Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-05

| Greaiheart have got themselves into - OBJ
served John, with cheerful self-complacency.
why could nj those fellows have told n
straight story
| Half-honesty is cursed poor policy, =
| smirked the lobbyist "After all, those
| char nre the cleaneet handed Of the whole
| gang They wanted to make an actual in
5estment something that would show like
a fair husiness trau5actien.-ja just 10 ease
! their conscience. The real sharrers took
| greenback and kept their names off paper.
| Do ga suppose that the eammitte, Is raking
| Ip = Subduyial 10 the bottom Why, our
ver, 6r7t move, the merr getting our charter
| through, cost Us half million. We have
paid ont hundreds OF thousands to men
| against whom we have MT n particle of
proof bayond our own verbal statrments." "
"Ezattlv." nodded Nane. who had long
since heard NJ much. We'll. 10 yAn mean
to swear in these thing -
on canr7e We don't. poIman rhucklrd.
| We know enough nat 10 kii The goose that
| lays our solden egg.
'.Sa much the woTe iar the oreatheart
lot. Inferred Wearhere7sk John. They
will have 10 60 out, | suppose.
"Dan't v5n believe It. seodei the lobby
Isl Il eGn tell vnu exactly how this thing
is snre 10 come nat. There wall De one
legged report .-samehody giving hribes. bnt
none Of the takers guilty ri heing hfihei.-
| ike 4 gambling ca7a ia which only 5nr Of
the player IS gambler fhea, if the pab-
| lie excitement keep up, couple OF So VIII
| be picked oiit as scapegoat % bear OF The
sins Of The congregation. TN report viii
be 50 maniie7tly unfair that itcah,i help rons-
ingoppo-itian. Assoanas il appears debate
will ha arranged All the Old war-h0rses
will gallop up and down among charges.
| counter-chargcs. prJcedent-. and poiat- of
law. raising -nch du-t ,haI the public
won't be- able TO see what IS going on. Nhen
the du7t clears away. it Will hr found that
nobody IS expelled The two scapegoaIs
will be almost expelled, bat not quite. 1t
will be ike the pig going through the crook
ed hollow log and always coming ont on hi'
own side of the fence Then the wirepul
lers At home will take hand in the job. All
the convicted chaps viii have receptions got
| mp for them IN their districts, and be white
washed all over with resolutions expressing
mistaken confidence. loH won't have any
reception. John. loa are not far gone
enough % need -agh vigorous treatment.
Your case is lobby yar,n'oiI. instead OF lo'-
by smallpox
Vane rtlt -,meo 'at oiral+t al thi- plain
speaking. for Il is curious fact that hr h,1
not last hi slte-trem hat looking At
matter in J. hah.uai nroit1ni-.a-7 way,
he decided that wt5.h sold ..iag him IN
nothing
TAKE carr ,I ,,ar5,.t. p.nmtn. Be-
said with tranquil goal-nlwIr which iii
him d-honar. I'll I owned q million Of
Your 7tyle OF property. sAou.ln't feel Fich.
There'll ha -lit against vunr iir'orrrs1-
ton"
..i'm oot otit, replied the lu.fyi-t. ha be
e. OF cunning dancing ah,U, h.. e'aty eye,
as spark run over the back .t -ra, f-e-
place Il have failed
loi he LIE oi him, ani l..o.u landing
the long ed jegar-m which h.m honesty
require, John \ane r7ali nos help mush-
inF The fact that @ inau,irr -AaaA de-
clare himself bankrupt iAr m1mm, hc slw
himself in danger Of being called on to re-
fund BIZ wilma. .nEs iid ua, strike odr self
taught Legislation as @ very i..ra-iing eyhihi-
ton Of ra-oal.ty, lst a-a ser, am--ins hii
90 cleVerne-s.
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