Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-23
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

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Is ''a'eo tha' '''n WANT Is " HMM III
ionie Ill We" of"' "ii're he HIS pee'' o'''i
e'' lucrative posi'ioh'
IL Is now stated that Don cameron Is no
SIGN rs was reported lie IS IN eAceleh
hcai'l, anu Is gong 10 work nj once for e'iir
field and Arthur.
+. ID. Mansfield. the Thurlow Weed OF
Ohio, is of the opinion that Gen. Garfield.
electoral vote cannot fall below 1877, two
more than a majority, that it will not ex.
ceed a4., and that it will probably be 222
II hovino becp renorted that of 20 officer.
of the third corns nresent at The reunion tn,
otbcr dov ovor f;ft, so;d tbev vorlJ vo,o fo,
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i"''N"' i'aiiei'S' u''N'ii' 'oio
mel of the seven'y-irst New York, whe was
one of the company, writes to the New York
T;,,c, IN so, tho, tho rr,,hor Of Ua,oocl
i'''n '"e'c WIS just iour anu ''o ii'"ic'
A New Orleans correspondept of the New
yort Iro,zy with ,rho,, r.rhons ,bo ,,;s,
"N' fn'p
| ID '"'"'i W '''S 'n"uS"'' says "aiN''u - 'o'
regarded iavorably by the Louisiana negroes,
from the TACT that he defeated Grant at Chi
caso. III hes agrn Grant, he's agin US Is
a frequent saying among them
A foruor member of the Republican Ma
tional Committee writes from Nississinni
an, o,oo,,.,,t =, -. .,.a,
ai' ."eo'' " Dene'e 'la' VIC may 'u''y
/ Tn :
founded on the following facts: We have u
rccistered m,;or;tv of fully % OOO Our
Pe"rie Always 'o'e sohuiy Oh rresiuehtial
years. The grcenbackcrs will poll from %,
900 to 40 900 votes all or nearly all of whom
will bo 5n.,,., s..,, ,,., Da,,,- IT,.
49, =,
ha'e no coioieu ioiio"InS- Every NohSres-
sional district will he contested as between
Greenbackers and Democrats and Republi-
cans. Our chief Supervisors of election are
now Republicans instead of Democrats, as
heretofore, and therefore the supervisors of
election districts will be divided between the
Republicans and Greenbackers, giving us n
fair chance to watch the steal. Two of our
Congressional districts have large registered
| Republican majorities, the I'd and 9th, and
coed in ho;h h,. ,,ronar atTar, s'''' "''
The NiIwonkaa fN;s \ Ge,t;,ey soys ,f tho
Hon Pbilo : Ortop tho uf. -,orc Dcmocro,
wbose ,a,,or !, srrnort Of cars,,1 o,5
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Ar'ii'ii his eA'lleu 50 ii'ich interest Judge
! Orton has been resident of Wisconsin for
over 30 years, was at one time one of the
most prominent of the lawyers of the State,
and is now banker at Darlington. In 1861,
he was the Democratic candidate for attor-
elected bv the Dcmocrats 40 the nrosncu,;n~
attorney of Lafayette county; in 1864, he
was delegate TO the National Democratic
1sHn ha ,.a "nom n1,I n1iia,naeunc. ielian In
Democrats he was the Democratic candi-
date for circuit iu,qe and in 1875 hc was
the Democratic candidate for Congress.
Nothing but keen perception of the danger
that threatens the nation could have com.
PEELED him to leave the Democratic party.
The only time he ever reyolted AGAINST
his party was when il r,nominated
TAYLOR for Governor after The cbarac.
ter of the man was known in which he was
ioincd by many other nrominent Democrats
In his letter .Judrc Orton s,vs what ,hou.
sands of Northern Democrats think" !"
The Democrats should be the last to talk
about the Credit Mobiier. Their candidate
for the Presidency in 1s,G Mr. Samuel T
~,
' of ,aI s,ott -; ior rMen;y 'housa,'u ;. uoi-
.ni 9, s.oeA III ti:,e swimming lns.i.utlon
aiu. au ,o was us ui,oines, anu Antw al
oo' ,.o i.i.",I ela'actei. ii's p.-
fer of notorietv durinr the camnaion of 1S76
Why don't the Drmocraiic nanors dycl
upon this fact ,
lhe Philadelphia Times prints letter
from Judge J. 5. Black to its editor, dated
p,r;s I,,no % 1891 :, ,,.,.;o,, ,,,,x p,ao,.
'"70
says;
Your expressed discrimination to see that
Gen. Garfield shall be defended against
all unjust aspersions upon his personal char
acter is equally pleasant reading to me, for
have been his devoted friend for many years,
and am resolved that never will believe
bestowed bestowed upon nm II he would carry lne
in,a his np,,lir copduct H.. ,rnn,i ,naI., The
bcsl chlel magistrate we nave ever nau. but