Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-10

| enterprise has exceeded the requirements of old
markets he seeks new ones In estimating a
| nations greatness we set down Its commerce
and wealth along with its military prowess aud
the progress 1t has made In the arts. industries
| and sciences. The commercial spirit cannot be
confined within limits. It constantly grows and
| expands and reaches out, and drives govern
| ments on to conQuests.
-.
[ "New conditions exist to-day with reference
to commerce. Not only do the people Of the
United States feel that they must have greater
markets or stagnste. but the commercial spirit
of all the civilized peoples upon earth is impe-
Ing governments to seize new advantages and
establish new avenues and channels for trade.
IL is not to be left for us to go forth TO reap a
harvest In other countries without enc0unteruv
opposition; we will not be left to the unds-
| turbed enjoyment Of even our home markets
unless we show q disposition, Q determination
to keep what we have and to gather in our
share of whatever else may offer.
-.
| "The Nicacagua canal has become q necessity
for the United States There was time when
it was only theory, dream, that some day
| it might be advantageous to u.s. Now, We must
! have it. Not only because without it our In
situations will be threatened with suffocation,
but also because without 1t we can neither
build up foreign nor conserve our domestic
commerce. Then because it may not suit Great
Britain to unite with US in building the canal
shall it be said that. in the widely different cir
cuinstances by which we are surrounded. we
must be bound by an agreement which was in
sane even when it was contracted and has never
commanded the respect of the other party? Is
| 1t in the power of this or any other nation to
thus bind itself to Its own hurt ?"
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The Senate are giving Capt. Eads great
deal of unnecessary trouble; they have COM
PEELED him to shift his quarters from the room
OF the committee on naval affairs to the Butler
building, opposite the Capitol which has been
rented for use as Senate committee rooms &c.
/ 1t Is true that Senate employees were made tn do
the work OF taxing down his model Of the Te-
huantepec ship railway conveying it over to the
other building and putting it up again. But
still IL was putting the gallant captain to great
deal of inconvenience, and was piece Of mere
thoughtlesSness.
This generosity towards this particular
scheme opens up perfectly dazzling prospect
to the gentlemen of the vestibule. No more
cooling OF heels with the common herd out in
the corridors! No more rebuffs from busy Con-
gressmen who will not receive cards during the
session! No hi! Each and every scheme tor
getting money out Of the Treasury will be pro-
d
appointed. and equipped with clerk or so. and
messenger or two. with laDOrers galore to
do the heavy work. and all paid for out of the
public treasury. No one who is not an abso-
lutte porker could ask any thing better than that.
Ex-Secretary Thompson who is an American
citizen and consequently sovereign. has the
''age" on duke. That is. Thompson used to
be citizen Of the United States; he may, how
ever. have accepted French citizenship since he
became the attorney for NJ. De Lesseps France
mas g,ne in for annexation and colonization
very extensively and has picked up some very
queer bargains lately. There's no telling.
Perhaps. ifthe two men can't agree, however,
whether Thompson shall float the lilies of France
over the door of the Presidents room, or
whether Senator Edmunds shall turn out so
that the other fellow may display the gorgeous
arms of an ancient duchy on the panels of the
wee PRESIDENTS room: then. and in that case
Congress might address a respectful petition to
DE Lesseps praying that he may settle the dis
pute by Indicating. over his own seal and with
the approval Of the French government, which
is the ''rankingest man" of the two.
Jay Gould would then of course be comfort
ably ensconced in the room of the committee on
railroads; the whisky men will avail themselves
room Of the committee on finance. &C., &C.
Meanwhile. the poor devils who have Just claims
against the government pending before Con-
gress may 20 hungry; they have no business to
be poor.
Senator said the other day, ."De Lesseps
can afford to spend million dollars to defeat
the Nicaraguan treaty. and he won't hesitate to
do it, either. The lobby will be grand and a
powerful one, and the enemies to the reciprocity
treaties will unite with the enemies of the
Ncaraguan treaty, and they will make common
cause against all treaties. Outsiders have no
conception of the admirable system of lobbying
that has already begun operations here against
all the treaties, and especially that with Mica
ragua."
The nandOlfne Girl.
Written for THE EVENING STAR.
Fine features set cameo-llke, on ground
OF raven tresses that lovingly curl,
While streamers OF fllmy lace float round