Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-09-26
Two Lively Campaigns

The Massachusetts and Ohio elections o.
this fall promise to be of very great inter
est TO their inhabitants. The Ohio contest
will close the 9th of October while
Massachusetts will not vote till November
The Ohio campaign has not been kept
close track of in the east but appears to
have been and to be, with promise of con-
tinuing, a very warm one. The democrats
nominated man Of ability in Judge
Iloadley and the republicans took a man
whose reputation was not widely known.
We supposed there was no doubt that
the democrats would repeat their victory
of last fall but they have themselves shown
some fear of the result. Judge Foraker
has proved good speaker on the stump
while Judge Hoadley has been sick for IL
month and obliged to 60 10 Philadelphia
for medical treatment.
IIoadley is now advertised as well again
and is to at once re-enter the campaign.
This will encourage tho democrats and
they are said to have partially harmonized
certain local dissensiops. In Cincinnati
and Cleveland there have been lamentable
discords between the democratic brethren
in which much language has been used
and sad to say in vituperation instead of
compliment.
Then there is the Scott law which has
lately brought a couple million dollars into
the state treasury from liquor licenses. and
there is the crusade now actively made for
the adoption of prohibilory amendment
10 the constitution. Altogether there
comes from Ohio remarkably mixed
sound and what it means can best be
learned by waiting for the returns. The
main reason we have seen at this distance
for supposirg the democrats are going to
get beaten is that they seem to expect it.
That is not always safe thing to Judge
FROM
The Massachusetts republicans at Bos
ton last week nominated George D. Rob
inson of Chicopee for governor. Mr. |
Robinson is now member of congress
from the Springfield district and in his SIX
years of service has attained excellent
rank as Il man of sound judgment whose
advice is worth following. He is a native
Of Lexington, born in 1884, graduated at
Harvard in 1856 and from that time to
1865 taught school in Chicopee where he
has since been a lawyer.
The democratic convention at Spring
field of course puts Gen. Butler in nomi-
nation ouce more. And from the hurrah
beforehand it looks as though the enthus.
asm of the big republican convention in
Boston last week would be equaled if not
surpassed. Gov. Butler has an illustrated
campaign book with the Tewksbury aims
house as its subject.
1t now looks as though the Bay State
would be for the next six weeks pretty
well filled with abuse. The Butlerists
characterize their opponents as the Tewks
bury guard and indeed Tom Marsh, Jr
was not particularly fine specimen of a
delegate to the big Boston convention.
And the republicans and Independents are
just giving free speech TO their opinions of
Gen Butler himself.
The Massachusetts republicans are con-
fident OF victory-the democrats equally So
The former make their main issue But
ler' and they are beginning an aggressive
They will have very livery
in that sort of thing One thing,
the Massachusetts folks who preside with {
dignity at conventions and dec aim written {
speeches would do well to get Gen. But.
lers habit OF off hand speech. Perhaps,
however, in that case they would not
preside any more.