Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-08-25

The Republican party put N nomination
For President. SCHUYLER CoLF4X, Of inei..nA'
For Vice President. Thomas MURPHY OF New
York.
No one knew anything about o'Whaeken, SO
nothing could be said sEsinst him Hampton
was strong in the south, where he was respected
as maa Of ability. personal worth, and nm
believer ia the d" Lost Cause Co.iez vas
nominated to satisfy the growing ambition OF the
West. ani to please the educaiel class Of Rev
Ene.And. Murphy was expected TO concentrate
the strength Of the better class Of the irish
American citizens
The campaign was lively one, and TO the
surprise Of all. the Republicans were overWhe-m-
;priv de.eatel Vermont. Massachusetts. Maine.
Rbois Island. Ohio and Minuesota, went kspul-
lissy AL the res. we're carried by the Equaiity
,--+r 10 was rumorei ~ the time that nearly
all the tricks OF .he New York Iamuany club,
..ssIlot stufInr. 81. repeating, &c. were car
ri-l into other states. especially q; the South
,5s- tbousss5s q negroes aal Union RspubH-
cans had been KEEP, from the polls by armed
bani. Of Equality Regulator 81 an ial'
nearly $50 900 900 was furnished by IAmHaag
90 carry the election Where the money earaa
from ri, enc knew has as al the foreign Nancy
markets retafli New To-k cry or county bonds,
it d. evident tina, abroad it WAS supposed tHti an
5vs--isrus Of .aess bonds hal been made for this
pu-pose Al. tbs showed ths, the democratic
party haI merely sat up " dummy, under
me name .f Che '- Equality PARTY
I.is certain .a4t tae7 nearly imP7verisaei
New Yors Cry 90 raise tuuds 90 procure votes,
sni taa. they imported near'y million Of Irish
and French Communists 10 swell their vote.
wade Hsnt,a carried she south ana thus
performed bis psr, O. the v1lL f-- the new parry.
while Murpby hal no, aided tine Republicans Al
al The Ir,1 masses iu New York svars B,
Va. useless GO vote Tor am.n VIII hal been co-
ie-..- t5u- wears. and hadn't stolen q ogl-- DO,
even TO beac6- lia church. and 60 they went ilr
O'WhzcEeu
Tbrpev PresiIeut. Sir. 0'y haakeu, Wa ia-
ag-u-.,.l Thousands vh0 loasei upon bis uu-
eo..s iass eal figure hal vague fear tha,
something vas wrong whcu sun uau co- d
ne rlzcei in the sea- q. hasninEt1l- deHeie--
A4.-1s and Graz. It wss discovered aftcrWar1t
that be- had Teen one ut re '-oririnai repeHieis.
vnd mad sIs1 kept the gin shop ot the Alb Ward
Cub. mat be- wasa rising msu wn5n be oil ;1e
nose ,f a Scotsman e face AMI Afterwards
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scotch f. with d. orange pee IL g On the I-id
1fJufv F1- THIS be -o- DID years Boz the State
r-iso- AMI taeu became Tweed E 1ui-er- from
winch Dos. be VS. elevated t1 tnl fresidenila-
char
Inc ma, Messy lf l'W aacssm took every one
-, s--r-5ss IL vas ab.e aud s-ztcs-n4llike ,
re rs,,-,rssuiar.1us wise AMI moderate. Many
vho hal been fall of fc-rs a. nrst. nos wen
qb-u. their vooaul1s with feeling o. re-isi
Do vas Afterwards found ou- the message Va
written av ez-Goverua- Hcluau, while frssi-
DEM O'Whackem was playing "seFeu up WH1
s.IeiFv'f Dlolev. fbs Butter OF the bile hous-
The esbiret Of ID ~ hackem wzs peculiar, l
NJ Tweed uas Secretary % STATE. hi1ns-i llu-
reUv Secretary Of me Treasury, and T. q
Sweerev .e-reta-v c- the Interi'. lr j. D.
Cs-7,-1,- Sesrefarr Of the Nav Major
l7og,t 0-Graiv Gaaselu. Secretary Of har +,
Andrew Rorerf OF New Jersey Attorney Gen
81 Isrse. Judah o. Missouri. Wat made Conn
,,,,s.i,-e- rf Internal Revenue. and S. y Mosry
Vas ma lie Commission 90 Customs
All these appointments. Won viii notice. were
made from New fcrs except the las- snrci-
me- ebsuge in sociai life IL sshinctou vas
very marked AT the huEi puu-lo reception O..
