Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-11-06
Che freeman
IONTPELIER,vT.
WEDNESDAY. NOV. 6, 1873.



- oo,tasts while many voted also Tor 9
Governor and other state oihcerS' Inc
present House of Representatives is demo- 4
cratic by a dozen or twenty majority anu
tho loss of several congressman before
Yesterdays elections made it certain '''''
this majority will be retained IN inc COM On,
i,r JIonse. so that President Hayes VIII
have both branches of congress IN oppoSi'
lion to his administration.
Here it NAV be well to note that the OK
pcriment made by President Hayes Is Al
ready bearing fruit. The south hau iol
vears been protesting things that were
Good and grooming under what they c'''eu
onnression. The troops were taken away
anL tho national administration went more
than half way in trying to meet the COM
claimants on i common ground oil irlen"-
ship and equal citizenship. The result n"9
boon that while many southerners nave
tried to do the square thing, notably uoV'
N;cholls and we still think Wade lamp
ion. the natural character OF the soulnoi"
,oliician has come TO the front IN con
trolling force and republican maJorltles
have been stamped out and solio
soutb arrayed on the democratic sloe'
That is all wrong for the good VIII ana
union of the whole country, but polI'cal-
" if the democrats like it. all right Tor
whenever the pinch comes II solid sou'h
On one side means united north on the
other.
Then again the grcenback craze that as
founded everybody by its Maine develop
ment made the republicans close tleil
ranks for honest money and the democrats
onon theirs for the new heresy, Inc &c
sult of Yesterdays voting shows lhat
makes - great difference III one leel''s
rhether it is ones own party or another
that is gored by the greenback amman
A further result is the proof that While IN
republcan organization is unbroken Ii nc
everywhere successful the new party Iii
in many places disrupted the Old demo
cratic organization. Of course most
the creenbackers will drop back but u
safety of the democrats has been large
in the fact that the very class that has
the west gone into the greenback NOV
mont voted heretofore the democrat
Ticket lust because of its label; and 1t
very dangerous to that organization WI
tbe mere name democracy fails
bring this mass of voters 10 the polls
Rnt the immediate results, and not sp
ulatjons Us to the possible future, are
proper things for the day after election
these may be quite briefly given. In
own state there was an election in the tn
district resulting in the election of Brad
Barlow to congress by Il plurality OF so
1000 or 1000 over Gen. Grout. MIR. Wat
man had u few votes but they amounted
nothing as Il plurality elects and best
there were not enough of them to II
made any difference if it had required
majority, ST. Adams gave Barlow l39
70 for all others.
The Massachusetts election has exc
the most interest of any and it has pre-
Il, +. Buffers Waterloo. He carried
ton (bv about 1880 plurality in vo
nearly 5000O) and several other cities
is buried by some $4,000 plurality for
hot in the whole vote. About 200 te
gave Talbot Gepublican) 1ol ,2o3; B
Sl,Sl7; Abbott (democraD G,523; n
(prohibitionisO 1862. Leopold M
democrat, is reelected to congress
Boston as he should have been for hi
dependent course in the present IL
Walbridge Field beats Dean who CHI
him out of his seat in the present cong
and we believe Morse is the only d
crat elected to the House from that
Connecticut elects three republica
conoress to one democrat, and one OF
in Gen. Hawey, who goes in by loO
rality. There is no election OF gov
by the people, and the republicans h
carried the legislature have secure
success of their state ticket, and
lievo gain by this means United
senator in place Of VIM. IL. Barnul
New Hampshire the republicans cl
have carried all three COMPRESSION
tricts. and to have chosen Gen. llea
ernor on the popular vote. This is
beyond the expectations of anybol,
we wait for full returns before CT
this result rs by any means certain
Legislature is republican and shoul
Head not have u majority of the
vote he will be governor all the 81
fact that was all the republicans {
to be able to do, have plurality q
elect their state ticket by legislativ
New York city had a brisk con
republicans, anti-democrats, Gerr
formers and othors uniting On
Cooper for mayor and combina
ticket throughout to beat the Ii
ring whose chief Kelly had put I
Schcll UP for mayor. The Tamm'
ct cot about 10000 votes while
and those on the ticket with hit
nearly $4,000 and were elected
democrats carried the city for
over Danforth for judge of the
appeals Ohe only state officer VI
by about $4,000 but it is repo
Danforth is elected after all !
little too good to be true for it
redemption of the Empire state
democrats on the popular vote, q
puts the republicans on the lea
presidential contest Of 1880. L
claims an immense republican II
the newly elected assembly
claims "a republican congress-
democrats. If these claims
founded it means gain of
conqressmen and the details Wi
esting reading for republicans.
Reports from Pennsylvania sa,
IIoyt, republican, is elected go
from 10000 to 25,O0O plurality
the democrats concede his elect
was a heavy greenback vote in