, 1876-03-04
OFFICIAL osTENTATloN,


10 ths Riti~ uf Ths C3tttugn tribune:
CHICAGO, March SIN order to comprehend
the true position Of Gen, Dc,knap and Washing
ton eoclety, 1t Is nocossasy only 10 tako tho baro
faets Of recent Developments, without aiding
thereto tho uusctupulouH hunll and hunoombe
about Msu. De!knsp and her babe, and NIL the
rcat Of 1t, I'D nnuaeam, 30 wrctchcdly woron In
By "our special correspondent in tho fourth
story Of tho Chicago Tines building. Itseoms
too bad to polnta your columns with o gratuisous
notice OF TINT eheet, bus public opinion must
find Won't somewhere.
Your correspondent. Who ia somewhat travelled,
hss usually held libcsAl views Of tho dignity Of
publc office. and to sustain this dignity has
hithorto favored largo et!pendg especially IN tho
casea Of tho prcailent and foreign diplomats.
Nrcntor oxperieuco and recent official develop
ments liave constncingly modified thcso uanf,
until the following conclusions haTe been
reached: ~
Beginning a. home. Hs find fn Wahhlugtou. In
Btead Of tho plain, modest r,llo contemplated by
our patriotic forefathErs, I'LL Atmosphere tlled
| with extravaganza, aud 30 ncccHaartly conta-
glous that tho official who nreathes i Is eooner
Of later Affected or financially rulne,l, II tho
President Ia lifted to Nfgh na!aty, he is Natu-
rally censused II he does not live IN hopping
with 1t. III addition thereto, a lhrgo apptop1ta-
tton Samounting TO- $4,000 last yaat1 ls
[
Mansion expenses. II Washington officials mud
society look to tho Whtln-liouso, with tliB M
nual expenditure Of Fl00, ,tt1. to temper thur re-
qniromon.s and estimate Of lifo by, does not tho
| blamo rest vi III tile American ptopia for t.l-
] conragtng and authorizing extraYhgnuce, and
! for giving such vivid example In their laader
| Thon abroad wo hAs2 the uuwar1anted spoo-
tsclo Of Minister schenck striving to copo with
European princas and wealthy etissocracy, with
anythtug than In American arlrit. Travelled
Amesicans especially fecl lively iAtesoat i'll seo-
Ing tGelr country ably represented abroad they
pride themselves uI,on tue Enodenty Of d uover,l-
ncnt which, though great among ,latibns, docB
not neel ostenthtIon IN her Minbser so
mucl, III Eolid wurth sDd .Inorit. Ibis IL II
| connlendable pride, for that which exetts /. xlAo
manlfests to foreign courts tho very tinplicity
which liz our yauntcd national boast and con-
yiucea them, too, thatin acceptng thu rroaslsns
of1ico tho American representative hAs sought
honor rather than wealth; Opposed 70 the
fundamental law Of our land, no occasionally SEQ
demoralixca INC prospects Of tiH own modest
succtsudr in office, and stuitfheg BY oatentatoas
precedence his merit and influence " pdthsps
The successor theseby becones ons OF tho very
III lit Of diplomats liko thas lately offered by
Congress to public ghze and cDtture, or, like
hohenek, he stoo1'n to tho usa Of h'a name aud
influence for tlia uhutowlthal to nnoet his bills.
| Yls atst step it, rotortn Of WAshluKt0u Office
and society has slresdy been taken, lei III hopp.
ln the reduction Ut tho Presidents fa!Hry. Atttr
this sbonld follow marked change ID the OK.
penses OF the White-floueo. = reduction In tho
notea stables attaclel. sud modest demeruor
throughout all that sppertains to tho Executive.
Our Foreign Ministers and Consu1a ahonll to-
reive iustructions to i've the 1.fe nf American
gentlemen esnrly. to eyincs to tbs world the
simplicity sud worth Ut = Goseru,nont siyca Of
uod, not relying IN pomp OF dispisy, nof yct
copying after any other nAiioa. The leaders Of
faaAfoll having maas these changes, We may
then look tor Il reduction OF eItrasoeapce,
WasblilRton atmosphere will ts removed 81 itH
taiut. aud oticials and society roapl the health,
iul l0oting Of real matit aud Worth. oul5s,