Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-08
Our Euture G.Ner.. .nent

EFPCgT CF TAE ONT -PECiAL CpylErTTg7.
Al abstract VI the blr t0- ! new governments
p the District Of C0iula 5i3, su mtltcI ia ;ae
5epata yesterday b. Sir. IjOrr,u, GOm he iJ.nt
.pccia; comm tee, waS printed II ycz-erLsv's
STAR. IC accompanied the report Of tb- CON
n*ttee, synopsis of VIZ "a is IS foiIows:
1be Jusnt select Cou-Bf 5e aprJInte1 nV viz
trie ~ the h.Jh -eCtlJu Of a &C, approved .Jguc
%, 1874 entitled IAN a. tOF the gOyet9ms u
1t til District OF Columbia, and for other yar-
p0sss,' report that on entering up9H tie s
charge oi their duties glance at tue history OF
he C.NGTs6 experiments 1t government AZ JIo
DisU ej, which became the &CtgI seat o. the
rOsGfBmeut o. the L a al States in the wear
ie@7', tie recent summary proceedings OF COu-
srCSa II relation thereto seemed 20 invite 10
Efforts TO avoid IN the III ur5 7, petition OF the
Pasti while tbe unTesu.eted power conferred
~ lhe terms OF Jus act gave ample scope tor
the adoption OF such me lUIs As might 30 81
poseC better suited 30 the peculiar iuT.-Act.uual
rights and duties of Congress ia T6.atlon u the
political capital OF the nation.
The committee 90 10: enter into thC question
Jt whether the iulabttsutS Of the District, be-
.ng citizens Of the UniJsd Stay5s, might not
oODsttUtiOnaliy have conferred upon tueln tae
pCWer OF ls sgi,ats0n and Ile rights os uunic. .pal
governments; but cJncesaiUg, IJr the purposes
u tDls discussion, such authority in CouZr1sS 10
-1ist, IL Is PLAN tlet al proper eEerct-e If il
must ne held IA sirlct supJTulnatiO1 { the par
mount rights and Interests W.ich Jis \ 1lyr-
lCsn people GGye IN their capital. aut the 90
sIous duty of CoDEtess o protect ana promote
compatible interests. Nor is 1t perceived that
ne GEercIse OF the exclusive authority Of Con
Sless, By express grant OF the Constitution
nr05T the terms OF the CesSOD, would ir any
.Est sense imPDg9 tas ghJs o. LEGAL or 70 +
government. From the Uu igaiifict authority
conferred Upou Congress, aul tue object to De
-hcCted thereby Is the c4pt. =! OF the EaI8n. ali
ieRisia' iOu Tor the District must he held ID u6
national in It's character, and primarily in the
1nter,sH ef tie American peopls a. large, ana
tIat WI he 20 whether that iegislatiO1 ba 6i.
rect by Congress or by delegated authority.
Congress, Oy the terms OF the Constitution.
becomes The trustee OF the nation, adminst.cs
lts Iutt in 1T Interests, and N ~ not share it
-ruStee6hp with another TO the prejudice OF the
rsStIs are trRSt-the bOdy of the American peo.
pie. committed 10 its eX ;lusive care, tOr q spa-
clal and cd pUTp0Sr, 70 Congress VIII b5
imputed tie results Of lJs execution, however
leIu'ed.
The iBexpeG; ;ency Of the delegation OF lt9 an
t1oflyI II IL Weie not ali Inconsistent with the
H1cluslye character OF lCs Jurisdiction and the
objects of acquisition, i believed 10 bs su,fici-
emily elCcidated in the history OF the exercises
0tdelegated jurisdiction in the District. That
OF tie cities, 1t may be remarked, with no pur-
pose TO comment thereon, proved essentially in
adequate and inefficient; that more ample su-
thority which succeeded, on the CONT iry, un-
happily enterprsing, ambitious and expensive
II Is believed that the purposes for which this
District was acquired will be best accomplished,
and the interest OF all connected with its growth
prosperity and destiny best subseryed, by the
direct exercise by Congress of the authority de-
volHed upon II. The demands for ex-
pepdituTes, as Indicated in the disposition OF its
avenues and streets and numerous squares, viii
necessarily be upon h &C ale beyond what M kht
reasonably be imposed upon or drawn from the
resources of business and resident population.
Those may properly be required TO make that
Just contribution TO the current annual expen-
ses, the interest Of the public debt and its ult-
mate payment, which people so situated as
comp rared with other communities may be re-
quiTed 70 pay for like protection, privileges and
lmNunlles. = The Proportion Of ex
penditures which should ne borne by the United
states and the CITIZENS and resident proparty-
holders Is q proposition Lot deemed sus eptibts
of exact deter nina - ~ nor does It, n the views
taken by your commit Ctss, become important
These, not to repeat, gece ssarily i'm pose on Con
gress the duty Of making provision for needful
expenditures, az wel ss Ter their super vision as
for other branches of The public service
And this is deemed not departure from the
principle which urGerlies The uniform pOlicy
OF Congress rs expressed in its legislation; in
the design OF tbe city, ahG the inhibition of all
changes therein. In its ample provisions tor
water supply, for the complete adminisfr alton
or justice, for national police, tor a hoard of
health, the establishment of public sob eols. the
support OF charitable institutions, the maints-
nance OF bridges, improvement OF squares, the
exercise of exclusive authority over streets aud
avenues, the admission and regulation OF street
and other railways; In tine, IN every delega alton