Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-27

~ q ronsnlship IN Germany, which place
he hold Tor several years, uHiil the DEM
ocrate 81 his district elected HIN 10 con
RreaF lie has served three terms, but a
few weeks ago this ohio farmer was
tendered the second vlce,prcBdency OF
tha hest Iannossae, NisAinls & Gentgia
railf0ad, with headquarters az New York.
AZ the comfortable salary Of $4,000
year, The offer was made by Con
samuel Thomas and Calvin +, Brica
both OF whom arc warm personal
friends OF the congressman II
N one Of The unfortunate
features Of our political aystem thai
we Invariably lose from the public service
the best talent Ia both business aud pro.
feSalOnnl lines. Men herye tho stats only
when they cannot get anything better 20
do, ~ soon as they do Ret something
else they 20, aud tho public lntcrests sui.
ief Our government, II Il II worthy the
name, ana worth supporting Al all, ought
70 pay liberal enough sal1rles to cone
mand tho best talent the country Affords,
-.
qOEHn WAY or DoiNG 1tiiNOs.
Americans nave queer way OF doing
things. ~ N 40 tho country over. They
do not seem 10 have yet learned that
whatever " worth doing NJ All Is worth
doing we'll, The new city hall In Chicago,
which ~ tumblng 20 pieces, and the atate
capitol Of New York, the ceiling Of
WHOSE assembly chambers are falling In,
ARE eases IN point Philadelphia has now
nearly completed n city hall at the On0r.
nous expense Of s20,0G0,00O Paid iOrl
Bless you, no, aud IL WON'T be paid Tor
during Me prcaent nor the next genera
lion, n has tower upon II bg6 feet
high, greater altitude BY tqn feet than
the Washington monument, and the high.
cgt structure IA the world The statue o.
william Penn N 10 snfm0nut II. doubt,
however, whether William would enjoy
II, II be- knew his marble neck Naa riaked
at such an altitude, and IN such cons
apicuonJ place. Willlam PENN wae mod
est sort u 81 individual, and never took
such risks az standing IN such
an exposed position. II N hoped that
Philadelphia VIII take better care a its
costly marble pile than II has Of dome
of its buildings aud monuments
erected for tho Centennial exposition
Memorial hall " telling 10 pieces, al
though II cost the state 81 Pennsylvania
81 900 900. Jutt before Tie Centennial
exposition openad the Catholics o. the
United States erected fountain IN Fair.
mont park ~ cost N $4,000, hufrylng
n up somewhat Ia order 70 have u COM
pletod ~ the opening day. Il waH poorly
constructed, aud having since beeT feg,
iectod, II IL non falling % pieces. There
hos been 40 water ia II for MONTHS weeds
surround II on every side, and II
Is no wonder the Catholics are now max
Ing complaints about u, remember
one day during tic Centennial exposition
chanced 70 be IN fronl Of theart gallery,
where the reader may possibly remember
there were two great Peaassl guarding
the entrance. They stood 90 what 81
irat glance appeared 70 be hngn granite
basas On she day mentioned, ne
wOlkmen we're cauylng by huge IRON
door which was 70 bo hung n The err
gallery a. protection agsiusi IRE They
cnfcIessly vent TOO near pne
81 the gxenile basos, when no
proirndinR hinge N ne door
canaht fhf corner Of The block and NJ
went lho Whole aHaif The HRrarlte"
block Wae n0lhln9 more thap : wooden
box. ,Aeattftd OYefs aad tie Hester pol
ished 70 m4he Il look litc polished gray
grants. What enin6iei Nobody bnt
40 AtnfficAn would have thought u 4.
TbHfa we're stFerki fpFeleAeIs near WHO
aew Il and remember they lapghAd ~
our naliones weakness fi8ln heartily. ~
and by Ne WIN leaNDA costly ekpeflenef
70 bald opY STRUCTURES well, o. Dol build
them A{eiIl ApAMkfs