Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-16

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NemoriaI Exercises --Gen. Egan
ward. ---Washlngton snOwbound'-I ne
weather Bureau "A Cheerful Liar.--Ec-
eentricities oftheCapitalyisitors -Ross'
nehut in the Senate.--A Nermonter's
Inyention.--PresIdent TO Take TIP
TO Cuba.
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
After the ratification of the peace
treaty Monday afternoon both houses
of Congress settled down to business
on routine matters, and from now 70
the fourth of March will hustle to get
through with the regular work remain
inc on hand. No more business OF
general interest win be transacted ana
from now on it will be grand rush TO
clean up the multitude of small ae-
tails. Ii is mostly appropriation bllls
VET remaining those necessary TO De
put through in order to keep me
wheels of government IN motion nntii
Congress reconvenes next December.
The possibility of an extra session
has entirely disappeared and It Is now
absolutely certain that there VIII De
none After the ratification OF the
treaty the only obstacle that remained
TO closing up the business on hand by
March 4th was the bill for the reor-
ranization of the army, and Gen. Miles
stated before a committee " ednesday
that the army could pull through until
December by extending the law one
wear under which it is now operating
Therefore the appropriation bills VIII
be rushed and the outfit viii scatter iof
home as soon after noon Of March TN
as the statesmen can pack their grips.
The memorial exercises in honor Of
senator Morrill, will be held Wednes-
day afternoon, Feb. 22d, Washineton.s
birthday. Several Of the most promi-
nent senators, those longest IN service
and more closely associated with The
deceased statesman, will deliver care
fully prepared addresses, rs VIII also
several OF the elder and more conspie-
uous members of the House. The
speakers have been selected from
among the dead senator's closest as
sociates. and their carefully prepared
tributes will be alike worthy the man
and time. and valuable contributions
to literature. Among the senators
likely to speak are Allison and Plat of
Connecticut, Davis, Hawley, Aldrich,
Morgan, Cockrel and Gray. From
such men will come tributes which will
be worthy Of preservation as state
papers.
The people and press of Washing
ton are disguised 1t the presidents
mitigation of the sentence of Gen.
Eagan to suspension from duty for six
years on full pay, after which he goes
on the retired list with the usual pay,
Possibly If they knew as much OF the
inside history of the case as the presi-
dent does they would either approve
of his course or consider it necessary
and unavoidable under the circum-
stances, but as they don't they assume
the right 10 kick. One newspaper here
suggests that all any officer in the
army or navy will now have 10 do in
order to escape all labor and respon-
sibility and at the same time draw tull
pay is to call one of his superior Off
GERS a id liar and take a courtmar-
tial like a dose of lilac pills for lazy
people This is the ordinary view.
The other view is out OF sight.
want to say right here and now
that | never will say another word
with mortal breath in praise of Wash
inoton as a winter resort. Ii | eyel
say anything about the weather, it viii
be only to give the actual conditions
for the time being. During the sixty
hours following last Saturday nigh
some over a foot of snow fell on thi'
entirely unprepared community, ant
as Peck's boy said of his father wear
inc limburger in his hat, 1.-THE scen'
beggared description Washington
doesn't know what to do with foot o
snow and the struggles of the populact
to accommodate themselves TO the en-
tirely changed conditions were sigh
for the gods and small colored boys
Once in a great while some citizen hai
something which resembles a sleigl
and he is the admiration of all be
holders and decidedly 'in it. All tn
business is done on wheels and during
the past week the tribulations of travc
and traffic have been something I'M
precedented. 1t was the heaviest fal
of snow for over thirty years, and witt
the succeeding fiercely cold weather
most of it is yet with us.
And right here again | want TO max
some slight reference to the weathe
bureau here, which furnishes tn
country at large with spring, summer
fall and winter. The weather burea
is a gigantic humbug. Ii is a Cheerful
and gorgeous liar. 1t lies from pur
cussedness and force of habit whe
everybody knows that it is lying an
it knows that everybody knows it. Fo
three or four days here when on
could not see across the street 70
snow, the weather bureau affirmed tbs
it was balmy and luscious weather an
that the little birds were singing
every magnolia tree in the parks.
predicted "warm south-easterly breei
es with rising barometer, warmer t,
morrow and then we knew we woul
awake in another blizzard in th
morning. And it was as we expected
As one illustrious Vermont editor nj
long ago said of the Ignorance (
another, at amounts to genius
refer to the lying of the bureau. 1t
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