Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-14
Our Washington Letter.

preme at the national capital, and furnishes the
only theme Of conversation when the inevitable
conundrnm OF the next presidency has been dis
cussed and given up.
THE POLITICAL coNuspRuM
| interests people here as much probablv. as anv
other class of citizeus in Amerjca-and nossibiv
a little more And nowhere are there mora b,tter
partsans on either side. The Gins and "outs"
are very strongly represented. and outside of
congressman, the entire population il comprised
Of but two classes viz those who are in Office
and those who are waiting to get in. Class Num-
Der one IL for Garfield. class number two ia for
Hancock. Both classes keen tborouohlv posted
on all the moves that are made upon The po,ticaI
checker-board. and as a rule are able 10 dlscnss
the situation fro n their own s,andno,n, with re-
markable intelligence Tho "ou,s +" arc inst at
present in a state ~ axu,ta,ion and ;ov oyor Tho
prospect NJ success which tbev 600 bosoro ,her,
What s,oc;al reason tho Democr,cv have Gov an
mncb confidence in Tho e,oc,,on ~ I,ancooL !, u
dia,cut even for them. 10 tell other ,ban ,ho
home which alone has hen. ,be na,,v ai,ve tor ,ho
nas, tueu,v voars Thev ,nus, 400 tho, Tho Do
nnt,;cons 40 l., ho,,0r oo,a,,,on -, ,, ,,o ,tn
were 1876 and that thew have bettered the conn.
trv since that time In lacking over
,L... ~ D''. 90 A-" ',"
n.'' luz sec ''a' 'no s"'o . "o' o".noy ~
-. n''u' -, % 40 VI.
a,,a ,h,.,,, 81. $50, - ,e. .,,s,
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nn,I,oar ~ ~ ~ .n' 80 - ~ Wv ~
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,,,vo n;no,,,,,. o,oa,a..I 80. p1,',. =,
sa,o o,o,.,, g.. 49, pa-..,',, 49,, =.
into tho do,h,tl o,,,,,, ,,,, -, a, o.,
ouo, tr..o,.,, =. 4, ,,,,,, ~. t,,.,,,. a. a..
he had no cbance nj ali in h,s na,ive state Now
what ia the ontloo, in these states indging from
the pastq The Democrats will saw nj once that
Connecticut Indiana Now Jarsev and Ne,, YORK.
sbould he surrended IN tho Democracv hecause
those states gave their votes IN Tilden in 1919
Rnt LET ns 500 what they have done since I,
Connecticut the s,tnation bas beep complateIv
reversed bv the enac.ment NJ righteous laws and
tho doing awav with tho svste,, ~ vo,ip, nm car
ti6cates II gave Tilden n nluralitv nj two tbou.
sand. nine hundred. an absonte majority of only
seventear hupdred In 1879 ,his ,naiori,,, ,os
reversed and Andrews Rannh,ican vas elec,ed
nv a clear majority Of two tbopsand sopr bupdred
and e;ohtv.one Inst war tho ponrh,;o,, mo-
ior;t, was over ,hree ,bo,sa,d Tho .,o,,or,or
state oficers and leyislatpre ara in Renuhlcan
hands and will remain 40 In tho f,,ure uer civ
elec,ora, vo,es nav "a fe, ho co,,n,od Tor
Indiana ia a touob state and This vear holds i,s
state eIectiop in Oc,oher M,cb ,yill denerd n,
the result a, that ,ime 90 Wa corsdsr II az rnrch
a pivotal state as New York Indiana gava tn
dan n nlnra,;,v 81 evo ,bou.,rd evo hrrdrod ard
drod "a 200 80 na,, Co.. De-. Co.
rho s,a,o h,, ,o,,o. ,,,,,o,, ia. =, "a, -
~ 1850 $3.50 ~ So J''y Va -, VIZ
'oa ne"noc'a''O o'no'ua'e since 1000, Lincoln
i,ao SIX thousand majority over All IN twenty
,houSahu IN ioof' Grant nine thousand hVe nun
urea anu siA'y'e'gn' IN iooo, ana 'weh'y-one
.hous'nu anu n'ne'y-e'gn' III io'-' Inc result III
1910 was evidently Drought aoont oy the disinte-
grafton VI Tue Hepuo''eah vote by Tue ureenpack-
CTS anu 'ne Importation Oh heh'ucky Vo.efs IN 'he
southern countless WHICH were strongly Demo
cra'ic' inc election III 1910 was SUN co'nplca'ed
w '"e ''eeno'oA ''oAe'' winch Seoureu over
."if'y 'h'"e 'houSanu No'es ior us governor, 'he
'Aisef propor''on coming from 'ne hepuoI,'ah
p'''y ino io'u,n y. '"e u'eeho'eAeis ~ 'Hei'
previous parry a.'''h'iohs anu tue disappearance
'ae question from prac'eii politics mas peen so
i"iAou III o'nei s"''es .n"' seenhs eeiUain 'iia'
'"e oon.es. '"'S year WIN oe more uleo''y oe-
"o'" '"o wv s,e'' p"iNes' i"o "ep"o'i'"n' vi
i"''"na 'Ap,e'' '"en'''oo 20 'o.hue"' u, suo
''sS 'n's IAN, anu "ur"' hais'e'u' .ne poli'icai
p'opno' Vi '"o |'"''"""'' "'""'e'o''' says 'he
nepuono'ns are rs SURF Vi CARRYING ihuh'na ior
o"i"eu 10 ''oy "'o vi UNIV i"uN'n" h''eoh
o,oei"' 'o'o' "'' "n IN ,"''o' :" .ne pres
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oe our neA' piesuen'' ihe Deihoor"oy must
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