Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12
ling of the Results of This
Weeks Election on the Ma
tional Campaign.
Hand Left In the List of Doubt full
Stcs-Tammnuy's Victory Injuries
Democratic Pnrty's Prospects
in the Empire state.

Eldnu ny put Sffldll plurality on the |
raj ticket leaves Maryland among |
doubtful States in next years presi-
bal battle. Probably had Senator Nc
as been popular as a republican. the
blicans would have carried the state
the Legislature. Even in New York |
many polled a smaller majority than
r pollcd on the State ticket last year,
Notwithstanding that larger ma
y, the republicans got more than
hgh in the state to overwhelm the
many ballot, says the New York cor
ondent of the Boston Journal The
kening of the republicans in Ohio and
her states shows what happens when
full vote comes out Political bosses
corporate jobbery were worked for
hey were worth on Tuesday. not only
Iammany in New York but also by
nan in Maryland. Even Colorado,
TN voted for supreme court judges. is
med by the republicans in spite of
recent labor troubles which brought
republican governor in disrepute
some of the strikers
IORMANs CRAFTSMANSHIP"
be details of the election in Mary
l show that German arranged it so
time limit should not be enforced
ept upon the negroes The result was
the democrats lost no ballots. but
by republican ballots were sacrificed.
ballot was a cumbersome affair, and
by votes were lost in trying to mark
OTIS too near the edge OF the shelf, by
ch holes were punched in them and
were spoiled. On many of the
Ives of the voting booths bits of lead
ellis were scattered in order to smudge
backs of the ballots so as to spoil
IN. This arrangement was intended
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bart of Germans craftsmanship.
MMENT ON NEW YORK ELEC-
TON
he New York papers, democratic and
publican, which opposed Mcclellan,
rec that it will hereafter be impos
le to elect fusion mayor in New
TX unless that man is a democrat The
hes says that there is no hope OF good
ninistration during the next two years.
ause McClellan's utterances during
campaign created the expectation that
will be as plant as Sullivan could de-
nd or Croker desire. The Times says:
Ee have slid back into the back slime
d ooze of the Van Wyck administra-
n. The electorate of New York has
fended an invitation to every CROOK
d criminal and all dive keepers,
nblers annd blackguards the world
er to converge upon New York and ply
eir vocations. 1t is not at all the worst
pect of this triumph of Tammany that
insures for us two years of loot and
Eruption. The defeat of Mayor Low
Dves that with the present composition
its electorate New York city is not al
gether fit for government.
MCCLELLAN BOOM.
The democratic boom for Mcclellan for
K presidency is FASTENED by the state
emit that he would he boosted by the
collection of the splendid record of his
Sther." The record of his father chiefly
Insisted In sitting down on the wrong
nix and awaiting the insidious but sure
.Drk of melaral activity on the physical
activity of the Union cause. It will be
Imembered that General Mcclellan ran
jr President on a platform declaring
. war a failure, and that was said af-
II the swamps of the Chickahominy had
ben ably exploited by the general tc
lake the platform plausible. Had Lin
BIN and Grant agreed with the father OF
! 8 son, the country might have beer
Iimped in the swamps instead of being
Eserted in the open at Appomattox.
PLATT's ATTITUDE.
Several Influences, no doubt, conspireC
hayor of New York in addition to The
tnderlon and wide-open forces. Fo
kampulc, Senator Platt has no com
taint to make. He has stood in befor'
. his with the worst Influences in New
FORK politics and he volunteers to re
bark that Mcclellan will mako a goo,
bayor. He thought the same of Mayo
ian Wycll and Mcclellan says that Tam
|hany has nothing to apologize for touch
-. IL
haYoralty.
You may always Judge of the value o
mans influence touching the public scr
lice by the standard of the mans uw
POLITICAL practices. There were a nun
Yer Of republican leaders in Greater NeN
Fork who believed that it WAS good poll
lies to put Mcclellan in the mayoralt
IN who cast their influence. such as
Vas, against Low. They argued that
would be bad for the fusionists to carr
Eew York and hold it during a presider
|ial election; that there would be a los
pr party capital.
MAYOR MURPHY"
Murphy is IS years of age, and will h
b. when he outors on his service AS mayo
|lext January lst. 1t is conceded tha
Murphy Will control the New York dele
cation to the next national Democrat
convention; that David b. Hill must RI
tire from the leadership and that thei
is not so powerful a democratic machir
bn the country AS that which is led i
Croker and Murphy.
Interest is now felt in District Alto
hey Jerome's future movement, as he
pledged TO investigate Murphys come,
zion with the dock scandal, and int
esting developments are foreboded, 4
Eek President cleveland declined TO SUI
port the Tammauy ticket, or to write
letter for Mcclellan, the talk that Tan
many Will support Cleveland is evident
humorous Hin and Murphy are
swords points. Hill declined to take pa
i'm the canvass until the last momen
and then Murphy snubbed him. Murpl
has a large reinforcement Of audacitY
consequence of the success of his audaC
Gus plans so far and the sailing Of Il
Democratic party is not likely to be al
smoother for the Tammany victory
Tuesday.
CLEVELAND AGAIN.
The New York World. which has ;
ways supported Cleveland, thinks tn
the defeat of the Bryan-Johnson con
binatiou in Ohio makes Grover CleVcla
not only the logical but the stronge
candidate of the democrats for prcsidol
II thinks Cleveland viii carry New Yoi
New Jersey and Connecticut.
out in indianapolis the democrats. hes
ing of McClellans victory in New Yo
city, declare that Mcclellan would ma
the strongest democratic candidate
the presidency, and that his candida
would appeal to the democrats Of ~
York "bocause of the sterling quallt
of the man"
The Kentucky election, which "
democratic by as much as the democr;
wished to count, was Characteristic
Bourbonism There was plenty Of bal
box sufRng and plenty Of mscount; plci
OF intimidation ana plenty of corrupt
under law projected in order to p