Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-25
The Fall Elections,


The remaining fall elections will be
mainly held on Tuesday. the 9Th of Octo-
Der, and on Tuesday. the 9th of November.
We believe the states voting week after
next are Ohio, Indiana. Iowa and West
Virginia; while Pennsylvania has changed
her day of voting and now waits until
November.
In the four states that vote the Sth OF
October the greenback party is well organ
lied and hope to poll a heavy vote that
will astonish the managers of both the
republican and democratic campaigns. An
interview with James Buchanan, of In
dianapolis, sets forth that eminent green
hacker rs confident of electing enough of
the legislature to control the choice of
United States senator.
This James Buchanan is great worker
and as much of n politician as his name
sake, the "public functionary," used to be
in Pennsylvania. He has been working up
the greenback movement for years and
now says that the next presidential contest
will be between the man on horseback
Gen. Grant-and the man on the green
back-Gen. Butler. The last named gen.
eral is evidently to-day the head of the
greenback movement and in training TO be
its presidential candidate. He has Just
been out to indianapolis making a speech
for the greenbackers; and has greatly en-
ragged both the republicans and democrats.
Even the cautious Mr.. Hendricks, when
asked if he was going to hear Butler, got
of his usual seat ON the fence and said he
had nothing but disgust for the Massachu-
sets politician. Considering that Gen.
Butler is the democratic candidate for GOV.
crnor of Massachusetts, this was certainly
very rude speech for the democratic chief
of Indiana to make. This calls to mind,
however, that to-day the men who claim
to be the true democracy of Massachusetts,
meet in Faneuil Hall in convention. They
will doubtless nominate q state ticket, pass
hard money resolutions (tho Butler resolu-
tions are silent on finance) and 90 into the
campaign with their principles but without
their voters
The republicans of the Bay state last
week nominated Thomas Talbot for gov
ernor. He is the son of poor Irish parents
and was born in Cambridge, N. Y, sixty
years ago. His folks moved to Dandy,
VT, soon after he was born and lived there
till he was five years old, when they went
to Massachusetts. He began life as la
borer and is now q manufacturer. He is
IN honest able man and one who will do
honor to Massachusetts in the governors
chair. The only question is whether the
Butler raid among republicans will, with
the bulk Of the democratic vote, elect the
Lowell lawyer and general.
Meantime Dennis Kearney has returned
and begun speaking for Butler in Massa-
chusetts. He is going to "stump" the
state for the general; but does not expect
us much interest ms when he first made his
appearance. OF course in the six weeks
between now and election Dennis will find
his level and his talk cease to have effect
except as he may put reason and good
sense into it. His wild adiectives will lose
their oddity and so their effect.
The Connecticut and New Hampshire
elections have been changed from spring
to fall and the two old parties have their
state tickets in the field. The Connecticut
republicans met yesterday and nominated
Chas. q. Andrews for governor on hard
money platform. Gen. Matt Head is the
republican candidate in New Hampshire
and their platform is of the same kind as
the Connecticut. The democrats are not
united on the money question in these
states. The greenbackers in both states
arc preparing for an active campaign and
are greatly encouraged by the result in
Maine.
Speculation rs to the probable result is
pretty much worthless at this time; and
we shall have to wait till week after next
tells the story in Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and
West Virginia.