Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-06

lie causes OF the surprising result ot the
Congressional contest in this District are to
he found in the unsettled condition Of poll
ties prevailing to 50 great an extent through
ont the country in the hard times and hope
that change might somehow bring relief,
which made many men listen kindly to
amount Of work and money put into the
Greenback movement and the bolt, by Mr..
Barlow aud his friends and in the want Of
sufficient organization for effective work, on
the part of the Republicans in a large por
ton of the District. The seizure of the OF
p)rtuniy offered by the Greenback move
ment was a very adroit move on the part Of
Mr. Barlow. His Greenback views Of ten
years before. kept carefully concealed while
he was seeking the Republican nomination,
gave HIM standing at once as Greenbackcr
as soon as made known. His wealth gave
him the means to organize Greenback
clubs and employ Greenback speakers
and agent Thenceiorward every man who
was poor or in debt was approached
by some worker or agent, whose business
1t was to tell him that the way to make
work plenty, and money plenty, and to
pay of the mortgage on his farm and
10 aeil his unstable property. was to
vote for Barlow. tterly lasele,s and
absurd a. such assurances were, they had
weight with many men who are under the
harrow Of the hard times. They bothered
10, their heads with the specific measures Ct
finance urged by their own orators or hy
any body else. They "cared nothing abou. dc
tail. as Greonhacker said in discussion.
all hey wanted was the end they had in |
yicw-a squirt in prices and chance fo= a |
new deal in property and business, and |
they Sctm to have very little scruple in re
gard t. the means The man who 1attcred |
thuir hopes with 80 attractive prospect, |
was the man FIR them. Such cheap promise,
mere ror9s, without shadow OF guaranty |
an reason or experience, secured the vote Of |
mary man for Barlow. Many more were
bought outright with money. That for
freeman t. sell his vote is t. sell his man
hood aLi degrade himself below the yeriest |
save, seems not to have occurred to voters |
not few and the revelation that com
mrnity like any portion Of Vermont contain
ed 20 considerable a proportion q rurchas-
able material, has been a Notifying ore to
many an honest Vermonter. The man who
maintains thar " money will L1unything' in
Vermont "a elsewhere, Will hereafter have an
ugly stock # fact Oh his sile II he cares to |
gather them OF couIee, We do rot gay ur
suppose that all Of MIR. Barlow up
pJrteI7 wee purchased or purchas-
able Many were only mi-l,l by the
falsehoods Of others or by their own
prejudice bat that there wa a vast and
corrupt Use Of money, to organize AMI ~us-
tain the bolt, Is undsniable Plenty Of other
strings were pulled. The Catholic vote wa
secured for Sir Barlow by true stories Of
his liberality to that church, and false a.
sertione that prominent friends of Mr.
CIRCUIT had Starred the CATHOLIC
Church Local controversies ana neigh
bOrhood quarrels, and personal ryalrics in
town and county politics, were adroitly
fostered and manipulated to swell the
boiling vote. Every school district had its
Barlow worker or workers, and nothing was
left undone that could carry n vote his way
or prevent a vote for the regular nominee
On the other hand, there wa wrctchcd
lack of organization on the part of the
regular Republicans. 1t will be deemed
incredible in other States but it is a fact,
that with a formidable Greenback movement
organized with ample funds, and having Is
State, Di-,irt and county tickets, and
threatening serious ard permanent detection
from the Republican ranks, the Republican
State Committee did not send single
speaker into the District, hold a single meet
ing, distribute single paper or Iocu-
ment, or spend dollar for the sup
nee Tie District Committee did no
more. They did not even issue an
address to the voters. The county and town
committees 10 some places were weakened
by Greenbackism and Birlowism within
their own numbers, and, outside Of this
county where an address was issued by the
County Committee and a good degree Of at
tention given to the details Of the canvass
and the election) and perhaps one other
county. there was surprising remissness on
the part of the committees. In some por-
tons of the District, no printed votes for
Grout were on hand, there were no dis
iTibutors of regular tickets for Congressman,