Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-11
A NOTABLE VICTORY.
From Atlanta Constitution

rom Atlanta CONSTITUTION.
The following protest will explain it.
self We print it with pleasure, first,
because it conveys a most important
piece of information, and, second, be-
cause the information is conveyed with a
certain amount of dignity:
Editor COnStitution-In your editorial
this morning in referring to the collapse
of the effort to obtain an Endorsement of
Mr.. Cleveland's administration, you say
that the Palmer and Buckner ticket did
not carry a single precinct liz the United
States. You probably were not in pos
session of the full returns when you
made that statement and ii is with a
sense of profound qualification that
call attention to the following press
telegram from Topeka, KAN:
Topeka, Kan. Noyem berl2l. -Consola-
ton will come to General John VI. Palmer
and General Simon B. Buckner out of
Kansas, for at this late day it is dis
covered that the national democracy
has scored a victory. The candidates of
the national democracy swept Dudley
township, Haskell county, Kansas, and
they are to be officially notified of the
fact.
son Monday Secretary of State Ed
wards will forward to Generals Palmer
and Buckner certified copy of the re-
turns, which will show the vote to have
been as follows: Palmer and Buckner
3, Mckinley and Hobart ,, Bryan and
Sewall L.
Now, Mr.. Editor, what have you to
say to this? | hore we will hear no
more of the "decoy duck" business. 1t
does great injustice to two excellent old
gentlemen.
A BOLTER.
We give this correction OF an unlnten-
tional error as prominent place as we
gave to the error itself, for we would
not by so much as the turn of comma
rob the celebrated movement headed by
Palmer and Buckner of any of the
laurels it has won in the recent cam
paign.
In commenting on some remarks made
in the New ork Sun, the Constitution
declared that the Cleveland platform
and the Cleveland candidates had not
carried single election precinct. The
utterance, as will be seen from the fore
going correction, was hasty one. We
had not counted on the force and vio-
lence of the Cleveland movement in
Dudley township, Haskell county,
State of Kansas.
According to the official returns there
are six qualified voters in Dudley town
ship, Haskell county, State of Kansas,
and the Cleveland candidates swept
everything before them, receiving three
votes; whereas Mckinley received only
two, and Bryan ran far behind with one
supporter.
This victory is, indeed a notable one
In the midst of the confusion and disap,
pointments of the campaign it toots out
| Gas we say in Georgia. like a pot-leg
1t is victory too overwhelming to be
ignored, and the gold democrats are
justified in pointing to it with pride. II
there should be enough supporters OF
the Cleveland platform left to tote q
lag-pole in the next campaign, we have
no doubt that waving banner will be
seen bearing the legend, Remember
Dudley township, Haskell county
State of Kansas"
And, indeed, it is a notable victory
Little did we dream when declaring thai
the Cleveland platform and candidates
had failed to carry a precinct in the
republic that we should be confronted
and COMPOUNDED with the official an
nouncement that Clevelandism hat
scoi ed an overwhelming victory In bud
ley township, Haskell county, State o.
Kansas. And yet such is life. Man II
vain, pulled up with the pride of opinion
and constantly falling into snares set fol
the unwary.