Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
HARRIS WRITES OF A VARIETY
OF THINGS INTERESTING.


Setyic. a GIganI Humbug.-LihelN
soon to BE ADoiished.-N hat shan
We DO Win Cuba a LeauIng Ours
tioa.-Mhy We Ought to Grant the Is
land Independence.
WAsHINGToN, APRIL -.
DEAR VERMoNTERs That | have
refrained for so long from intlleting
myself on YOU and your patient and
Iono-suffering readers should promote
a feeling of gratitude and rehef III
your noble hearts, and possibly the III
PERMISSION may have given you
strength to endure another dose. In
any event please give me the credit oil
sparing YOU for Il time.
Washington il at its best now, al
though many congressman are yet
here and the beef commission stu
Tngers. The scent of the masses OF
fowers in which the city is buried sort
of aIleyiates and counteracts the beel
odor. however. and the town Is de-
cidedly a thing OF beauty. From the
fifteenth of April TO the first oil June,
Washington il the most beautliui anu
desirable residence spot on eaFll'
About the middle of June the sun 5
rays prevail to such an extent thal the
NIGHTS are hot enough even for good
corn weather. You know what that
means When the heat begins to
soften up the concrete and take tIe
naiut off the bronze statues, 1t Is tithe
10 flee rs bird to the mountains OF
shore and call Tor iced ginger peer
Rnt for the next six weeks the city Is
hover of bloom. the birds give con
tinuous entertainments, the alr i,
inst the right size, AMI is illled WIN an
the balm there is in Gilead ana over
against ole Nirginny. Too b3a
f6at in a few short months the birds
and flowers will have had their day
and that the town will be oVeriio"h
Inv the usual brand Of Congress.
/ isn't II? a-a
So much for Washington in these
DAYS. Society has gone into rs noe
and. unlike the measly woodchaek'
win hibernate until tall. Several sen
.tors and members OF the House are
here vet. and many more are cohtih-
ually coming and going, lhelr eliei
/ business now is advising the adillih-
istration and telling the reporters
which way the country is drifting,
REGARDLESS of the social and political
sta9nation. | have discovered a ie"
facts regarding one or two matters
which may interest you.
4 League of Republican WORKERS
is about to be organized here, devoted
to the overthrow OF what Is known Is
civil service reform" The member
shin roll has already been signed 10y
nearly three thousand of the most in
tluential and prominent Kepuollcah'
of the city, and it IL proposed TO or
panize by the election OF ofhcefs III
9bout two weeks. 1t is also proposed
10 organize in every state in the union
before the next Congress meets IN pe
rember. The members believe thai
the administration should prefer thost
who made it and put it in power II
1.-The filing of public offices rather thaI
those who worked and voted a4alls
il. You may call this the "spoils doe
trine" or whatever you please, but the
f;,ct will remain that it is justice, fair
ness, decency and straight business
| tell YOU, mv friends, that the nearer
one oets to the inside workings OF clHl
service. the more he is convinced OF
the utter humbug and hypocrisy OF the
whole system 1t is swindle anc
fraud. the refuge of holler-than-thou
muuwumperv, and the asylum OF
gang of political nondescripts. The
commission employs a force OF som'
hundreds of professors ana clerk'
whose sole business it is to squelcl
those who have borne the heat ant
, burden of the day, and the govern
f ment-which is the peoples pawn.
vast sum yearly for the maintenance
and perpetuation OF this incubus. nv
out of every seven members of eithe
, House of Congress are heartily IN iavo
, OF the suppression Of this sham anu
they have the courage OF their oplnlo
and knowledge, win certainly repea
it at the next session.
e. Another matter of the most vita
e importance Just now to every Amer
+ can is the Cuban problem. what
the United States going TO do, or Whl
: does il want to do with Cuba y
'- policy has been definitely declared :
h defined as vet. and the idea OF the az
r. miuiStraton seems TO bc 10 wan "H
see how matters in the island will tar
. out. or. in other words, to let the prot
= lem work itself out and take the col
Il someone's of manifest destiny
~ This appears to be the intention, 9
. the face Of the situation, but a. a ma
," ter OF fact. it is nothing OF the Kin
er II is the intention and dcterminati'
= of thi, government to annex the islal
le at the earliest practicable moment.
~. have the best oil reasons for belleyll
W that the administration never will re
'e oanize a Cuban government. l dol
It, believe it possible for the Cubans
re organize government which y
-a would recognize. Whatever they q
we will find some excuse for denyi
I'M its validity and authority.
d. This being promised on the We
od best of grounds. let rs see what
- outlook is. What is the situation
IN ~. present? The legally elected and G.
I'D stituted Cuban legislature has d
on solved by it, own vote. In the face
lar the military power of the Unit
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