Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Correspondence of the FREE PREss.l
WAsHlNGToN, Sept. {.


WAsHINGToN, Sept. :.
The administration, or rather what is
left of it in Washington, is thoroughly
demoralzed. 1t became too hot Tor Whit
ney, too bored for brother Endicott and
too electrical for Garland. The president
was compelled to take vacation on his
physicians recommendation that his
health was failing fast and he would soon
fade away to Il mere skeleton. Mr. Bay
ard is the only man who has had the for
titude to stick it out and the whole world
knows what a blunder he has made. He
is scoffed at by all the diplomats here and
is only regarded as Il standing joke. When
the president returns from his summer
jaunt he will have nothing to do but to
sit up nights and watch David b. Hill
with shot gun There is no getting
round the fact that Hill is Cleveland's
most prominent rival for the nomination
i'll IS, despite what appears in the demo
cratic administration organs to the effect
that he is not In fact there is tremen-
dous rivalry existing ana each are striv-
ing their utmost to accomplish their re-
spective ends. Cleveland with his egotis-
tic head and unbalanced mind has, in his
endeavors to gain popularity. created an
| intense disgust for himself and party
| His own friends who supported him in 'S4,
have now gone over to the Hill faction
Manning the man who brought him out
and who made him president ts now use
| less and without his aid Cleveland could
not today get one-thrd the delegates
! from New York state. He has no other
! man with wire pulling talent at his back.
| From present appearances there will be
the grandest old howl in New York the
Empire State when IS boOms along that
we have had Tor many a day.
il troI n
on the presidents pension vetoes and he
is receiving some terrible raps from his
own administration men. 1t is said that
| Congressman Hoffman of Indiana termed
them blanked outrages on loyal mort h
and the man that made them was cop.
perhead anyhow, so what more could be
expected. This from big democrat too
1t has been brought to light that the mon
ey saved on the vetoes little more than
covers the bill for repairs of his conser
vatory. 1t may be well to say here that
he and Mrs. Cleveland are both passion
not seem to recOllect that he has private
secretary paid by the people and whom
he sent to New York and about in genera
to look after his wedding affairs. Taking
all of Lannon'S time occupied on thi,
sort OF work, together, it amounts tc
about two or three months. Why didn
he veto the bill providing for Davis's saa
ry and send message to Congress asking
them to deduct three months pay and thai
he, personally would make up the def
cit If he is as honest as he pretends t,
be why didn't he do that ? Oh no Grow
er thinks too much of No. /. Why ddn'
he when the bill providing for apprOpria
tions for the revenue cutter in which hi
bride came ashore which went cavortinl
around New York harbor for two or tire,
days with Dan Lamont and select par
w., on Doard who made up a government
Dlll OF over a thousand dollars for "sun
dries" ON the cutters expense list. WI,
didn't he veto this 1t is a thousand
times more unreasonable than an allow
ance made poor soldier who was MAIN
Ell III the service of his country. But theI
! suppose Mr.. Cleveland goes on the plan
That when you are in Rome do as tn,
Romans do" He sides with treason which
is as fragrant at the capital now as it wa!
% years ago at Richmond. In fact it l.
all the raIe. The dudes have even caugh
on ana Affect the rebel air AID 'Secesh'
sWagger. a man IL almost afraid to ad
mt that he was i'll the union army fol
lear OF beng socially oStracised. Their,
Will be strong fight over the vetoes thi.
lall when Congress meets ana the chance
are That great many of them VIII pass.
great many lawyers now come t,
Was hlngton ana engage in Congressional
legislation. Most of them are eX mem
beers who have regular salaries from larg
very able ANA are quite expert at defeat
ing or obstructing legislation as the cas-
may be. EX Senator Mcdonald has turn
ed his hand to Congressional practice bu
does not apparently meet with much sue
cess. The most successful lawyer at tn
capital and before the departments is Col
l.. ID. NJ Sweat of Portland Maine. ii
represents the Northern Pacific rairoa
here and never has been known to los
his case, He scored Il great victory las
winter when the bill to forfeit all tn
Northern Pacific lands from Bismarc
west came up. BY skillful manpuvrin
he managed TO get different bills passe
| by both houses and then of course il con
5 ference committee had to be appointed
and of course failed to agree. The senat
; would never consent to a forfeiture of al
; the lands but were willing to let - mile
+ of unfinished branch road revert to tn
| public domain. The house in the nteres
: of the dear people wanted it all to rever
ana so neither one accomplished their de
T signs BY December the branch road Wi
he finished and no excuse can then be oil
: fered for that forfeiture. So by the abilit
: and general activity of Col Sweat tn
, Northern Pacific is In several millions @
acres OF land for "a penny saved is a pei
ny earned" you know.