Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-23

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Mr.. Edmunds and his Corporation
Practice
M. u-,,
ne W asnlhBtoh correspondent Oh the
New YORK WOrld interviewed Senator Ed
munds. the other day. on a subject to
,,,si1n,i,,.. -. 7''"S
Oo'i'i'iei""ie attention nowadays and
gives the result OF his inquiries a. fol-
lows:
met Mr.. Edmunds Yesterday and bad
a general conyrrsation Iu,itb btS "'It . tt
subject of senators nractisin ' ho GPo" ne ne
Supreme Court as the renrnsentat G,e 'l ne
COMBINATIONS had hoard oo ,,i,''i es VI
Mr. Edmnnds's cornoration nrnc,i IL a,pu.
| yentured to ask him ahout II W. ne az
said is of particular interest in view "f the
criticism which has been PASSED nnon birn
for his opposition to the Beck bili Sana ,trtr
Edmunds said very drfly "Yon said in
the JTOrld the other day that had nor.
haps the largest cornorafion nrartica of
any one of the senators Where did Won
ret that information -, Nv rerl, ;y-oe
that that information came eisriaraII,,
from his friends. TO this he said ttff
any one were TO take the Mains to evnpoine
my record carefully or como to mo 70
make INQUIRIES. am snre they womb find
that have done less i'm the way of laga1
man in public life II Is trne thnt bays
a very large legal practice am nor danv-
ing that and do nor understand tbnt flo
general charge Of NV havino - ',reat
amount of CORPORATION practice l. Intended
as an aSpersion upon nv charartar. bnt
the real fact IL thai I have had Won. NIL
corporation practice during nv carear
as public man. | never have had
any regular connection with =. cor
poration with the execution Of the
Vermont Central railroad hav, bean
the advisory connseI IF that cnrnCr.,rior,
for some wears, RECEIVING a small 9,'nnai
fee. On the list of last January rasiIned
that connection Its local ht;sirss. ,ro.
practically AT an end and saw no fIIrtber
use for nv services ;,
The first corporation case that had Of
any importance which now cali r. mind
was thai of A Scottish cornoration some
10 or II wears ago, in a suit against The
Missouri Kansas and Tayas roiiroad in
the West have, nerhans in iii NV
career had five or six corporation clients
but in cases where the government;s in,
teresr was in no way involved | never
have been the attorney of any Of the land.
grant railroads and have nevar acred NO
Reasonably for them in anv wav an
neared i'm the Sunrpnp Court ms c4,,us.l n
what is known as the California tav ctsas
but in that really renrpsantad nIihIic in
terests The State of california had nn.sed
an uncoustltutionalt uy and II tho nrii,Ici,Ia
of the LEGISLATION had baa, snlfuirnd -
yyonId have heen nossihla for St.tas 80
tayed nrivate cornoratInns ont ofevi.tanca
Nv interest in that case was one nf Hns.
tafnin0 the CONSTITUTION Of tha i-r,tad
states which guarantees enual nrotertion
ia ali have been 50 careful al my, ia
i'm refraininp from accentinu, iaUnl a,,1nlov-
ment from any interest,yhich MON tnna
hafore me in TonUress rhat .n,,ie of nv
refusals rni,yht ha cnn.iderad fNnIj.b M
was secretary of war the state of Georgia
sought to test the Observation-Disclosures nf he
Reconsideration act MIR stanton AZ
fered me employment of special
counsel to represent the interests
of the Government but declined
the emDlovment upon the oround
that the statutes forbade such en-
DlOyment. A decision of Writ whr, At
torney-reneral was my puide unou that
occasion. 1t was very clearly laid down
in that decision that a member of CON
gress could not be EMPLOYED while hold
ing his Office bV any of the other branches
of the government in any capacity. 1t is
true that have done legal work for the
Adams Express company out tnat Is not
Tha oa,,atnr rontinned 81 ihava r,rried
nv fooli,hness so far as to have RETAINED
from speculation in real estate in Wash
ington, because we have constantly com
lS oel9tG u' $500 ~ 1ne I've
She that some Of The admirers OF Wr
Beck's bill may not have been so scrupu-
lous i'll this regard, but, however, | do not
wish 10 De put III tne p position OIL cr!ilcisI
nv aI nye J srrnnnIo,s oId.fasbioIed no
tious about nv own acts. and have rigidly
adhered to them all through my career as
a pubic man. Az the conclusion OF me
I IT ,s,.N 70 S' n ~ I,ihi nv
any injustice Permit me to publish lust
wha. you have said on this subject"
roejti~e movement oftbe haod ~ 10 NOT
care to be put in a position of talking
about these subjects adding satlflc2,Iy'
as SUu hho otta az r onu rhai vav ;,
p pap' you 10 sanatnr'S remnn.-