Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-10-01
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

IS likely to be the United States senator from
r Alabama and says that by and by we shall
= get majority of Davis's cabinet.
A New Hampshire captain, who supports
a wooden leg and who served in lIancock's
corps, was asked if he meant TO vote for
Hancock, "-NO, sir, you don't catch me
, goting againSt my troodtn f5ot," was the
; prompt reply.
What does Mr. Smalley, secretary of the
Democratic National Committee, mean when
he cautiously informs his friends that the
Democrats will have .t1aT members of Con-
gress from Maine? Docs he count Ladd and
Alurch, Greenbackers, as Democrats, and
does he mean to say that the present clerk of
the House will not put the names of
Messrs. Reed and Lindsey on the roll of the
next Congress? When at home in Burling-
ton, VT, the other day, Mr. Smailey was
quite lippy over the prospect of four Demo
cratic members of Congress from Maine
IroY Times
The New York Erening Post says that
was as much out of place for General Uan
cock to congratulate General Plaisted upon
his election upon platform hostile to that
OF the National Democratic Convention
simply because his success afforded the
Democracy hope of victory, as it would be
for General Garfield TO write letter to Gen.
eral Malone of Virginia congratuating him
upon the division of the Democratic party in
that State by the advocacy of reputation,
because such division afforded the Republi-
cans chance of success in that State.
The Landers club in Leopold, Indiana,
sixty strong, after hearing the joint discus
sion between the Republican candidate for
Governor, Judge Porter, and Mr. Landers
the Democratic candidate retired and voted
unanimously to change the name of the or
ganizatiOn to ''Porter club"
The generous manner in which General
| Hancock scatters his congratulations indicates
that he is a high tariff, free trade, hard
money, Greenback, Fusion Democratic,
Weaver and Chambers. Hancock and Eng
llsh man. He might have been Russian,
II he had only thought of it.-TduntoH Ga-
Zette
There is still doubt as to whether or no the
reputation scheme has been embraced by
the Democrats of Arkansas.
All of the returns of the Maine election are
now in. They show a plurality of GO for
Plalsted, including more than 200 votes for
various kinds of Plaistcd Making allow
ance for p votes in Lewiston which were
not contained in the return, but which were
discovered on recount, Plaisted's apparent
plurality by the clerks returns is 81.
Gen. Grant will preside at the Republican
meeting at Warren, Ohio, Tuesday, and will |
attend the reunion of his old regiment at |
Decatur on the 9th and 7th of October, and |
returning to Chicago, will meet his son Jesse |
and his wife and accompany them to New |
York. He will visit Boston on the 18th of |
October and remain most of the Winter |
East
Democrats say that the zeal of Governor |
Hendricks is inspired by the hope of being |
Secretary of State, and that August Belmont |
is TO have the office of Secretary of the |
Treasury as u reward for his services, if |
Hancock is elected.
More than one hundred Republican meet
ings are held nightly in the State of New
York.
). ii. Chapllne, Republican candidate for
county judge of Monroe county, Arkansas,
was elected county judge. but was counted
out. He then commenced a contest in the
courts. On Monday night last a coffin was left
in his dOOryard with note attached warn
ing him not TO continue the contest.
The true State of the case-Vermont.-
Boston TrdreLLr.
Yale students have organized Garfield
club with Il membership OF GOO
There was monster demonstration of
Boys in Blue in Brooklyn, Tuesday night.
over 10, 900 men in uniform being in line and
every one of them a Garfield and Arthur
voter. The procession was four miles long
and it greatly stirred up the Hancock roughs
who insulted the Republicans with derisiye
shouts and Mt one point assaulted with stones
and brick bats adetachmento of Boys in Blue,
number OF whom were seriously injured.
The Grcenback party in Maine has about
twice rs many votes as the Democratic
party. But the Democratic party has vast
preponderance in roosters. -LotreH Courier
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pondent says that English is universally dis .
liked that MIR. Hendricks really does not .
care a rap whether Hancock is electe or not:
that Landers. the Democratic candidate for
Governor, is poor speaker, and the Green {
hackers mean TO slaughter him; that the r
Democratic money chest is empty; that
leaders are quarrelling and Mr.. Barnum is at
his wits end. THIS news ii is to bc noted, {
is not from Republican sources '
The accidental bursting, at the city post L
office in Washington of a mail BAG contain +
ing franked matter sent from the Democratic i,
Campaign Committee, has disclosed the fact = =
that that committee has been grossly violat- l.
ing the National laws relative to the trans ?
mission through the mails of unfrankahle a
matter. Under the law only parts of the
Congressional Record can he franked Four a
titths of the matter found in nine bags mailed t
free by the committee consisted of Demo o
cratic campaign pamphlets noparts of which h
had appeared in the Congressional Record,
together with vast quantities of blank en- IL
velopes mailed TO local committees. There p
recently was received also Il bag full of emp II
ty envelopes in packages of 800 under frank
OF ). ). Cox. The penalty for attempting to
deiraud the mails in this manner is $500 for
each offence.
Wade Hampton said, in speech at Staun- :.
ton, Va. that the same principles for which
the Southern people fought in the war were p
in issue now. lie was 50 reported, AMI he
denied that he had made any such remark :,
One denial OF this kind he made in private /
letter, the substance of which was published 1
in the Washington Post. Thereupon Mr.. d
Hampton wrote to the editor of the paper in
which his speech was reported, denying his
ienal and now he writes to the editor of the u
Washington Post, apolocizing for denying
his denial. lie has made Il very bad mess q
Of it. "
A veteran Democrat made an honest CON
fesSion without intending To do so Il tell u
you, we've got the advantage Of you Rcpub- p
leans. We have been out of Office SO long W
hat no one remembers the Democrats who d
used to steal. There were lots of 'em, but
they have all died within twenty years" h,
The Baltimore american states that Zone IL
Df the incidents of the day at An,ictan, on m
Friday last was, that during the ceremonies 81
which dedicated the granite statue 10 the
guarding of the Nations dead, there were q,
hose whose feelings So far got the better Of AS
heir Judgment and discretion that they W
'hecrcd for jeff Davis. Two men. within ri
shom the old rebel spirit is still blatant, hi
ouhardilv chccred the eN-Prcsident of the
southern Confederscy right in the midst of
he crowd gathered in and about the Nation.
il Cemetery
The personnel of the French American -,
laims Commission is announced. The
Commissioner on the part of the United
states will be- Judge \. q. Adds of Yer
mont, IT member of the recent Southern
laims Commission on the part of France,
.ouiS De Gcoiray for Brazil, Arinos, the |
Brazilian Minister to Belgium. c;,
One of the most notable acccssiorS To the iiy