Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-11-15
The General Result.

The General Result.
The result Of last weeks elections was
Substantially given in last weeks issue.
Sat some things that were then uncertain
have been cleared up by later returns.
The plurality of Gen. Butler in Massa-
chusetts turns out to be about $4,000 while
the republican state ticket except Bishop
for governor has abost 1900 more votes
than the democratic ticket.
The election of Butler was made with n
quccr combination of earnestness and the
desire for practical joke. 1t does put
Judge Abbott and the old line democrats
who three and four years ago deemed the
general political guerrilla" but now
fall into line in his support, rather ludi.
crsus position. Their support of Butler
did not carry the rest of the democratic
ticket through but it did put the man they
abomInated into the chief Office Of the
stale. And while the general announces
that he is not candidate for tho presi.
lency his election puts him in one of the
high places of power in the democratic
party from which he will be full apt to
worry his new brethren. For the general
always has ideas and wants to enforce
them.
Connecticut elects Waller, democrat
governor by between 5000 and 5000 votes
and New Hampshire, as elsewhere given,
elects Hale, republican. by clear majority
and shows the republican congressman
COCO ahead of their democratic opponents
The defeat of Folger in New York was
so overwhelming that it Is reported that
he will move to make Cleveland's election
unanimous. Folger gets about $4,000
votes and Cleveland about $4,000 Mr.
Cleveland has talked of the effect of this
great victory upon the election of 1884 and
very sensiby thinks that its effect will
depend upon what the democrats do with
H.
They have a chance to do great deal
lOr the next house is theirs by about 1915
to 1870. The Boston Post and some other
Aeaocralic papers praise the old demo
cratic house elected In 1874 but more
sensible utterances from that side arc tc
tie effect that the course pursued by tho
opposition then and in the last congress.
where they had better houses must bt
much bcttered or their present victory
will turn oat to be n dangerous thing tc
tAcm.
The Pennsylvania vote is about IS ,00(
for Pat.ison, 100000 for Beaver, anC
5000 for Stewart, Independent. This
overthrow of Don Cameron may, it is very
true, entail such troubles as will defeat
The republicans in the national contes
TWO years hence; but it is certain enough
lhs the bossism of Campbell and the way
of Jay IIubbell would have killed republi
canism outright, and the remedy canno
be more deadly than the disease. In New
jersey Robson is defeated and Vernon
republicans do not mourn over that.
Malone whipped the Bourbons agair
in Virginia and the victory for the demo
crats in North Carolina turns out to hay,
been very small one even if they obtain
cd any at all, The other southern state.
are pretty much solid for the Bourbons.
In Michigan Begole, democrat, is elect
ed over Jerome, republican, for governo
aud in Kansas St. John, republican, i
dafHtet, St. Johns radicAlism on thu
slliec. of prohibition lost him mlny votes
Ia these states the rest of the republican
on the state ticket are elected. Wisconsin
elects five democrats to congress to fou
for the republicans.
Minnesota, Illinois and Nebraska keel
well In line. In Indiana and Iowa thu
democrats have made gains, and i
California they have big majority. Tn
staes not named may be put down o.
general principles as having gone demo
cratic 1t is II great year for democrat
and a change of diet may be good for bot
parties anyway prosperity and adversit
have changed owners.