St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

! S"PPAMS hHA-RepfescHAuuNc AkHy
BilI-MeIhOdist Conferences I'll
: Census-The Grip-Debate ON IL
, Hawaiian Bill.
! (From our regular correspondent.
Every week brings some new SCI
! sation in our political life in Wasl
ington. Much surprise was felt o
hearing that Webster Davis had rt
turned home from the Transvaal
where he had been sent by the UniteC
States government, and had resigned
his position in the State Department
with the intention Of going rount
the country to make addresses il
favor of the Beers. Mr.. Davis i
called quite an orator and has held {
good position, and people here fail tt
see the true reason ofthis new depar
ture. What does he expect to &C
complish for the Beers by thi:
course! Does he hope to get the Uni
ted States government to wage wal
with England? Have we not had all
OF the experience in wars and revolu-
tons that we desire for the present,
that we should be trying to interfere
with friendly country after they
politely but decidedly declined to
have us act as a mediator? How
should we regard such an act on the
part OF some prominent member of
the English government in our Phil
lppine war? People argue that if the
man rs so charged with patriotism,
1t would seem more natural that he
should continue to serve his own
government and country rather than
one so far distant, but it has been
suggested that there may be some
pecuniary consideration back of all
this. Time will probably bring more
light to bear on the matter and indi.
cate whether purely patriotic mo-
tives are the leading ones.
The latest sensation is the an
nouncement of the candidacy of Ad-
miral Dewey TO be the next Presi-
dent. 1t was thought to be huge
newspaper joke, perpetrated for
April FOOLS day by many, but later
reports confirm the story and state
that he is willing to run as an indie.
pendent candidate for either party,
although confessed democrat. No
one seems to acknowledge to be the
author or promoter of the scheme.
Some think the democratic party
lash has been brought to bear so
sharply and tenaciously upon the
gold democrats that some reaction
follows naturally to declare that no
delegates shall be sent to Kansas
lily unless pledged or sworn to &C.
'ept Bryan's platform and candidacy
'ounds very Bryanish and too much
Ike dictator, some of the gold dem.
'crats feel, and it has been thought
hey might rebel, especially as he
will not yield one iota in his silver
blank. The country is now in a
prosperous condition, as it was dur
ng the administration of President
harrison, but during the Cleveland
administration we experienced a
.reat prostration in our business in.
ustrles; do we wish to return to
hat condition again? Wehave heard
he statement made by many parties
this city this winter, that Admiral
'ewey did not care to be President
the United States and was per-
city satisfied to be the great adj
lirai, but there seems to be pretty
eneral belief that his wife is a yerv
mbitlous lady and is exceedingly
esirous to dispense the Inequalities
the White House, and tits thought
nat she and her family have been
rging the matter upon him, against
is own good judgment. 1t is now
1ought to be too late in the dav to
om1nate another candidate, since it
pretty well understood that Nc.
-inley and BRYAN are the two A.
candidates. If he had
ccepted the candidacy last fall when
was on the crest of the wave, verv .
osslbly he might have received the
fhce, at least the nomination. but
ow 1T is too late in the day and be.
des he has never had any experience &
statesman, which is considered
Indispensable.
Inc South have great longing to F
&c one OF their own number a Vice a
resident and since General Lee was f
u aside, they have their eye on Gen f
'al Wheeler, as their leader. BRYAN
poke OF the Eastern states of the =