Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-01-24
Especial Correspondence. ]

been made. We find people every
where speaking of Washington as a
beautiful city. l think it is becoming
largely a city of education on broad
lines. 1t is certainly a beautiful place
for any one to live in.
81 have no doubt that the people of
the country at large are growing more
and more in favor Of making this the
city of the country-a city worthy Of
the position it occupies as the capital
of the nation. So far as l can remem-
Der l have never heard an objection
from any one in California against
making the capital as beautiful as it
is possible to make it. / should be very
glad to see something done with the
White House, which is inadequate for
the purposes it is intended to fulfill.
l find a much more favorable feeling
toward the District of Columbia in
congress now than when | was here in
the Forty congress. 1t was then
hard to make congress feel that it
should do much for this city,"
Few Offices to BE Filled.
If the president continues in the
same frame of mind as he has for
some time, there will be few important
changes in the vast army of office
holders after March 4. The president
holds the view that the officeholders
believe they were ''re-elected' when
the November elections sustained the
chief executive and his party. They are
all looking forward to four more years
and do not expect to be molested.
There is already some demand on the
president for diplomatic, consular and
other good places in the government
service, but the president is giving no
encouragement to the friends of ap-
plicants. On the other hand, he is
rather diScouraging in his remarks. He
has given several statesmen to under
stand that unless vacancies occur in
the usual way there will be no open
ings for candidates. 1t is probable
that the president would like to give
places to some warm friends and
earnest supporters, but he cannot do
so when he has nothing TO give. There
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urges that those who have had four
years In the green fields Of political
life should give way to others who
have worked for years for the party
and its candidates without receiving
any reward. This element, however,
holding office under the president are,
with few exceptions, most competent
men, rejecting credit upon themselves
and their government, and the presi-
dent will take no chances in making
needless changes. At any rate he will
tions to persons who banker after gov
ernment service.
Inaugural Day Decorations.
The inaugural committee will make
a strenuous endeavor to have the street
decorations and illuminations more
handsome and dignified than on any
former occasion. Chairman Edson's
idea is that every householder and
merchant along the line Of march, and
throughout the city, for that matter,
shall display an American flag from
every window Of his or her premises.
The committee would like for the peo-
pie to get away, it is understood, from
the old idea of decoration, which in
cluded an incongruous stringing of
varicolored bunting that with the first
touch of rain either faded out entire
ly or else mingled its colors so that
oIn un.
slightly.
Mr.. Edison believes that flags float
Ing from all windows make the best,
the most uniform and the handsomest
of decorations, and he urged upon
Chairman Wine of the subcommittee
on street decoration the Importance
of bringing out this style of building
adornment in the work of his commit
teemen. Mr.. Edson's idea as to illu-
minations is that every establishment
plong Pennsylvania avenue shall make
some sort of an electrical display.
New Scheme to Get IA Job.
One of tie latest schemes to secure
q position has been brought out at the
White House. A southern man who
has for many months loitered around
the White House and departments in
search OF some minor place and failed
in his efforts conceived the idea of dis.
covering an alleged plot to assassinate
the president, believing that his sup
posed sagacity and promptncss would
be rewarded with a position. He has
told his story to several people, but
they all refused to believe in the alleg
ed plot The man has written of the
plot to the White House, but no atten
ton is paid TO his story.
CARL SCHoFIELD
"The Battle of the Baltic" "Ge Mar
Iners of England" and "Hohenlinden'
are three of the best martial poems eV-
er written. As Sir Philip Sidney said
of the ballad Of Chevy Chase, they stir
the heart like a trumpet