Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-10-24

FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN A. LOG AN,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
10 ID. II latch. of Burlington.
HIRAM HARLOW, of windsor.
GEORGE 7. CHILDS, of st. Adams.
K. c. RED1NGTON, OF Bradford.
Mr.. Vanderbilt has given S50O,OOO to the
New York college of physicians and sur
geons as Il building fund.
Returns from Ohio show that the total
Greenback and Prohibition vote was ~
Al The Prohibition vote last year was
1862, and this year it is $50. an increase of
l20S: the Grcenback vote has grown from
2931 to 300. or 1913
The Cincinnati Euqqjrcr, the leading
Democratic paper in ohio. attributes the
Republican success to the splendid gcncr-
alship and great personal influence of the
Republican candidates. 1t says that Mr.
Blaine strengthened himself in every
town where he appeared, and that Gen
eral Logau'S speeches were very elective.
The second volume of Carlyle's diary
just published, records Carlylc's opinion
that Mr.. Gladstone is a representative
of the mutitudinous cants of the
age. and in his religious. social moral and
political life oneof the contemptiblc,t men
ever looked upon" Queen Victoria
seems to have been the only person well
spoken of by Mr. Carlyle in this volume
TO the great cynic's jaundiced eye Vic
toria seemed "pretty,"
EX-Confcderate soldiers of Rockingham
county, Virginia. to the number of 521,
have invited Gen. John \. Logan to de
liver an address at Harrisburg ON the
political situation. In the invitation to
which they affixed their signatures the
signers volunteer the statement that no
one of them overcast Republican ballot in
Presidential election. but that they, one
and all, intend to vote for Blaine and Lo-
gan ON the 4th Of next November.
Only about one-thrd of the voters of
Connecticut cared enough about the ques-
ton of biennial sessions to vote upon il at
all. The total vote for and against the
amendment was only 4G.51l, while the to-
tai vote thrown in the state at the last
Presidential election was 1872 900. The
The Hartford CoHrdHt regards the result
of the vote as a ''tacit declaration that the
mischief of the lobby is greater than the
benefit Of the legislature, and that the
easiest way to meet the difficulty is to
shut off both
\ .,,ft al,
toral candidates, Hon. Hiram Harlow of
Windsor, has recently been elected presi-
dent of Il National bank, the occasion has
been used to ascertain whether such office,
or that of director, is an office of trust or
profit under the United States" within
the meaning of the constitution. 50 emf
nent an authority ON constitutional law as
Senator Edmunds says that he has no
doubt as to the propriety and legality of
Mr.. Harlow'S holding both the offices of
elector and president. or director of Ma
tiOnal bank at the same time
There are now three Richmonds in the
field for the mayoralty of New York. Al
derman Grant, the Tammany nominee
who is supported by August Belmont and
many reputable citizens eXMayOr Grace
the Citizens candidate, who is also favor
ed by the county Democracy and the Irv-
ing Hall crowd and Levi VI. Bates. Il wei
known merchant, the regular Republican
candidate. Tammany had an immense
ratification meeting in favor of Cleve
land Tuesday. which was addressed by
Senators Bayard. Pendleton, and other
leading Democratic orators.
EX-Gov seymour and some other Demo
Gratis have said that there is no free trad,
party in this country. They perhaps for
get that in the constitution of the South
ern Cunfcdcrtcy Article /, section :, reads
''NOr shall any duties or tax on impOrta
tions from foreign nations be laid to pro
mote or foster any branch of industry
Many of the Democratic leaders of tO-da,
in the South, were among the men WhC
incorporated this clause in the COntedcrat,
constitution. They are still for absOlut,
free trade, as they were Il quarter of Il cen
tury ago. Others of the BOurbOnS, lik,
Morrison, favor "horiZontal reduction,
but either change would wreck for tim
half the manufacturing industries of tn
United States This is something 70
workingmen of all parties to consider
"The suggestion says the Rev. DR.
Richard :. Storrs of Brooklyn, that
man whose history is stained with admit
ted RIGHTEOUSNESS may yet properly AM
deliberately he put at the head of the ma
ton must certainly be secuted. Forgive
ness is one thing, Popular coronation il
quite another. Ethics must surely take
precedence of politics 1t would seem t.
me, certainly ii grave offence against tn
family, against the public honor FORECAST
womanhood against the divine law o
purity, against the essential welfare o
the State, to contribute to elevate to Tn,
highest Office in the gift of his country
men a man with Il loose woman in hi
train and an illcgitimpte son. can hard
ly imagine anything Of worse example T.
the muItiIudpS of Young men who mr.