Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-03
A Lie with Circumstance.

Perkins:
can say on leaving Newport and Nara
Fansctt Pier that the prohibition law is zen
orally carried mt in those towns MOI "A Iot
Tie Of wine can hc secured ut either watering
place, aud all bars for dram drinking mr.
closed. stun guests who are known to be hon
rirdhiS do not generally ~ dry. Wu,u Son
ntor Edmuuds arrived at the Ocean House
Newport, | noticed that the kiud-hcarted
iand iord led him qu city behind the q s. NM
his hand around his mouth and whi.pcrnd
Gonhdentialiy: Yes senator, it's strictly
Pl"nloIlloh mere: we can't sell II you can
20 uowh TO the Casino SAY you are an Ocean
House guest and ask Tor cold iced ten ana .
But don't drink cold iced tea INTERRUPTED
the senator. "Of course not, You uulv cnli
Tor II. Don't you understand The vi hriDt,
you brandy ana Soda At the hotel quest
VINO want champagne have it served In mr.
Nate rooms sun II Is practically prohibition
with the masses
What spectacle is presented hen we
see sucb strong champions of the temper
ance cause rs the st Johnsbury Cui,
dohtdH, Barton Monitor, Newport IA
press and Rutland Hcrnid heartily sun-
porting Mr.. Edmunds
Time was when the Montpelier IVotclt-
man had not descended to the low level
OF retailer of slanderous gossip and per
sonal falsehood. The Albany journal
and other journals that have copied the
above story know very well that Eli Per
kins long since established the reDuta-
-
be in better business than printing the
yarns which he tacks to resuectohle
names in order to give them currency 1t
Is enough to say of his use of Edmunds's
name, that Senator Edmunds has NOT
been IN Newport X. l., or any other New
port, for ten years past, and he never was
an actor in any such incident in any hotel.
with this, this special attempt to under
mine the personal character OF senator
fdmunds, might be allowed to pass As
the Wdtchmdh and anti Edmunds papers
| nave been in other ways circulating in
situations that Mr.. Edmunds is Il victim
OF lntelnperanCe and as the charge has
been privately circulated in outrageouslv
gross and lying forms, We take OCCASION
not without SENSE Of modification that
1t should be necessary to defend an hon
Ored public citizen of Vermont against so
spicable an assault-to brand the charge
as tUlSCtOod. On this point Mr. Ed
munds's friends invite the fullest iuuuirv.
and defy his slanderers They are quite
willing that any person who is in doubt
on the subject should come to Burlington
and inquire Of Mr.. Edmunds's towu-men
and nei9hbors, who see him eve.v day.
and at ali hours Of the daY or he NAV
20 to Washington and induire of
Mr. Edmuuds's associates in the Senate
of the chaplain of that body, of any one
W. i-uliu''is Ut VINO mas OPP
pi'''n''iI =, ioi oo'lec' observation IN TINS
matter 1t is not among those who know
Mr.. Edmunds that this Islander has cur
rency. Ii obtains any only where he is not
personally known.
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