The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-09-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.

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The recent appointments in the diff
ferent departments here will number
400. This will add during the year
million of dollars to the business in
terests Of the city.
The average government employe
is always impecunious, lives up to
what he gets and sometimes beyond
even Senators are "hard up" for a
sewing machine agent who inveigled
an august Senator into trying a ma
chine on the SO month installment
plan, gave him more trouble to get his
money than a clerk would. Month
after month he would run to the SEN
ator's house and was continually put
off and delayed ''but | was bound to
have the money" said he, "and by
lingo | got it at last" This ex-Sena-
tor has just been appointed to a high
office in the District government and
is already worrying the other commits
sioners worse than he did the machine
agent. From experience he has be-
come a machine" agent himself and
we look for lively times in district af-
fairs shortly.
Strangers visiting this city now,
who passed through during the war,
would be astonished at its changed
condition. Capitol Hill few years
ago was very Indifferent locality; a
few struggling houses here and there;
and now it has well paved streets, and
some Of the finest residences in the
city are on the "Hill.n Washington is
a pretty city, and it is due to the peo-
pie of the United States, through
their Representatives, that it is SO,
though this fact seems to be forgotten
by many, who consider Washington
the Capital of the Distrit of Columbia
instead of the Capitol Of the U. S.
Even our newspapers while boasting
of the prosperity Of the city claim
credit for it as force inherent in the
city, whereas it is entirely due to out
side influences The native cares little
for the prosperity of anything outside
of holding office. There are few phil
anthropic associations; very little con-
sideration by the wealthy for the we'll
being of the citizens generally, but q
grab-al idea seems to prevail that
leaves little room for noblier objects.
IF the poor are to be helped go to
Congress; if any plan is started for
the general good Congress must do the
bigger part, and yet the merchants
have plucked the government en-
ploye of everything-the millions paid
to employees go to them and there
ought to be public spirit enough
among them to build the Garfield
Hospital Monument without outside
aid.
The following advertisement from
Saturday nights "Critic" brings out
another candidate. "Wanted-A job
from blacking boots to President of
the United States; | want work and
mean biz. Address M. A. c., Critic
office" This chap appears to be of
better stamina than the other candi-
dates. A man who will black boots or
90 in for President, with an apparent
don't care a condemnation, which is
what we want these times. Such one
if President would be satisfied with
rolling around behind two horses in
stead of four. All the other candi
dates are unwilling to black boots but
display remarkable manifestation of
what the advertiser calls "biz" in
backing each other, and unlike him
they don't want work, but Office. Does
anyone suppose that, if this man had
been President in 1860 instead of
Buchanan he would not have put
shine on Johnny Secesh that he would
remember to the end of his days and
add new lustre the American name?
Senator Malone Of Virginia with
his own royal hand requested a bu-
reau officer, to send him list of Nir-
ginia voters, which was done; as the
was not entirely satisfac
tory he wrote again for more explicit
The patronage this man
receives is enormous. The admins
tration seems to act on the principal