The Somerset reporter., 1902-06-05
Our Washington Letter.
Arnold's Bullets. 4 1. ID. Route In Har=
mony. Washington Hotels. Campaign
Plans. The Maine Delegation Has
staying Qualities. Improvement Of
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staying Qualities. Improvement Of
the Kennebeo.
Washington, D. e, June 4.-Ex. Coy
Burleigh called at the White House a
few days ago in compliance with re
quest of Mr.. Z. T. Yiles, of skowhegan,
De and presented to Mr.. Roosevelt in
Mr. Viles' hehalf one of the bullets that
were found some time ago on the banks
of the Dead River. One of Mr.. Viles'
crews, while driving logs on Dead River
| this spring found pewter spoon, a
buckle and several rusty nails of old
make as well as about l, 500 bullets az has
already been told in Maine. Mr.. Yles
wrote to Gov. Burleigh how box had
probably been buried there by some of
Arnold's men on tie march 10 Quebec,
to tighten the load of one of ne boats
and asked him to present one of these
ancient bullets to President Roosevelt
and to each of the six members of the
Maine delegation. Tell Mr. Yiles'',
said the President to Gov Burleigh,
that | very much appreciate this tro-
ply of Gen. Arnold's Quebec campaign.
1t is very unique and | prize it highly.
The aged trophies were also distributed
to the members of the Maine delegation
as Mr.. Viles requested.
Gov. Burleigh has received a petition
from Mr. William G. Bailey of Harmony,
Me-, for the establishment of rural
free delivery route out of that town.
The governor Immediately dictated the
| following letter:
Washington, D. c., May 20, 1902.
| Hon. A. w. MAcHEN,
Superintendent Rural Free Delivery,
| Washington, d. c.,
Dear Sir:-I enclose here
with petition, signed by William g.
Bailey and others for the establish ment
of rural free delivery route to begin at
! Harmony; thence to Mainstream; thence
on South Road to Cobb's Corner and
Beans Corner; thence to Harmony viii
lage; thence to Cromwell; thence to
corner near Town Farm; thence leading
to northwest corner of the town of Har.
moIy; thence to guide board near Har-
mony Village; thence north to Fl. NJ.
| Marbles; thence to Gilmans Corner;
thence to Eastmans Corner and thence
to Harmony Village. This route will
accommodate one hundred or more fam.
lilies and | earnestly request that the
papers be>placed in the hands of Inspec-
tor P. Boutelle of Bangor, Maine, for
early investigation and report.
Yours very respectfully,
Z. {. BURLEIGH.
Although Washington has become the
great convention city of the country and
the Mecca of tourists the tide of travel
! a., -, l. -,
evidence of this can be had than the
closing down of several local hotels, or
the closing of their dining rooms and
/ the lowering of rates for guests When
the winter season is at its height and
travel multitudinous, rates go up on the
principle of charging all the traffic will
/ bear. The Waghington hotels, in which
very large sums of money are invested,
have to make enough in six months to
last them all the year around and ac-
cordingly it is necessary to make hay
/ vigorously while the sun shines. Prob
! ably in no city of the country has there
been such a revolution in the hotel BUSH
ness in recent years as there has been
and still is in Washington. Many of the
old landmarks are being swept away and
grand new hotels being reared. The
! Shoreham Hotel, built only about fifteen
years ago by former Vice President
Levi p. Morton and named after his
birthplace in Shoreham, Vt, has fallen
behind the procession, although still a
very fine house. 1t will be thoroughly
remodeled this summer and hundreds
of thousands of dollars expended in
making it as good as new. The famous
rooms or apartments, E 5, where Speak
er Reed lived for many years, will be
torn up and built over again. But wis.,
itors will continue to be shown the loca,
ton of Room E 5, just as they are still
shown to this day the hotels and houses
where Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
lived during their long residences in
Washington.
Gov Burleigh, as a member of the
/ Congressional Campaign committee and
committee thereof, which is really the
working committee, has discussed ex-
tensiyely with Chairman Babcock yarl.
Gus plans for conducting the campaign
this summer and fall in various states
of the union. The Republicans will not
be satisfied simply to win majority of
the members Of the next house but they
want a triumphant majority SO as to
assure continued prosperity and contin-
ued development of the industrial posi-
blities of the country and the employ
ment of all the people in profitable oc-
equations. Chairman Babcock, who is
from Wisconsin but native of Yer
mont and veteran manager of cam
paigns, relies much upon Gov. Bur-
leigh's political judgment and advice.
! The campaign will be one of the most
earnest for an off year that has been
waged for decade, as the Democrats
are trying to capture the House. Their
entire attention this winter has been de-
voted to making campaign material.
The Maine members of the House will
stick close to Washington, as is always
their wont, while Congress is in session,
till the final adjournment. If all mem
bers tended to their legislative duties
there would have been no occasion for
the recent resolution by Chairman Payne
of the Ways and Means Committee, to
cut off all leaves of absence henceforth.
The Democrats have been shrewdly re-
naming in Washington, the while Re-
j publicans have been skipping home TO
look after their Congressional fences
! The result was that al times the Demo-
Gratis came near having an actual major
ity present in the House thus endanger-
ing the leadership of the Republican