The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12
Election Notes.

THE Reforn,er says that not less than
$4,000 was staked in Brattleboro on the re-
suit of the election.
To Middlebury belongs the doubtful
honor of having cast the only vote Belva
Lockwood had in Vermont.
b. III. WooLEY, Rutland rumseller
whose offenses have kept the local courts
busy for weeks at time, voted for st. John
New YORK WORLD: cone supreme con-
ISOLATION comes from the election-that it for
ever buries beneath his own dunghill that
political pest, bold bad, blatant Ben Butler"
Ex-GovERNoR BARsTow: "The world
will undoubtedly revolve just as usual. L
don't expect to put my real estate into the
market at reduced figures on account of the
result"
OF the III 900 federal officials only Is 900
come under the civil service rules, and of
the whole list over $4,000 are postmasters.
Governor Cleveland will have if elected
president, $1,000 offices to fill without inter-
fering or infringing upon the civil service
rules at all.
THE feeling against ST. John and those who
voted for him is very bitter throughout the
country. At Topeka, Kansas, he was
burned in effigy and such wild scenes were
enacted as were never before witnessed in
that place. The same thing occurred at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the figure was
dragged burning through the streets
THERE was parade of colder boys " at
Bratteboro the Monday evening before the
election in the interest of Belva 1ockwood's
candidacy, the only one in the state so far
as we have learned The costumes were of
the most grotesque character and among the
transparencies were the following: For
President, Belva A. LOCKWOOD for Vice
President, Marietta l.. Stone,'' " Ben, Drop
those Spoons!" Rock the cradle, Grovero
" We are not hitched to an oxn' "Burn
tbiSi' The hurlpSuna we yya11 aorriad
and raised good-natured laugh along the
whole line OF the procession.
THE Baltimore Sun publishes the follow
ing in New York dispatch: "Senator Ed
| munds, in conversation with some of his
party friends, expressed surprise that one so
quick as Mr.. Blaine did not take upon the
spot the rum romaniSm and rebellion
phrase of the Rev. Mr.. Burchard and turn it
to his own advantage. A personal friend of
Mr. Blaine who was present replied that
Mr. Blaine had said to him that he never
heard the remark and knew nothing of it
until he read it in the papers the next
| morning. Mr.. Blaine also said he had no
doubt that little episode cost him ten thou
| sand votes in the state Of New York alone.'
THE Free Press thus describes a scene in
front of its office last Friday THE first
dispatch received was one signed G.. w.
Hooker and claiming New York for Blaine
by twelve hundred plurality. This was
promptly bulletined and the crowd, nearly
all democrats, as promptly transformed
| itself into mob. The hooting and yelling
of the unterrified was something better inn
agined than described; and the bulletin
board was seized and thrown into the mud.
For half an hour or more a regular pande-
monium prevailed, but at last, assisted by
the police, the crowd moved along. Its
performances were both foolish and dis
graceful and merit the condemnation of all
peaceable citizens"
Tuupr 10 n j;Snos;t;oo ~, ho+I, s;,lo, g.,
| swear the responsibility for the closeness of
| the vote in New York on TO the shoulders
| of the Rev. DIR. Burchard for his most I'M
fortunate and infelicitous remark about
rum Romanism and rebellion " as charac-
| teristic of the democratic party-a remark
which he made when he acted as spokes-
| man for the clergy of New York at their
| call on Mr.. Blaine. This laundering and
ungenerous thrust at their religious belief
was something that thousands of Irish
voters couldn't stand peaceably. DIR. Bur-
chard is an uncle of the late Rev. Horace
Burchard of the Brattleboro (Vt.) Baptist
church, and occupied Mr.. Burchard's pulpit
on one occasion during his pastorate there.
THE close vote in New York recalls like
| instances in our previous political history
In 1910 Maine gave Harrison only four hum
bred eleven plurality, and Arkansas gave
Van Buren, less than one thousand plurality.
In 1914 Clay carried Tennessee by one hum
dred thirteen over Polk, while Polk Sc
cureu Louisiana Dy SIX hundred nlnety-nlne
plurality. In 1852 Pierce had only twenty
five plurality in Delaware Grant carried
California in 1868 by only five hundred six,
while Seymour secured the vote of Oregon
by the narrow plurality of one hundred
sixty-four. In 1876 the plurality of Hayes
in each of the states of Florida South Caro-
lima and Oregon was less than one thousand
Four years ago the vote of California was
again very close, Hancock securing only
seventy-eight plurality, and one elector for
Garfield was elected.
UNDER date of November 6, 1884, George
c. Arms of Bristol, Conn, formerly of Wa
terbury, writes as follows: " If Mr.. Blaine
is defeated, the st. John vote alone has
done il. | saw the trap, and told our tenn
perance people six weeks ago if ST. John got
votes enough Cleveland was elected. Some
saw il and voted straight for Blaine In my
humble opinion the cause of temperance
has received self-made wound il will not
get over in ten years, and we are slaughtered
by our temperance republican friends. Yes,
in New York alone they have done it, and
St. John probably has had his pay for do
ing it. Last Saturday in Hartford heard
the greatest man for endurance i ever saw
He seemed as fresh as any one among the
thirty thousand around him. | liked him
very much-also saw and heard j. &. Free
mont, a man once voted for"
A CABLE dispatch to the Boston Journal,
Friday, describes the feeling in London over
Jay Gould's flop as follows: "The state
ment that jay Gould had sent a dispatch to
Governor Cleveland conceding his election
and congratuating him thereupon, was re-
ceived by the Cable News Company in Lon
don late this afternoon. 1t was Immediately
placarded in the library and smoking rooms
of the house of commons and provoked
many comments as the members assembled.
Mr., Gould is not popular in London, es-
pecially since the Wabash episode, and
there was much mirth and sarcasm at his
expense. The great monopolist's express
sions of admiration of Governor Cleveland
We're looked upon an effort to conciliate
the coming man in view of the large
amounts of money due to the general gov
eminent by Gould's railways on account of
unearned land grants. 1t was thought that
he foresaw storm and wanted to get under
cover before the tempest burst. One hui
morous member expressed the general senti-
ment by quoting the lines:
When the Devil was sick, the Devil monk would be;
When the Devil got well, the devil q monk was Ell