Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-01-14
THE BURL
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Hendricks and Curtin is the ticket for
which the Pennsylvania Democrats are or
ganizingA
There is said to be " swallow-tal" /
movement going on at Washington in favor
of Charles Francis Adams for President. Mr..
Bowles favors it.
Secretary Bristow urge the restoration
of the duty on tea and coffee, upon the
ground that it is necessary for the revenues
A Western paper says that Governor Hen
bricks chances for the Democratic Preslden-
tial nomination rest upon the fact OF his
.. having said more, with less meaning, than
any other great American statesman.
The New York Times is in favor Of hold
ing our National Convention in May, say
ing " The sooner some Of the rubbish
which now stands in the way of any intelli-
gent discussion of the Presidential question
IS swept aside the better, and the sounder
some persons will sleep who are new appal-
led by the nightmare of the third term >"
Il Is said that Messrs Randall and Hol-
man are much troubled TO find that the last
Republican House cut down the expenses to
a verv low limit, and that it is not possible
to cut off much more without Gripping some
branch Of the public service.
Magee. the city editor Of the Chicago
Inter- Ocean. who got up the recent libel
upon Secretary BristOw, charging him with
completely in the whiskey frauds, has been
discharged from that paper. Magee attempts
to Justify his conduct, and says that . from
newspaper point of yiew," it was all
right.
A letter from Hon E. B. Washburne, our
Minister to France, of Nov. sth, is printed,
| in which he disclaims all desire and lnten-
ton to be a contestant in the Presiden-
| tial rare. He says he is - not vain enough
to think that be can figure in that direction,
| for no PARTY would ever undertake to carry
a candidate with such Old fashioned notions,
and whose record is loaded down in opposi-
ton to all the great interests that carry
| conventions.
Mast illustrates Mr. David Dudley Field
| in this weeks Harper. On one page the
eminent lawyer appears as lion with his
paws on huge bag containing S6,OOO,OOU
stolen from the city Of New York. In the
rear Is the "lawyer's den" with skull or
two at the entrance. Title of the cartoon ;
The ID. D. Field of Gold. as the Lion S
Legal o. Share On another page. Mr..
I Fields head Is made TO do duty IS Saturn
surrounded BY huge ring (Tammany) and
a smaller one (Erie). Around are sprinkled
! the moons, each with a dollar mark, and
underneath a Shakespearean quotation
d" There's some i'll planet re;gns.
Regarding the Democratic National Con-
yeution. the Cincinnati Enquirer says
- We assume that the two-thirds rule
sacred legacy Of the past-is TO govern IN
! the convention. That means a three days
! balloting The votes are all given to Allen,
Pendleton Thurman, Hendricks, Tilden,
Bayard, and one or two other gentlemen
whose names have been mentioned. Neither
gets the two-thirds required. There must
be new or lightning candidate. Who shall
he be? Why, he may be any one OF the
| four millions Of Democratic voters.
1t i stated that Mr. Morrison, chairman
/ of the ways and means committee, has indi-
Gated his view of the Democratic situation
| by two very significant acts. He has
| eliminated from his biography in the con-
/ gressional directory all mention Of his ser
| vices in the Union army - and he has ap-
pointed a. clerk of the WAYS and means
| committee " DR.. J. P. Hambleton, a gen
/ tleman Of decided Southern opinion, who
served throughout the war in the rebel ar
nv in the capacity OF surgeon. and whose
/ qualification at the assassination of Lincoln
was 80 great that he named his SOC John
/ Wilkes Booth. - 1t i not surprising that
some OF the Democrats are anxious 10 dis
credit this report but it seems to be
strictly true. 4 dispatch sent from Wash
| ington SAYS. that " Mr. Kerr has pressed
| the appointment of Hambleton. The clerks
Of committees are appointed by the chair
men and, in this case, Mr.. Morrison has
made has appointment, as above stated.
The New York Times says that Fitz John
Porter who has been reappointed com
missioner of Public Works in New York
- stands committed, on his own confession,
Of being totally unacquainted with the de
tails Of his department, OF appointing bar
| hers. bar-kecpers, and loaicrs without either
| employment OF character TO positions where
the experience Of a practical mason is abso-
lutely essential for the proper performance
of their duties He has certified month
after month that a blind man acted a. sew
er inspector, and he has kept on his pay
rolls in the receipt of good salaries drunken
rowdies who were neither capable nor will
ing to DO an honest days work. He has
handed over the whole mass Of minor ap-
pointmenrs within his gift to the control Of
a committee of ward politicians, and he hiss
allowed his department to sink to 50 low q
level that respectable citizens have publicly
stated that its management vii make the
work done by the Tweed Ring appear eco
nomical