nine were for Tilden and one for Hayes. \
closer Investigation, however, revealed the
fact that the Hayes man had been i'm
properly convicted.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

The extent to which the one term RUE
holds in our State is shown by the tact tna'
but % of the Representatives elect "ei'
members of the last House. while IN 'ns
Senate but a solitary member OF the last
Senate, Hon. Z. P. Walton, is returneu-
Yet, for once under the new order CT things
the Legislature will not lack for experienced
and capable legislators and leaders. lhousn
less than one in ten of the members OF the
last Legislature have been reelected TO 'nis'
tho list contains an unusual number OF men
of legislative experience gained IN former
years. The roll of the Senate is headed ny
Hon. Edward Seymour, who has tour linea
represented Vergennes in the House. anu
has had four elections to the State Senate
Mr.. WalIon's experience in legislation may
be said % cover almost the whole peflou
of his adult lie. Senators Grout, oil
Orleans County Cushman and DAVIS Oh
Windsor County; Battlefield, of Wlndnam
County; Wheelock, of Lamoille. and J'hh
Lynde, Of Orange County, have had repeat
ed elections to the Lower House.
The House will surpass the recent Houses
in brains a, well as experience, for among
the REPRESENTATIVES are ex-governor and ex-
Sneaker John W. Stewart, Of Middlebury
ex-Lieut-Gov. Blrnham Martin, OF Chelsea
ex.Congressmsn F. E. Woodbridge, Of Yer
rennes W. W. Lynde, of Marlboro n l.
Sprague. of Brandon L. P. Cotton, oil lras-
bursh J. 2. Ladd, Of Alburgh, who have
been Senators, and some Of whom have had
exrerienee in both Houses Torrey L.
Wales. Of Burlington Hugh Henry OIL
Chester: A. y Swain, Ct Rock bingham and
J X. Batchelder, of Arlington, who have
had repeated terms in the House while
among the new members, John W. Newton
Of ST. Adams: William F. Dillingham;, ol
Waterbury Julius E,tey, Of Brattleboro
John \. Sheldon, Of Rutland ). D
Sp.ulding, OF Barre ". c. French, OF
Woodstock. and others, cannot iah tC
be useful ~nd influential legislators
From such a Legislature it is sai'
to expect more able and careful work. anC
less blind leading Of the blind, than we hay'
seen thus far under the biennial system.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

TBR New York Hrald's last explanation
of the little discrepancy between Mr.. Tilden's
income return and his affidavit is substan
TALLY the same as that before promulgat
by Mr.. Dorsheimer. The trouble with it
is, the first place, that the year of the false
return was not '6l bet 90; second, that
the law cid not permit him to deduct his
loaps and investments from his income e, even
if in process of time in subsequent years
they proved to be bad : and third, that it
leaves untouched Mr.. Tilden's ON ission to
make any return in the eight years follow
ing, and his evasion Of must Of the tax on
the millions he accumulated during those
years. Mr.. Tilden's apologi.ts will have 70
try once more.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

In $50. Vermont gave Republican ma
i,.ity OF . $40 against one Of p 500 IN the
rreyious State election-a gain u 1000
and it was allowed that it was doing well.
tbs year, Vermont gives Republican
malrity Of $4,000 against oae Of 90
303 in the last previous election
gain of nearly 1000 and it is doing
well, now. Ii i in fact doing much better
this time than four years ago, for the gam
has been scared against greater obstacles
The Democrats this time had a candidate for
Glveru5- Of much greater personal popular
ity than 10 1872. They began the can
VS. c4Iiy and with great determination
Tae7 had plenty Of the money which Mr..
TIlcu made in par; BY swearing 10 t'.'e
returns of bis income. and spent 1t freely
Hay-. money 70 spend, they easily secured
some .f r5e camp followers Of the Republi-
can fafty. -leh as almost every reader can
think pl. Who's instincts and associations
have alUae- allied them with the Democra-
cy. and who have commonly given It more or
less secret all, while holding up their poT-
ringer for Republican pap. 1t is positive
Sas- action ami advantage TO the party that
tha4c .eauy have gone, us was said IN
S.r'pturo # Judas. to their town place.
T1e Democrats secured an unusual number
Of VOTER hy naturalization. And they, OF
c,ur-e. had the natural increase which comes
from th. -ou- of Democrats coming Of age
They ,l.k VIVA, pgrchasabIe material there
i ID the STATE by the ala Of those registered
envelope from Albany, elsewhere men
toned They believed, and their Vermont
orators .Ienly claimed, that they were
coia- O., r,i4co the usual Republican
m4'ori,y in tie State by eight TO ten
thousand. Mr. Tiliens friends in other
States were willing to bet, and some did
bet. ou a reduction of the mai lrity in Yer
mont O. 10000, OF les. Yet, in the face Of
all this. the Republicans OF Vermont have
held their own, making as good a gain as
lhey dii four wears ago in the State. and
where their canvass was active have general
w increased their majorities Of four year
az, They have reduced the number o.
Democrats 10 the Legislature by over third
and CARED several Democratic strong
holds. oar brethren n other states have
right 90 take cheer from the result for j
isa ialr and distinct presage Of the sWeepin.
Republican victory TO come in the Na'iona
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

