Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-10-08
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

An indignant Ohio Democrat has written
to his party paper asking what the State
Committee brought that "hvcna" Ben Butler
there for
1t is Il remarkable fact that nOtwithstand-
ing the long years of intimacy between them
Gen Grant had never heard Mr.. Conklng
speak in public, until the other day at War
rcn, Ohio.
Col. Henry C. Newton. of Glens Falls, Il
war Democrat who served as captain in the
Ninety third Regimen, and vas strong Nc
Clellan man, has joined the Garfield and Ar
thur club of that place.
\ correspondent Of tie Connecticut Catho-
Hc is iubiliant over the fact that in the Mon
trcal Roman Catholic College there is Il live
" Hancock club, and the score of the stu
dents stands Hancock, 50 Garfield, .;
Weaver l.
Speaking of Gen. IIancock's rebel claims
letter, Tie Mobile Ala. Rtgistt' says: in
connection with this letter, We would ask our
Northern contemporaries If we are not pret-
ty well reconstructed in the South, when We
can composedly read letter from our can
d,laic calling the war a rebellion and seces-
son 'lcrcsy' But We have objection L"
General lIancock's calling it a rebellion,
though Il great inauy of us prefer the term
civil war, and have our own opinion on the
subject"
Some one sent Gen. Hancock two turkey
quilts with which to write his inaugural, and
the Boston HtluM advises him, like the
prudent general hc is, 10 10 one of them up
nicely in box directed Ia J. \. Garfield,
Mentor, Ohio, to provide for contingencies. -
viii the Hon. c. Hamilton Dodge he kind
enough To raise Mr. Blainc's head little
higher? What the man wants is air
AththM Constitution.
The New York World was more frank
al lout Gen. Garfield in 1873 than ii is now.
1t said then on the 18th of October Sena-
tor Thurman of Ohio lets up on Gen. Gar
field of Ohio in this available way: "Oakcs
Amcs Sworr that Garfield got ten shares and
Garfield says that he did not do anything of
the kind There was L good deal of talk,
6Ht n0 procf dgajhst him, and am compelled
Ia say that Garfield got ont of il better than
| anybody else, and, On the whole, there WAS
no sufficient evidence 10 fastcn the corrup
lion at his door. lttr cOHNierilig all TIE
ttStjmoay, oH Tie trholc trs coEcHr in this
rifm of .Nr. GafeLFS connection riN Nc
Cr,dt Wo5Hitr.'
Mr.. Colgate Of the firm Of Trevor y Col
gate met Mr.. Tildcn on the Wednesday at
Ter the Maine election. The latter was juhi-
liant, and asked Mr.. Colgate how he thought
the ''slurious result would affect Wall
street. well" quickly replied MIR.
Colgate, Il haven't seen my bear and Demo
cratic friends i'll Wall street SO juhllant Siace
Mty Aeard oftte first BHH RHH." Mr.. Til
den rclapscd into silencc.-N. l. .HtH.
But YOU say, Can't you trust ten Han
cock | know him quite well. and enter
tain the highest respect for him personally.
Trust him Yes, if he was leading Union
army, would trust him. Applause. But
he is not at the head of the friends OF the
Union. If Gen Hancock could rcllabilltatc,
recrcatc, rcbrgct the Democratic party |
would believe him. But one of two things
must happen, either he will have 10 change
his party. or that the party will change him.
never knew Il Democratic President who
didn't do the bidding of his party. Did
you T. = NdfthcrS cf .NryitEG