The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-09-13

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The n. Y Times ADD Esepins Post az
iiciins Iiis steers sgsissi the rencmips'
ton al 0or. Hill. bat 10 rain. Nev icri
Democrats. - rsls. love uill better than
they do cls,elssa and the Mns.unp'
csrnoi run then Any more ihas they could
The Rcpabl,csn party. The Post reads
the Democrats lopg lesson IRON the re-
suit Of yermonts election. portion q
which ne give;
The democratic leaders 10 this stA, can
cot employ themselves TO better advantage
during the week which remains before the
meeting OF their state convention than 10
careful meditation upon The result % yes
terdsys eleciion 10 Vermont The repub-
licans have carried that state by at least
Is 600 majority. the largest which they
have bad since The var.
Whatever may be the causes Of this re
suit, II should teach the Democratic lead
era 10 New York ,hs, they cspno, afford TO
take any unnecessary risks thisye They
meet 10 convention ore week from 10 day /,
and oil sdvices agree that Gov. Hill's nom
ins,ion is very probable /, is scarcely
necessary 10 point out shat the character
OF that act will be. No intelligent man
who has followed the Governors public
career can deny that his denomination Will
constitute an open dennsnce OF public
opinion. One OF the leaders OF the Demo-
cratic party has declared that at will be .
disgrace 10 the party 10 renominate him. "
His record has been 30 bad that bis advo
Gates attempt no defence Of IT, To find
parallel TO him Is public ofiicisl we must
90 10 the most dissraceiul episodes 10 the
carpet bsg government OF the South after
the war. His chief supporters are liquor
dealers. whose interests be has shsmelessly
chsmpioned, and the corrupt politicians,
whose trade Ia bribery aud deals" he saw.
ed from destruction by vetolng bill which
Souiu Jaw ueoo ~ iapoosip'c' Az WIG
press his most Jealous advocate is the man
who ran Ben Butler for the Presidency 10
the hope Of defeating thereby Grover
Cleveland and putting James q. Blaine in
the White House. There are thousands
OF reputable democrats 10 the state who
will not vote for him il be is renominsted.
simply because they believe him TO be an
unworthy official and personally dishon.
est man.
Why does the Democratic party 10
State whose electoral vote is TO decide the
Presidential contest, take the risk Of put
ting such . man as this into the field as q
candidate Do they think that the liq-
nor dealers and political oorruptionists o
greatly outnumber the respectable people
10 the State that such q venture can sue
coed ? We have spoken Of the thousands
Of respectable Democrats who would 70.
fuse TO support such q candidate, but they
are, after ell, the smallest element in the
detection which that candidacy would |
cause. There isn't any question that these
State has been and still is the stronghold |
Of Independent voters. There are rs. 900 or
100. 900 Of these. and it is simply an in
suit to them to say that single man Of
them would vote for the re- election OF
Gov. Hill. Many Of them would vote
against him, and still vote for President
Cleveland, but II cannot be denied that q
good many OF them would not thus divide
their allegiance. There are thousands Of
voters in tho State to day we speak from
information on this who are inclined TO
vote for Cleveland aud tariff reform, but
who will, IL Gov. Hill be renominated,
turn 10 sheer disgust from party which
is capable OF such an act. and vote both
the National and State Republican tickets.