The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07

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: ore 81 The Deaacuatit mfutxr sDd unde
!" tas rsie ~ corxfess vii be seri free ssoac
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y fo' grkEisd that TIE sisismsn,s il The LET
!. Ter fefsfres 10 are true. Bat Ia a later 10
: sse the Editor 81 The Essle copfssas tina,
Nest OF ihszs are DOT uoe. We gso,s 4
portion Of wbss be uys Ia regard 10 than
The letter 90 ssrday ssia that there are
o " 600 600 OF ests cttsarr sIpcndllure for
. arusor for the Navy. We regard that a.
: error Tho sspDdiilre, shattyn N 10,
' sho1id be more rather than lees. The "A q
: aesind 10 tho discovery Of tho bss, armor
{ ard tho o1eeiiag Of whatever Of tina, bes,
} 10 needed. The cofrcspoudenis further
! criticism Of si' go 900 Of unnecessary s1.
pendilure 10 The Army sni Navy for ms.
ehinefy and fertilization" NAV be his opin.
Ian, but il BOT that held here. Our Army
10 esnsuratly smsll. Our Navy should be
progressiyely enlarged. Navy machinery
and national iortincslions should be pro.
gressively sug neaiea. The policy OF one
Naturalization on this bead. under public
opinion and nssIoEsl necessity, will have
10 be The policy u The next and Of the NJ 1t,
with steady proportion OF Increase.
A.to the unnseeus-y transportation
expenditure for the Army being 5000
900, THE The Government tends its sol.
diers where they are needed aud ordered at
the lowest feasible rates. They wouli 9th.
erwise have to walk or swim. They are
not expected to do that. They are sent /
Without luxury, but with expedition ard
with ordinary comforts and precautions.
The contrary propoii Ion may do for stump
speeches but al undemssogicsl newspaper
can not endorse 1t.
We come now to more interesting por.
ton OF the letter referred to, the one refer
ring TO the restoration Of the White House
to Its original design and purposes, and the
building OF business tiilees near By 1t. The
White House restoration IL said to have
cost "si75,Oo0." /. WAS done under the
plans OF kckim, Mead a White, whose &C.
curacy and honesty, whose genius and IT, ;
tegrity as architects are we'll known. It ,
Was done on the Initiative and the proyl-
sion OF Congress, and no. at the lnsligstiop
OF the President at all. The result Ia q
grstiii ,ation TO the nation, will be a valus.
Die asset for at last q century to the Gov
eminent, and secured an immence saving !,
from the necessity which had otherwise 4
followed for wholly new White House.
Traverting the letter referred tr. we :
reach more personal item. IL Ia that con- = :,
'erning che little steamers Maydocer and :
>glph, which are frequently called 'the "
Yachts They belong to the o.
Navy. The President has been on board of
hen very few times, and had as much
light to be on board OF them Is Admiral y
Dewey, Admiral Barker, and other admir- =.
Is who have made lorg voysges il them y
nd who are officers Of the Navy Inferior :.
o the Pdsiient,s as its commander In chief. "
he President, as the Eagles columns Ct -
eport from Washington, from Brooklyn, =,
nd from Oyster Bay show, has never been -
board both these vessels, put together, :"
many times as he has aogers on his
and', and never, except with strict regard
his duties as the he d Of the Navy.
There Is one more statement in the letter 70
'ferred to calling for notice. 1t ls the one VT
which Henry l. West, q Commissioner 'h
the District Of Columbia Is represented ao
saving that ''.he President has tsksn lac
'O,oO0,000 OF personal patronage out OF boz
Q Treasury and that In every Department Es
ere is the grossest laxity." We learn Ad
at Mr.. West claims to have been absolu- Arl
y misunderstood or misrepresented BY
at statement; that he never named or
uded to the Execu i've In any way what. ed
er. We hardly see how be could have eve
ne 90, Nobody questions Mr.. Roose- bril-
lbs honesty. No one knows the neces- @.
y OF securing the official scrutiny and avs
official approval Of about score Of off, the
q Tor airy tfficlal to get q dollar out OF larl
Treasury could believe the assertion min
It was made. Moreover, the District eau
mmissioners are directly subordinate to Bob
spponted by and by law under the cor. d an
] CT The President himself. We can not
cunt for the INTERPRETATION. We tjn. N
ely depiore and regret 1t. mso
MS should DO for today and for q long .biy
lie. Oars Ia neither a dishonest Pretj. , o.,
i nor in the main dishonest govern. face
1t. Neither 10 1t an tx.ravagsnt one. edy
ou are always sccus ~ the ms" exoi'
the ".rs" are often wrongly aspersing m,
outs" That friction secures vgilsr &c, a,
that vigilance tends to honesty al d O. =, !,
d economy. II Is well the friction pre- a..
.. /. IL III that Injustice, bscause Il :.
friction, at times occurs. II IL right,
o II occurs, for clean and fair news ",
y to correct It, Our Government will nv n
), w ~ 'sooa ~ " ou2nt 70 be. One nous,
be sure that It Is never 90 bad a. Il Cd IN
tinted. Between overlooking and no. ,uran
there Ia diflarer ce, and the DIN r. c,n.e
should be remarked and reprehended on N,
'""e = !" po' respected fire t.
o body Of Judge william C. Holbrook, o..
4 Gov. Frederick Holbrook, who a.,. !
In New York Saturday. wks fskep IN ~