Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-08
Election Notes.

ton Is llgnt, VIII vary IIttle lloLl eHAO
of 1886, except the cut in the head of
the state ticket. The democrats have
profited somewhat from the anti
Page sentiment among the soldiers
and the calfskinites, but tlreir gain
fails to show any growth in democ-
racy hereabouts.
Some considerable number of re-
publicans who care more for polltl-
cal spite and malice than for princi-
pie. had not only the will to cut Page
on the State ticket, but even pasted
the name of the democratic nominee
on the ticket. This shows madness
with q vengeance. We noticed that
the G.. A. r. men to some extent
participated in this petty antagonistic
On the same principal the friends OF
Mr.. Page will be doing justice when
Gov. Woodbury. is nominated to
scratch his name; on the same prin-
ciple every caucus nominee should be
scratched and pasted by his defeated
opponents. This spirit and this prac-
tice very soon destroys party organl-
cations and party power. 1t will be
well for republicans to remember that
the democratic friends do not Indulge
in this amusement.
Geo. W. Aiken, chairman of the
democratic county committee, IN
sending out votes to the democratic
town committee men wrote them
that he sent them votes with 'pas-
ters" and recommended that they use
their best efforts to get the pasted
tickets voted. ''See that as many
pastors as possible are used, was
his request to the democratic COM
mittee men. No doubt this is all right
in democratic politics, but somehow
republicans have not adopted that
method in this county up to this date.
rious sections on the county ticket,
and an effort was made to paste and
to cut certain names. This is dis
reputable business and we think nc
honor able politician in either party
would care to sanction it.
The Farmers Alliance prevented
the election of town representative
in Troy and hence the town goes un'
represented. The farmers in thai
town would, doubtless, have had
a man who would have represented
their interests to the best of his ca
pacity in the regular republican can
didate, Geo. F. May, but they chos
to 90 without representation. The
90 on the plan that cit is folly to b
WISE
The Prohibition party vote was
small this year that it figures chief
among the "scattering." The ques
ton is what good the scattering wi
do in the legislature. In few town
Sutton among the rest, the ten or ii
teen Prohibs were able to defeat tn
regular republican and send demo
crat to the legislature. They ca
console themselves with the though
that their democratic representatiN
will vote for high license, if he vote
with his party. High license will s.
cure the vote of all the leading den
ocrats in the legislature ar
will be opposed by four-ffths
more of the republicans in that bod,
Yesterdays papers gave the re
resentative vote from 139 towns ar
the only man elected who was mer
Der of the last Legislature was III
sea Mann of Wilmington. This seen
to be an ''off year" for second ter
men.
The legislature elect contains lie
men of prominence in the state th'
usual and will not by comparison
called q strong legislature. The Sc
ate will have only one democT
but the house will contain fifty del
ocrats more or less. These are lar
ly rated, as per the Rutland Hero
as high license men. They will L
represent the better elements of t
party In the State.
In looking over the list of rep
sentatives chosen we see no man
for ability, experience and natural
ness so we'll fills the bill for Speal
of the House of Judge Thompson
Irasburgh. We suppose he will ms
no special effort to obtain the pla
but if it falls to him he will han
the gavel with credit to himself ;
satisfaction to the members of t
body.
Gen. Grout runs ahead of his ii
ct i'm many towns. We believe if
Representative for Congress"
had been on a separate ticket
: would have received a still larger W
The. Farmers Alliance business
tered into the election to consider;
extent, according TO its age
the farmers got the craze all aro
they would have done some stra
things
A few pronounced high license
are elected in the State on the
publican side. This result has
expected, but the whole anti-prol
ton strength will be powerlesi
change our temperance laws. l
perance men will be able more Gle
to see who their friends are, howe