Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-26

PoLITTCAL-TnE ELECTIONS JOE CoBCRN-
EU>INESS.

PoLITGcAL-THE ELECTIONS JOE CoBrRN-
Er,ISESs.
NEW York, Oct. IL.
To the Editor OF the Free Press and Time.
The meeting of the supporters OF the Pres
idenr, and, consequently, the opponents of
Senator COnklng, at Cooper Institute, was
important only as it shows the drift Of pub
lie sentiment The eminently respectable
gentlemen who sat upon the platform and
applauded tine righteous utterances Of Mr..
Curtis, believe in him and his ideas, and
took trouble to come up to the Institute to
show that they did so but for all it will
amount to they might as well have stayed at
home. Fo- they do not represent anything
but the responsibility of the party-they do
not represent at all the working, moving
force. Mr.. Vim. +. Dodge will resolve and
give money to further the success of his polit-
zeal principles; but when it comes to actual
work the chances are that his porter controls
more votes than he does. This class of men
look exceedingly well on platforms, and
their names have a mouth-filling sound, but
they count very little in the actual business
of campaign. Hence, COnkling will beat
them out of sight. lie captured the con-
vention-he will run the State.
THE OHIO ELECTION
created profound sensation here To begin
with the supporters of the Presidents policy
hoped that his own State would give him
verdict 50 emphatic as to give them some
thing to 90 on in the other States, especially
as the issue was made more clearly in that
State than in any other, except New York.
To have Democrat elected by a majority OF
% 900, is little too much. 1t is true, the
Republicans stayed at home, but why did
they? There is but one answer to it-they
desired to rebuke-well, they are not salts
fed 1t is fact that the order prohibiting
Olice-holders from taking part in political
movements hurt the ticket, but that is not
enough to account for the overwhelming de-
feat. And then Iowa comes slowly in, with
victory that Just escapes defeat, which
must be charged up to the new departure.
What it viii be year hence, remains to be
seen. 1t cannot be denied that, up to to-day,
the Republicans of the West have set the
seal of condemnation upon the Presidents
policy.
THE woRKINCMEN MOVEMENT.
The legitimate outgrowth of the strikes of
last Summer had something to do with the
result, and it is causing an uneasy feeling.
The experiment was tried in Toledo, Ohio,
and Blanton Duncan, the demagogue of
Louisville, was sent up to that city to
organize them. They put their ticket in
the field, and without paper of any kind
to advocate their claims, with very few
meetings, and no expenditure of money at
| all, they elected their entire ticket. casting
more votes than both the other parties to-
| gether. In that city, the Democracy en-
couraged the movement. hoping it would
take enough votes from the Republican can
didates to defeat them, but they had no idea
whatever that the movement was strong
enough to carry its nominees. Yet it did +,
and showed a strength that was a terror to
the old parties. And what makes this
| Toledo election Of so much interest here, is
the fact that the workingmen of New York
have Just held their convention at Troy, and
have enumerated doctrines and dogmas that
are extreme to degree, and the politicians
fear that they may develop strength enough
to mash things in New York. They don't take
much time to organize, and their methods
are very simple. They pull every working
man, ard the hangers-on who are ready for
anything that is new, into hall and initiate
them. Then, when the day of election
comes, each one is ready to be voted. As
some OF the utterances of the Troy laboring
men are, if not incendiary, at least capable
of being twisted into incendiarisn, there is
great deal of uneasiness expressed.
THE FATE or THE PuGILIsTs.
Pugilism has been on the wane here for
many years. Joe Coburn is about the last
of the pugilists, and he has gone to the pen
Tertiary for ten years. His friends treated
the sentence as joke, and appealed, but to
his surprise the court above held the SEN
tence to be proper, and the short haired are
mourning the fate of their friend. 1t is an
encouraging fact that the roughs have lost
a great deal of their influence in this city
within the past few years, and they are get
ting to be rather shy of knocking down and
dragging out The police is better
than it ever was, and the downfall Of
Tweedism left the fancy without the prOtec-
ton it had sheltered itself behind so long.
1t is kept fairly under, and only shows itself
in the very worst parts of the city.
| BUSINESS
still continues brisk. The revival, am
| happy to saw, is genuine, There is an act
| udl DtlleTInenl III all llnes Vi lIdue, anu u
more healthy feeling than We have had for
four years. The leading jobbers report sales
largely in excess Of last year, and it is con-
tinuing right along into the cold months.
There is not so heavy business being done
in fancy goods, and goods OF mere luxury,
but there is a tremendous business in the
solid necessities. The West is now here in
force, and the number will be largely in
creased next week. And what pleases
everybody is, the bills are being paid. Col
lectiOns are very good, and altogether, the
outlook is encouraging. l took little run
up through New England last week, and
found the manufacturers in better spirits
than they have been Ter some time. They
are cleaning out the old stocks very fast, and
are putting goods of recent manufacture on
the market. The mills are running in many
places full time, and at fair wages, when the
drop in everything is taken into account. 1t
may be safely said that the good times are
here again. We want Just little more con
tidence to PIT us on good, high and dry
ground again. Yours, ALTON.
Sleeplessness.