Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-13
NUMBER A..
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
| Wade Hampton is already editorially
nominated as the next Democratic candidate
for President.
Secretary Schurz is about to fill a vacancy
in the Board Of Examiners in Chief Mt the
Patent Office by a selection from the twenty
two examiners, made after competitive ex-
aminations.
The Republicans did good day $ work III
Cleveland, electing the Mayor and thirteen
out Of the eighteen COuncilmen. In Toledo
the Republicans elected the entire ticket ex-
cept Mayor.
Later returns from Cincinnati give Il mere
sweeping victory than at first reported The
entire Republican ticket is elected The
Irish voters scratched the Democratic candi'
date for Mayor. while the Germans support
ed him.
During the month of MarciI-the first
month of President Hayes administration.
forty millions Of dollars of the six per cent.
bonds Of the United States were funded mt"
four and one-half per cent, thus eiicctinga an
annual saving in interest alone Of six aun-
dred thousand dollars.
|
for good municipal government. The ke-
publicans rc-clect Mayor Heath by more
than ten thousand majority, carry the
balance of the city ticket and make almost
q clean sweep of Councilmen. Mayor Heath
and the present city government have cut
down expenditures more than two million
dollars annually, making the rate o. tax
alton one-third less than under the old
regime.
The Albany Journal says of the DISPOSE
tion made of the South Carolina case
There was really no other alternative.
The majority in South Carolina was with
| Chamberlain but the will, the intelligence,
the property and the force were with
Hampton. The people paid taxes to the
latter and withheld them from the former.
The one had the abstract right and the
other had the actual strength. Chamber
lain could not be sustained except by the
I Federal bayOnet, and while he was bound to
stand with his friends and very naturally
and properly made the strongest argument
for his case. We have no doubt that his own
judgment approves the action of the Pres
ideut'
\ special to the New York World says
|
10 enter upon any legal contest with Gov
ernor Hampton in the courts over the Gov
ernorship of South Carolina. but to return
to Columbia. issue an address to the Repub
| lican party OF the State, and then remove
| from the State forever. lie has resOluteiy
refused to enter into any bargain; but he
sees no use of a contest in the face of the
| Presidents decision, and protests that he has
| mn do md tbot bol l,pr ba
State of South Carolina penniless.
Rhode Island election was a quiet one.
| With one small town to hear from, Van
Zandt, Republican, il elected Governor by
III plurality and 4Sl majority, over j. B.
Barnaby. The rest of the Republican ticket
is elected by larger majoritics, Albert How
ard, for MISUNDERSTANDING having ,O64
majority William Sayles, Attorney Gener-
al, 3,490: j. NJ. Addeman, Secretary of
State, 4,l93, and Samuel Clark, Treasurer,
1856. The Republicans will have large
majority in both branches of the legislature:
the Senate will be % Republicans and )
Democrats For the first time in three
years. the election of Governor will not be
carried into the Legislature. The Democrats
pollcd the biggest vote they have cast for
several years, by the combined result of Mr.
Barnaby 5 money, the rum interest, and the
influence of the present Republican Govern
or Lippitt, who has actively opposed Van
Zandt's nomination and election.
The fact about the guo rarrdnto proceed
ings appears to he that David Dudley Field |
is urging Mr.. Tilden To bring suit for the
Presidency but that Samuel j. does not
see his way clear 10 make fool ol himself
in that way.
! Secretary EcartS i reported t, have siid
| that the overthrow of the Parkari atmini--
tration in Louisiana would have NJ legal |
effect whatever upon the Presidential title.
A New York gentleman, who has hecn |
| talking with the President, sIy- that 'hc |
will save the freedmen. He will also save the |
rebel if he will ride in the same boat, but ii he
kicks up ho will drop him. He's an
Abraham Lincoln Republican"
President Hayes has recently stated to |
friends that the Bristow officials in various
parts of the country who were removed |
from Office because they favored BriStow and |
reform, will at the earliest convenient op- |
port unity be reinstated.
Hon. John H. Reagan. a Democratic |
member of Congress. formerly Postmaster
General of the Rebel Conleieracy, has al-
dressed his constituents, since tho inaugura-
tion Of President Hayes. in terms which in
dicate purpose on his part tn do all in his
power to promote harmony and good will.
| The first Ohio man to get foreign ap- |
pointment is Alfred E. Lee, who was Pri
vate Secretary TO Gov. Hayes, last Fall. lie |
is appointed Consul General, at Frankfort.
John F. Hoyt, an old Michisander and per-
| -. u, h,., hao
pointed Governor OF Arizona, of which he
has been Secretary for four years.
Ex- Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, has pur
chased IA house in Washington and indl-
cafes an intention not to return 10 Louisiana.
The Legislature OF Minnesota has passed
| bill authorizing women to practice law IN all
| the courts of the State.
The Albany Journal learns that there is
| impending an actual break between Hewitt
and Tilden. The htter's friends blame
| Hewitt for not buying mp Maddox and
| Pickett, and for standing by the commission.
But the chief trouble Is that Mr.. Hewitt
made large advances during The CANVASS
which Mr.. Tilden now declines to Jay up.
When we read in our Bourbon contempO-
raries that the Presidents Southern policy
seryatiyes are not appointed to otice, ard
| then read in the same columns dcnunciatluns
of all Southern men who accept Positions
under the Federal government. it occurs to
us that there is slight Inconsistency some
Memphis Aralancht.
Senator Patterson. of South Carolina. il
reported to have said Friday. after hear
| ing Of the vote Of the cabinet in the South
Caroline case, that he should vote for the
admission of NJ C. Butler to the United
States Senate, and that other Southern Re
public ,ns would not only do the same, but
would support Democratic measures in Con
cress. The reason he Is said 10 have assign
cd was that, if the administration Thought
| that Democratic rule was good enough Tor
the people of South Carolina. he wanted it
| To have II taste OF the same in national
affairs and see how it likes it there VASE
IngfpH special.
Senator Thurmnn, in 4 debate in the sen
ate. Feb %, 1873, showed very aptly what
would he thc fate ola quo lrarrdHi0 bill should
Mr.. Tilden attempt tosdispute President
! IIayes's title. Mr.. Thurman S,id Sup
nnse II contest Of the office Of president.
| Suppose that one man is declared, in pur-
suancc to the Constitution, to he President
| Of the United States, ol course than he Is
| inauguratcd and then Il cuntcSt,iS begun by
CHo irdyrd,.;1 in the Circuit Court Of the
| / nitcl States, that circuit court enters II
decree oustipg the President from his Office,
an appeal is taken to the Supreme Court.
and the supreme Court atlrms the decision.
| How are YOU going to enforce 1t ? 1t Is made
the duty Of the President To see that the
laws are faithfully executed. How are yon
going To enforce that? The Supreme Court
has no lnuer TODD it. lt commands no
army; 1t haS M treasury. How can You
enforce judgement ut custer against the
man who Is d, fdcfp President ol the nitrd
States and hnS the army at his hack ? Was