Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-04-28
I'pI.iTIC IL

Since the receipt Of letter from the COM
mittee saying, There are 10 charge. made
or proven against you. and YOU stand before
Us with the fullest generation Of even sus-
picion, Secretary Bri,;ow SAYS he will not
pres his demand Tor a further Investigation
of the exploded scandal. charging him with
corruption in certain whiskey transactions.
Dom Piatt, one Of YOUR thoroughly hon
est " independent editors, who has all along
been insisting that our public men are fear
fully corrupt. has been ezterminated as
reioTmer by the evidence in relation to the
moth ezterminator contract;
All the stories touching any man who
may be possible candidate for the Presi-
deney are carefully stored up by tile Demo
cratic leaders in their private pgeon-holes.
and the advice Of ihose Who attempt to con-
trol j. that nothing asains; any one likely to
be nominated at Cincinnati should be inyes-
tigated at present
\ Washington letter -ays Of Nj VII
liams, the Democratic nominee for Governor
OF Indiana lie ! in name and nature per
feet specimen Of the granger He wears
suit of home-spun Indiana Jeans made Of cot
ton and wool, and the hay-seed still adheres
70 it, though lie has been here all Winter.
He Is very tall OF would be bat for bad
stoop Of the shoulders, becoming the horny
handed son Of toll. He is the most unsaiuly
man in the House. bat undoubtedly has
good heart and respectable ability. lie j.
regarded a., On the whole, strong can
diiate
The only Republican candidates for nomi- /
nation at Cincinnati who 6nd favor IN Mas
sachuset;s. are Bristow and Blaine.
The Connecticut Supreme C5ur, has de-
cided that ballots evidently intended for a
man who i a candidate for Office are to be
counted, even if there is small error in the
names.
Gov. Tlton is laying his corns, shrewd-
ly to carry the Utica Convention in his
favor The New York Tig.es says;
Possibly the most conspicuous instance Of
the Governor shrewiueSs was his tripping
up Mr.. Smith Weed, who has twice carried
Clinton county against him Mr. Weed
ardently desired the place Of Superintendent
Of Insurance. He thought if he could get
the nomination, his personal popularity with
the mai5rity Of the Republican Senators
would be sufficient to secure his coufirma-
ton. Clinton county, therefore. which
heretofore had been 50 bitterly hostile to
Gov Tilden, elected delegation favorable
10 him. The next day Mr. Weeds nomina
lion for Superintendent Of Insurance was
cent in and a few DAYS after the Senate re-
ected 1t, which the Governor was very well
aware it would do. Several other promiu-
mt PARTY leaders have been caught in some
ort of net the Governor spread for them.
md 1t i emit. ely safe TO say that some very
llain intimatiouS Of Executive clemency in
eturn for iiv1r- received We're extensively
distributed III towns along tie line Of the
anals.
1t was Claim Agent Barley that started
he distillery story about Bri.tow 1t Is
aid the examination of his official record ,
hows tina: he has had one hundred and nine
ott0n eases before Secretary Bristow. and :
hat one hundred and eight and part OF the
one were rejected By Brist0w
lis total collection on all his cases was
bout 81 3GO