Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-12
THE DEMOCRATIC FIGHT
Not Yet Ended-Coi Small,y to Have At
kin, and Wall Resign.

No. Yet Ended-Coi. smail,y to Have At
kim and Vial Resign.
The great democratic pow WOW is over,
but the end of the fight is not yet The
Burlington delegation, of course, are not
satisfied with the outcome, not merely
because Mayor Haselton was defeated, but
because of the tactics used by the Atkins
side. A prominent democrat said Fri
day that Col. Smalley gave the antiAtkins
faction to understand that he would take
no active part in the fight but remain neu.
trial and let Mr.. Atkins stand or fall on his
own record. This, be continued, Mr.. Small
ley failed to do, and instead made the fl ,ht
a personal one, in which he did all the ma
npulatinA, and u large share of the talking
for Hiram. 1t Is generally acknowledged
that Col. Smalley saved the day for Mr..
Atkins and it is now rumored TINT
Mr.. Smaley has come to the conclusion
that he has carried Mr.. Atkins far enough.
He foresees that it would be useless for him
to undertake the task at another convention
and that he will prevail upon MIR. Atkins to
resign the craftsmanship OF tue committee.
Then it will be rendered to Judge l1aseton
in the hope that it will patch up tho differ
ences. Col. Smaley is probably dcsirous
of polling q heavy vote for governor this
fall aud he is well aware that great many
anti Atkins men will forsake the ticket and
vote for tho republican candidate il some
thing is not done. The democratic leaders
of city politics admit that large majority
of the brighter class OF young democrats
will vote the republican ticket in spite Of
any conciliatory measures that can he
brought about. 1t is noticeable in this par
ticular that not a single voice OF an anti
- O., L..
iuetion of O. A. Marshall as u candidate FOR
| lieutenant governor. Mr.. Marshall, be-
ing one of the defeated faction
Immediately declined to be accepted. Tho
Haselton party could have elected six mean
bers of the State committee by counties,
but after seeing they were in II minority,
they thought Mr.. Atkins might as well have
everything and allowed the old committee
men to be reelected, except in one instance,
which gives the "kickers' four representa-
| tivos this year to three last, and which is
| all the anti -Atkins men really gained. 1t
| is also reported that Mr.. Smalley will ask
| Mr.. Wall to resign. The democrats here
| think that Mr.. Wall is not particularly
popular man and that the popularity OF
| Col. Smaley would amount to naught when
| handicapped 10y hun. So the reason for the
seeking of his resignation is obvious. In
the meantime the ant-Atkins mon await
future developments with blood in their
eyes.
AS is usual in most cases there are two
views of tho matter and FREE PRESS re
porter Friday called ON Col Smalley, the
democratic nominee Tor governor.
COL. sMALI.EY TALKS.
He was found busiy at work in his library
at home and was naturally in good spirits
though suffering with hard cold. Mr.
Smalley said: ~ think the contest has beer
carried on fairly On both sides with muci
less of personal animus than ! supposed
there would be after the contest of 1870
There was very little, if any, ill-blood show
at the convention and | think that there
much less personal feeling than there wa
two years age"
'HVil the fight end now -
II think this ends the contest on the line
of 1890 aud 1892, as l believe that event
will show that there will be no further occa
sion for it. "
Glow about the assertion that some 0
the anti Atkins faction will bolt the ticket !?
1.-The leaders of the so-called ant-Atkin
movement are democrats from principle an
have no doubt will heartily and cheerful
support the ticket Many of them ar
young mon of ability and activity, who i
} the future will be the leaders of the demo
} cratic party in this State. They have u
ways supported their party nominees and
am confident they will do so now.
"The convention was the largest ever hel
in Vermont, except, possibly, the republica
convention of 1890, and, while the discus:
) ion earnest, it, at no time was il
favored. 1t showed very plainly that I'll