Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-06-06
Washington Letter.
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WASHINGTON. d. c.. May 10. 1873.

IT, ne Editor Of the .iraw Courier:
The District of Columbia seems to be
difficult place to manage. Congress is al
ways in stew about its government ant
nobody is ever satisfied with the way j,
which it, affairs are disposed Of. Nobody
ever did 50 much for the improvement o
Washington as city and as the great Ma
tional Capitol as did Governor Shepherd
and nobody in all the country has ever beer
SO slandercd. abuse. and maligEed as lie
and all for that same much needed improve
mcnt. That ne expended a great amount
of money is true. but 10 convert a monster
mud hole into one Of the cicanest and most
beautiful cities in the Union. with its parks
fountains. statuary and other ornamental
tionS. required vast expenditures. Wash
ingtOn is no more improved now than II is
II Get the United States Capitol should be.
Indeed, there are still additions that could
Droiitably be made. 4 lack Of drinking
fountains Throughout the city is very up
parent. for one thing: and the absence OF
public out-ot-,lOors tm"-peces is another.
There isn't clock in Washington where
one can see the time without going out OF
his way. Ii is strange that they are not
to be seen upon every one OF the principal
Government buildings. Thcrcare enough
of them inside of all those. Of course. but
none on the churches. city hall nor post
office none anywhere outside.
The other day in the House of Repre-
sentativcs Mr.. Cox. the witty Sunset. spoke
of Ex-Governor Shepherd in a slightly
sneeling way. which, Mr.. Shepherd replied
to through one of the morning papers
day or two later. Several letters passed
between the two. al. of which were pub
lishcd. end. some of which were in any
thing but Il friendly tone.
For more than "A year better United
States Navy has beer talked Of cried up
and cried down. favored and objected to.
praised and rdiclllcd. 1t has seemed that
all this talk has amounted TO nothing, but
doubtless il has been an effective process OF
ripcning OF the project and bring it to cul-
mination. At all events there is now COM
paratiyely little objection to the plan. if we
Judge from the result of n conference held
last week between the Secretary of the
Navy, the heads OF the bureaus of the
Navy Department and the House Commit
tee on Naval Affairs. Wien a general re-or-
ganization Of the Navy was discussed and
the unanimous agreement was TO the effect
that the United States should build new
Navy equal in AL respects to the dcmands
and emergencies OF modern naval warfare.
Surely. such world-important Repub-
lie as our Government now represents
should support Il Navy of sufficient
strength TO protect her in any and every
supposcable case, which it does not do at
present. Nor does it support such an
army. There should be no chance for any
.chat ifs. They should all be covered by
certain protection.
4 good amount Of wary caution is eX
hibitcd by the movers in the matter of a
re-opening Of the electoral count muddle.
Things have gone so fan in that direction
now. however. that il is hard to see how |
another investigation is to be avoided if
such should be the wish Of the country at
large. Public affairs have reached a strange /
pass when Senators and Representatives |
openly condemn President and that I
President serencly remains at his post
without az much as calling his officers to
account for such sayings and such con-
demnations.
Probably some of our willy, deep-sceing.
ruling politicians see. or think they see.
the end of this confused state of affairs.
and the results; but we confess we are not
fir-sightcd enough.
ADAMS,