Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1876-09-28
Political Notes.

a 'sstaf correspondent of the New
York Tribune, writing from Pittsburg
| predicts that the Republicans. will prob
ably gain eight Congressmen in Pennsyl
vania this fall. 81
A Washington newspaper says that
when you see Southern newspaper dis.
| play the American flag at the head OF
rs columns you may be sure to find the
Republican ticket Immediately under it.
Did you ever see Governor Tilden's
mark ? Often and often you wondered
what. If meant-"S. J.-1S6S x -
Biert;aest0sa Hes0k- Eye.
A one. armed Republican candidate in
Ohio wac said by the Democrats to have
lost his arm 10 threshing machine.
Col Comfy, of the Ohio Stat, sJoUraag,
was. called ia as referee, and gave this
characteristic decision "The thFeshing
machine that wounded Van Sickle was
ioeatea on the top of South Mountain,
Sept. II 1852. - .@
The Democratic caudidate Tor hguteE-
ant governor of Colorado ia TiIden re-
former. It is charged against him, not
by Republicans, but by fellow Demo
Gratis, that he stole 1, 500 sheep, the case
being still pending; that be forged deeds
to 5000 acres of land; that he mutilat-
ed the court record, and that he bought
Mexican proxies to the convention at
$500 each. Bat he is spared the crown
rug misery of being charged with falei-
flying his i0come.
The Columbus (Ga. Ee4trsr is an
other of tie southern papers that Ia
ment the ignorance of the Vefmonters,
and it acconp1s fer it in part by saying
thst .:one - lhe Southern people rarely
ever ena.r- mat Republican besotted
State ;" scqs Enquirer should remember
that a fe@ years ago great many Yer
monters. enlarged their ideas by eXten-
sige travels in the south, and that they
have not forgotten what they learned
there IN. Y. Times.
s, What slr Tilden has been heretofore,
he is ROW namely, cunning. crafty,
stIste4Tsrtieap, siascrlE E1uIolss > worker in
politics To talk Of him as poliii-
cal reformer is 10 forget common sense
and Insult the moral law. He is the
same Samuel j. Tflden whose name was
signed To that notorious circular il 1868;
the same evil d9eT ia politics, who could
not answer Horace Greeley's letter.
Men may become lunalics or strange
Missionaries, and see remarkable things
which baVe no basis in reality but no
man, iD his sober senses, can have much
desire for political reform who sees a
political reformer in this man. Samuel
j. Tlldea. = Worcester SRy.
tir q'ii1en still defers the complete
snd crushing reply to the charges re-
spectiHg his income tax. Ii is not too
much to say that his delay produces a
very unfavorabIe impression. We hope
he may be able to make more decent
defense Than has been made for him,
either by his polilicsl organs, or by his
bureau of correspondence through the
medium of inspecunious Journals. But
the fact is that he has a very ugly task.
He was certainly not rich man in 1861,
and he was certainly a millionaire in
1871. IF he paid the proper tax on his
increase of wealth during that time, his
reply need not take him weeks 10 pre-
pare. IT be did not, months of prepara-
ton will not make it complete.-IHe
Public. .......
The election of a Democratic Presi-
dent after the Vermont and Maine cleo
tions and the .tfascO in New York is so
improbable an event that even the most
desperate political gamblers do not care
to put their money up. What little
money the Democrats have will be
poured into Indiana. The contest there
will probably be the fiercest ever fought
in any state of the Union. Both Sena-
tor Morton and Governor Hendricks
have personal reasons for wishing TO be
successful in the State they represent
and the immense importance of the issue
will call out every vote in the State, and
we fear a good many votes beyond the
State. a Democratic success does not
insure the election of Mr.. Tilden by any
means, but Democratic defeat will
cause a stampede to the Hayes ticket
Neso York San (ITIde'1 OrgGn.)
a story is told of person who with
out ticket or money was several times
kicked of a western bound railroad train,
but persistently returned. AT length the
conductor, weary with much kicking,
inquired of the wsyfarer, SIN the name
of goodness, where are you trying to
get to ?" The sorely punished tramp,
holding the sore place in his hands,
looked up in meekly deprecatory way
and answered, "I'm in hopes to get to
Omaha if the seat of my trousers only
holds ont" 1t occurs to US that the
widow" Butler has been kicked off
the Republican train times enough to
excite some curiosity as to where on
earth the "Widow" wants to get to.
Two or three State conventions in Mas.
sachusetts have kicked him off, and two
years ago congressional district kicked
him out, and here he is again climbing
up the steps with his bundle under his
arm. How much more kicking will the
"Widow" stand, we'd like to know p
". Y. Tribune.