Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-09-01
NEW YORK POLITICS, AGAIN.

York over the Republican nomination. Gov
ernor Cornell has replied to the charges Of
dishonest or improper transactions put in
circulation by Jay Gould to prevent his re-
nomination and certainly makes agooi show
ing for himself, AS to the "blind pool" story,
he says, in substance, that the American dis
trict telegraph company of which he was
president, had relations and contracts with
the Western Union company, while the Alu-
tual district company had similar relations
with the American Union, which Gould con
troled. When the two great companies
were consolidated, Cornell thought it might
be desirable and practicable to unite the two
district companies, and asked the co-opcra-
ton of Gould to that end. An arrangement
was made for combination to purchase
stock of the companies, to which Gould and
others subscribed considerable sums, but the
plan for the consolidation of the companies fell
through, no stock was bought and no money
paid on the subscriptions. The charge that
he lent money of his company on his sons
note, without security, he denies, saying that
to secure the note six thousand shares
of the company, worth double the amount
lent, were pledged, and when it was suggest
ed that the company ought not to lend
money on its own stock, he caused the money
70 be repaid with interest. In regard to the
charges OF bribery and improper influence by
Conkling to prevail upon him to sign the
railroad bills, he says that the article in the
Albany Journa, which caused so much stir,
contained the substance of conversation be-
tween himself and the editor of the Journal,
but that he did not intend TO charge, nor
does he think the article in the Journal
rightly understood does charge, that
Conkling attempted to bride him but he
adds IL do say that did believe, and had
every assurance, and believe still that had
| been plant to the wishes of Messrs. Gould
and Conkling in the matter of the Elevated
tax bill, | should have, if not their support,
q. least not their opposition, and | do say
that they have created and organized what
ever of opposition there is, and that not be-
cause of anything wrong have done, but
because ofmy action in that and other matters
wherein have beenright. " The Governors an
swer is frank and straightforward and will car
ry additional weight in that the person whoprc-
ierred the charges against him is person so
well known and 50 justly estimated as Jay
Gould.
In the meantime Northern New York, the
Republican stronghold of the State, which is
overwhelmingly for Cornell and against the
sialwart faction led by Conklng, is greatly
agilatcd over the removal of Maj. William
ii. Daniels, collector of the port of Ogdens-
burg, whose term of office had still eighteen
months to run, and the appointment. in his
place of Harvey l.. Jones-the former being
"half-breed" and Cornell man, and the
latter Conkling man. The Ogdensburg
journal says
| The removal of Collector Daniels, at this
time, without the shadow of reason, while
he had half of his term to serve, and while
the county is on the eve of holding its eau
cuses and conventions, is deliberate attack
upon the Republicans of st. Lawrence. Here
is a collector of remarkable executive ability,
WHO has dutlnlslcTeu HIS ONCE so as 10 com
mand the respect and approval of the com.
munity, one of the most faithful and public
spirited of the citizens of Ogdensburg, and
one of the most energetic of the Republicans
of the county, removed in the middle of his
term for the purpose of reversing the well
known and nearly unanimous sentiment OF
the people-remoyed to secure an anti Cornell
delegation and to satisfy personal hates anC
animosltles. 1t is for the Repub
licans OF St. Lawrence to remember thai
there are times in the lives of men when il
is their duty to act. Such time is to-day
and every day from now until after the
primaries and conventions are held, anc
longer If necessary. 1t is due to their man
hood and their self-respect And it is due tC
their honor that in the caucuses and conyen
tions to be held they send delegations which
will announce to the administration and tn,
State that custom house appointments ant
official patronage can not control the indie
pendent spirit and purpose of the Rcpubli
cans Of st. Lawrence"
And the Malone Palladium says : ether,
10 no doubt that Mr.. Jones is given this plac,
just at this time for the purpose of making
canvass In the district for anti-Cornell dele
gates to the State convention Mr. Arthur
by such changes as this-uncaled for by tn,
good of the public service, and prompted b,
no better motive than to reward his persona