Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-02
REED WINS IN LOUISIANA.
LIVELY CONTEST BETWEEN TWO
FACTIONS OF CREOLE REPUBLICANS.
Vermont Democrats and Mr.. Cleveland
Possible National Deiegates- The Game
CT Politics Between Cleveland and
the Rep abiicans.

There has been a lively contest for SUI
premacy between the Reed and the Nc
Kinley republicans Of Louisiana and q
New Orleans despatch outlines the SIT
uation as follows: Reed captured the re-
publican State executive committee Sat
urday. A week ago the State central COM
mittee declared enthusiastically for Nc
Kinley Whether the committee Will re-
main for Reed or not depends upon the
within or tho interest OF Thomas
A. Cage, the colored chairman of the
committee, who Is In absolute control oil
the body When the central committee de-
ciared for Mckinley a week ago, the War
moth faction of the party were 1ubilant,
and tho Kellogg faction were correspond
ingly depressed. But Kellogg has been at
work, IL Is said, with the result that at a
meeting of the committee yesterday cage
declared that he had not been properly
treated by the Mckinley people. who had
determined to make Henry Demas chair
man OF the executive committee. When
1t came TO a vote Cage was elected BY u
vote of . to 5.
THE VERMONT DEMOCRATS.
The prediction is made by the Vermont
correspondent OF the Boston journal that
the Vermont democrats will be for Cleve-
land for president for a third term. mas
fees. lie continues:
1t Is only once I'm four years that n NOM
ince Of a democratic State convention Is
called upon TO perform any ofhcial duties'
This quadrennial opportunity Is the occa-
sion for the selection OF delegates 10 the
national convention. In other years the
candidate merely contributes to the cam
paigu fund and wonders how big MAJOR
ity he will be showed under by.
Thn nnmnrfata nplV hold state COM
vention presidential years, when they
nominate a State ticket and elect dele
gates to the national convention. This
convention has usually been held In May.
Tho basis OF representation Is one dele
cato for every 80 votes cast for the candi-
date for governor at the preceding cleo
ton. which makes a convention of $50 Or
100 members with q full representation.
Who viii lead the forlorn hope Of the
democracy in 1896? 1t may be Or. J.
Henry Jackson OF Barre. DR.. a. + Grin
nell of Burlington. james Ii. Williams OF
Bellows Falls, 7. w Moloney of Rutland,
or DIR. }. II. Conland of Brattleboro. AS
none OF these gentlemen are federal Of
flee holders. of course no violation of the
civil service law would be necessary.
For lieutcnant-governor ID. G.. Furman
OF Swanton, or Don G. Pollard of Cavcn-
dish have been considered.
The delegates to tho national conven-
ton will probably be selected from among
those already mentioned In this CORES
pondence. DR.. ]. Henry Jackson of Barre,
II. y Folsom of Lyndonville George w.
Smith of Hartford, Alex Cochran OF Gro
ton, NJ c. Huling Of Bennington p. NJ.
Meldon of Rutland. G. T.. o. Kimball of
Nergennes George r. Guernsey of Wind
sor. James A Brown Of Burlington. c. II.
Davenport Of Brattleboro John W. Gordon
of Barre and S. G. Shurtleff of Mont
pelier are among the men who may be
chosen. OF course tho delegation Will be
solid for Cleveland.
THE GAME OF POLITICS.
Every republican has reason TO be proud
of the way In which the representatives
of his party in Congress and in the public
press waived manifest criticism of Presi-
dent Clevelands methods and conclusions
In the Venezuelan case, and In the face of
the common enemy gave him vote of con-
fldence in the authorization of his APP
pointment of a commission OF his own. to
satisfy him that he had done the right
thing. says Maj. Handy in the New York
Mail and Express.
The republicans might have objected
that in asking the president to stand with
them on the Monroe Doctrine they never
expected him TO do more than land with
both feet, whereas in his hasty somersault
he had come down on all fours. They sup
pressed the objection that his own conten-
ton as to the mean scope of the Monroe
Doctrine and that OF his secretary widely
differed. They refrained from pointing
out that his message was couched In
language which was little short OF a
declaration of war, whereas that function
belongs 10 another branch of the govern
ment. They did not reproach him with
not looking into the state of the treasury
before going 10 the brink of conflict. They
abstained from reminding the country that
when he appointed a more extraordinary
and in fact unconstitutional commission
to assist In the restoration of monarchy
to n neighboring isle the president did not
think II necessary TO say "by your leave
to Congress on all these things they
were silent. preferring in abundant patrio-
tism to stlnc Indignation and say with
! Webster Our politics stop at tho sea
shore"
But II anybody thinks that all Of these
points have not been reserved for consid
Grafton In due season he Is very much mis-
taken. Cleveland is playing politics, ant
we know it. When 1t is the turn of tho
republicans to come to bat they Will bt
there and ready for business.
MR.. BLAINE'S OBJECTION TO HIS
NOMINATION IN 1884.
! Inc week before tne Hcotii6 vi tuc ""
tlonal republican convention In 1891, a
Blainc's house in Washington. said e
him: MIR. Blaine, have looked over th'
field and your nomination Is almost Ger
tain the drift is your way. Why precise
/ ~ do you object?'
He replied in his rapid way with mucl
feeling, and | believe his very words
were: "The objection 10 my NOMINATION
Is that l cannot be elected with tn
1 al
coed without New York, and canno
carry that State. There aha tons Their
and influences before voting and afte
voting, such that tho party cannot coun
upon success with me. l am sure OF IL
| have thought 1t all over, and my de
liberate judgment W as l tell you.
know, too. where / am strong as wen a
where | am weak-and we might. II w
should get into the campaign with m
name at the head OF the ticket, think W
were going 10 win We would get TO be
lieving 1t. perhaps, but we should miss !
in the end, II not by great deal, Just
little. With everything depending o.
New York" he continued, IT would De
mistake to nominate me- rms Is no
new to mel have weighed all the chances
Besides"--and there he kindled-"wh
should we let the country go into tn
hands of the democrats when we ca
name ticket that is certain to be elect
ed-one that could sweep every Norther
Stately
what is it?" l asked
The answer came with vivid animation
civilian II. Sherman and Robert T. LIN
coin" This idea was instantly ampiihe'
"'rhe names of sherman and Lincoln pu
together would be Irresistible. That tick
ct would eject itself. We should have
campaign of marching and song. Wenee
the inspiration. and Marching Throus
Georgia and we arc Coming. Fathe
Abraham would give It. We must NJ