Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-11

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The Right Honorable William Il. Glad /
stone spoke in New York one afternoon this /
week to an audience of five hundred mon.
The "Grand Old Man, was not there in
person, but his voice was present, his od- |
dress being delivered by means of phono- /
graph After hearing Mir. Gladstone, .
speech. General Sherman, the presiding o1i- |
Ger, read with the monograph a resolution
OF thanks, which will be transmitted to the
English statesman this week.
The burlington FREE Pres is evidently run |
by generous and omen he arted individuals, for |
Il is offered free gratis during the "cam- |
loign 10 all who Will receive springfield |
RcportC".
In acknowledging the compliment the .
Reporter pays tue FREE Pass in the first
half of the above sentence we regret that a |
due regard for truthfuness compels lis to
say that the other half is not true.
The Bennington Banner tells this amusing
story ABOUT a letter recently received by
Commissioner " aentine: The other day
letter came to him addressed: "fbis goes
tuo The one that owns The Country, Mont |
pelier. Vermont. The Postmaster at the
idI-Lt utb ibl tl'ltNl IL 20 lIlt 'blLlilllHSAI
ar with the remark that no one in Mont |
pe!ier "owned the country and so he sent
il to the Commissioner OF Agriculture
Sure enough it was intended for the bureau
and was written by an Itauau in Boston.
Ordinarily. newspapers do not start in on q
circulation boom at this season OF the year,
lut the FRI Pres, hus of course substantial
Ioa~On7 for being Noteworthy exception to
IL RUE. bellows Fails Times.
Wrong again, dear Times. The FREE
PrE~s is not an exception to this rule. 80
We Started in on this ''circulation boom
nearly six months ago October IS, 1890, to
be exact and 1t has paid us SO well that we
keep it up. But we wish our esteemed CON
temporaries to understand that we thorough
ly appreciate all the free advertising they
are giving Is. all the same. 1t pays almos
as well as the much talked of circular.
The editor of the salt Lake Times in
recent interview, says that the Mormona,
who want to practice polygamy, finding
that the Edmunds law would eventually
stop the practice of polygamy, are quietly
slipping away. One syndicate has bought
an immense tract Of land in the State of
Two years ago the Mormons defeated the
Gentiles at the polls by $50 votes. This
year they were beaten by about 500. Bet
ter evidence regarding the efficacy Of the
Edmunds law in driving Mormonism out Of
Utah could not be desired.
At a meeting of the non-por,isan Wo-
mems Christian Temperance union held in
Washington Tuesday night, and during a
discussion Of the subject Of drinking in the
Amy and navy, Nls, j, Ellen Foster read
aletter from Secretary Of War Proctor in
which he came to the defence Of the soldiers
IN the regular army, He said: 81 heartily
sympathi2e with the efforts Of your society
in behalf of temperance in the army and
navy, and shall do everything in my power
to aid the good work | am not prepared
to admit that the soldiers Of our army are
more incorporate than any other class OF
men. II soldier has drunk too much his
very uniform makes it noticeable, and we
may do them class an injustice. Ger
tainly, the more have seen of the soldiers
pf our army the greater respect ] have for
them. " The soldier has found warm
friend in Secretary Proctor
The FREE Press doubts the yeracty of the
Ma"hmau when 1.-THE NatcAmau. VS..
This paper has not yet declared TO. any man. '
Montpelier Wotclmou.
VIII the Waterman please tell us when
and where we expressed any doubts Of its
veracity in this particular While we
often have occasion 80 doubt the veracity
of the Waterman, have not uttered a
word that could give occasion for the above
statement. We have been thoroughly
aware from the first that the Waterman
has been and is on the fence regarding the
governor question II was as far bacl; as
November 30, that we stated in our Nontpo-
lier notes, that the directors Of the Watch
man Publishing company held a meeting on
the Wednesday evening previous to decide
whom 10 support as a candidate for COVER
nor, and that they could not agree 1t is
for this reason, we presume, that the Watch
man still sits astride the fence and keeps ND
q racket by humping its heels on either
side. MeanH the editor of the Watch
man has taken the bits in his mouth and
seems bent on wrecking the whole establish
ment. The Waterman Publishing company
has some fine men on its board of directors
and it is not altogether their fault that the
paper has lost its influence further than to
injure any man or cause it attempts TO sup
port.
Hooker in thc First District.
As was announced in the local columns
of Thursdays FREE PRESS Col. Hooker is
candidate for congressional honors IN the
second district. He has had one sharp con
test recently in (which he crossed swords
with the present representative from that
district, Gen. ". W. Grout. Inasmuch as
Gen CIRCUITS name has already been pre-
scented as a candidate for nomination and
reelection, and as he has just come Off til,
victor in the Brattleboro postofilce fight, q