The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-09-06

Vermont fred The frat gun Of the cam
paign. Tuesday. and Il was loud encngh
10 Ice h.sfi Erom Maize 70 California. The
gernblicaps made lively canvass, but
were for the drst time opposed by an &C
tive aud aggressive Prohibition party and
by corps % lively federal oiiise holders
wbo, eepefally, did not seraple 20 put
forth the mosl vigorous efforts 10 get out
.he fsll Democrats yo,e and TO keep the
faithful ia liae. Tue result shows that
Vermont is strongly for protection and
that q considerable number Of Democrats
mus, have voted with the Republicans on
this issue,
Bennington county did well for the Re-
puhlicans. eleoiing the full county ticket
by nearly 1900 majority Pike. their
candidate for sheriff. was ca, q few votes,
owing TO the ISLANDERS published IN the
Rsfogmcr and circulated broadcast by
every reform post mas ter in the county.
We have not received the sheriff vote from
all the towns 10 the county but Pike will
not run behind the county ticket much
over one hundred votes, and these votes
Davis does not gain except 10 the town Of
Peru, and, leaving out that town, Davis
actually runs behind his ticket as far as
We baye the figures. From this we infer
that the Refoimers attack hurt Davis
about as much as il did Pike. and even in
Peru Pike ran ahead Of Davis. v hich would
not have been the case but for the Reform
er. The time has gone by when people
M be badly fooled by any statement the
Refofmer can make, even when backed up
by the aflldayits Of such men AS Steve
Kelley, Bennington county did well,
the returns from all but four small towns
showing Republican gains IN every 10
stance. Dorset takes the lead making a
Republican gain Of So over the vote OF
four years ago. John l. Cochran was
elected representative by 80 mejoriiy
Manchester made Republican gaiu Of 80
and elected +. Smith by large major
n.y. Peru elected NJ b Lyon, Landgroye
w. W. Wiley. Sundcriaud, VIM Hicks,
Arlington H. T. Eaton, SaLdgate Eyi 5
Ilurd and Bennington G. Il. yelling, all
Republicans. The total Republican gain
10 the county as far as heard from is 500.
II the same rate Of gain holds good
throughout the state IL will make he Re
publican majority about 2s, 600 Rutland
gives Republican majority Of 49,, Proc
tor OF 1870 aud West Rutland a Democratic
majority of 81. making a Republican ma
jority for the three towns Of 50i, gain OF
i65 from four years ago,
Returns from two thirds Of the state in
dictate a Republican msjoriiy OF about
$4,000. q very large gain over four years
ago when the majority was 2l,8iS. Such
gain as this in a small state like Vermont
would give Repubicaa majority in New
York OF rs 900, provided there was a like
percentage OF gain for the Republicans 10
that state. Some level headed Republi
cans in New York predict that the major.
ity in that state in November will not be
be less than 10000, and we would not be
surprised at such result, though we do
nat expect so large a majority, as the Re-
publieans 10 that state have more 10 con
tend against than they do in this state
We think. however, that the chances Of
carrying New York state arr decidedly in
favor Of the Republicans.