Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-18
This Spring.

This Spring.
The newspapers are calling this back
ward spring and SO far as the thermometer
has shown there is a good deal of truth
we'll as elsewhere, was the coolest that
month has been for good many years.
But the chances are that when the snow
gets away things will BIO found in shape
for good crops. The ground was SO dry
when the snow came last fall that it has
been pretty free from frost and has
taken upa large share of the water fur
nished by the melting SHOWS. The streams
are clear from ice and the snow is going
off very rapidly. The sugar season has
been poor one indeed but in spite of
persistent abuse the weather clerk will
probably make up q fair average for the
year. He has charged up to him loss
on maple sugar and winter wheat, and
must get about to even up on something
else.
And while those who till the ground are
getting ready to improve the seed time,
business men, in their way. arc dong the
same thing, and the men who lead or want
10 lead in politics are as busy AS any
Down in Massachusetts General Butler is
stirring in such Il lively way that the
presence of Daz of Mexico and of the
Marquis of Lorne and his wife, Princess
Louise, are soon forgotten. The Mexican
and the Scotchman and Eng Iishwoman
are gone but General Butler remains. And
his present undertaking, the Tewksbury
almshouse investigation, is good one.
The general is sensational always, but
good many of his sensations have been
good one; as witness his march to Wash
ington, Mumford and other things in New
Orleans, and now his "feld at Tewks-
bury"
Taken as whole Buffers spring clean
ing Outside of the regular article is the
liveliest on hand just now but Connecticut
still has her legislature running with sew
Si"i ihtciSolibS HuCotlouS vi udDu
it has just disposed of prohibitory con-
sttutional amendment by not giving it
the two'thirds vote necessary to submit it
to the people. The New York legislature
too is still in session and Gov. Grover
Cleveland is doing number of things
that may help his remarkable 1914, 900
majority of last fall to boost him to the |
next democratic presidential nomination.
Talking about that nomination, a re. |
newal of the Tilden movement is one of the |
late remarkable developments. The sage
of Gramercy Park is in remarkable good |
health for him it is said and if the weather
comes off to suit him this summer he may
SADDLE Blackstone" once more and be
very formidable in the race in the mex
democratic national convention. 1t is
now said that Jay Gould having at the
age of AZ amassed a fortune of one hun,
dred million dollars, is going to retire
from business and let his son George
the family in the active world.
But other folks interested might as well
not count too surely on the retirement OF
Mr.. Tilden from politics or that of Mr.,
Gould from business--for if either ShouldI
take notion to return!
The New York spring elections have
gone in general in favor of the democrats
and the same result has Teen pretty
common in the central and western states.
Perhaps the worst jar that the re-
publcans have received is in the +
success of the fusionists in Michigan ,
where the republican candidates for the
supreme bench and the university regency
have been defeated. The German vote
has at least temporarily ggone largely t
against the republicans.
These things do not make u pleasing I
outlook for our side for the presidential
contest of next year. But there are
Indications of the possible presence of
some flies in the democratic ointment at 8
hat time. The bourbon folly at the south
has always helped the republicans and
hat that is not dying out is widencd by
The wrath of the Charleston Nee0s at the
New York Sun for telling some cold truth :
about the condition of affairs in the south e,
and in the late defeat of Boynton for the !
democratic nomination for governor to /,
succeed Stephens in Georgia. He was :
beaten by the bourbons because he
years ago to write a civil letter {
10 Gov. Bullock of that state who was
republican.
And at the Iroquois club banquet few c
nights ago in Chicago Ga feast 10 which it i
is said Governor Butler was not invted),
Mayor Carter Harrison broke loose and
talked about the folly of free trade plat. t
form in a way that must have made Henry a
Waterson regret that ne did not improve c
the opportunity to respond to the toast, l
- temperance" which came earlier on c
the programme than the mayors piece
which was not spoken until about two
o'clock in the morning. Mayor Harrison
talked a good deal of unwecome fact late {
rs the hour was, and perhaps his prophecy ,
of hard road on the free trade iestion
may come true to the democrats next
year. That party does not appear TO be
suffering very bad now, though, for want
Of votes. But what sort of harvest
they will make of their present successes
remains to be seen.