Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-15

The Republican canvass in Maine start
ed off splendidly with the big rally ut
Lake Maranocook, Tuesday night. The
Boston HCrdld'S despatch says that the
meeting was such Il rallying OF the
masses as was never witnessed before in
the State. not even years ago in the log
cabin and hard cider times 1t also says {:
"The honors paid to Mr. Blaine showed the
hold he has upon the people of his adopted
State. 1t was II genuine burst OF enthuSi-
assn with which he was greeted"
The Supreme court of Virginia has denied
the petition of Congressman Wise which
prayed that the Congressional apportion-
ment of the State made by the last Iegs-
lature be declared void. The question was
one of law purely. The apportionmcnt
bill was passed over Gov. Camcron's veto
by two-thirtls of the members of the Legis-
lature who voted on the question, but not by
two-thirds of the whole number of mem
bers. Congressman Wise took the ground
that to pass Il measure over veto two
thirds of all the members of the LcgiSla-
ture must vote for it, but the court de
cdes that twu-thrds of the number who
vote is sufficient. The decision is victory
for the BOurbOns.
/ The continued failure of tn" Burlington
NtD FREE Pass. the Republican paper pub
lishcd at senator Edmunds's home. to deny or
question the accuracy OF that statesman : re-
ported letter about Blaine in 1880, we suppose
is to bc accepted rs evidence of its genuine
ness That no room may he left for doubt,
however. we ask our esteemed contemporary
the direct question whether there is amy rcu-
son to doubt the substantial accuracy of the
version of the letter, which was published by
a reputable Vermont paper week before last.
I - Bro0ilm UHi0n
The FREE PRESS does not feel called
upon to deny or admit the accuracy of
heresay rccollections of a reported let
ter" which if ii existed was expressly
held from publication by it, writer, and
has not been seen or heard of for four
years. The omission of such denial is by
no means to he accepted as evidence of
anything. If Senator Edmunds has views
which he cares to make public, the REF
| PRESS. and doubtless the Union a. sO, will
be glad to publish anything he has to say
and in any case we are very sure that
he prefers to he quoted at first rather than
at second hand.
Northern capital is pouring into the
South at Il most remarkable rate. AC-
cording To the Baltimore Manufacturers
RccoJd. the money invested in new min
ing and manufacturing enterprises in the
South since the LIST of january this year
amounts To the enormous sum of >55,5O4.
600. The most of this has gone To the
States of Alabama. Virginia, Kentucky.
Texas. Tennessee and Florida. in the order
named. The heaviest investments of
capital have been in coal mining and iron
manufacturing companies. though con
siderable portion of this capital has. of
course. gone into various other industries,
such as cotton and wooden mills, flour
mills. saw mills, machine shops. etc. In
Alabama. more than any other State.
mining and iron making have been the ia
vorite investments. The apparent fond
ness of North Carolinians for small en-
terprises is remarkable. There are more
cotton mills in that State than in any
other in the South, and yet, with two eX-
oeptions, they are small as comp lrtd with
Georgia and South Carolina mills.