Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-23

The Ar3us anil Patriot having charged
Judge Powers with ''spiiins the III iici.l er-
mine, Judge Powers replied in She follow
ing letter to the editor OF the -!l.yts:
NJ. Editor My attention hos been called 20 AZ
article IN the irgWs July :, under the above heat
ing. IN which the connection Of NV name with the
Congressional nomination IN the Thrd District j.
sharply criticised Ii your premises wcFt. sound
your logic would be Irresistible and Your cllcig-
slons Just tnfortunat"ly, however. Tor the lus.s.
the article so far it attributes to me any agency
IN promoting the use of my name for that nDnin.-
ton is Il tissue of fasehoods from IT. hesnnin..
its end. The man does net live in or uti Of fhs.
Third District, that ever heard me utter a word en-
cOuraglng the use Of my name IN connection Win
that nomination On the contrary, sror,-s OF gem
tlemen who were SO partial 10 imppr;unr IA. g.
lie a candidate before the convention were frankly
answered thai could not consent To- he placed IN
thai attitude as did not seek nor desire IA. unri-
nation While II IS not true, rs stated ia yuur att
Gle, that was pledged moi to run against General
trout sun IL Is rue thlt on all occasions. when
spoken to on the subject. have had oIly Kind
words for him personally AMI hearty approval Of
his candidacy. 1t Is true, stated, thai attend
ell the Commencement exercises of the nj
verslty at Burlington. the week Of the
ventOn. as have been accustomed Ia 10 in years
past, but II Is not true that sought or hli private
Interview, there or elsewhere. with certain men,
upon the subject of nv candidacy before the Con
venton, nor that absenfed my self from the mce.-
ing of the Alumni for any such reason. or that 7
solicited or desired the assistance OF Hoh. Henry
Ballard ur any other man. IN working Tor nls
nomination. II Is true that CHANGED t. meet Nj
Ballard publicly on the steps Of the Van Nt-S
House. As did many others. hut none OF u. pre-
sumo. were conscious that We were the objects Of
of the espionage of your Informant. L. - true that
Mr.. Ballard. and many others. alluded to the con
nectlon of my name with the nomination. hut IL is
not true that expressed 10 him or them ANYTHING
but IA desire that my name SHOULD nDt h.. pressed
for the nomination. II Is not ttu. thai | iufri.--
ued lin undeThand ways for a Political MONT
nation pointing to OF his (uIvl DECISIONS
upon the Bench the chief ef1un,i- of MS
choice" nor is 1t true that any decision Of the
Court was alluded IN nv pryseurs a.
a reason why 1 should he a can,lilitr IL such
ausion hal been made it would ha,c met q.
rebuke in words less gentle tndL tn'i-r Won
employ Nor could II be true that any dc,'s-
ion good or bal. has ever been made that entities
Inc To credit or dl-cret more than others Ihar =
few delegates 10 the convention TT - exercise
their right 10 express their prefer Tor M, was
dine 10 no agency of mine nor To any -.IcitifiUdS
of nv friends. 50 far As am lninrii.J h-lieVc.
and although their action quite Lrs-l. Tor the
times, am not aware that il should hg reasoned a.
a crime in them or me. Moreover, have reason 10
believe that several others disSu.i.lc from
like folly when made acquainted with NV wishes
Although Your article appears a IN editorial vet in
its detail of incidents and clrcumSt u betriy
Enthusiastically its real paternity. In view of this
pardon me the suggestion that hereafter you might
with great propriety require Your correspondents
burdened with the responsible uiy oi purifying the
public serylcr-tO supplement their Zeal with ~
least courage enough To give the public t.c hanyi
of the great weight of their names.
Please give tins communication mGcn prOin-
hence aad publicity yOn did the articl' IN qIes-
ton. Respectfully
H. HE~EY FJwEGs.
MorTisviile, July 10. iSso.