Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
THE LIVINGSTON PAGE SUIT.
The Outcome Discussed From Ex-Gov
Pages standpoint.

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Iv et,to n,,a, 400 ,,,,Jors,,rd to no Gov
Pages no.itinn ,vi,b refercnce 70 the mat
tor "'N''
Gov p,ao 10, nod q ,o,c-dis,ance ac-
ouaintance Iii, ,,dni,,ie itringston for
ton voars ~. ,,,nra ,rha,, ncver met but
once prior in iast 1,,nn and men i'm 1891
Al thn lime ~ Verrnni,,,s centennial ccle-
brat,on nt penninstnn
AS an advcrtisor Gov, Page had very
pleasnnt husiness rolnt,ors Nth Living
ston. Relations which FOR vcars called for
considornhio corrnsnonda,,o DURING ALI
those vo,rs 1,vinsston tonlS ,euented oc-
CASTOR to exnrcss hnth In his naper and
he lettor HE rosnoct ana ros,rd for Pare.
ncrsonaIIv and of1cioiI,,
As far back as DeremLer tso6 the plain-
,irc ,rotn 10 doeo,,tr,, so,,t,,, form a
length his noliticnl creed staring that he
was a boliever in sound Money md I'm the
nolicv of nrotection to bomc INDUSTRIES.
and hat he had piv,n eynression To mat
bnIior hv voting FOR mo r.nuhucan r. n
didate for pov,rnor In Tho course of this
Latter unasked ana in tho strongest lam
,,,aga No 49, Go. D. -, I'udorstnnd
that his official record cnmmondrd his re-
sncrt and that he might always RELY upon
his frinndshin and lovaltv
Again under date of Decerber G o.
in riosinr a business Icttor he saws
90. mo w yas narticu,arlv nroud
to- see ex-Gov. Page come out TOP Of the
he,r in tho late lnyis,atiyo Investigation -
I'nder date of January 1890 he clos d
anoth,r business letter with the sem
teucc.-
"U1vc Won noted tba. thn Iganner has
come ont for Batcbeldcr for congress in
the shoes of Powers al tho eypiration OF
his term? viii the Honorable Govern or
ho in the field or is tho time iuoprortune
TO make the announcement9'
The following month unaslSed by de-
II am going TO ouietlv interview all the
leading renublicnns on ,hn consressio,. al
matter and lot Won knoY inst where
every one stands
This he never aid and ne sYoro on thu
stand that Gov Pare never asked him
to do so.
on one occasion Livingston sent Gov.
Page his photograph and on another sub
mitted for his consideration some of his
own poetical productions-indecd for a
pcriod covering several wears Livingston
took renented occasion ia emphasize n =
personal regard and high esteem for GOV
Page
These continued profossions of friend
shin these inoiirins as to whether the
governor was or was NOT to he a canoi-
date TOR Corcrces III. ,roslnd nroffsrs
Of noliticol aseist.nce and tho ossuran. -
that no was sound on the leading n m
ciples of the republican marty. nat rally
left the governor but one concl sion 10
wit. maj T,vingston vns a mos laval
personal and noiiticaI friend and supnort-
or. more than anxious to promote his poll
tical vvelfnrn v,henevnr occasion off, rod
Is if any wonder that GOV. Page nav
inc n, mind tbeso ,n,,ItinIiad nrofnesions
of friendship. wrote. without reserve tn .
alI-i,nuortant letter of .IuIv II 1890 m
which ne uses tho only sentence ever OK
PRESSED hv him tn Iivingston surce. I'll, q
remunerafion-tho letter which Iivines on
swoars he understood TO he a corrupt mo-
nosal for the n,rcbase of his editorial col
umns.
we ouoto verbatim, that mart of the let
fer which the nIaintitf savs contains the
corrunt nrop,iso.
II would ul,o IN have Won mt tho Re-
former on record as fovorinp pnrc 50
far as his nersornel &c corcernod and I
would like to have Won publish some of
~ ,,,raa.. III, + .,i, s., H., 20
time send Won So far as the Latter are
concerned if they are NOT what Won would
naturallv uso need nor say 70 Won thar
whatever is legitimate and nroncr am
more than willing ia do nv way of re-
Enumeration. although 7 mist kenn NV
hands as pure as the driven SNOW win
reference to any expenditure Of money:
and Won must not ask me because can
not 10 If to nav a farming that is not a
leriti,nnto charge for artnal space ac.
ro,d,d mo Witch 1,or could nnt as n
democratic editor deem of quficiart in
torcst to publish, If in the course of hu-
man ovenfs I can get oven with v,u in
amy nossibIe way am sure Won Ln,1
how clad shall he ia do II"
Whether Gov. Page did or did NOT in
tcrd ia do wrong in annroacbinp AR / w.
jnpston in mis- vav is for discriminatin,,
uubIir to iudpe E,ven those who ,vieh 70
believe him guilty Of n corrunt nurnose
viii dnd in the corrcspondence viii, h led
ND to tbis letter much ia corroboratr ho
governors contention hat nothing We,
farther from HE nurnosc tban tn -, ~
chase tho oditoriol cn,nmne ~ tho po-
former Indeed II is clearthat no dos on
cd to oxpresslv nnp,tive such a const rur
tion of his Iottcr when ho saws "You
must NOT nelt mo hocausn canrot do
IT, to nav = rarthino thnt &c NOT a I,riti-
mate charge for ac,ual snace AGO. ,ind
mo "
rven with rororo,,ca 70 tho oxtr.ots
from mo Stoto nross tho s,nyerror Voc
vow, carAr,I ia laa,.n ,othi'n o,,Lia,,a =,
ana for tbcec No axrrossl,, saia w. ,,., !.
orl,. ..,riIlino tn 40 n.,ataY..,. ,,,o., loo;,i
msto and nroncr h,, va nf ron,u,er
linn q, TIo ,rortad 80 ,,so ~, paforn,ar 90.
"a ,.cbioIo b,, u,btch he ,,i,,h, ,ransr,it ,ho
viovs nf tho rcnullic,,, nonors ~ Nnr-
mont d,I,, cradited a. tba noro,., f., u.,,i,h
they arrrared to the rnaders NJ the Re-
c,r,,,o,. ~ ~
,vrot. , sin oI, s,.lIa hi ,,,cb,r,, rn,,,, e.,
alton during the entire ConerassionoI am
n,irn .,ynon, tbn .a,,toncas ho,,a l,,,,,,' q