Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07
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MoNTPELIER. VT
WEDNESDAY, NOV. Z. 1888.
The November Elections.


air was quite summer like and there wa'
no rain, though goodly supply of clouds
wandered about rather independently.
The weather some way was a good deal
ditfcrtn sort of weather for republicans
than hat of November election day 1882
A year ago Butler was elected in Massa-
cnusetts, Cleveland carried New York BY
1876 00O or thereabouts, over Folger, and
the femocrats elected Pattson governor
of + ansylvana by 10000. Olher state,
went about the same way.
This year things are different and Tues.
days elections show such republican gains
rs to make the presidential election next
wear liable to be no such one-sded affair
as The vote of last year indicated.
The contest in Massachusetts was Gu
ricus one-it was Butler and. anti-Butler
or, as Massachusetts supporters of Robin
son put II, the old Bay State against her
defamer. Butler was the head and front
of his own campaign, and it was cam
paign not only for Massachusetts, but for
next years greater contest. Democratic
leaders in other states, and many who
have been democratic leaders in Massa.
chusetts, got frightened at the prospect
of Buffers success, and the esult hiss been
that Tuesday be was defeated by demo
crats-that is, enough regular democrats
voted for Robinson to turn the scale. and
Gen. Butler was whipped by men of his
own party who dreaded him next year if
successful low.
1t is very probable that nobody knows
this any better than Benjamin f. Butler
and it is by no means certain that the
Lowell statesman is headed off by his late
defeat from "tackling' the presidential
candidacy next year. 1t is not now prob,
able that he can get democratic nomna.
ton but he will be followed in action he
sees fit TO take next year by host of
voters whose ballots the democratic candi.
date will need in order TO win OF course
Gen, Butler may quietly submit to being
Kicked out Of politics by the democrats
working in the interests of other demo.
cratic presidential aspirants-but if he
should not and should appear as dele
gate ia the next national democratic
convention there would be a very inter-
esting season beginning right there.
Boston cast the largest vote ever polled
there of which Robinson got nearly &c, 900
and Butler little over 80 600, a loss to
Butler of between 5000 and 1000 from
last year. The vote in the state is by far
the largest ever cast in Massachusetts.
Returns from 1873 towns and cities Oe.v.
ing but ID small towns to hear frurn) give
George D, Robinson 15S 2Q3, B. F. Butler
1882, Almy (prohibitionisO l,549, Ar.
mold (greenbacker) 80 and fl scattering.
This shows Mr.. Robinson's election by
some 1900 plurality. lie has made
gallant canvass against Butler and will
make good governor.
He has led the effort to shake off Butler
and Butlerlsm from the throat of the
commonwealth and that thing has been
accomplished. 1t must be recognized
however that this was made possible by
democratic notes.-the votes of democrat
who liked the good name of their state
and who feared Butler for what he has
done. The rest of the rer ublican state
ticket has big majority and the legisla.
ture is republican as usual
In Connecticut the legislative elections
show handsome republican gains as does
the gubernatorial election in New Jersey
where Leon Albeit the democratic cand |
date gets in by majority of very few
thousand. Strange as it may seem the
Maryland election was close and the
democratic candidate is elected governor
by quite small majority In Virginia
the killing of lot of negroes at Danvil'e |
last week had the usual result in helping
the democrats at the polls. In many parts
of the state however the Malone party
held its grip and it had so great a lead
that it is doubtful whether the democrats
have gained enough by their effort at
killing and frightening the negroes 10
give them the control of the legislature
which was what they were after,
Pennsylvania is reported to have dis.
posed OF the 10000 democratic majority
Of last year and to have elected the rel
publican State ticket BY 5000 The latest
returns may not confirm this, but on the
evening of election day the democratic
State committee conceded to he republi.
cans the State
The great change in Pennsylvania is
however greatly distanced by that in New
York. Cleaveland had almost 200. cool
more votes than Folger last year. He
stood three weeks ago the best chance of
any man in the United States to be the
next president. But his caiber has be
come known-his smalness leaked out.
He went, this reform governor, to work
and wrote letter to John Kelly asking
that Tom Grady should 10: b, given
another senatorial term. Mr.. Grady wor-
fIea the governor so the govern wrote
to the big Tammany boss for relief. Mr.
Tilden never would have beer found out
if he had done such hing, and Ben But
Ter never would have done it
Such little things and Others worries
the democrats and then they had tyI
mistake nominated Il temperance mar,
Judge Isaac H. Maynard, for secretary of
sate-and a liquor dealers association
fell upon Maynard and the Good Templars
or some other temperance organization
took up Maynard's cause and there came
abou, some very curious political bed
fellow business. The rest of the state
ticket the democrats felt sure OF anyway.
But it dawned on them about election
time that it was not to be walk over and
by energetic work they have succeeded