News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-07
THE ELECTION.

The biennial election of 80, oc-
curing Tuesday, was marked by an
animated canvass in nearly every town
N this county.
The contest in Eden resulted in the
choice of Francis f. White, pop
ular young man, but politically OF
the Eden "go-as-you-please" stripe
approaching the ''Greenbacker" as
nearly as anything in his case.
All the other towns IN the county
except Stowe, which failed to elect,
send Republicans.
Morristown, after repeated attempts
to elect Maj. Stafford, man of excel
lent character and abilities and the
regular Republican nominee, sends {.
r. Page, the well-known proprietor OF
the Malvern Stock Farms. Mr.. Page,
who represented the town in 1901,
was persistent in his refusal to again
allow the use of his name, until it be-
came evident that the party could not
well unite on another man, when he
yielded to the urgent demand of his
party, and was easily elected.
Hyde Park was seriously threatened
with bolt, but the number of Repub-
licans who finally felt compelled to OPP
pose the regular nominee dwindled
down to ga detection which was
overcome on the first ballot, electing
Carroll F. Randall, the proprietor of
the American House. That Hyde
Park can stand detection of even &c
is great surprise to their Republican
neighbors, and shows the splendid
working condition which a party can
attain when fighting year after year a
real enemy. Towns like Morristown
and Johnson, because of the great pre-
ponderance of Republicans, become
divided into petty factions, and per-
sonal quarrels result.
johnson sends J. Atwood Andrews,
a prominent farmer. Wolcott, which in
1880 failed to elect, this year sends
Oscar Eaton. a farmer. Elmore sends
Geo. A. Morse, the well-known and
popular lumberman.
Belvidere sends Lewis White
more. Waterville, James Stevens,
young and enterprising merchant.
Cambridge, Alonzo Kinsley, farmer.
All in all, our Lamoille delegation
may be regarded as good one. They
are nearly all young men, and may be
relied upon to sustain our reputation
for being wide-awake.
One of the most notable things with |
reference to the State and County |
ticket is the almost entire disappear
ance of the Greenback vote in Cam
bridge, one of the strong-holds of that
party in Lamoille County. In 1873
they elected their town representative
and gave their candidate for Governor
30 votes. In 1880 they gave the
Greenback candidate for Governor Al
vUues. TuIs year iG dwindied down to
Is, Notwithstanding the candidate
of their party for Senator. HI. n.
Mellendy, lives in that town. In
johnson the Greenback vote of Is in
1873 and A in 1880 now sinks to SO,
notwithstanding the powerful impetus
supposed to grow out of its being the
home of its eminent disciple and the
late standard-bearer of its party, Gov.
Heath. And yet we are told that the
Greenback party is ''moving on slow
ly but certainly to conquest and vic
tory"
For the State ticket the usual Re-
publican majorities were given, but
Poland, candidate for Congress in the
I'd district, came near losing his cleo
ton by a disaffection, which will give
Gen. Grout 5000 to 1000 votes.
OF the prominent men returned to
the legislature this year we notice
Hon. Loveland Munson, of Manches-
ter; w. P. Fairbanks, of st. Johns
bury Robert Roberts, of Burlington ;
Guy c. Noble, of St. Adams W. c.
Landon, of Rutland Geo. w. Wing.
of Montpelier; Frank Plumley, of
Mortified; G. w. Hooker, of Brattle
boro; and Speaker j. L. Martin, Of
Londonderry, who will doubtless be
the Speaker of the next House.
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