Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-08

The republicans of Washington county
have reason TO rejoice over the result
OF Tuesdays voting. Four years ago
when there was no greenback party
IN the state the vote was 1908 for
Fairbanks, republican. to 1896 for
Bingham, democrat, and 4 scattering.
Two years ago Proctor had 275O, Bing-
ham 1909, and Martin, greenback, 594.
This year the vote of the county stands
S'S9 for Farnham; 2095 for Phelps and
81 for Heath. The republican majority
is therefore 1888 against 1908 four years
ago and against 3i7 two years ago. The
gain, counting. greenbackers and all
against us, is $50 over the vote of 1876
and 1886 over the vote of 1873.
There has not been town in the county
where the republicans have been asleep.
And not only has a handsome gain on the
governor vote been the result but county
which. two years ago, from nineteen towns
had but nine republican representatives.
has now returned not a single candidate of
democratic or greenback persuasion. The
republicans have elected their candidate in
seventeen of the nineteen tows, while
DuXbury is reported as. having made no
choice, and the latest advices we have
from Warren show that they were still
baloting at II o'clock Tuesday evening.
Barre two years ago elected democrat
This year she gives republican repre-
sentative l79 majority, and shows the
handsome gain of IS over her vote of
1876. Berlin, that for years has had re-
peated ballotings chose republican on
the first ballot, and gained II over the
vote of 1876 and 81 over that of 1878.
Cabot which was strong republican
town four years ago. in 1873 elected
greenbacker by republican dissensions,
and showed but majority over the com
bined democratic and graenback vote.
This year she gives Farnham 10Y majority
over all and elects Geo Gould, republican,
representative by So majority on the first
ballot.
Calais in 1876 was Il republican town
but with heavy democratic vote. In
1873 greenbackism took root and the re-
publicans were in minority of 60 and
the town was represented by democrat
This year it elects Leonard, republican,
and gives Farnham q majority over all.
Duxbury two years ago elected green
hacker and gave the greenback candidate
for governor plurality, while the demo-
Gratis had nearly as many votes AS either
the republicans or greenbackers. This
year Duxbury gives republican majority
on the state ticket and is reported as hav-
ing made no choice of representative.
Fast Montpelier, always steadily repub-
lican came to the front with rousng vote
and a gain of 80 over 1876. Fayston, that
sent greenbacker two years ago and
whose republicans found themselves
in a minority that year on the state vote,
has come out of the greenback delusion
elects ~ republican representative and
gives vote of over three to one for gov
ernor against the combined opposition
The democrats and greenbackers are sup.
posed to be lost in the woods between the
Smoking Hill and Cancels Hump.
Marshfied two years ago had only two
republican majority left and the oppo-
sition always questioned the election of
Mr.. Perkins, the republican who was
seated in the House. This year the town
comes up with 48 republican majority and
an undisputed election of representative
Middlesex rights the wrong of two
years ago and elects William Chaplin who
was then defeated by democrat, and
gives a gain of 10 over the vote of 1876.
OF Montpelier's work we speak else
where. Moretown, the democratic strong
hold, gives us a gain of l6 over 1876,
while the democratic plurality is only 10
as against so that year. To cap the eli
max on the 10Th ballot, taken at daylight
Wednesday morning, Russell Sawyer, re-
publican, was elected representative by
one majority.
Northfeld does handsomely on the state
ticket and elects Mr.. Denny representa-
tive by % majority, whereas two years
ago there was no election. This result
was obtained by hard work and the town
not only redeemed herself but helped
largely in other towns toward the great
success of Tuesday.
Plainfield gives a handsome gain on the
state ticket and again her republicans
have defeated the democrats in the repre-
sentative contest which is always bitter
and close there. Roxbury sends Judge
circuit to the House again and gives %
majority for Farnham instead of going
democratic as it did in 1876. Waitsfield
sends DR.. Jones, who will be valuable
legislator, and gives her usual sweeping
republican majority. Warren, away up
under the Green Mountains. gains over
thirty over her majority in the last presi-
dental year but at last accounts the air
had not cleared entirely for either side for
the republicans were still trying with
their three to one vote to unite on some
one of their number for repr sentative,
while the democrats were wondering how
81 and more to be added can be mathe-
matcally expressed by the figures so.
In Waterbury Lieut.. Gov. CIough who
so thoroughly posted the racy correspond
ent of the Boston Herald on Vermont
politics a month ago-we believe that
correspondent in those days estimated the
state would give Farnham $4,000, Phelps
20, 900 and Heath 2,000-has so thoroughly
expounded the greenback philosophy that
their vote has fallen from l04 to 50 On
the other hand Bert Bishop, the genial
landlord of the Waterbury Hotel, and his
co-workers have increased the democratic
vote SO over two years ago, result on
which we are the more ready to congratu
late them because of the splendid gain the
republicans have made. Instead of the