Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-12-20
The Erplr Of the select Committee.

BovntOn that we have only friendly feel
ings toward himself personally and the
other members of the committee, and that 1t
Is with the utmost cheerfulness we give him
space to say the best that can esaid for the
committee. He must pardon us for thinking,
however. that if this IS the best defence to
be made for the committee, ii would have
been better for them if he had said nothln g.
What does this rejoinder amount TO? In
the first place Dr. Boynton, with many
words, asserts that it Is improbable that the
committee was prejudiced against the bill.
But very improbable things happen in this
world Against the committeeman law
of probabilities, " we have simply TO re-
iterate the fact. that from the moment Of the
announcement of the committee, the friends
of the bill gave up all expectation OF
favorable report from the committee as
whole. That iras The fact. The editor Of
this paper, among others, was informed by
friends Of the bill. Immediately after the ap-
pointment OF the committee, that there was no
hope Of favorable report from the majority
ofthe committee. w have not undertaken
to set forth the necessary differences from
such fact.-that we leave to DR.. Boynton
but the fact was exactly A. we have stated
it.
/ Dr. Boynt0n next asserts that there was
no evidence" presented to the committee
that the lands Of Chittenden County were
valued al an excessive rate. This Is mere
bubble on the word evidence. No member
Of the committee, probably, will undertake
to deny that gentlemen Of the highest stand
/ ing in Chittenden county for reliability,
s1undne5z of Judgment and knowledge of the
/ subject. men whose word isas good as their
oath. and who If the committee had desired
would cheerfully have made oath to their
knowledge and belief, stated TO the commit
tee that the lands Of Chittenden county
couldnot be- sold for cash at an average Of
So. IS per acre or that one Of the Sena-
tors from Franklin county offered to give
bonds to sell the whole of Franklin County
at the valuation of the State Elualizing
Committee
DR.. B5ynt5u's assertion llat hi, mis-
statement of the object o. ,ae bill in the
debate, wa slip of the tongue. compels Us
to repeat the iac-s. Dr. Boynton declared
that Chittenden County came to the legis-
lature asking to be put hack 10 the yalua-
tion OF '6j. no; once only bat urioe and
,lr.ae lie accompanied these declarations
with a statement of the figures 10 which
Chittenien County By This bin asked that
its valuation be changed those figures
being, in round numbers, those fthe yalua-
ton Of '65. and less 10y tiro millions than the
valuation reported by the County Commit
tee in $50 lie spoke throughout with
ease and self possession. If any one can be
.ieye that sach a repeated ana detailed mis-
representation of the object Of the bin was
"slip of the tongue. We hope they viii do
So, and that they Will add the further
charity Of believing that it was slip of the
hearing, that prevented any member of the
committee from pereeiving and correcting
the error Of their spokesman
Dr. B5yu;ln says the table of figures pre-
sented by the friends of the bin, showed
Only 'ne increase liaue }" 'le valuation Oh
the counties by the equalization Of $50
Our readers have had the table before them
and know that il showed q good deal more
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are not grossly wroneed. They cannot sell
their farms, on an average, for any more
than tie farms Of Addison county. or Rut-
and county, or number Of other counties
IL the State. They cannot get any more