Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-01-07
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


District-Attorney Phelps of New York,
whose death is announced, was partner of
Nice-President Arthur He was twice elect
ed district-attorney of New York, and ranked
among the ablest lawyers of the city.
The London World says that Lord Bea-
consfield's "Endymion' and Mr. Tennyson's
new volume of poetry are the clearest indi-
cations we have yet had of the literary ex-
haustion aud the intellectual decadcnce OF
two of the most distinguished men of the
| epoch
The Cincinnati Commercial hopes that
Gen. Garfield will escape the calamity of a
cabinet made up of the little professors of
bigness."
The Texas Legislature, 1t is predicted. will
repeal the liquor bell punch law. In a state
having 50, coo Democratic majority such
law is a burden.
Representative VIM. p. Frye has written
to friends in Maine that he is not ashamed to
confess that he greatly desires to be elected
to the Lnited States Senate, but that he will
not neglect his duties in Congress to 90 home
and electionecr for the place when the Legis-
lature meets. ''1t may lose me the Senator
ship" he says, but even If it does, | shall
still have the satisfaction of knowing that |
have not neglected pressing public duties
merely to advance my personal interests and
ambitions"
There is permanent rupture between
General Grant and Senator Blaine. During
the latter's recent visit to New York he de-
clined 10 see Senator Blaine when he called,
and has since stated that he should never
speak to the Senator again.
Roswell Smith, who with Dr. Holland and
Charles Scribner, senior, established joint
stock company of Scribner & Co., in 1870,
has, by the purchase of shares from DR.. Hol-
land, become the owner of the controlling in
terest in the company which publishes Serb
ner's Monthly, So Nicholas, etc. While DR..
Holland retains the edtorship of Seri5ner's
Nonhiy,he keeps only few shares of the
stock, and virtually retires from the owner
ship in favor of Smith, who has always been
the business manager of the company. r.
W. Glider, associate editor of Scri5Rer's, A.
W. Drake, manager of the art department,
and others connected with the establishment
of Charles Scribners Sons, still retain their
minority Interest.
rne Philadel fsia fund for General Grant,
one hundred thousand dollars awaits the
Generals order.
Vice President Wheeler is looming up as
a formidable competitor for the New York
Scnatorship.
These is talk in Western Missouri of max
ing new StIte, TO be called West Mis-
souri,, ont of the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth Congressional Districts-51 coun-
ties in all. Their total vote for President
was 192, ,143. of this Hancock had 95, ,665.
The total vote of the State for President was
1924. The proposed new State, it is be-
lieved, would be Republican in 1884.
The New York Tribune, after a careful
canvass OF the returns OF the recent election
in Mississippi, comes to the conclusion that
IL !, hod h.a,, co,d,c,.d -. fairly !, a,l nor,s
- " "i ~ " ~
oil the Stale Us In Aieorh anu ron'otoc couii-
ties, Mississippi would have chosen the Gar
Held electors by 3o,OOO majority and sent a
soljdRepublican delegation to Congress.
Senator Conkling has been questioned by
d reporter upon three very important things.
First, this modest youth wished to know
what would be the Senator's attitude toward
the incoming administration secondly how
la ten TOWARD PRESIDENT Hayes; thirdly,
whether he was ready to meet the allegations
that will be made against him in the Sprague
divorce suit 10 the hrst question the Sena-
tor replied with aHability. but without en-
Tightening his questioner' 10 INC Secohu nc
made brief and rather acid answer the
third capped the climax. and Mr.. Conkling
,nrno1 ~, b;s beel and wnlkcd away
Mr. Abram :. Hewitt, In his speech al the
Democratic conflb. at New York. said
..Tsmm,rv Hall is n thing of the mast II
has dane its good and II has done its evil
work, and in finally defeating the Democrat
ic party it has destroyed itself and can no
LONGER be recognized except as warning
against n method of organization which is ut
war with the representative principle of gov
ernment."