Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-03-31
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The Senate Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds took action, on Wednesday
on MIR. Anthony's resolution, directing that
committee to inquire and report whsther the
monuments erected by order of the Senate ii
the Congressional Cemetery at Washington
to deceased Senators, have been suitably in
scribed and also whether any deceased Sen
ators are not honore1 by the erection Of
monuments. Mr. Morrill,, of Vermont, chair
man OF the committee, was authorized to re-
port back the resolution, with bill provid-
ing that no monuments be erected to de-
ceased members of Congress, unless their re
mains are actually inferred in the Congress
sional Cemetery and also, providing that
unlettered monuments at present in the Gem
efery be suitably inscribed. 1t has hereto
fore been the custom to erect cenotaphs to
members of Congress dying during their
term Of office, without reference to the locality
in which their remains were inferred.
Gen. Banks presented, On Thursday. 10
the House a petition in four lines, signed
BY three thousand women OF Massachusetts,.
de thought it remarkably short in view OF
the fact that it expressed the sentiment OF
so many women. 1t was petition OF the
Women's Temperance Union, praying that
the importation of alcoholic liquors, except
so much as is necessary for the manufac-
lures and the arts. be prohibited. Referred
to Committee on Ways and Means.
In the debate, on Wednesday, Mr.. Blaine
referred to distinguished Democrat from
Virginia as his authority for statements re
garding corruption in elections in Virginia,
and mentioned Gov. Henry A. Wise. Mr..
Goode said they did not recognize him as q
Democrat. in Virginia Mr.. Blaine-Very
well. He certainly is not on our side. To
use Gov Wise's own words to me 1.-The
fraud was one which outkellogged Kellogg,
which out-carpet-bagged the carpet-bag-
gers and which out-scallawagged the seal
lswags." As it was understood that Gov.
Wise's remark was made in reference to the
election of Goode. which is contested by j
II. Platt. the laugh was rather On Mr.
Goode
The Judiciary Committee had Attorney
General Pierrepont before them. On Thurs
day, in regard to the Attorney Generals
famous circular letter to the District Attor-
neys of St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee,
which received the popular Interpretation of
being designed to discourage prosecutions of
the Whisky Ring conspirators. Mr.. Pierre
pont said the President was much disturbed
at the constant receipt of newspaper slips
and letters and personal statements giving
information OF attempts on the part Of the
Government officials in those three cities to
compromise fraud on the revenue, and that
the President spoke to him on five or six diff
ferent occasions, expressing his fear that
such things, if allowed, would bring scandal
on the administration. Finally the Presi-
dent suggested that the Attorney General
had better write TO the District Attorneys.
Mr.. Pierrepont, therefore, prepared and for
warded the letter, couehed las he said) in
terms that were rather lame. The President
knew nothing Of it for three or four days
afterward. when he asked Mr. Pierrepont
whether he had taken any action in the
matter, and then he told him be had written
the letter, and he sent him copy Of it. A
couple of days afterward, on the discovery
that the letter had been published in the
Chicago papers on the first of February, him
self and Mr. Bristow expressed great indig-
nation in the presence Of the President
at the gross improperly of giving publicity
to it. Mr. Pierrepont further stated that
General Babcock admitted 10 him on the Cd
Of March that he was Instrumental in giving
publicity to the letter, and defended himself
on the ground that they were trying to de-
stroy him, snd that he had the right to de-
tend himself