Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-10-20
WASHINGTON LITTER
From our regular &" r4spopden,.l

hands of the lnugswumps, it may b.
said that the President has not .indi
Gated bysword orr deed tba. he intend
doing anythi,g OF the kind Their,
is one thing, however, that the iPresi
dent has determined upon, and that i,
that the spoils element in the Demo
cratic part, shall not get the upper
hand OF him or get into. position HI
which they will be enabled to dictate
to him. 1t is this determination tina,
has antagonized SO many Of the spo,ls,
seekers who make the mistake .ol
berating the President for the ONE
great feature that creates the excel
lence of his administration. He IL
the President OF the people, aud no.
OF tho faction who suppose that he is
simply sent to Washington to dole
ont the Offices. He has been elected
BY the people to exercise his great
Office IN the improvement OF the pub
lie service and thus promote the pub
tic welfare. He said just this before
he was voted for by tho people, and
why should it be expected that 10
should cha"gey If cgreat Demo-
cratic ,p,rty cannot accept HIM as its
leader with the admirable purposes
that he has set out to accomplish, it
were better that it dlsband, and organ
ize under any platform that eliminates
patriotism and decency, to adopt the
the despicable motto Of the spoils-
man.
Washington is about to put on her
best bib and tucker to receive IN a|
suitable manner the man who was
mainly instrumental in making 1.-The
city the most beautiful and ATTRACTIVE
IN the. world. When Boss Shenhsrd
was It the head Of affairs in the )laisr
trict Of Columbia, he was. boss with
all that the name implies. He struck
out to make Washington what the
capital of a big country should bel |
the pride OF the American people and |
the envy of foreign visitors, and how
thoroughly he has done the work the |
streets and parks and general appear
ance OF the city abundantly demon
strate. 1t mattered not that Shop
herd practically impoverished the tax
payer of the District in the grading
and improvement of the Streets .by
the extavagant price that he paid for
both labor and material, for property
was enhanced in value to that aston
ishing degree that turned the tide of /.
bitter feeling against Shepherds 81
enc Of absolute admiration. Thei
government pays one half of the taxi
levy OF the city while the oitizens
pay the other half and little morsJ
because that for gas and water. i'll
|evied directly on the consumer, Ill
sxhorbtant rates. From 1868 to l874J !,
while Shepherd was in the vigor uff :
'is administration. he expended about
hirty-one millions of dollars in bring I
ng Washington out of its poor esta.Af
$ swamp and malarial swamp 81
hat, SO that beside the extraordinary
dvances in the value of real estatct
the CITY there was corresponding
lcrease in the healthfulness as we'll 6
the cleanliness of its population.
1hen the Potomac fats shall havei
zen dcepened and the sewerage, oil ;
g city completed as it is now pro- 4
'sed to complete it, there is no reasoa {.
hy Washington should not show as
szn q bill OF freedoms. from mortality u
any city in the United States. M
of which she stands Indebted: stbt
vs. Shepherd Z
The prospect thatthe occppatlqxAfI !,
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