Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-09-24
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Democrats who have fired cannon
over the supposed Greenback victory in
Maine begin to wish that they hal their
money and powder back.
Gen Hancock disclaims the remarks at
tributed to him by Major Gould upon being
informed of the result in Vermont.
The supposed Greenback triumph in Maine
made havoc with stocks in Wall street.
Some of the best securities fell three to four
per cent.
The Heralds Portland despatch says the
Solon Chase wing of the Greenback PARTY
will undoubtedly advocate the nomination of
a straight electoral ticket, but leading
Greenbacker from Augusta says Plaistcd
would in that event take the stump for the
Democratic ticket.
General Weaver, the Greenbach candidate
for President, thus defines the Democratic
methods in the South: "Why, when a man
votes down there the judges of election, who
sit behind a screen so no one can sec them,
look at his ballot, and if it suits them they
put it in the box; but if it doesn't suit they
tear it up and put another that does suit them
in The box. Such is the condition of affairs
in the South today" He made this state
ment in Cooper Institute on Monday even
ing, ut the very moment when the Democrats
were exulting over the returns from Maine.
The point for the North is that in the South
the throwing out of votes is no longer limited
to those cast by ''niggers." No man who
votes the Republican ticket can expect 10
have his vote counted, no matter whether he
is white or black.
The Maine Prohibitionsts nominated a
candidate for Governor, who urged all his
friends to vote for the Fusion candidates,
and the returns indicate that ., 800 temper
ance Republicans voted the Fusion ticket !;
but they will not vote the Democratic ticket
in November
Secretary Dorsey of the National Republi-
can Committee, has received a telegram that
the defeat in Maine was attributable to the
extravagant expenditure of money. Tilden
alone, the despatch says, contributed SEQ, !.
600 to defeat Reed, to satisfy a personal
grudge growing out of the latter's conduct
in the course of the cipher dispatches inves-
tigation.
The Dragging and boasting of the Demo-
cratic newspapers over the possible Green
back victory in Maine reminds the Albany
Journal of Coughs old story, how NE and
Betsey killed the bear" lone day bear
walked out of the woods and, all uninvited,
entered the humble home where the man and
his wife Betsey were sitting. At sight of
his bruinship the lord of creation arose from
his chair with n wild yell of terror and, with
out thought of his wife, hastened to climb TO
q place of refuge on top of an old Dutch
clock that stood in one corner of the room,
The more valiant Betsey stood her ground
and seizing a long poker tiercely attacked
the bear, and did not desiSt, in spite of the
game defence which he made, until she had
stretched him dead at her feet. Her
lord and master from his safe perch watched
the combat between her and the bear with
evident interest, and ever and anon kept
shouting, Give it to him. Betsy" ''llit
him another wipe across the head - Smash
his Internal scull, etc. As soon as he be-
came satisfied that the brute was absolutely
dead, and there was no danger OF his ''com-
ing to-" he hastened TO descend from the
clock and summon the neighbors for miles
around, saying to all those whom he net,
Il want you to come to our house and see
the bear that Me and Betsey have Just
killed"