Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-07-25

Burlington.
sheriff. JusEpH BARToN, Charlotte.
High BoiHf. ALBERT CoMSTOCK, South Bur
lingtun.
A good many Democrats are made I'M
easy 10y the report hat William Dickson
of Washington. foreman of the jury which
acquitted Brady and Dorsey, has been
selected as secretary of the Democratic
National committee.
The platform adopted by the Indcpend-
ents at their conference in New York.
amounts simply To an invitation to the
people to vote the Democratic National
ticket Many of the Independents are able
and influential gentlemen, and their ac-
ton can not but have its effect but their
action is Il mistaken one, nevertheless, and
they are sure to regret it, we think.
Not the least noteworthy incident of this
remarkable month Of July was the hail
storm which last Saturday fell in the re
gion of the Connecticut river, extending
from Windsor to the Plainticld line. Trees
were thrown to the EARTH and corn and
grain crops ruined and at one place hail
stones are reported To have been piled five
feet high. The storm must be regarded as
an exceptionally strange occurrence.
Hurpcl'S ITcckV is widely advertised,
nowadays as in favor of Cleveland for
President, but with nothing said about
Vice-president. There is no way, how
ever. of splitting National ticket The
paper or voter that swallows Cleveland
ri, al. A,I
bricks is the man who. in public speech
early in the war. advocated the establish
ment of a Northwestern COnfederacy. He
was a more bitter secesSiOniSt than Bayard,
who was only willing that there should be
two republics, one free and one slave, while
Hendricks wanted three, in order to get
rid of Yankees and Yankee institutions,
He is about the last man that should re
ceive the vote of any man whoSalIs him
self Il Republican.
"Evviva GiaCOmo Blaine q Giovanni
Logan" such is the sentiment of the
Roma, an Italian journal published in
New York and the principal organ of the
Italian Americans and its translation i,
'Long life to James Blaine and John
Logan The Romu says that there i,
reason to hope with pride and confidence
that the administration of James q. Blaine
will achieve some triumphs in the foreign
policy of the United States mot inferior
to those even in the glorious days of Marcy
and Seward who always kept high the
prestige Of the American flag in all part
of the globe" 1t declares further tina
Citizens of Italian birth may rest assured
that their rights AS Americans will be
protected, and especially against peril o
COnscriptiOn and military service in Italy
The New York sun has focused its in
tellect on the New York campaign of ISIS:
and announces that 2l3, $50 Republicans re
fused to vote for Folger in 1882, while CleVe
land had only S07 votes. more than Han
cock got in 1850, when the latter was badl.
beaten. "No doubt" says the sun, MI
Cleveland will get large array of suffra
ges from the boiling Republicans, but, OF
the other hand, we fear he will lose man
votes among that most respectable am
enthusiastic portion of our cltlZen
who are represented by William Purcel
OF Rochester Then, again, there Is II
means of knowing how many Worklhgmel
will 90 against him from distrust OF hl
views rs regards the question of fire
trade and the protection of American II
dustry; and this is Il loss not likely to !
overbalanced by accessions from RrpubII
can workngmen who are free traders
Thus, 1t is pcrpleXcd problem.
That festive body, the Prohibition IA
tional convention, which began its Sc,
sions at pttsburg, yesterday i cNpecte
10 nominate an eccentric gentleman VIII
has promised to put IA million dollars j
the campaign. His name is r, ii. No
Donald, he halls from San Francisco, an
he is known in newspaperdom from hi