Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11

ChAis ~ h"o "a l't'SotN Ut tAS az
of events happening every day,
pointing Enthusiastically TO the neces,
sity of our having a navy repre-
sentative of our National greatness,
growth and prosperity that Con-
gress would at this session continue
the work commenced by the last
Congress and order the building of
a sufficient number Of modern style
vessels to take the place of the rot
ten tubs in which our navy now
"goes down to the sea-" but on the
contrary to pose before the country
as economists, while the treasury is
overlooking with money, this Con-
gress has not only not ordered the
building of new vessels, but has act
ually reduced the naval appropria-
ton to so low figure that it will be
impossible to keep up the present
miserable excuse Of naval estab-
lishment. The Senate however, has
added to the naval bill an appropri-
alton of several millions for the con-
struction of at least six new cruisers
and it is to be seen whether this
cheese pairing House will ignore the
recommendations of the President
and Secretary of the Navy, the ac-
ton of the Senate, and the demands
of the country. Some of those
would-be statesmen place all their
opposition to the building of a navy
at this time on the ground that if
vessels are ordered they will be
built by John Roach. Did states
manship ever reach such heights be-
fore, when representatives Of the
people are willing to let all interests
perish rather than a particular indi-
vidual shall aid in the preservation
of those interests? Such fimsy,
false pretense is scattered to the
four winds when it is known that
all vessels built under the present
administration are let to the lowest
| bidder and all have a chance to bid.
If Roach can do the work cheaper
than any other he should have it,
and of him it may be said that he
has done more to build up what lit,
tie appearance of shlp-building we
have in America than all Others
combined, and has received less rec.
ognition for his service from the
country. Roach or no Roach, We
want Navy, one that can proudly
float our flag, and vessels whose
very sight will carry with them the
impression of their power.
Senator Platt made a long and
quite able speech on Monday in ia
vor of his bill providing for the
organization Of the Patent Office
into an Independent Department.
and for giving it control of The
building known as the Patent Office
and Of the fund pertaining to thai
Office. He gave some curious his
torical facts connected with the ear
ly granting of patents, and pre-
sented much interesting data re
specting the relationship of thu
patent laws to the progress of inven
ton. 1t is undoubtedly needed
that the inventors of the countr,
should be afforded relief by provid
ing force and means in the Patent
Office sufficient to insure a thorough
speedy and proper examination o
applications, for which their fee
are now more than sufficient, but i
is doubted whether it would be wis,
to either elevate the Patent Ofiic
into a separate and Independent
Department, or to give it control o
what is known as the Patent Oflic
building. The head of each exccu
tive Department should be mem
Der of the Cabinet, and there seem
to be no good reason why the Pa
tent Commissioner should be mad
. one of the Presidents Counselors
nor is it seen how the inventor
would be benefited thereby. Agai
the business of issuing patents ha
| already quite out-grown the presen
building. 1t probably possesses sui
, ticient room for the present, if al
| other offices and bureaus were re
f moved therefrom, but it is lily q
} dapted to the preservation of tn
S patent records and the work of ex
t aiming and treating application
= and issuing patents. The bette
plan would be, in your correspond
, ent's view to construct a new Pa
D tent Office building, and abando
: the present edifce to the Secretar
o Of the interior and tho huraaus nov