Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-12-04
Notes and Notions.


communicated Mrs. Tilton.
The vote in Virginia last month was only
about one hundred and thirty.fve thousand
"a full hundred thousand less than in 1876
This was partly due to lack of interest, but
partly also to the introduction of the poll
tax qualification of one dollar
The Republican managers are said to be
raising fund large enough to enable every
defeated Southern Republican candidate for
Congress who has any sort of a case TO con
test the successful democrats seat, and one
story is that there will be thirty such.
MoRE heavy failures in Great Britain
and Germany are reported. They are pass
ing through the experience of the United
States for the past few years. Great dis
tress exists in the manufacturing districts,
where so many mills are idle and others sus-
pending daily.
Now that the New York Sun says "the
testimony proves beyond reasonable doubt
that frauds of great extent were committed
by the South Carolina democrats at the
polls on the fifth of November" isn't it about
time for the democratic press to stop deny
ing those frauds
LYMAN FIREMAN., who died at New York
on Saturday, in his sixtieth year, has cut
prominent figure as a lawyer and politician
Besides minor offices he has held the posi-
tions of state Encouragement, speaker of
the Assembly and member of Congress, and
as lawyer he will be remembered for his
great services in securing the conviction OF
Boss Tweed.
The New York World believes that, If
the state democratic ticket in New York,
either next year or in 1880, could catch by
unworthy STOPPING the seventy-fve thousand
greenback votes thrown for Mr.. Tucker, it
would lose twice that number of hard money
disciples of Van Buren,, Silas Wright and
the everlasting gospel of common sense"
Mr.. TILDEN can be re-nominated if he
wishes and pays for it, but he can never be
elected. If the Republicans had the naming
Of the next democratic candidate they would
choose Mr.. Tilden as the man of all others,
easiest to beat. Against Mr.. Grant he could
not carry single northern state, and it is
by no means certain that he could carry the
solid South.-.St. Louis Globe Democrat
THE democratic Supreme Court of Florida
has directed the officers of Alachua county to
count certain rejected returns which elect
the Republican candidate for Congress.
Alachua was the county on which the Pres
idential contest of two years ago turned in
Florida, and this decision of the court con-
firms the action of the returning board at
that time, and sustains the business of the
Republican success.
A PROMINENT South Caroinan, now in
this city, had conversation with Wade
Hampton recently. Hampton says he had a
hard time in 1876, but nothing compared to
lS7S--referring to his inability to control |
the rampant element among his consttu-
ency. There are many here who believe he |
really tried to carry ont his pledges to the
President, but could not control the Red |
Shirts Wash. Special 10 Gin. Commercial.
ALL the executive officers of the United
States can do in South Carolina is to try and
enforce the laws through the courts and, if
he machinery of public justice is so cor
upted by local prejudice that it cannot
punish such offenses, then the only remedy
$ in combining the political power of all
hose who will not tolerate this new form of
ebellion against national authority. In this
way remedy will be found or made; and
is application will he fastened in proportion
IS the true state of affairs comes to be I'M
lerstood. The disgraceful incidents of the
ate canvass at varions points in that sootivr
will but give additional strength to the feel
ng that all the rights of all citizens, guaran-
eed 10y the constitution, must be secured
secretary .Shermdn.