Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-11-21
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Alexander IL. Stephens, in alluding to the
suggestion that the Democrats nominate
Gen. Grant for President, said the Demo
cratic party might go further than Grant and
fare Worse in searching for Presidential
candidate
1t is reported from Washington that
Frederick W. Seward has resigned the Office
assistant secretary Of State, on account of
the illness of his wife, AMI that Col John
Hay, Mr.. Lincoln's private secretary, has
been, or will be, appointed to the position
Blackburn of Kentucky tells the Cincin-
natl Enquirer that he visited Tilden in his
house before the Syracuse Convention and
tried to convince him of the folly of nomi-
Mating Robinson. Mr. Blackburn says his
unbounding srlfishness forbade him Welding
the point"
Representative FELTON, (Indrpendent) of
Georgia derlorcs the folly of leading Bour-
bons and thinks the Independents will carry
Georgia in the next election. He favors the
dency
south Carolina business man says, in
New ork, that corruption hasn't left the
South with the carpet-baggers lie says:
''While the acreage of the stealing is not so
large, neither is the acreage of enterprise +"
As to the places for holding the next Re
publican National convention, it is under
stood that Secretary Shcrman's friends will
work to have Cleveland chosen; the friends
of Blaine prefer Chicago, while the friends
OF General Grant say they will be satisfied
with either Chicago or Saratoga. 1t is the
impression that the convention will he held
about the middle Of next May The friends
of General Grant are anxious for an early
convention.
Public Printer u, ,frccs states that Presi-
dent Hayes informed him recently that
nothing coald occur which would make him
turn from his promise not to he again 1 candi-
date for the Presidency.
1t is probable that the next National Re
publican Convention will he held at Chicago.
Congressman De- la Matyr, Of Indiana,
says Gen. Butler will be the Greenbnck can
di,lale for President next year.
1t is well To remember that Samuel j., like
benjamin +, i t political rcsurrcctionist,
with L fatal propensity for sitting up in his
coffin and interruriing the funeral exercises.
The Worcester SRy, referring to the
Worlds insinualiun of fraud against the New
York Republican State committee, says
Elections have been falsiiiel in New York,
as is well known, when Tweed controlled
the Democracy, hut it was done by chang
ing the vote I'll the city where every man
who had the custody of the ballots and the
returns was personally known to the Boss"
and acted under his immediate orders. In
those circumstances it was comparatively
easy 10 add some forty thousand 10 the
Democratic vote of the city, but Arthur and
Cornell have nasuch opportunity, if they de
sired it
Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, expresses
the opinion that the Republicans can elect
any man they are likely to nominate. He
has not been asked his opinion of his own
chance for 4 -Bost0E Irdcelltr
In sli human probability the Democrats
will nominate General Hancock, and the Re
publcans win the victory under Grant. The
olive branch business Is playing out Boston
JoHTH0i.