Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-11-02
Next Weeks Elections.


This Is ian of year and the of wear
that follows presidential election is gen.
orally fated to be unfavorahle TO the
political fortunes of the party in power.
This general rule did not hold good last
month however in the Ohio and Iowa
contests, and there Is some curiosity to see
whether 1t will yield in the November
voting.
Massachusetts will elect state officers
and legislature. Gov. Long Is the re.
publican candidate for governor. and
Charles P. Thompson. the democrat NOM
inee. Gen. Butler now has full control of
the Massachusetts democracy but he did not
want to air his gubernatorial aspirations
again until Gov. long ceases to head the
republican ticket. No other New England
state votes next Tuesday except that
Connecticut chooses part of her Senate.
In New York secretary of state and
four or five other state officers are to be
chosen. Things are rather mixed as it is
not known how much in earnest some of
the strongest stalwarts will be 10 helping
elect such man as Gen. Hustled. the re.
publican candidate for treasurer, who was
one Of the men who climbed the step ladder
in the Delavan when Ex-senator Platt
came to grief by means of the woman of
severe aspect who wore gold bowed spec
tacles.
In New York city and BROOKLYN there
are interesting struggles and as rule in
the two cities there is less dissenson in re
Publican than in dem )cr,tic ranks. Four
congressman also are to be elected; in
place " Fernando Wood. deceased; Levi
P Norton. appointed minister to France
and Messrs Miller and Lspham elected t.
Senate. In Mr.. MprtDn's district William
w. Aston is the republican csniiiete and
Mr. Flower his democratic opponent. Mr..
Aston goes into the English and western
methods of cauvas1ng, going to visit the
voters in there p aces of business and max
ing personal solicitation for their votes.
New Jersey has legislative cleo ion,
choosing her House of representatives,
and one third Of her senators. The main
importance Of the voting there lies in the
fact that the few senator's chosen will have
vote for United States senator year
from this next winter when the republicans
hope to gain the seat in the Senate now
occupied by Mcpherson, democrat. For
March 1888 the republicans will lose the
seat now held by Mr.. Kellogg, of Louisi-
ana and their only chance to gain any
where at that time, is in New Jersey and
Indiana.
Pennsylvania elects state treasurer
and it would be easily carried by the
republicans, were it not that Charles
Wolfe is running as an independent can
didate and promises to draw away
considerable body of the anti. Cameron
republican voters. Maryland elects some
off ,ers and there is little doubt that the
usual' democratic victory there will be
recorded.
ficers and the republic ms expect to carry
both states. In Wisconsin some opp)si-
ton develops against Gen. Rnsk, the re-
publican candidate for governor. The
temperance people are running Theo.
KIN ,nse. the heal of the good templar
organic ,tion of Wisconsin, for governor
oil ti,E,
among the nsturaizei voters because
Haas B Warner was not made the repub-
lican candidate.
Mississippi and Virginia elect full state
tickets. In the former state there has
been some movement, under the or cen
back q " that ha. drawn portion of the
whites from the democracy. There is little
prospect however that the democr attic so
lidty there will be sh,ken . The Virginia
result is more doubtful. The only dfer
encs between the parties there appears to
be that the democrats represent the ideal
solid south, where the whites, and the
bourbon class of them at that, have their
own way, and that the Malone party re
presents "a progressive element thai
proposes. to give the negroes their fuI,
rights lat the polls and protect Them in
those rights. AS to the pretended tinanc
al issue it amounts to nothing as both
parties are readjusters" when it comes
to that. The legislature to be elected will
chose United States Senator. E .ch party
ha, -strong hopes of winning and the con
test promises to be close one. We hope
the bourbons will be beaten as they de-
serve to b, for thor hvp ,crisy on the deb,
question AS well as for other reasons.