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

England, if the leader of cabinet is Il
strong man, it makes very little difference
about his colleagues.
The delight of Atkins g. Co. in view of
the prospect of the confirmation of Col
Smalley as collector, of which they had
evidently begun to despair, is unmistak-
able, and, under the circumstances natur-
al. The Argus and the Messenger are
alike jubilant over it. There was a time
when they did not have so much in com.
mon, either in their joys or sorrows.
In the July number of the Forum, Jun
JUS Henri Browne has an article in which
he endeavors to show that a man can
make more money saving wood than by
journalism or magazine writing That
may be true enough, and yet Junius ought
10 know that not all men are capacitated
for saving wood.
The blood curdling stories OF wholesale
starvation, cannabalism, and the devour-
ing of corpses by bears in New Foundland
has been officially denied by the Canadian
authorities. 1t is very short-sighted for
the originator of such Munchausen tales
to remain in obscurity now that Ned
Buntline is dead He could distance
Buntline in the first chapter of anything
he might wlite
Two hungry applicants for government
positions have been supplied with post
offices created for that purpose, during the
past ten days-both of the new offices be.
ing in Alabama. If President Cleveland
finds some difficulty in achieving his sub
lime object of making the punishment tit
the crime, he at least sometimes succeeds
in making the office fit the man.
The Senate has redeemed its honor by
receding from its amendment to the pen
sion bill of General STANDARDS widow
thus leaving the amount of the pension at
800 per month, which is the sum due to
the family of deceased soldier of General
STANDARDS rank. Great credit is due to
Senator Edmunds and to Representative
Grout for their effective efforts in behalf
of this bill.
President Cleveland's appointee for
postmaster at DeIialb, ILL.,. was man who
wrote disgraceful and bitter article
against General Grant, at the time of that
great soldiers death, beginning, "Impe-
rial Grant is dead" The Senate has re-
jected the appointment of this man. as it
is reported, by a unanimous vote, Demo
Gratis as well as Republicans concurring.
Mr. Cleveland will have to try again at
Dekalb.
We are informed upon the authority of
an influential Democrat in this State,
that the Democratic boss of Vermont,
Hiram Atkins, while publishing President
Cleveland's order to Office holders in his
paper, the Argus, wrote letters diligently
to the Democratic office holders in Yer
mont, requesting their presence at the re-
cent Democratic convention at Montpelier
If this is true, Atkins should post straight
to Washington to explain matters to
Mr.. Cleveland.
A strike of college students employed as
walters is something new, but one of the
hotels at Alexandria Bay has experienced
this novel nfliction. Three walters were
discharged for some cause, and the re
naming 25 cast aside their aprons anC
struck 10 minutes before dinner. The
hungry guests were thereupon served by
bell-boys and chambermaids while tn,
college boys were brought to terms by 1
ruthless policy of starvation. They all re
sumed their duties before supper.
Senator Butler of South Carolina un
dertook to put through the little salar,
grab, which was TO give the employees o
both Houses of Congress an extra month
salary, and tried to have it passed with
out reference to a committee, and with
out attracting attention. But Mr.. Ed
munds was on the watch as usual and in
sisted on the. bills going to the prope
committee and the payment OF 49,, 90
from the treasury for work performed b.
nobody was stopped.
The PhdniT says that Col, George W
Hooker does not deny that he is cand
date for the Congressional nomination
! and that good deal of quiet work ha
been done for him in the second distric
We find it difficult to believe, however
that the movement will materialize int
any serious opposition to the renomini
ton of Gen Grout in the convention
The Republican papers of the dist ri,
support Gen. Grout and everything thu
far looks as if they had the people back
them.
n Bosssm is one of the worst things
e American politics, and one of the melal
cholly features of it is that when bo
dies his followers are often at a loss whel
y to 90 with their votes. Their devotic
, having been given to a man rather tina
to principle or TO party, when the
$ leader dies they are all at sea, This is Il
c present condition ofbothTammany and Il
y county Democracy of New York since IL
S deaths Of John Kelly and Hubert
e Thompson.
A strong reaction has set in against Pa
teur'S method of treating hydrODhObia