The Vermont Senate.

The following named gentlemen are elect
ed Senators-sll Republicans
Addison County-Edward Seymour, Yer
gennes l.. d. Eldredge. Middlebury.
Bennington County,. II. Guild Rupert;
Silas Mason, Readsboro.
Caledonia County-S. s. Thompson, Lyn-
don H. c. Belden. ST. Johnsbury.
Chittenden County Samuel Huntington,
Burlington c. NJ. Spaulding, Jericho II.
Z. Leayenworth, Charlotte.
Essex County-D. $. Storrs, Island Pond.
Franklin County-0scsr $. Rixford High
gate. L. A. Hull, Berkshire; E. A. Sowles,
ST. Adams.
Grand Isle County-Buel Landon, South
Hero.
Lsmoille County-Edwin Wheelock Cam
bridge.
Orange County,. P. George, West Fam
lee; John Lynde. Willismstown:
Orleans County-Willism W. Grout, Bar
ton: Charles Carpenter Charleston,
Rutland County p. Siuonds, hut
land Samuel W Williams, Castleton; d. ,.
Lsthrop. Pittsford q W Brigham, Pitts
field.
Washington County e P. Walton.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

THE thOroughness Of the Republican sweep
in Maine Is well told in the following de
spatch, sent al midnight, Monday night, by
Mr.. Blaine, to Governor Hayes
We have carried the State on the largest
vote ever cast, by a msjority of from y 600
to $4,000, being a gam Of some 10000 on
the majority of last year. We have carried
every Congressional District. We ha We
elected our county officers in every county oi
the State, with possibly two exceptions, hay
ing regained one county which the Demo
Gratis have held for years past have elected
twenty-nine out of thirty -one State Senators,
and from three-fourths to four-tfths of the
Representatives 10 the State Legislature.
Our triumph is complete and Overwhelming
Ii points that you will secure the electoral
vote of the State in November by a major
ity OF from 10000 to %, 1000.
j. G. BLAINE.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

TIE S.nfinsi charges the Republican Press
Of the State with Intentional deception in
their estimate Of the probable majority in
our State election The charge il ground
less. Tie fIst bu1dred towns that came in
gave an Increase OF over 400 on the majority
Of - an those towns gain which, if it
had held though the State, wolld have
given between 26,CC0 and - coo ma
lority. less than halt the towns in the
State gave Fairbanks i, 900 majority. In
stead OF Il gain, however, the majority iell
of in the other half The earlier returns
misled Us, AID every body. That was all
there was Of ii. But the Sentinel is pretty
paper to pra'e u deception. IL trotted
out its iooster yesterday, over an announce
ment that California had gone Democratic
by % 600 majority The Joke here is in
the little fact that California has held no
election this uon.h, That State elects its
State officers for tour. years, and held its last
State election III 1875. OF course the
Sentinel had no despatch about any
California election-it doesn't have any
dispatches, - and no despatch about
any 25,o00 majority came over the
wires to Burlington. The Sentinel, sup
posing that California elected its State Off
GERS this year, simply npented and printed
this false and ridiculous announcement. And
yet it holds up hands in horror over Rspubll,
esn deception and trekery
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

