New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
or MARBLE. or LIVING WOOD AND on
FLESH AND BLOOD.
THE GREAT oBELIsy, rtr SHADE TREES. AND rnR
Nvunrua oe norm unf,aRa

this district. Higher Than the banner Of any Ma
ton ever flow before from an architectural pile, flea
night and day the dag of the Stars and Stripes from
tho capstonc of tho Washington Monument A,
the coloss aloft there stream st and straight from
tho wind. they have weird eject suggestive Of
the consequences of n mountain summit or the flight
of solitary hgli-lying bird close under the clouds
10 has been "a curious study 10 watch the effect OF
tho recent work this Monument. The shaft
gained in imagnatveness as it rose IN its extremer
height, but it not until after ITS completion
six weeks ago. with five hundred and odd feet In thu
air. and the process of laying the stones for the
apex had begun, that there fell from the magniG.
cent column all the oboquy that had assaulted il
for years, and the revelation WINS made that here
stood a monument fully worthy of the pride ola
great Nation and of the colossal memory for VIII ch
it was conceived. The tapering pinnacle had done
it all. IL hal altered the effect Ike miracle.
changing the shaft from the shot towerr
chimney grain elevator, "etc which il had been
for years invdoasly dubbed, into structure Of
true grandeur and art. Such is the universal cou.
fcsson here; and higher than cathedral, or
campane or pyramid. the great marble mole. fully
adopted by the genius OF the place, and the aicc-
ton of the Washington population towers aloft q
thing of delicate splendor against the sky. white
and clean the winter clouds floating languily
above it.
The completion Of this Monument, which IL to DO
dedicated in February. marks the limit of very
significant period in the history of this ciiy-a
period in which the people not only of Washington.
but of the whole country, have come to recognize
with approval the scheme of building up and
aornng at public cost this city as the capital Of
the Nation. A few days since was taken q
long drive about the suburbs of the town By Mr.
W. r. smith the gentleman wbo for a quarter Of
century las superintendent the Congressional green.
houses, and ha, been for that period associated
with nearly All the changes that have come over
The face of Washington.
when first came to this city now thirty YEARS
ago. said Mr. Smith. ~ found 10 the accepted
theu,y here that the Government AMI al is depart.
mirnis simply constituted IN agency for the transac
ton Of the general political business OF the vaiDua
states. Washington was hhmeanel place AMI
tns nf tnnts hnnhl ~ ipiiaih sneh while ihs
iheofr lasted. The states wire Judged rs have hj
,shts ~ esnsHi m3ner ~ thi city, AMI thpte WA
n8 eea riie IA iha tawn tsei "a ,hp eaial 80 the
eaNHtff, IL Was nst until aftet thp eusa ~ iha
W,r thAt thIs Niaw Ar tha iinpts iaNesaias ~
altered, ani that u haeaWe nusshie 80 eaigy en lhs
vast sphpma el hnpieyns thn plasa ~ thp Partial
p4pensa al the ruhle irpasnn,p
Tins gentleman, VIVA Is tne custodian at thH trees
va thH streets aud avenues at Washington, "a
formed ms that during the past ten years he had
placed nearly hundred Thousand treas over tho
area of tho city, Independently Of those IN the
public parks. Carrying me Tar ont on Capital
Hill, beyond the limits of hdbltatOn, lac panied
out. on "a lonely hillside dipping to the Anaeostia lilo
Government nursery grounds. You never knew.
perhaps" he said, "aBd very few persons know,
that ash ngton raises It's own trees HON tho seed
mere are ye rotS Of bs5s has Sp,csS bs
| foliage that IN these ten years has inantlei TINS
great city with forest. 1t is our ambition before
| we have ended our arrangements mere TO supply
| every person community IN the United Stails
applying to MS with one or more trees from this
! Washington NUS ~"
| This keeper of the public conserya tories is
| ;cotchman, and phiosop her as well as gardener
| Amid the thick strawberries of the Congressional
gardens at the foot OF the Capitol grounds he lives
and transacts the business OF his office Ill series II
vine-coyered cottages. where he keeps library as
| well chosen some OF the best IN Washington
| He was president of the fist Burns Club in wash
| ingtOn under whose auspices II few years ago Gar.
| field made of his most polls speeches, aud
| his Burns library is the c0mpletcst in the United
states, containing nearly forty editions oi the
poets woIks-many Of them beng the oldest ana
rarest.
have gone bat once into the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes since the beginning OF the present
| session, ten days ago The spectacle there Is tho
NOISY Heterogeneous one 0i old, though Il nythlng
Mr.. Speaker Carlisle has even less germs Tor pre-
serving order than most NJ his predecessors lie Is
like an l,l-fashoned schoomaster, well liked and
very able, hut oboyed by nobody In the begin
ming of the term everybody is trying 10 speak nc tho
| same moment The disturbing shadow Of the ith
| of March is also obviously cast on the on.
There great orators, and no great leaders on
| either side OF the House. In recent years by tho
time an able man gets fairly seated IN this body no
gated 10 the Senate, whore he IL ia danger of
| whitening In Ito shade, by u species Of dry rOt,
| This fortune has nearly haPpened to such men -
| VOORHEES,, Frye aud Hale all OF whom were Onee
| yltallllng elements ~ the lower house, lns
| speeei making talent does not lhrye ~ tho
senate The hard headed practical men come 10
example OF tho latter Ten years ago ho was al
insslent but Opaque figure IN The House OF Repre-
| srntatlyrH,
Eat however II happens | was intending 10 nay
that the House of Representatives presents 10 Tho
general spectator \ scene OF enll attibrlnl ln
| tnfoAt, Visitors IN Washington Hook ~ ~ Rhll"i',
NJ nrst, they Hooking uAl nov ~ tho outset 81
tho aeAHnn, Oh nGcouht oi the lagnhrsH ANA excite
mcni OF tho spectacle, m they would lioch to shgw
| int II they remain ~ Washington they presently
NG"r" thew w, src v "iracicl by tic lcSpc Personal
| interest IN its members The United states senate
affords every American n curious study of tle ron.
,o9s OF success, 10 American, 1u nysrv S au IN m;
struggle. ilc has entered these doors at full run
with n dozen competitors on hrs heels and ~
his tapnts s' as ID YOU ' WIZ Judging DS them by critical
standards OF intellect Pc has had the ta,ent 20
he ak ems Ec' Srn eS G tni man who has
| reached the United States Senate possesses mettl,
and grit OF not common kind even u the abilities
gold may have been thrown, as happens n thess
days, into the scales Of pig election ~ IN
fascination to the study OF the sixty OF seventy
riggei faces in tps body, There Is not anothct
| Legislative assembly in The world presenting ~
equal and sat field % observation on The resuiti
ofefc ciletgt II fifetsiifa retsQtal car5Sr N. .as
vot ms tltjl fair 9ok At Bowen. oi oloftdB, From
rtsttl gaice ~ bin sou N9plds iittet ,.iifgiig
| is straight sltnieilt edtrr1ct nrr. 1T iYts thar
MeaiNiH leigit Elth B hish Hafs8R lead, All 4
tBrHtennite s9 elfan Slaten HNt Nenittfe lhg, tgN
AZ iitsl sNsttt ,lhAt he MAJ, hafs sietlgN ,NiEs
f0ilfies 6Nt ~ ne nNrt nv " the pf{f pistsAt
| w spNe eNFHnS sitN ~ us ege aNi " tte llrei