News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., |
April 81. 1884.

defeat in the vocabulary of the Re-
publican party in this year of 1854,
and it is this fact that has caused an
over production of candidates for the
nomination. Arthur, Blaine, Logan,
Grant, Sherman, Edmunds, Harrison,
Gresham, Lincoln, or any equally
good Republican can be elected. 1t
can be set down as beyond question
that whoever the convention IN Its
wisdom selects, will receive the sup
port of the whole party, the blatant
croakels to the contrary notwlthstand-
ing. Here, where from all parts OF
the country come representative men,
where Members and Senators are IN
daily receipt of news from their con-
stituents, where the public sentiment
of the country focalizes, you cannot
find an intelligent democrat who will
risk his reputation for prescience on
the statement that there is any pros
pect of Democratic success this fall.
The party is demoraiized to such an
extent, and so divided on the living
issues that you cannot find any two
out of company of three to agree
upon anything, and as for the matter
of Presidential nominee, they are
like so many buzzards looking for
carcass that they may fatten on 1t.
The only hope of the party was an
chored in Samuel J. Tilden. 1t was
believed that he could be galvanized
again into life and by the laying on
of hands and manipulations of the
political doctors induced to enter the
contest, that public sympathy could
be invoked and he be elected; but
with his positive declination all hope
has died out and the contest virtually
surrendered.
1t is a mistaken idea, however, that
if Tilden could have been induced to
run, public sympathy for "the sorrows
of the poor old man" would cause them
to elect him to the highest office in
the peoples gift. What the Ameri-
can people to-day desire and demand
is vigorous health, courageous deter
mination and the full fruition of man
hood in their representative in the
White House; and if Mr.. Iilden
were nominated, ere the canvass had
fairly got commenced, he would De
laughed out of the race. No one
knows this better than himself, unless
in his great feebleness he has reached
the period of ''secoud childishness
and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans
eyes, sans taste, sans everything, he
is willing to be led and posed before
the people as one of the might-have-
beens. 1t is right that men should
have their personal preferences,
and ere the meeting of the convention
fairly, openly and honestly, to make
manly fight for their favorites, but
it is equally imperative that good Re
publicans should retain from personal
abuse and utilization of those who
are not their first choice, so that
when the convention in its wisdom
shall select a standard bearer all may
unite in giving to him an honest,
earnest support.
On Saturday last after lengthy
debate, tie House, by vote of 1872
yeas to 10 nays, passed the bill to es-
tablish and maintain a Bureau of La
Dor Statistics. We LOW have Bureau
of Education, Bureau of Agricul-
ture, and periodical Bureau of Cen
lsus. Chairman Hatch will at an
early day report the Committee on
Agriculture a bill to create Depart
ment of Agriculture. What should
be done in the premises is to estab-
fish Department of Industry, which
should have charge of the Bureaus of
Agriculture, Education, Census and
Labor, thus uniting in one, all the
industrial interests. Such depart
ment properly organized would prove
the most important of all others to
the people, and be sufficiently COM
prehensive IN its scope to entitle it to
the dignity of department of the
government. The attempts to create
departments of single bureaus, such
as Lands, Patents, Agriculture, ETC.,
are all wrong, as they tend to make
4 the Cabinet council too large, but by
grouping homogeneous bureaus the
numter of departments are kept in
bounds, and the labor of supervision
lessened.
The expedition for the relief O
Lieutenant Greedy and party is quite
nearly ready to start. The advance
ship, the Bear, will probably sal
from New York this week. The Thets
the Alert, and perhaps one or two
other vessels VIII follow. 1t is pretty
early in the season for ships of any
character to attempt TO approach The
north seas, but fears are entertained
that if Greely is not soon reached h
will perish for want of food. Chic
engineer Melville, of the Jeannett
expedition, will go on this one. H
has serious domestic troubles, ant
seems glad, with all the dangers tina
attend the expedition, that he ha
been designated as commander o
one of the several crews, as it afford
him a chance of getting away from
: some of the things that worry him s.
terribly. Lieutenant Hunt, who wa
on the steamer Rogers, which went i
search of the Jeanette, has decide
to 90, and will command the Bear
! Notwithstanding he suffered as much
! nearly, on his former expedition, a
, Melville. Lieutenant Emory will ais
! go. He will leave a beautiful HON
! and charming family, but the fascina
!. tions of Arctic exploration seem t
( overtop these. 1t is sincerely hope
4 that all will return alive, and tina
. they will bring Greedy and his me
, back safe and sound. Secretar
i Chandler and a party Of prominen
naval officers will visit New York t
7 witness the departure of the pionee
: vessel of the expedition.
i, Hon. W. III. Calkins, has returne
: from his trip to Indiana and report
3 all the fences repaired and State i
good condition for the Novembe
: election. We do not know how Nj
. Calkins feels about the matter, bl
$ we do know he would make an exec
! lent Governor for the State and q
5 credit to even the highest Office
. which the people of the State and Il
+ nation conid elect him.
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