Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-03-10
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The question of the right Of the Senate to
60 on and try Gen. Belknap on the impeach-
ment is one of the technical or practical In
terpretation of the observation-disclosures
Pablo officer can escape the trial and pun
ishment it provides for him, by simply re-
signing his Office. The words are Judg-
ment in cases of impeachment shall not ex-
tend further than to removal from office, and |
disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office
Of honor, trust or profit under the United |
States" 1t is the general opinion in Wash
ington that the Senate will promptly hold
that it has jurisdiction.
1t is reported that Gen. Belknap will
plead guilty in the Senate, and thus lorg
trial there will be averted.
Senator Cameron, of Pennsy lyana, Is
quoted as talking thus to an interviewer
% Terrible. terrible This comes" said
he, " from Grants system Of appointments
| frequently told him that he ought not to
put obscure men in high positions. lie al
ways had lot of these unknown characters
around him. The only way for people to
live" said he, g is within their means. MIR.
Buchanan and myself used to pay from s.
to $40 week for board and two rooms, and
we ilived we'll The Scripture is right
Lead Us not into temptation.
- don't SO much wonder at It, said
Senator Bayard, of Delaware. " own my
house in Delaware | own my house here;
l have no rent to pay but cannot afford
to dress my wife as these cabinet ministers
wives are dressed | cannot afford TO give
such magnificent entertainments, and they
cannot do it ont of their salaries
Senator Wadegh, being asked how the
affair would affect the pending election in
New Hampshire. replied, with slight
touch of petulance in his tone, ''Wby, you
know as well as do" Then he added
pensiyely after moments silence, 1--WE
are cast iron up there, YOU know; we en-
stand anything that any one can, hnt
| don't know about this.
Rumors are aaoat of the unwarrantable
payment by Be.knap's order Of large claim
to the Louisville and Cincinnati Railroad for
transportation during the war to oblige Mrs.
Bowers before he married Ter, for which
she received large sum. And there are
stories of commissions paid her for other
| pOst-traders' places. one (dOubtluD report
| being that She has saved out Of these Ill
| gotten gains and deposited IN a bank ;Sl2J,-
900. Il is stated on good authority, that 4
young man. the nephew of a well-known
man in Washington, was told that if he paid
a millinery bill Of Mrs. Belknap'4 at a store
on Pennsylvania avenue he would receive an
appointment that he was very anxiou>ly APP
plying for lie paid the bill, only 500,
and in couple of day, after sending the re-
ceipted bill TO Mrs Belknap, received the
desired appointment
An exchange thinks that probably either
Of the unfortunate ~omen in question would
have preferred beforehand the risk of such
an exposure TO that of--ay, of being geuer-
ally voted "dowdy.'
4 Washington letter say The moral Of
Belknap's fall i very freely stated in Wash
ingtou Society has ruined him. As it has
50 many other The mania To APPEAR in
elegant attire and decked out in diamonds
possesses capital society II a most lrightinl
degree The American love OF money and
display is here exhibited in its most aggray-
ated form 1t i ungallaut 10 say 81, per
| hau,, but candor compels me, nevertheless.
to assert that women are al the bottom OF
nearly all the cOrruptions ard scandals that
come to light here. They want carriages
and liyeries. and French maids ami magnia-
cent houses, when their husbands incomes
would barely support "plain houseS5ep-
| ing The result can easily be toreseeu.
Such women quickly become a prey 10 the
| hungry contractor, who, in no long time.
| has a mortgage on the husband that these
womeh profess to love Very many Of the
worst Jobs in the national capital are han
/ died by women and not By the 80 called
women lobbyists, either Do; hv ladie- NOV
in in the best society.
Mrs Belknap was a Mss Tomlin~on. She
became the wife Of Mr. Bowers, who wa-
connected with the hardware house Of f. q.
Leonard in Cincinnati Mr.. and Mr.
Bowers lived at the Burnett House during
their STAY in Cincinnati, and Mrs Bowers,
by her accomplishments and engaging man
ners became valued member OF society.
Her husbands health failing, She went with
him 10 Cuba, where he died. Its said that
al his death she obtained 500 .u00 on an
Insurance policy on his life. She had also
other property, all Of which she placed
under the care Of Hon. George II Pen
dleton, who managed it 50 successfully that
there was turned over 10 her the sum of
S92 600, which she, II j. supposed, con-
tinued to hold in her own right. Il was
supposed that portion at least Of this
sum was invested for her by Mr. Marsh. |
and the theory i advanced that the pay
ments by Marsh were supposed by Belknap
to be the income from this Investment Ii |
is also stated that after their return from I
Europe and the marriage OF Mr>. Belknap |
with the Secretary, a bitter quarrel arose |
between Mrs. Marsh and Mrs Beiknap, |
and it is supposed these developments are
the result Of this fact.