PRECEDENT OfW haoEe-i there were present about
TN thousand lSdies Of HibsrnlAn descent an
sotDe Of then were Of very e1tr1ordinsry tiz-
Mrs otWhackem Was dressed II green si--
win 8 yellow six shagl GA he- shoulder tie-
sismouas were the hues- 10 the land. sac na-
4 mead dress Of green. blue, yellow ana piuA
ribbons and wore No. gloves. men s s-z- iler
SHOES which could be plainly seen as her dress
-. v.-v abort 10 front. were large enough Tor
Fnsu cradles. It vrs not considered that So
oistv vss imuroving IN Washington about those
iays Nearly ter thousand Washer-vomen- ez-
mn rnoage-s and rsg uiozcrs hEd come TO " ash
,r.-.en and had been employed TO Ecrspe the
ioo-s Of the departments. sweep the aite House
vsus etc. AMI rv virtue Of their couutrvntl
bsin- President they claimed the right TO sttena
al nartles. balls and recspii1ns given by any
r,bi-r officer. It was amusing 20 see the sWArms
NJ them going un the broad steps OF Tweed &
elegant ,1snsiou 20 atteni his parties, nut II was
= se-1rus ANNOYANCE % TIE more e1ucsied anl
,eoai Irish Americans v no occasionally attended
sueh gathering.
Tbs amendments over the country were cmi-
uertiv vel calculated 20 raise the EQUALITY par
Nv IN the estimation OF ueslg imported citlzens
inns Paddy Hooac. Eho IA been here but one
ve.r. WAS made Collector Of Customs Tor yer
mont .Iudre who had 50 ably Allied the position
M. S. District Judge. resigned 10 visit Europe
t7r his health. and from a growing dIsrrust thai
rho new nsrtv would reduce the dignity OF the
bench hv indecent appointments.
John Csiu Of Rutland, was offered hs place
but refasei Il on the ground thst be was doing
better 10 statues. icing IN the marble line. Than
he e5uld hope 20 do in ststutes- inr people re-
--ettsl thiz. because though John Was on erAiie
sort Of & man. vet be bad good sense and vas
honest. and MS refusal threw the office into the
hands Of Sl0pkius, who had much iets suiAiy
and no honesty SlopkInE complained N ms B.
eeptspse OF the oiloe that be mad not been made
Chief Justice, vice Chase. deceased. As soon
a. Judge Slopkins was sworn IN 10 oi1ce be hNd
8 Bellows Fails editor brought before him ior
coafemut Of court, committed In the shape Of
sound kicking given TO siopkins some Twelve
YEAR, befora
AL over The country tae same groieEque ap-
nointr1eurF were male The eduEaIed and retn-
eI uEuuIe lau-lE4 A. al ALA A+A 90 %----rN---H
lev gave immense strength to the Equality psrtE.
Inc ignorant and vicious who always outnuu-
bered the better classes IN some localities, were
enthusiastic about EauAlity and saw IN these AZ
poiutments a chance for even the vIesi anu most
ignorant Of their number
Money was plenty, as change N the imam
eisl poiicv Of the country had led TO 4 new il
sue Of rreenbaeks, TO please the people Of the
West Trade and commerce increased, and
some thought we were really prospering, until
lot Of reporters managed to secure copy OF the
secret accounts Of the departments an govern
ment officials. when the most stupendous frauds
were revealed. the like OF which the world never
before say.
twas found thst O. ( Hsil, POSTMASTER
General, had put all the mail contracts ID me
hands Of ring. and VAS paying szl,VO9'u0g
a ve2r more than any other Postmasier-uenei4-
bsd ever Maid that new mail bags had been
ordered. enough 10 last one hundred years. 81
ons. of $40 600 600 over and above fair market
urise that the Interior Department had ex-
uepded $4,000 900 in &" Indian contracts,
and rad urocured from several Indian tribes the
transfer Of all their Annuity bonds to lngersoll
4 Co: that the furniture Of the White House
had cost $1,000, 900 the g. hiteWashlng
Of the Treasury walls. S5,OOO,OOO the st2tion-
cry Tor tie Treasury Department hsa ooe' O'e1
$50. 900 DOC. the stationery clerk having pur-
chased most Of the articles from ingersou q 20
=. Green se1ling-wsK cost 1924 ,55S-vz
ink cost g, $50, 776 49, while Sc goose-guill
peus - were set down for s755.44S-zi.
The carpets for the Clam Bank Light
House cost SS34, 1920, while spit
toons - for the War Department cost
Sg9. 654. 80 and benloop for the White
House cost SIS, 900. Then there were enormous
EXPENDITURES for ''chsirs'' SC. The bill for
chairs in skunkvills Custom House, KENTUCKY,
where there were only ten employees, cost
s33. 550.Ol. and the firing up Of an armory IN
Washington cost the enormous sun Of Ss,OoV'-
600.
Then several railroads had been projected and
M the new party had majority in the House
and Senate, subsidies were granted TO the ex-
tent Of $500, 000, 900 and delivered to lngersoil
& Co, before the roads were built. Then there
were no end Of naval contracts, national teie-
graph lots and hsrbor Jobs, which cost about