Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-18
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

t, The Louisville CoVfer-IoUrHaI says: "Mr
: Hendricks has no strength TO speak of in tn,
: South. lie has none at all in Kentucky
and he never had. OF all conceivable Dem
: ocratic candidates Tor President at this time
Mr.. Hendricks is weakest lie is equally
= weak, too, as a candidate for the nomna
ton He represents nothing but himself
and he has rendered that issue odious by hi.
, foolish and selfish war on Mr.. Tilden. If il
, was his design TO kill himself off he could
not have adopted better course
, lieut.-Gov. Dorsheimer is currently
spoken Of as the opposition or Tammany
candidate for governor before the Democrat
ic convention in New York, Gov. Robinson
being the other candidate. His friends claim
that he can ge t the delegates from Kings
county, Brooklyn, as well as from New
ork city, which would practically
ensure the nomination; but the election
The hard money men of Cleveland have
organized a branch of the Honest Money
League in that city. The officers are com
posed equally of Republicans and Demo
Gratis.
The Washington Post, which always
speaks for the ultra wing of the Democracy,
says that that panty, when Congress reassem-
bles, will Immediately begin the wiping out
of the legislation of the war which Black
burn proclaimed as the purpose of that
party.
There is trouble in the combination camps
OF the Honorable Bilks and Democratic
parties of California. Both have the same
candidate for Governor, but as he is one of
the great land monopolists of the State. and
the Honorable Bilks are bitterly opposed to
land monopoly, they are struck with the in
consistency of his candidacy and talk of
withdrawing him. This would leave the
Democrats, who indorsed his nominatin, in
! peculiarly nice fix.
General Piatt, the national candidate for
Governor of Ohio, declares that there Will be
no split in his party worth mentioning that
only few will vote for Ewing, as they re-
gard him as Democrat. ENing's vote for
Randall for Speaker, he says, settled his fate
with the national party. There are many
evidences that Piatt is right, not the least of
which is Ewings perturbation. He has
played fast and loose between the two parties
so long that neither one has much confidence
in him.
The Ohio Legislature passed law which
is designed TO prevent candidates for office
from usipr u,op.,- ~, ,,--o., ,F ,,,,- LIND ,,+b
view TO influencing the votes of electors in
favor Of any person running for office. In
deed, the candidate who treats a voter
runs the risk Of fine and Imprisonment
Senator Davis of West Virginia. or Davis
the Less, has discovered that wicked Repub-
licanS have stolen matter of S24S, 600, 900.
in addition TO the odd hundreds Of millions
which Glover hooked up. or rather failed to
hoop up because they were not in the Treas
ury where they belonged.
1t is impossible To find IN Ohio Republican
who isn't sure that Foster will hc elected lay
Il handsome maiurifv 10. 900 at the lowest
and 30. 600 at the highest.
Senator Chandler Says that the idea of his
being a Presidential candidate is SO ridiculous
that it would be- absurd for him TO decline.
lie also denies that he offered TO advance
money TO pay the United States MarshalS.
The New York .Uqf is confident that if |
the RcpuhlicanS make good nomination for I
Governor III. Presidential campaign of 1880 .
will he decided next November in that State
by majority of jO000 for the Republican
candidate. The contest in the Democratic
State Convention will doubtless be between
Governor Robinson. who represents the Til
den wing, and Mr. DorShcimcr, who is Tam
many's choice. With existing quarrcls the
prospects OF DcIHoer..iio success arc no;
tlattcring.
Recent Letters from London correspondents
intimate that Sarah Bcrnhardt. in spite OF
her artistic triumps, is socially taboo among
the best circles of English society The /
British matron has learned that the gifted /
actress has quite long family of children.
although the wedding bells were never heard |
to go ringing for Sarah
The Philadelphia Press significantly says:
a Democratic alderman in Cincinnati has |
been sent To Jail for three months for viO-
lation of the federal election laws in advising |
n nonresident to vote, and leading Demo- |
crai IN an Indiana county has been found !
guilty Of 'ColOniZinG' voters. These instances
ace "''ai for the hostility of the Democrats in
congress y. federal elections laws"
The Des Moinrs s-Gider saws that all the
best Republican speakers In i,>... :.r,. tn he |
called to the stump, and that leading RcpublI- !
can orators from abroad, including Logan.
Edmunds, Garfield. Chandler, Frye, Blame |
and Conkling, will he asked to assist in the |
coming campaign.
Lieutenant Governor Dorshcimcr said re- |
Gently during an interview on the Demo-
cratic nomination in 1880 that 1.-THE man
whose name comes instinctivcly to the mind
of every one as filling absolutely the presi
DENTAL requirement is that Of Mr.. Bayard of
Delaware"
Arrangements are making in San Francis
co (which never does things by halves To
give General Grant Il reception ON his ar
rival in that city, on a grand scale. The
movement is declared to be independent of
politics. and is engineered by the Grand
Army of the Republic. 1t is the purpose Of
the reception committee of the Lincoln post,
Grand Army of the Republic, to make the
welcome as popular as possible, and an in
vitation has been drawn, of which copies are
To be sent TO all city governments military
bodies. temperance and benevolent organza-
tions and civic societies generally throughout
the coast
The Empress Eugene has become almost
childish with grief, and she carries about
with her all day a small dagger-shaped fan,
bought at some fancy fair and OF no intrinsic
value, which happened To be her sons last
gift to her. She listens tO all that is said TO
her. steadily regarding the flower painting
on the fan. The immediate concern of those
about her is not for the fate of the dynasty.
but for the health ofiher mind
The New York Republicans who are talk
ed Of for the gubernatorill nomination are
Theodore NJ. Pomeroy of Cayusa Alonzo
b. Cornell of New York, William H. Rob
rri sDn If NnSfphtSffT nf I