Vermontesare not in the habit OF buying
without inspection, nor Of believing things
are so they are called SO. The only
gains, with yGy few exceptions, which the
Democrats lae made from the Republicans,
have CONSISTED of men who do not think for
themselves on the other hand. the Re-
publicans haze reclaimed almost the entire
Liberal wing which consisted largely of the
most intelligent and reformatory class. The
moral significance of the vote, therefore, is
quite as impttant as its numerical strength.
If the Democrats, with all their new and
plausible Professions and with their unpre-
cedented exetions, were unable to capture
the unsatisftd Republicans, or find favor
with men Of intelligence and independence,
then they hve DO hopc elsewhere in the
country savein their old stroDgholds and By
their old msns.-MessNge-.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

charles FRANCIS Adhm> anu shc
The nomination of Mr.. Adams by the
Massachusetts, Democrats Is just such a
maneuvre as the nomination of Mr.. Ureeiey
by the Democratic party, and it will wofk
in precisely the same way. -,
Placed in nomination by the party VIII
which he has heretofore acted, anu "
which by principle and association he nat
urally belongs, Mr.. Adams would have
many elements of strength as candidate
Accetting nomination from the party de
has heretofore opposed, and which now IN
despair of electing one of its own, turns 10
him for help, he will be weaker cHnui-
date than an out and out Democrat Inc
genuine, independent" refOrmers' who
went of with Greeley four years ago. are
now at work for Hayes and Wheeler. lhey
found the Democratic party was not Inc
Mace from which to gather reform mar
vest. This Democratic bid for their sup
mort comes too late, and is too small. II
Will draw no votes from the Republicans
and will alienate some Democratic voters
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15
Detroit, August %, 1876.

Mr.. kent is well known to many Of our
readers. lie is a leading lawyer OF Detroit,
a proiesso, in the Law Department of Mich
igan University and gentleman Of very
high standing, both professional and person
al. The Nation S rejoinder to his very clear
and forcible etter, is that it is not trying to
be particularly impartial towards Mr.. Til
den. This is dearly so. The Nation is not
trying to be impartial it Is only trying to
make people ,Aink i; is impartial. Also
that if Mr.. Tiden were not a Presidential
candidate, it does mot believe there would
ever have betr FIVE minutes discussion about
this Terre HUT. affair, and the notion that
it was stu,endous fraud would have been
treated as ridiculous" Which, in view Of
the fact tina an important suit, certain TO
occasion much discussion, and in which
distinct allegations Of fraud were made
AGAINST Mr.Tilden, had been commenced
before Mr.. ,ilden was thought OF as can
didate for tie Presidency, is certainly cool
belief. Furthermore the Nation thinks that
THE first hty of every man to his country
is not % elet either Tilden or Hayes, but
to be yeracbus and candid and honest. "
Which leadus to say that it is pity the
Nation CONS so far short of It's first duty.
For a paperof its pretensions 1t is..surp,rIslng
how often tits neither veracious, candid nor
honest
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15
w. N.raI srlas seplembsr EIeellOn..

Maine speaks with 10 uncertain sound.
She give her yoi.e for true reform, for
solnd money, for protection to American
citizens Of whatever color, or political be-
lei. f,r support Of the national authority
and ihe rational credit. She repudiates
sham reforms and sham reforIners. She en-
pba-'ze- her verdict with a gain Of over fen
thousand in the Republican majority This
!. all that was ezpsl;ed by auybody,-and
more. A Republican majority Of 1900 in
Maine. following one Of y 600 in Vermont.
look, decidedly ike the beginning Of Re
publican tidal wave" which l. to sweep
the Uui,n Ia NJyember The appreciation
Of the real issues before the country, shown b.
the elections 10 Vermont and Maine, l.
certainly most suspicious augory Inc
opposition to party long in power natural
" grows with time. 1t j. sweiied by every
disappointed o.rirant for political prefer
ment, and every exposed and elected official
rascal To tais volume Of unmi-taka5e
discomfort las been added the uusetting Of
party ties, oocasIoned by the partisan cry Of
Repu t.ican corruption and, most Of all, by the
hard times Thousands Of Republicans in Yer
mont ard Maine are soreiy pinched in money
natter. vcy many, beyond a doubt, have
been ready 90 accept anything for a
change They have been willing to vote
blind, for a change Of administration, hoping
that soD,el0lr. though they cannot see how.
thing Will be better under new men and
new measures This feeling has beyond
question teen very strong element in the
canvass and it l. p most cheering sign that
it has MT overborne the fidelity OF more
Republicans. The intelligence and stability
ofthe masses If our Ia1iy lave been equal to
the emergency. They see clearly that moth
ing but accumulated disaster can come from
a restoration Of the Democracy to control &.
they see that the change they desire Is more
certain through Republican, than through
Democratic victories. So they rally
to the Republican standard with re-
neWei determination. So every new Demo
cratic recruit is accompanied to the polls by
two additional Republicans and Republican
msjortie- almost swing hack to those Of
the times when it was AL one way" This
viii he tine process throughout the North
and twill gather strength as it goes on.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

