Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-29

Hon. jacob II. Fla, sixth auditor of the
Treasury department, whose death by
crysipcla1 we have chronicled. was about
siNty-fuur years e age. He waI from
New Hampshire, which state he repre-
scented in Congress for two terms. He
was United States Marshal q New Hamp-
shire during the war and subsequently
collector Of internal revenue.
The Connecticut Republicans have put
their foot forward by nominating Henry
Il. Harrison for governor. The platform
adopted by the convention ratiiies the
nomination of Blaine and Logan and in
dorScs the Chicago platform. The VI ichgan
GrecnbackcrS nave renOminntcd ,at alb
surd person GOV. BcgUlc. The Texas
Democrats have renOminated GOV. Ire
land and the Missouri Grccnbackers have
nominated for govcrnorOnc Nicholas Ford.
The New York star tDcm.) sportiVcly
considers Mr. lIrndricA' 5 letter of accept
ancc as follows: "rhc Head of the Demo
cratic ticket having been duly taken pos
session of 10y Gov. Cleveland Mr. i.n-
bricks promptly corralS the Tail in thc
manner prescribed by custom and uomi
mating conventions. Mr. Hendricks. does
not supply brwildcrcd public with any
reasons for clcctiHg him Ivy showing his
capacity to deal with the io.ucs OF the day.
The Boston Past said Che other day. and
papers like the springfield RcpubIicou
have approNngy copied the statement.
Edmund~ is still Il Republican will prob
ably 90 unanswered until the end of the
campaiun." The question was one as f."
which there could be no doubt and since
the meeting Tuesday these papers can no
longer pretend that there j. any doubt of
Senator Elmunds's position. lie is . Re
publican and stands by his party and its
National. State and county tickets.
The leading Roman Catholic journal of
Minnesota, the Northeastern Chr0Hiclc.
says of the present movement OF large
numbers of Irish-Amcrican Catholic, III
support of Blaine AMI Logan: "rhc pres
ent Presidential campaign j, apt 10 do
away with the fiction of Il solid Catholic
or Irish vote forever, and the sooner it is
done away with the better. We hail tine
division of Catholics on political questions
and their distribution among the two
great parties Of the country as a good
omen both for the church and for Cnthu-
lie, rs citizens OF the republic. The church
has nothing to gain by being Identified
with any one political party"
4 writer for the New York Tiiijiuc has
made careful inquiry into the political
conditions of Massachusetts, this year-a
State the Democrats have been boasting
they would carry. He shows that victory
for the right cause was never more certain
in thut State than il sto-day. The revolt of
the Independents has rapidly collapsed. y
commonwealth that thrNcs lay its manu-
features has rallied rcsolutely about the
standard of protection. The Republican
lines are solid the Democratic camp is
rent with disScnsions. The shrewedest
observers predict that Gen. Buffers vote
will he larger than Governor Cleveland ;
possibly two to one. Republican success
is assured.
The Democratic Congressional com
mttec have Just discovered that they
have been sending out Republican tariff
documents instead of, as they supposed,
Dan Voorhees, speech, attacking the Coy
ernment for not protecting man who
was not an American citizen, and are
greatly incensed in consequence. The
committee charge that the Republicans
have been playing trick on them, but
the fatal facility of the Democrats for
laundering explains the mistake pretty
we'll Their purpose in sending our Noor-
hees' speech was to fire the Irish heart but
an exposure of the Democratic free
trade policy will do quite as efficiently, BY
the way isn't the scattering of Voorhees,
speech broadcast over the land "A virtual
confession that the Irish need a good deal
of bracing up to keep them in the Demo
cratic column.
Nothing queerer has been seen in re-