Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-20

sion, and il the Democrats had been per.
mittcd to assume power at that time IT would
have been better for the country now for
they would have shown the eleven foo,
just that much sooner, and the business men
and labOring men would have realized the
effect OF being governed by free traders.
This subject Of civil service is all wrong
believe in giving poor young men "A chance,
but If you follow the custom observed in
England, why, only the wealthy succeed
each other think everything will work
out for the good of the party in the end
Ex-Leu,enant- Governor Dorsheimcr told
the Brooklyn Democrats that he was glad
that for the first time all the candidates upon
the Democratic State ticket are men who had
no connection with civil life before the war
The aged, the inirm, the aspiring but anti.
qualcd candidates for further hongis must
read these words with Il feeling which rcscm-
bIes sorrow more than the mist resembles
rain.
Mr. Herbert Spencer is now spending Il
few days in Philadelphia, after which he
will return to New York city, and then, as
soon as possible, set sail for his home in Eng
land. His health is so poor, and the incvita-
Die annoyances of travel are so great that he
has given up all ideas of visiting the far West.
In TACT, he is sorcly disappointed with his
visit to this country so far as its effect upon
his health is concerned. He is now scarcely
as well as when he came here, and this re.
suit he attributes, in great part, to the char
actelistic American spirit OF unrest and hur-
ry and hustle with which he has been oblig-
ed to come in contact especially in the large
cities. lie considers, however, that the
IL Ala hnts Ia.. l.
specting his wishes for quiet and scclu-
sion.
Some one was one day rallyng Congress
man Iefcvrc on his eccentric chirogiaphy
81 ought to write better that's Il fact" he ic-
piled. "Why, some time ago wrote to It
man thanking him for clipping cut from u
newspaper about me, and asking the name
and date of the paper; and he replied
am much obliged for your advice, and will
follow it, believing that my claim will go
through and will at last get my pension.
Congressman William NJ. Lowe died at
Huntsville, Alabama, Thursday. lie was Il
native of that town was educated at the
University of Tennessee and the University
of Virginia as a lawyer served in the Con
icdcrale army; was a member OF t&c Lcgs.
lature in 1870, and of the Constitutional
Convention of 11,5; and was elected to the
Foriy-sixth Congress as Grccnback Demo
crat was seated by the House, June 9, 1889
rs member Of the Forty seventh Congress
in place of Joseph Wheeler, the returned
member.
The anti-Bourbon candidate for governor
Of South Carolina is not having peaceful
canvass. At Wlnusboro, where he was an
pointed to speak, he was mobbed and lus.
| tied out OF town before he could say any
thing. Ills engagement at another point
York, was also relinquished in consequence
| OF telegram he received from the mayor of
that city to stay away, as he Che mayor
would he unable TO keep the peace if he at
| tempted to hold II meeting there. But Mr.
McLane, the candidate in question, is serene
about it. He thinks that he can make more
votes by being kicked around than he can
by making speeches. Tie represents the bet
ter class of Democrats as being disguised by
the roughs whom they cannot control, and
rather inclined than otherwise, in many
quarters, to sever their political connection
with them. 1t is not an auring method of
conducting campaign, but if Mr.. Mcl.ane
is well padded he can perhaps beat the Bour-
bons just as Tug Wilson did Sullivan.
The cable brings word that Lord Duifpriu
is TO be made II marquis for his diplomatic
service. The career of Lord Duilcrin. still a
comparatively young man. has been most
brilliant one. lie is the son of the fourth
Baron Duiferin, his mother being one of the
beautiful Sheridan sisters. lie was cduca-
Gated at Oxford but left that university
without taking degree. While still minor
he succeeded to his fathers title. lie tray
eled from Oxford to Ireland, accompanied
by friend, in 1917, and published an ac-
count of his experiences. In 1859 he made
a voyage to Iceland in yacht and wrote an
account of the expedition under the title of
Letters from High Latitudcs," lie was
sent to the East in 1860 by Lord Pamcrston
to make inquiries INTO the massacre OF the
Christians there, and for his services he was
made a X. g. b. In 1872 he was appointed gov
crnor-general Of Canada. His administration
of affairs in the Dominion was most Success
full. Since then he has been sent to St Pc
tersburg as ambassador in time of great
difficulty, and thence to COUsiantinOplc. He
has been the recipient, perhaps. of more IT,
ties, distinctions and posts OF honor than any
man OF his time. He was created an English
baron in 1850, nominated Il Knight of St.
Patrick in 1868, appointed lord lieutenant
County Down in 1854, sworn a privy coun-
pillOr n 1853 and urac tnoIn IN nj ,,f l,a