Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-06
Washington Prospects.

The United States, under the new law hay
ing taken exclusive control and management
of the entire governmental affairs of the Dis
tTict Of Columbia, the b5npfici IL effects co
property interests here. resulting therefrOm
are being rapidly apprecia' ed By our citizens.
and the prosperous outlook for Washington is
being favorably commented upon by the press
and public throughout the country.
This cCn1i ion of affairs must ere long in
augurate a revival of business prosperity
here-a welcome change from the long period
OF depression. The identity of interests of
the United Sta'eS and WIShiagtOn, repre-
Sented 10y their new articles of cOpartnerShip
IS enacted at the recent session of Congress
Is an assurance that the future progress of
the National Capital is certain, and will be
maintained by the power. growth and re-
source of The whole country.
JudicIoUS investments in Washington prOp-
eTty can now be made with the guaran ee of
the United States that low taxation and sta
bility in the management OF the affairs of the
District Is TO be permanent. No other city in
America has such encouraging prospects nor
such endorsement and guarantee of stability
10 It's material interests; and We are glad to
record tire hopeful sentiment of our people,
and the generous expressions of the country
1T the n-w era Of prosperity about to attach
TO the progress of Washington as the CAPITAL
Cf our vast republic.
With comprehensive policy on the part of
The new Commissioners in the ADMINISTRATION
Of the important trusts cOntided to them: vii n
due regard to the long depressed values of
property by the board of as SCISSORS in making
their apprGlSement for taxation. with a gen
erouS indulgence by creditors towards the
debtor class with united action on the part of
our people to sustain our new governors in
the proper discharge of their complicated du-
ties; with the expenditure of the large appro-
pTlatlCnS Tor immediate improvements in the
District, for United States AMI local purposes,
and We predict that the long period of Stagna-
tiOn which has oppressed our community will
soon terminate, and be succeeded by a general
revival Of prosperous times.
These are some of the conclusions resulting
from our f..ith in the new dep 4rture" in the
management of affair, in the District OF Co
1umHia- wherein the United States govern
ment has taken absolute charge, and thus en-
GOrses our future progress aud welfare by the
whole power Of the entire nation.
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Those leaving the city for the heat ed term.
will find a list of pleasant and healthful sum
Eer Resorts advertised in the STAR The
reader can select from these place to suit.
whether, the desire is for sea OF mountain air,
rural quiet, or lively society.
The temperate New York Post feels mDelled
fy sort OF holy wrath TO denOunce Ben But
ler'S Fourth of July speech at NewburypOrt
as "yiilainOus," because the speaker is to
intelligent to be deceived by his own words
while he knows very We'll that his false doc
trlneS may produce an injurious effect upon
The minimizing persons u whom they were
addressed. MIR Butler is understood to be a
rich man. He is therefore a member of the
Urli bl
time and means for luxurious pleasures in the
intervals of business, when he is not work
ing mischief in Congress- o. in poll zeal can
vases" Suppose that communist practi-
caIly applying Buffers theori $. should take
him by the neck and heels out of the Yacht
America and set him TO work as cabin boy of
a fishing smack. What would he think then
OF the prOpriety of OyerthTOWing 1.-THE money
kings? He said Thursd y that the men of
wealth, who toll and spin no., are a growing
class i'll this country, and "a class that ought
to be Squetched.' He would take the mem
bers of the Coaching Club who as amateur
coachmen drive teams ION the high road
between two palatiaI hotels and set them
driving Broadway OmnibuSeS from six i i the
morning to nine at night This, says the
Post, is a capital Illustration of the absurdity
OF the Butler philosophy. Every dollar spent
by the Coaching Cub in their pecu'iir amlse-
ment makes work for somebody for the coach
builders, the harness makers, the DStIers, the
employees of the ''pllatial hotels, and SO On,
thus supporting many families, while if the
members OF the club locked up their IN )ney in
safes and went to omnibus driving they would
furnish employment for nobody bit them
selves. The whole Butler system of political
economy will bear examination no better tn III
this particular Illustration of it.
Considering the way things turned ont, there
was only one thing needed in MIjT MJrgan'S
recent proclamation in regard to fire crackers
etc. 1t ought 10 have been dated "Headquar-
teyS in the Saddle"
DIR. J. {. Aver, who died in Massachusetts
last Wednesday evening, left an estate worth
from $l5nto,G0l 10 $2ONO,OOO Ii was all the
result Of advertising. His medicines nav have
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