Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-04

stood that the Senate is, and will be, OPP
posed to Initiation, whatever may be the
temper of the House. Without ventur-
ing to predict what that body will do, it
is certain that the better outlook in bus
mess lately, will go far to discourage
any schemes of the infationists.
Among the bills introduced in the
Senate on Monday we were prepared to
have seen more than one looking toward
Il repeal of the salary grab, but none APP
peared. The temper of the people will
not, however, allow the session to pass
without some action on that subject.
Mr.. J. T. DREW, who was well
known, to say the least, during the war,
has been giving some peculiarly strong
opinions to the public through the Free
Press concerning some comments made
in this town (but not by the HERALD
upon his explanation of the Credit Mo
bilier scandal. Mr.. Drew asks us to
publish his communication but 1t
is to be regretted that is not
couched in language such as is aceus-
toned to be used in these columns--and
the more so because he is evidently in
deadly solemn earnest in his letter, and
speaks with the directness and vigor of
one who feels that he has been mall
treated.
1t is certainly ungenerous to refer to
any newspaper editor as liar; and,
while we do not care, in this case, to
enter into any controversy upon the
truth of his assertion, it may casually be
mentioned that Mr.. Drew appears to be
correct as to the time of his first pub
licity of the statment.
1t is also duty to the public to re-
prove Mr.. Drew for abiding to the
''vulgar-looking mouth and villainous-
looking eye" of a gentleman well known
to most persons of a certain class in the
state. 1t cannot be assumed that it is
our part TO pass upon the personal char
acteristics Of the editor in question and
it is only safe to say that each reader
must Judge for himself whether his fea-
lures are really vulgar and viilainous.
Opinions are said to differ.
But really the most reprehensible con-
duct on Mr. Drew's part Is his allusion
TO the firm, or corporation, as "a set of
cynical, sore-headed buzzards that are
always flying about on the outskirts OF
journalism" This is terribly painful to
the people of this town, some of whom
hardly believe this. To be sure there
are many people who have brought us
the Free Press and emphaticallY second
ed this assertion of the irate Drew; and
we have received numerous copies OF
the article with this passage marked with
approval. Stillwe do not set ourselvesup
as Judges over our neighbors. This we
think is good Of us, when you come te
think how many reasons we could tine
for agreeing with Mr.. Drew. We re
peat that we do not blame Mr.. Drew Fol
his assertion nor do we endorse himinit
The people of this town and Of Yer
mont generally are perfectly aware o.
the truth or falsity of the charge and i
the most of them do agree with Drew
why we cannot be all the while defend
ing our neighbors in this way. INDEED
we have given more time to them to-da,
than we can spare again very soon.
If there be one thing in the whole ar
ticle, however, which we deem uncallet
for, it is the assertion that the write
was 'sbeing funny" We rise up in arm
and solemnly repel the base insinuation
Furthermore, we will pledge oarselve
that there is not one single man EN-
ployed on that sheet who could be i
the least humorous, or witty, or funny
If he wanted to. II il possible that W
have made this trffe too strong, .bu
our intention is good. We propose I
stand up for our contemporary in a
things possible.
The hidden slur concerning the finar
cial prospects of the corporation W
cannot stop TO attend to- Everybod
here knows that they are making barrel
of money every little while. 1t is NJ
to be questioned that some weeks the
have no place to put it---either In IL
office or the bank next door.
AS mentioned before, we are sorr
Mr.. Drew wrote this letter, because il
bad plan to twit on, that is to say
we disapproye of the article because {
It's illusions.