Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-19
SYMP ATHY WITH BOERS
Pressing Demand For Govern
ment Action.
NOTHING Is LIKELY TO BE DONE.
Great Britain would Resent Any Of
fcisI Expression of Good Feeling
For rho south African Republics
Old Spanish Guns.

in every part of the country, as evil
denced by the receipt of letters by sen
ators and representatives, is giving no
little concern to the Republicans.
There seems to be q constant demand
for action by this government, or at
least for the adoption of resolution
by congress or something of the kind
which will express in an official man
ncr the feelings of the people OF
course the men who are receiving
these communications realize that
Great Britain would regard any action
by this government as distinctly I'M
friendly, and further than the tender
OF good Offices. which has already been
made. it seems that there is no other
official action for the United States.
This does not satisfy people who do
not care whether Great Britain is of
Tended or not, and there seem to be
enough of them to make many mem
bers of congress uncomfortable. II
shall have to vote for resolution of
sympathy II it ever comes up" said
one of the well known Republicans
who usually stand by the party lead
ers MY people are all one way" he
continued, and | am not going to go
against their expressed wishes"
Probably No Vote.
do not believe there will be n vote Of
sympathy. however, for the very reason
that many prominent members of both
houses believe that such a vote would
be an act tending to cause strained re
lations with England and, further,
would embarrass the administration
and our state department There are
numerous ways Of preventing such Il
vote. Both senate and house are rich in
parliamentary expedients to avoid
what the leaders do not want to do and
which a majority would pass if it had
an opportunity. But at the same time
from every section come suggestions to
the congressman that something in the
way of sympathy for the Beers would
he popular. and the men receiving these
suggestions would be glad OF an OPP
portunity to extend that sympathy If
it could be done without disturbing the
international equilibrium.
For weeks, running into months, Gov
ernor Brady of Alaska has been a reg
ular attendant upon the sessions of
the senate and has been about the cap
itol day after day with an anxious mir
He has been hoping that the big bill
providing for a civil government OF
Alaska will get through some time
This is one of the bills to which there
is no opposition apparently, and yet il
, has had a very hard time. In the first
place, because the bill was so long. the
committee took great deal Of time &c
consider it, For the same reason the
senate compelled it's reading to be done
at times when no other business coulc
be transacted, and its consideration Ii
the senate is only at times when Other
business does not interfere Governor
Brady says that unless there is speedy
action there will be no hope for legis
lation this session. and the many thou
sands of people already in Alaska anC
the hundred thousand to go there this
spring will be without government
That accounts for his anxiety.
When Governor Brady goes back tC
! Alaska. he expects to take with him /;
fine bust of William II. Seward whcl
the friends and admirers OF that states
men are going to present to Alaska a
a memorial of the great work Seward
accomplished in the purchase Of thu
territory from Russia.
Old Spanish Guns.
ol ho ita1 ut ri
GUS navy yards and forts, are types o
guns which the United States has cap
tured in different wars. There ar
guns captured in the Revolution. tn
war of 1872. the brush with Tripoli
| the Mexican war, while numerous oh
solete guns of the civil war used OF
, both sides are stacked up in rows 70
the benefit of sghtseerS. In the Span
ish war a large number have been OF
taiued and. although it was well I'M
, derstood that Spain could remove nj
l the ordnance from Cuba, the fact It
mains that large number of ancien
guns that were Il part of the defense
/ of Cuba have found their way to tn
t United States In the court which III
VIII II ~
of them. and queer lot they are too
There are guns 200 and 800 years oil
\ and of such pattern as to have bee
useless for warfare during the past .
years. There are old mortarS an
. howitzerS of bronze and brass an
! wooden carriages, upon which the
; were mounted.
- Faster Parndes.
There was Il pleasant custom /
! vogue in Washington which has bee
= killed by our mixed population. Ever
! Easter Sunday the smart settle We
men in new gowns and hats, the me
with the latest fashions in coats an
, trousers--took n stroll on ConnecticU
: avenue, Up and down the street the
walked, exchanging greetings and SCI
ing what each other wore. Tho "Eai
{ ter sunday parade" in Washingto
was a distinct feature, Now it is II
S more. The avenue is crowded, but NJ
> with the smart set or fashionable pee
r pie, The colored people have broken
3 up. The races will not mix social,
= and this was social event. The go
a ored people could not he kept off I'll
avenue, and the white people abandon