Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-21

Senator Matthews and Gen. Ewing began
their joint discussion at Dayton, Ohio, on
Tuesday. Gen. Garfield Gnd q" Gentleman
George Pendleton are also announced to
speak from the same stump during the cam
paign. These four are candidates for the
United States Senate from Ohio.
Collector Arthur, of New York, arrived
here, yesterday morning. and was close.ed
with Secretary Sherman the greater portion
Of the day. lie is represented as having
manifested good deal of feeling at the man.
ner in which he has been treated by the Ad-
ministraton.
Woman suffrage had the honor of being
discussed and defeated in the diocesan con-
vention Of the Episcopal Church in Illinois,
the other day. The very moderate PROPOSE
tion was made that women who were pew
holders should be allowed to vote at elections
for members Of vestries; but it did not sue
coed.
The San Francisco Alta Of the 9TH inst.
SAYS " The general result Of the election for
members Of the Legislature is that the Dem
ocrats will have majority in the Assembly
and a large one in the Senate. All the de-
partments Of the State Government for the
next two years will be under the control of
one party. We are not aware that any i'm
portant political question at issue between
the two parties is likely to come up before
the.next Legislature, so the main benefits to
the Democrats are the Federal Senatorshp
and the pay Of the members and clerks. The
yict0rs owe their triumph. not to their own
strength, but to the weakness Of their en-
emies. The vote throughout the State is
about one-ffth less than last year, and in
many precincts one-third Of the voters did
not 90 to the polls, most Of the abstainers
being REPUBLICANS.
The Springfield Republican thinks that if
Gov. Rice is renuminatci by the Massachu-
sets Republicans he can hardly fail to beat
Castor from 10000 to $4,000, and have TO-
900 clear majority over all.
In Massachusetts, the prohibition party is
party Of considerable strength, and mus
tered nearly thousand delegates at its
State convention, last week
The New York World considers that the
great stake Of the CAMPAIGN in that State
this year is the legislature, the possession
Of which will give the Democratic party
chance to do some Reproducing of repre-
scntation.
The Des Moinos Register claims to be
credibly informed that Judge James. the
Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Cover
nor of Iowa, has said within the last few |
days that he is Democrat Of the old stripe, |
and is in favor Of putting the negroes back
into their former condition of seryitude.
The Massachusetts, Democrats adopted this |
plank Resolred. That We are opposed to
the re-euactment Of the Prohibitory Law"
And then they proceeded to nominate Mr..
,. n. Skillings, Of Winchester, as Treas
urer, who had been nominated the day pre-
vious by the Prohibtory Convention. Mr..
Skillings being on two tickets stands some
obo,oo e L.,
-. III "A
eloc,ion ai,,n him o;,1. h. -
votes.
As tn the rroyr.ss ,f the obio .ourai,
the Cleveland HcraH saws The Democratic
are gradually sitting down to the
conviction that their chances of carving tho
:,
"ie '"' mum soou' anu tneY are
now working like beavers to carry the leg
stature
A letter from Kemncr countv Mis-