Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-05
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MONTPELIER Vt.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5. 1876
The Presidential! Campaign.

jmpnrt,n, states have he'll til il ronvrn-
lions AMI tn. several can Id ..e~ ar'. gath
c1inr such forces ~ they en- The artl"u
uf II hrcr graf ia e. /, 10 i ~ to | ~
roo.n /, L NJ. Oh -l,c.l lin :n Ii lie .@r'''
uine prophecy OF what li'' result 1t Cn
cinrati will be.
New York prr>'n'- ~" name Of k"sr"'
Conklinr, in spite If thu earnest protest q
one third of her convcu'i'n. but 1t seems
hardly possible that the republican nation
II convention will be 80 dcmcntcd rs to
nominate him The danger OF hi nom
it.,fiuu lies in Thu, that the southern dele
etious generally come to national con-
utious rs 4 marketable commodity, ana
may b, counted on a. going almost any
where except where the steady going. old
hi, ned republicans Of the north would
...het to have them 90. 1t thus may turn
ont that the southcyncr>, after voting large
Is for Morton, together with Morton :
supporters, sill favor Conhlng with their
vntcs in which case there will be needed n
very strong combination to defeat him.
There Is not 50 much danger Of tn,
Conhlng men going over to Morton, fo
while imitation is pet theory in the west.
it i, held bv men no haven't any money
t. lou,c parli,ululy, and IN the othl
Land. the NV Workers are for hard mon
cv p,cau-r their pockets are absolutely 90
ino to >uilrl hv soft money. The tncrt
tan.y about Morcn's financial notions
viii Ir pretty sure 10 keep the Conhling
men from going ior him. But there re.
mains the fact that from whichever f
these two men proves strongest, the great
danger to the republican parry in the con
likely have the support of the tdministrn-
tion. whatever that may amount to. and
it is decidedly an unknown quantity.
The two prominent candidates. Bri-tow
Blaine, are still neck and neck and there i
great danger that both may be killed of b,
combinations made on some one wht
would he worse for the party and country
The supporters of these gentlemen. must
in the end combine, in order to win IT,,
best results from the June convention
Could they be put on one ticket it woule
be The h, i arrangement that offers.
Last week Pennsylvania and Ohio ohp>.
dcIc.n e., and each state followed III,
lr,c,.cnl set ly New York, and present.
ed Il Elvuite son. llarlranft is II
Ptnr>l lvania Il, on, and lIavrs the oif'rn :
from Ohio. The l,tt, J. would make IL YER,
good pl,>.d,nt. 10 doubt, if he could b,
che sen. but tie P,nn>y Ivanian j. II ,ort @
J" II Hoffman >p' cImcn-nn cAcclleI
figure head fer III gentlemen who >tan'
b;t' an" play the machinery.
We do not now recall any more person
VIII" :lc really in the field, but there II,
Two grntl, men W no have still some chan,,
if there comes u general break Up On'
OF th,ec. Eiilu b. Wa-ihurnr {, f II IN j
would be much Letter than any "i the !.
'''"' -" I''l' ~ " ~ I'i' - II -
The other. :. .I,lam \ We, i,l .! ~
York, e, uld to. b,. let e. - 4 pas. =.
tiaI candi at. He !, l,:,.Nn Il, III ....'
it>lh"nrd rcl"."l.c.n'i q !'n4 re,uiG i
Blame, and IL Il thoto, -h.y h.ne-t M
all hi, days.
We do not doubt IN. lhc Vermont ie.r
CATION, which Is pre- ly evenly divide,
be- ncen Blaine s,ni Bri>tnw. would, next
10 succeeding III placing one OF these il
nomination. rejoice in pltcin! such Il man
as Mr.. Wheeler ut the head Of the ticket
Whether the Cincinnati nomination i.
VT ril anything to the man who gets it
depends on vino gets it: and republicans
all over the country had better be studyin.
that fact.
CONNECuCUr ELECTION The Sat,
election Monday resulted in \ full vote
about rs large as that of last year, and il
no particular change in the relative poslti
on of parties. Gov. Ingerso.l. democrat
is re elected by 1000 plurality, and $50,
majority. Las year he hid over 9lU,
plurality, and nearly 700 majority, bI
the decrease has come from the runnin.
Ola grernotck ticket. wnith took of .
couple Thousand democratic votes, most @
them in HE city of New Haven.
RHODE '>L>Np-'rhe State election oc
curs to-day. and it is supposed GOV. Lii
pitt, republican, will be re elected.
President Grant has been sick with a :,
we're cold Tor a few days, so that he h..
been unable to do business
L. J Phelps, E,l, of B rlington. IN,
Hon. Lucu> f.. Chittcndcn of New York
are eX-Ministrr Schcnck counsel befor
the House committee on foreign af1 ,ir
now investigating the Emma mine bust
nes-.
Noisy Pond Reservoir near Worcester
Mass, was emptied by the underminin,
and ca,ing in of its dam last Thursday
over 100000 worth of properly was DIES
troycd but no lives were lost as people Ia,
twcniy-four hours notice of the danger
The Washington investigations are run
nlnT full blast. Emma Mine holding GU
more steadily for investig ,tion than it iii
for one. One Bell has told a story Of he,
Is Ill, ock IN Llck''v sent HIM to St. LOU
to seal prNttS from DYER of R,I.n,.l