The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-05


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companies. steamships and railfo1ds, ana
the severe conpetitfon and sharp pfacIlces
of irresponsible bidders black7n;nlefs
and poHticians mt Washington. rehderai
the employment Of able counsel any eN-
pericnced assistants neeessary' Ihs,y
were employed aud paid, ana All llh
transactions were frankly testified TO Dy
NV Barlow Dcfofe one Of the eighty IN
vestigating committees that were laying
INTERPRETATIONS for Mr.. 'Flldems can't
pnign.
Andlhe admitted that in one instance lie
had submitted TO blackmail, 1t may now
he asked, .Nhv should he have done this
if he had nothing to conceal" The an-
swer is easy. A disappointed man (who
has since filled a drunkard's graye,) made
an effort to get the service on one ofl}ar-
low. Sanderson 81 Co.'s routes reduced
from seyeil to three times week. The
locality was nearly across the continent:
An investigation OF all the facts Would
have taken time and money Inc con-
tractors had been to aneXpensc OF two or
three hundred thousand dollars 20 equip
the route. If the acknowledgement had
been frightened or prevailed upon TO re-
hhNN Aalh ~ = fi'f'S. -
tract pending Investigation, the lossmust
inevitably have been heavy; III snort.
ruin stared the contractors in the iace.
Mr.. Barlow received various lntitDHlols
1.-THE fellows real object, and ascertaln-
ing the price OF his peace, pald IL, atld
that ended the matter until it BECAME
known that the contractors had come
down. = and then, ofcourse, other suck
M hnnan nffapEg ami have continued
them until now, But it is sufficient TO
say that the investigation whichthepost-
master-general demanded rceulted in his
vindication.and the desrableness and JUS
tice Of the contract are proyepby the fact
that the service has been continued TO this
day, under 4 new and competltFeleulhg.
We do not say that Mr.. BARLOW took the
best course. bat he took 4 very natural
course and afterwards did not add TO his
error-if II was an crroI-thc wee OF. "
ing about It, as many man VINO has es-
coned tbe ennsllre of the Free Press has
- ,,,,la, tr,,ino circumstoncns
uoli' "ii,ti % rs - ,
Now tins was the clfcuIllsCalcetllaCli mas
been used for leading the public to believe
that Mr.. Rorlnu s,innroSspd an inyrstiCa-
=, M - :, tI 10 e.
tloli. ne leie.let Oi'. iiol tiiTu w VIZ. an
such thing. Not only were his contracts
,ncnrfnd and omen TO thp inspection of ey-
a,,.I,,I, 49, a., ,,,oro t,;,.o ti,Il, ;,,yos
q gpouy o''' my WIZ y" i"iiJ ny
tlSated by committees OF congress ana
Mr.. Barlow did not wait to be summoned.
He Gained credit. NOT only for being n
.ke@u'' witness. rs the Times correspond
emf mt il. but also n perfectly truthful
one and the secret. star-chamber ina,tiry
suddenly became luminous with facts
which showed what valuable service he
lad done for tllc country in opeujnp IN
tho uudeyeIoped West. IN faithfully ful-
tillino every contract and i'm SUGGESTING
imnrouemrnts i'm the laws TO prevent
str,w-hirldin~ which when adonted bv
some became !, necessity TO all. There
was not n word of evidence that he had
rypr Maid n dollar to any member of Con-
cross or Government official. and the de-
| Iiol of the chorUc that he had was most
rynlicit and CONVINCING. While the last
Investigation was ooiny on he wrote to a
friend rs follows.
Every act in reference tony business with the
government ampreparcd to JUSTIFY ON legal and
o. ~ '.,' ,
the government, but that believed il had been
well caredtor SO far fulfilling my contracts was
Gomccrnfu. IhG tGc"lu WILL snow tl,at ail my
cst. lryi,l and honorU6lc. and ,the patrs Of hen
cannot prevail against it," The polticalneccssi-
tles OF the hour may demand sensational ana I'm
apW bonest mann tat n" mron"p bng WAS on
by me or BIZ any Official iormt.
The political necessities" Of that hour
have gone by. but for the Free Press. and
the men who are sending it in large bun
dies throughout this district, new ones
have arisen. The investigation failed to
inyalidate single contract OF impair con-
| lidcnce in single official. The n. Y.