Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-26
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
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Contrary to what | have hitherto
written you, the extra session VI Con-
gress has been called for October. in
stead of June. Watever the motives
of the President may have been in
deferring the assembling Of Congress,
he has taken a very grave RESPONSE
bility upon himself. 1t is an open
question whether he can support the
army without violating the law. He
certainly cannot without going di-
Arectly counter to the expressed wishes
of the last Congress. Even suppos-
ing that he succeeds in preventing
the loss of all discipline in the army
"A loss almost certain to follow the
failure to pay regularly-he is in
ficting untold suffering and enor-
. nous loss upon the officers of the
army and navy, who will be COM
n1elled to resort to all manner of
schemes to secure the means of liv-
ing. He has taken step which he
will probably have cause to regret,
and the evil possibilities of which
no one can fathom.
The recent accident at the New
York Post Office, sad as it was, caus-
ing the loss of several lives, will have
at least one good effect. twill final
ly extinguish the late supervising
architect, Mullett, who was plotting
to be restored to Office. The tax
payers of the country will breathe
easier for this. A few years ago there
was necessity for an extension of the
plain brick building known as the
Government Printing Office, and
Mullett prepared plans for it. for
get just how near a quarter of a mil
lion was called for, but remember
that another architect had all the
necessary work done at an expense
of forty thousand dollars. A few
such men as Mullett would bankrupt
the nation.
The only noticeable things about
the large number of appointments
soon to be made are that many of
the lucky ones will be Ohioans, and
the Cameron clique will probably
have its nose put still further out of
joint. It was getting to be little
monotonous, even before Hays came
in, to hear the name of Ohio states
men mentioned whenever a va
cancy occurred in q public Office.
Whether the place was large or
small, the Republican party of Ohio
1rd the right man for it. Few will
regret that Simon Cameron is to lose
power in Pennsyl vania, though it
will be we'll to wait before congrat-
ulating ourselves too much to see
who succeeds him. So far as
changes are indicated in Louisiana
and in the South generally, they are
not such as to give satisfaction.
In this connection it is noticeable
that the Northern men who are cali
ing upon the President, presumably
on the subject of Federal patronage.
are not men in good standing as
party men, but are of the classes
known as independents. reform
ers" and conservative Republicans
As some Of them vii doubtless - Go
Mexs, II - well for yoa t9 knox
son.ethins Of their prviegsctions-
The President has taken great
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