The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-07-03

from the New York Tribune:
"Farrar Ito whom forty thousand
was paid) was a miserable fellow who
died in a hospital Of want and dnnk.
While McKibben himself was an nc
tive manager in the matter, he has no
knowledge of corrupt payments. The
$4,000 McKibben admits to have re-
ceiyed from Barlow subsequently Tor
services for six years as attorney
There seems to be sufficient evidence
to conclude that the $4,000 was a
Matchmaking operation by Farrar, to
which Mr. Barlow submitted rather
than have a public opinion created
that would force the Postmaster Gen
eral to exercise n discretion given
him i'm contracts to modify his routes
aud hazard the s SOC, 200 of property.
This has not been fully made to APP
pear, but there is absolutely no evil
dence to show that a single dollar of
this sum ever went to any official of
the Postollice Department"
The following fact may be worth
knowing in this connection (al-
though the Feee Press is not anxious
to make it appear. In Farrar's black
mailing scheme he claimed that on
700 mile route where Mr.. Barlow was
carrying a daily mail, such mail was
not needed but a tri-weekly would
have answered as well. That very
route has been re-let this last spring
TO parties with whom Mr.. Barlow has
no connection, for daily mall
Col. McKibben upon whose tes-
timony the San principally bases its
charges, said she knew nothing what
ever about any money being paid to
any post office official, clerk, or any
official of the government, for any
thing whatever; in fact heknew moth
ing of any corruption in and about the
government OiaceS.
If Mr.. Barlow has been guilty Of
such mallcasance and corruption why
could not two Congressional invcsti-
eating committees, one Republican and
one Democratic, make it appear. All
his contracts and all his dealings with
the Post Office department are matters
of open record. All monies are paid
out only on orders and every account
is carefully audited. How could he
get money for service done contrary to
law? lie may have been sharp, We
presume he was, men usually try to be
in the conduct of any business. He
may have made money, but bear in
mind that he had an immense capital
invested and his credit was questioned
by bankers because his assets were of
such an uncertain character and his
liability to losses so great. We appre-
bend that in the same business man
Of less grasp of mind and executive
business ability would have made a
failure, indeed many have failed in the
business and he has suffered frequent
" from heavy losses but on the whole
he took great risks and has make mon
cy. The Free Press finding that this
scnsclcss attempt to defeat Mr.. Barlow
by the exploded thunder Of the Sun was
almost an entire failu.e, has now COM
menced an abusive and slandcrous cam
vass Of which it ought to be ashamed.
Two years ago Mr.. Barlow was a man
of high mordl character, but now it
hints at all manner of dark things. In
the edition Of Saturday morning last it
talks "of money, falsehood, trickery,
and every Inscriptions art; of integ-
rity, high moral character and q clean
record" Whew! Is it impossible for
Benedict in his house on the hill and
his office three stories up, to know
nothing of the bottom facts in poll
tics! lie talks like a child or fool.
Can it be that in his foul attack on
Prof. Collier, the most popular, wor-
thy, and talented member of the fac.
ulty Of the University, he lost all the
little integrity he had left, or is he 0
Ounce from birth and persistent train.
ing. Collier was a man whom Benedict
could not manage and therefore Collier
must leaveRndin his place is that Prof
Smyth who undertook to talk to tho
farmers at Johnson last winter, bu
whose scalp the farmers snatched of
as quickly as Modoc would four
year-old's. Had the Free Press mad
fair opposition to Collier, we woulC
not have complained, but its abusiv
treatment of him was too much for or
binary good nature. Now as in all it
, fights it does not hesitate at anythin,
to accomplish its end. 1t is a question
q with us whether the last vestige Q
] manhood was lost in the slanderou
attack on Collier or whether the ma
o is really an ignoramus. Talk abou
f "high moral character, integrity an
o a clean record" when running can
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