The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-17
SPRING AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
More Rural Free Delivery Routes Expected
for Waldo County. The Busy Maine Dele
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multitude of trees here, which make
the city in summer look half like a
forest The graceful stretch of park
that encompasses the capitol building
is surrounded with a carpet of green
grass. Flowers are sprouting up in the
parks and around the statues OF such
notable war heroes as Gen. Thomas,
Gen. Scott, Gen. Mcpherson, and Gen.
Hancock A week more and the city
will be in the full bloom of spring.
Birds will be singing i'll the shade of
the maple leaves, the asphalt, which
covers distance of 300 miles of streets
here, will begin to store up the heat of
the suns rays and the Winters chill,
which comes of an evening, Will be
checked more and more as the month
of May approaches. In fact, it will
soon be summer at the federal Capitol
-four OF five or six weeks ahead of
summer along the coast of Maine, and
for that reason the officials and their
families, families OF wealthy people of
leisure, and everybody else who can
get away. Will want to hasten to the
coves and coasts of Maine for a
comfortable summer outing.
The warming sun also starts the rest
less spirit in the statesmen on the hill
Tie arrival of spring develops an
aversion to legislative tasks, for few,
even OF the old veterans i'll legislation,
are accustomed to the heat of Washing
ton OF acclimated thereto The year
around residents reach a condition
where they mind but little whether 1t
is summer on winter Almost i'll
stmct yely they start walking Oh the
shady sides OF the thoroughfares when
Tie sun begins to climb high in the sky.
and they likewise slacken their gait
and tier activity III doing work as
soon as winter Slips into the past, 1t
becomes a habit to take things easily
in tie summer aud to toll with more
energy IN winter. In fact the cOndl-
tons IreYaA III a lesser degree here
winch pieYall Ill lnlIId climates OF the
EARTH But the men who come from
the northern climates 90 not acquire
the habit by residing through the
sessions ot Congress. In recent years
the sessions have closed by May or
June. and the occasional Summer OF
TWO Wien men have remained here do
not suffice to make them Weatherproof.
The activity OF the Maine men i'll
Congress for the last ten days has been
chiefly with appropriation bills. Seua-
ton Frye lad a long pull and hard pull
with the River and liarbor approprla-
lions bill which was considered for
several weeks in his room of the com
mittee on commerce. Hundreds of
pages OF testimony had to be gone over,
reports Of engineers scanned. and de-
ductions made as to what projects were
most worthy for larger appropriations,
Senator Frye Will have charge OF this
billion Tie ilooI OF the senate.
Gov. Bullelgh mas been very busy with
his large correspondence, and also with
pressing ms pension business before the
bureau OF Pensions SO that every case
possible shall be out OF the way by the
TIME congress adJourlS' Inc members
OF tile Maine delegation rarely come to
W dShlh9lon during the feceSSeS OF
Congress and strive to Lave their work
complete before they leave here. The
Governor has hundreds Of names of
Name soldiers on lns books, and from
time to time calls their papers up i'll the
Pension Bureau so that he can be as.
Sufed all possible progress Is made to
watts al adJudlcatlon and iinal deciS-
ION This work occupies days and days
Of every month, and has to be accom-
plisl e'i largely III the forenoon before
the House Of Representatives meets at
noou. Us the Departments do not get
wei. under way with their work until 10
o'clock ii the morning. there is hardly
more than two hours available for any
given day. unless one can do something
later III the afternoon before four
O'Clock. which is almost impossible, as
along that time OF the day ones pres