Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-27

Lack of Veracity on the Part of the Ad-
ministration once Seekers.


No wonder Mr.. Cleveland wishes to
leave town as well as Mr.. Bayard, Mr..
Adee and several others connected with
the heads of depai tments. Several days
ago II correspondent went to the state de-
partment and showed Mr. Bayard clip.
ping from the New York WOrld in regard
to the sending of legal ambassador to
Mexico. The case had been considered
the day before in cabinet meeting and
such a course had been decided on. The
WOrld correspondent discovered this and
published it. When it. met the eyes of
Mr.. Bayard he was very angry and told
the two newspaper men who wanted his
confirmation of the other article, that
the WOrld was synonymous with false
hood and its Washington staff were the
biggest set of liars he had known. Upto
this time the ambassador had not been
decided on, but on the same evening Gen.
Sedgwick well known international
lawyer and attorney for the copyright
league, was registered at Wormleys
hotel. Putting this and that together
newspaper row" decided that Sedgwick
was the man to 90 to Mexico. The next
morning Mr.. Bayard again denied the
story, and his organ the Baltimore sun
being used to lead us into difficulty. Gen
Sedgwick was closeted with the secretary
nearly all the same day and returned to
New York to get his family to start for
Mexico. All knowledge of the mission
was stubbornly denied by Assistant Sec
rotary Porter and Mr.. Bayard until their
admissions were forced upon them. 1t is
needless to add that implicit confidence
is not placed in the able secretary and his
assistant rs of old. a New York news
paper man went up to the former day or
so ago and said: MIR. Bayard l should
like TO interview you on this trouble"
Certainly, | will tell you all know"
"Well, just wait one moment, Mr.. Bay
ard, till run out and get my notary pub
lie" He did not get the desired inter
view and will not for some time to come.
The president too, has been indulging
in Il little 'disingenuousness." He told
Mr.. Crotfut, editor of the Post a demo
cratic organ here, that he knew nothing
of Mr.. Hedden's resignation. Two hours
aiterward Mr. MagOne's nomination was
issued and Hedden's resignation made
public. The Post next morning openly
accused the president of lying. This
must have caused somwhat of a flutter in
Mr.. Cleveland's honor and how high he
prides it. His Buffalo career is a good
example.
Mr.. Cleveland evidently already has
designs on the nomination i'll 50. This is
one reason why he cut Collector Heddens
working the Hill boom very strongly in
New York city and the president saw the
danger. Magone the new collector is
Cleveland man and was put in for the eX-
press purpose of making solid the custom
house ring for the administration in S.
The next house of representatives will
probably be republican. The democrats
generally throughout the country are
greatly dissatisfied in spite of the iudOrse-
ment by state committees of the admins
traton. Nearly all the municipal cleo
tions go republican by a greatly increased
majority over preceding years. The dem
ocratic campaign committee are hard at
work, endeavoring to hustle up sufficient
money to transport their speakers from
place to place.
Senator German fingers about Wash
ington plying his usual vocation of Office
seeking for others. The other day he
went up to see Commissioner of Patents
Monts"'nory and demanded the reinstate-
ment of recently deposed Marylander.
He was refused point blank. But de
mand it, sir | demand it ~ German per
sisted. "Well now look here, Mr.. Cor.
man, who is running this office, you or
! say again, will not do it," replied the
irate commissioner. The senior senator
from Maryland has not been seen within
half mile of the interior department
since, and will not probably until new
man takes Mr.. Montgomery's place
When a man first comes TO Congress he
usually gets what is known in Congress.
slonal slang rs a "sweled head, " that is
he thinks he Is about ten times as great
as the poor pebians about him. Dele
gate Voorhees, of Washington Territory is
a sad example of this delusion He is the
son of the Senator from Indiana who
bears his name and has been eudeavoring
to make political capital out of his faith
er's career. Some time ago he introduced
resolution in the house to investigate
eX-members, who, he said were abusing
their privileges of the floor 1t was aimed
directly at Col. l.. ID. NJ. Sweat of Maine.
who is attorney for the Northern Pacific
railroad company. Voorhees, was elected
on the issue of opposition to the Northern
Pacific and in his zeal to endear himself
to his constituents, and by his headstrong
and unbalanced mind, he introduced the
resolution. When the committee met to
investigate, they found nothing out Of the
general way whatever. Col Sweat was
the first to appear. He made some very
cutting remarks on Mr. Voorhees, actions
in the matter, which would have made
any sensitive man quall. Col. sweat S
standing here is too high to he injured by
such a hireliug as Delegate Voorhees,. The
have fully eXculpated Col |
Sweat and say the charges against him
are without foundation and what is more |
were caused by malice on the part of those |
who made them Mr.. Voorhees, will not re-
turn TO Congress as MS territory Is eStl- |
mated to give a big, round republican ma
jority next election
There is a reported deal between the |
Bell Telephone company and the Pan .
Electric. The attOrnies of both com |
panies have been in close consultation for .
the last few days. Casey Young's Office
is now busy scene, it being filled with .
telephone men all day. What goes to
confirm the story is the fact that several
New York parties have been on here for
week buying up Pan Electric, 1t is said
that Dr. Rodgers has disposed of all his
stock at a very reasonable figure. Looney
who also owned large number of shares
was persuaded to sell it. And now the
81 ck is way up. If Bell buys out the
Pan Electric as ii is sand he is doing and
cOnsolidates the companies Grey's case
which was renewed Il day or SO ago will
90 for almost naught and the latter will
have little ground to fight on. 1t is not
definitely known whether Attorney Gen
eral Garland figured i'll this little arrange
ment or not, but ii is said on apparently
good authority, that he did. The tact that
he is one of the principal stockholders in
he Pan Electric company goes to show