The American guide., 1896-09-12
THE VERMONT +EorloNs.
opinions of Repubiic~p journals on the
Result

Vermont as a state belongs to the
farmers and they app Ir to be able to
run things without a. MD from luna
tic asy sylums.-Chicago inter Ocean.
We are anxiously hitting to learn
whether the Other eir or nine men in
Vermont voted the kt ghi popocratic
or u scratched ticket rn,cugo Post.
1t is a most signihcaik victory. 1t in.
dlcates that the tide US set in in the
northern states againit the Chicago
ticket stronger than ever began in
any campaign.-lndio''polls Journal
Vermont speaks the voice Of the
American people. lts Gu Is the first
leap of the tidal wave Which is to sweep
over the country next November and
bury forever the part, lof business and
political enarchy. revo l,ion and repu-
diation.-St. Paul Pic or Press.
II the country shah otc as the first
reports indicate the voling has been
done In the towns In sfmont, the re-
publican plurality VII be something
phenomenal. As an ening sunrise
gun in the sound moi Y fusillade the
result in the Green untain state
leaves nothing to d red.-Phila-
Aelphia Record.
Concerning the Yer tclection, Mr..
Hanna said; "The r TOT the state
election In Vermont scs II appear
that the people exerc sspund, sober
sense In dealing with 70 questions at
issue, and showed the temper toward
the Chicago platform. Indicates that
the people, as a whe ,ili rcpudiaie
that platform"
There Ia IN old snyinl out Vermont
that when its majority above 10000
the republican natio' ichet is as
sured Of election. II falls be-
low 10000 the expect
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IL Is worth. Ar, o..
money There are de, d republican
gains and democratic J scH as a result
OF the thinking the peol have been 40
inc IN Vermont, r.a u "" is good rer-
son to believe II liAf result 'hrough-
out the country in N4'emher'-fit's-
burgh Dispatch
The significance OF Ane result Is too
r,a,n 10 bc ml.uudcr ,d> The farm
ers and quarry worl OF vermont
have served unmistak enotice on Nir'
prv,n That they wa, ione Of the So
cent dollars which he as offered them
as the panacea for all :. Inc sp'ehuiu
victory for sound mo,iey m Vermont
will inspirit the supporters OF Mckinley
IN all other stntes, add foreshndows u
sweeping victory thro ~ the union
two months hence. 'ohiay Tor re-
joicing-and for resoh an workright
up to the closing Of tb teas November
a.-N. Y. Tribune.
A few weeks ago certain OF the free
silver enthusiasts Of Vermont were as
surlup the public that the state would
cns, its electoral vote for Bryan and the
free coinage Of silver, Maine and Ner'
mont we're the two states Of the east
which Mr.. Bryan hoped to carry, judy
ing from the returns published MI
Bryan will probably admit that the
state is still republican. Maine will soon
have chance Of rolling up another
large republican vote. equally convinc'
ing. II the free-silser men have mis-
calculated as badly ." the west as in the
east, McKinlcy's Y, will be one OF the
largest ever cast In national election
for any candidnte.--I,oston Advertiser
shrewd observers see In the returns
from Vermont confirmation OF Their
predictions that before October there
would be complete and almost pitifnl
collapse OF Bryan's campaign. They
recognized the sccdi Of early dissolu'
,ion in the unconditional surrender Of
democratic doctrinf to the apostles oi
free silver and reputation a, the chico'
40 convention, There was something
more than ominous in the silence OF
democratic delegations on the rollcalls
after the adoption Of the popoeratie
programme aud platform. The nom
ination OF Bryan, who only last March
had dcclarcd; II am not . democrat
wus notice 10 democrats that hcirparty
organization had hccn swallowed up by
the popullsts, the cffect OF which the
naradoxicnl nomihntion Of Sewall, Of
Maine, was Ineffective to coun'eract.-
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