Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-06

And the Central Road-A Letter From
President smith.


prosidcnt smith
III us ISSUE IolluWlhE Ine recent ahhua
excursion of the Vermont Press Assocla
lion thr Mpntnplipr 1 rams ana pdtTiO
-,riu+o1 tI,, i,,,.i,,, ..,.,,rriIors aditoriol
,I
hihitinn ~ chsei. b, he wholesale ever VII
messed in Vermont trnnsuircd last week. lin,
occasion bring The press excursion. iii,
prime political object of the FREE Pass, tn,
Rutland Ittfdld ana tue ST. JohnSnuiy cue
uoitui Stems 10 INV ncc" ~ GO, S npt!1
,d d ,.n N,,J yenttnmon ,yh,
din and rontrnl t,rsc nnpcrs took an uniai
and discrc, liable advantage of the generosity
Of the railroads TINT GOV. smith is prcsdrn
81, IN 1urn~hlnE tue press WIN lrec tIhnSpof
alloh rom ai p4il'S lu t'i,iui,. ~ oG1GllS
- "''U ~ IN ir' IVA o. rr .,,
S9rcnfs. WIN trGir aunt. m"thcr-in-law an,
ali their dcnr friends OF course these al
-cadiiy accepted. stone of 81. Johnsbury die
not 20 quite SO tar as this, but now about
t,tivu.t' 4HV ,Iir . 70 "a ,,'tl WIN VI
KY ',ii's ,o,,t H H,' ,'ri
no Gallant ~ utnnunt- ;ovornnr' dark,
-uok along ali the friends and relatives Ii,
could find about rs many more This is {, {
gang hat is continually howling about the
tree pasS brigade where Is thelr sense oil
'i.s'S''n'N -. S'"',' ,,,
pom TINS the rutland iiGrHto, day OIL
-WO later, commented as lOlloWS
that sufficient answer to 1t is to exhibit
t. but it makes one or two statements of
publlc ana not personal interest, WnlCh
deserve TO be contradlcted. we refer to
he attitude of the papers named towards
aX-Gov smith. The FREE PRESS and
LdtCdoHidH Will speak Tor themselves,
though we DO not remember seeing III
chem any Nllllhcatlun, abuse or mlsrepre
Sentatlou OF HIM. There has certainly
been none III the Hcf"td. IL Is true that
me papers named 90 not Sympathlze with
MS opposition 10 senator EdmundS; but
ne has right to oppose senator Edmunds
ana there Is no occasion To abuse MN FOR
t..
avn nes,,nHtioT NJ, 81 bar,visa tba t,n ne
has long been regarded as a sort of expo
uent OF MIR. Smith and the railroad com
2ahy OF Whlcn ne Is president Perhaps
.ina t Cn - Ta oo. H.,
editors n re- ia he yillif'nd ana tainted WIN
accepting the courtesles OF that company,
because they do not share its presidents
yitb tbot If ' ynn ',I
wears, standing. we feel sure that he Womb
H., ~ d. 80, ~ ,,t ,,,, ~, ;,VS. W ; Wv
D.. - . 80, - CO. ~
t. .it, '''' ~ N''i' 'i' ''N'i III
-erpltlu'loH'
Lest lhe pu"lc EeI wrong impression
statements above quoted il seems proper
to eyDlaiu that the practice has nrevailed
in tLis o,.d otber -tatos for a odnd ,,,n,,,
80 - i.i,i nv " ST. ST. i''i'H
Years ~ HNllIHS d lew PeISoiIS, oOher IMAM
me editors, 70 accompany the excursions
IS guests. through the press thus rep
resented the public has been made ac-
Iuaiutpd with line attractions ofrprpd and
nrohuhlv AT 81 loss nrica than nv odva,.,
tiein,, A. ali o,.outi ia nan,,o,,jj, ~, ~, ~
.i7li1' -, o. nv companies nave
always utlu IL tutlIelN III lnelr own power
70 make such rates as they pleased and
have always resisted any encrOachment
upon what they consider their DrerOpativp
20 do This
ract ,onr tho Con+ro1 I-or,,on, o,.+o,,l
II - W. ~ 900 St'ti"i " MN, eAtSl's
tu l'S courtesy from Caiaua 10 BLOCK
.Sland, ana II was awaited OF by large
number OF state officials and other public
men ana their families, making the largest
party ever accompanying the press. 1t
vas entirely agreeable to the railroad