The Sentinel alludes to the grand old pat
riot, Gen. Dix, as the gray headed dis
unionist, Dix" 1t Is very true that Gen.
Diz's support of the Union was not Of the
Tilden kind but taking people Of both
parties, as they run, we do not believe the
paper that calls Gen. Dix a disunionist can
win much favor, or make much Roadway for
its own candidate. But perhaps we shall be
told that this abuse of the man whose order
to shoot down the man who dared to haul
down the American flag electrified the
country in the trying times Of '6l, is one Of
the Sentiuels Jokes"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

MONEY TOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES
Brattlsboro PheniI has curious story
about young man being found intoxicated
BY two policemen, at the late camp meeting
Of the Spiritualists at Lake Pleasant,
Mass, and laid away for the nigh. By them.
who, on coming to himself the next morn
ing. gave his name as Frank p. ARMSTRONG.
enc Of the editors of the Democratic paper
published at Bennington. and. more, that
he had been robbed OF SOS. which bad been
given to him by Chas. N. Davenport, OF
Brattleboro, the day before. to be expended
in Bennington for political purposes in the
coming election. holy horrors Can it be
that the great reiormer" of Vermont has
fallen from his lofty position at last and
now stands on level with Tammsny poll
ficians Of the bsser sort f-Rutidnd Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

A letter from Coushatta, Louisiana-of
bloody memories-under date of Sept. 4,
announces that z. T. Webster, Clerk OF the
District Court. parish Of Red River was
waylaid and shot the previous evening. lie
was wounded and his horse was killed.
Special dispatches to the New orleans
Democrat give an account of an engage
ment between "a band OF negroes ana
three white "scouts," in which the former
are represented as making the attack, but
as usual. the killed and wounded are all on
the negro side-one negro being killed, one
taken prisoner. and three wounded. Evi-
IDENTIFY the Democratic arrangements Tor
carving Louisiana ION the Mississippi
PLAN are being perfected
Mr.. Webster is an intimate friend oil Sen
ator Twitchell, who is now seeking recovery
from his wounds in Vermont.
\ recent despatch from New Orleans
says:
The advice Of the New Orleans Demo
orc; to the people in the country to act with
GOODNESS and discretion, 10 leave the poor
negroes alone and 60 Tor The white leaders
appears to be faithfully followed This IS
the fourth Republican parish in which the
leading white officials have been shot since
the campaign opened. Mr.. Lanier, tax col
ector of Carroll parish, was badly wounded
few weeks since, and Mr.. King, deputy tax
collector of Vermilliou parish, killed. Both
these acts are called the result OF private
ieuds. The Associated Press agent at Mon
roe. who is editor Of the white league organ
of the district, falsely attempts to SiSe the
same color to the killing OF Door Ding
Graves. The sheriff Of tue parish writes
that he applied to the rifle clubs for posse
to follow the assassin. They replied I'VE
are home guards, VIC are not Sheriff's Off
GERS" aud in every way thwarted his efforts.
He adds Unless we have bel ? here soon,
we must all turn Democrats to save our
lives and our families. "
Mr. Lanier, mentioned above, is the gen
tleman who was alluded to by Judge Ben
ham in his speeches. lie is native
/ Southerner who fought through the war IN
the Confederate army, but who has since
accepted the situation in good faith and
because he has dared to be a Republican he
Is prescribed, and the other day he was at
tackled by two leading Democrats. and twice
wounded with pistol shots This is the kind
of free country we should have at the
South under Democratic rule
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

The NORTHERN PAcuc RAILROAD - The
bonds Of tie first Northern Pacific railroad
corpor4iiau are now converted into the new
issues Many Of tie large holders have con-
yerted their bonds into wheat land on the
Red river and in Minnesota. c. W Cas-,
the toImer president, Z. p. Cheney, Of Bos-
ton, and Dalrymple, the great Minnesota
farmer, have 10 500 acres in Dakota, 300
in wheat, tbs year. A Canadian has a field
of 10000 acres, John Musher, of Canaan
daigua, \. Y, 10000, Frederick Billings,
of Woodstock, Vt, 10000, Charlemagne
Tower, of Philadelphia, 10000 besides o.,
900 in Minnesota, Connecticut land com
pany 10000, Rev. Dr.. Hawley, of the same
State, > Gao acres, Thomas A. Garfield, OF
Burlington, $50, and mary other people
large amounts. These investors were allow
ed tie per value Of their bonds in land at
from g. 50 per acre upward. Comparative
ly little OF these great tracts is vet under
the pow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

In connection with the fac smile of the
false affidavit made by Samuel J. Tilden, the
following items Of the true statement of
his income are authoritatively published
Feb. l0th, 1862. tees for trustees and
master commissioners, deed to the pur-
chasing committee in Pittsburg. Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad Co, $4,000 {;
Feb. 18th, fees and expenses with reference
to deed Of the former railroad company,
pursuant 10 the order of court, Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Co.
50 geo March lst, Tor drafting, etc, first
mortgage deed Of the reconstructed corpora
ton, Plttsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad Co., $1,000; March lst, ices for
second mortgage deed, Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company,
s.. 500; March lst, fees for third mort
gage deed. Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad Company, $500;
March 2ud, fees for final conveyance to
the Railroad Company subject to the
mortgages, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad Co, 50 600. June l4th,
Cumberland Coal and Iron Co, $1,000;
October l., services to second mortgage
bondholders Of the St. Louis, Alton and
Terre Haute Railroad Co, as per affidavit,
$40, 600 November It'll, services to First
Mortgage Bondholders, Alton and Terre
Haute Railroad Company, as per affidavit,
SO 900 December Sd, fees during the
year from Chicagoa and Northwestern Railroad
Company, 10000 fees during the year
from Toledo and Wabash Railroad Company,
$4,000 share of bonds retained for
services during the wear connected with
the reconstruction of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad $50 600. Salary as Trus-
tee and President of Balance Dry Dock
Company, $1,000; total, $l0S,0O0. De-
duct for expenses of Office affairs and
taxes, S6,5U0 for fees received but not
earned in 1862, Sl2, 500 total, $4,000
making a net income on the Democratic in
terIretation of the law. of $50 600. Net
income as sworn to ty Mr.. Tilden, S7,lls;
professional income iraudulently concealed,
S8l $50 summary of income subject to
five per cent, amount $50 900 amount
Of tax, 81 $50 interest returned subject to
three per cent, amount S7,llS amount
Of tax, $2l3.54 , unpaid tax due to the
Government for tho year 1862, Sl4 ,236.46.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

ADExocRAr,c speaker in sO1.3 ..,T b,
asked his colored hearers II ..pspiy
enough to eat. The answer wa, ~
WHO gives it to you?" be ln4untt "Ns'
body gives il. we work, they CIV ,s1s X
do you own n w that you dli no, IKE. =
fore the war ?" said be. "Onr ,r p
children, >" was the stunning sns
Democrat had no more to say.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-15

You know that for ten years In. ~,
Tweed controlled every oth,a N 'le -
New York of public characters m
if we lived under an absolute sOs7.l-,
and William NJ Tweed had been Int,
and that for ten years he allowed S'I n.
cratic Committee. say nothing 4... :.
paying two sums of s. 600 ea ..s. ,rs .
my's hands for -etoTm. Ia o.G,sit
that reform at the polls. and unlOIi1,lI (.
went into the pills IN New 1oEA. Es,s
if you show Inc the COMPANY So- ,as J,
will tell you what sort OF nilI Ia Vi
You show me man who manipuil'5u ~
William NJ. Tweed for ten years AZ AZ / b
he held in the palm Of hls hand ~ ~
draw my own conclusions Ni'''"
sends speech.