Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-17

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congressman and the District Commissioners,
who favor allowing the irrevocabIe destruction Of
Washngton's only PARK by the railroad men, show
Wretched taste and worse Judgment Congress
and the District government are i0Int custodians
OF the interests or the national capital and IL ought
to Be matter Of pride as we'll as the plainest duty
With them 70 promote the execution OF the grand
systematic and beautiful plan upon which the city
Vas iaid out,-cerJainly not TO allow that plan
TO Be cunsily butChered aud DESTROYED by railroad
corporations for their own selfish purposes. Yet
Aproject To make free gift OF the single park OF
the cfty-the noble western outlook from the Capt.
tci iront-to two railroad companies, has been en-
dOrsel By the House District committee and by the
OistTlet Commissioners! IL is Idle TO talk about
saving The PARK from destruction by arching or
bridging over a portion OF the tracks The plain
Eng,ish OF 1t Il that the scheme means nothing
less than turning over the whole park fruIn 81
street In 7th street for railroad uses and the
struetion CT rival twin depOts on the sides Of
eth street, instead ofts hopefor union depot else
where Should this outrageous bill pass IL viii
show that Congress Is pretty nopelessly under
railroad influence. And having manifested their
power, the railroad bosses Will naturally go ahead
graspng all within their reach and extending ther
operations d. their business Increases, until In ten
yesTs from Cow their tracSs. stations. engine
houses, repair shops ana .reig1t derots viii cover
the Botanical gardens the Armory grounds the
Smithsonian grounds, the agricultural grounds,
the Monument Lot. and the White Lot south OF The
White House Then they Will take possession Of
judiciary square, Franklin square Iowa circle.
Farragut square. DUPONT circle Lafayette square
AMI al the other beauty spots OF The city, for rail-
road purposes. What Is To- Il ndeT them?
There is no probability that any list OF names
which could be suggested 10 take the place Of the
initial letters used 10 desnn'e the streets of
WashingtOn VIII met both Tie views OF those who
have views on the subject ard the objections OF
those who have none, and doubt the list named
In Mr.. sPTingerS bill, offered In the House or Nom
Gay, might be considerably improved. hut the sys-
tenn he proposes l. 50 much better Than the excuse
Tor a system how IN vogue, that we LOpe his pur-
pose Will not Re seriously aItagonzed IN my
qusrter An initial letter IS not proper name for
Say q *; II has neither dignity NOR Individuality
and almost any substitute that could be proposed
for IL in case ike this wCUld b. an Improvement
The advantages or the alphabetical 81 stem are all
retained In the bill a offered by Nr. Springer: bat
The idea Of locality might be still farther carried
cut ~ having the streets north OF the CJQltO hear
the names OF eminent civilians and those on the
south those OF military ana naval heroes as has
heretofore been suggested b. TUE STAR. Thus The
name and deeds Of eminent men OF the republic
wOuii be forever associated with It's capital and
could at Once tell ia what part OF the city given
street lies Put this Is point that need not be H.
sisted upon The main thing i TO have proper
system OF street nomenclature, and this Mr.
springer's bill secures. whether it be amended in
the respect Indicated OF not.
The reported uprising against United States citi-
zeiiS in Mexican province. and the destruction OF
Mexican Central railroad property expresses the dis
Ike and Jealousy Felt by many othe Mexicans against
Our people. No serious trouble is iheIy but In case
the mob spreads and great damage i done, ques-
ton viii arise which tie Mexcans 10 not like to
face, namely II the now large invested interests OF
Americans IN Mexico are injured and the native
government Is unwilling Or unable 10 redress our
grievances what IS the United states TO do about
Il? That THIS contingency may occur is not impOs-
s;b.e but 1t Is lar more probable thaI the Mexican
government viii be strong enough 10 maintain order
and justice IN lis domains, and that its people will
learn In tine, that The interests OF the nations
are Identical
On the surface at least, Pennsylvania is unitedly
and strongly for Blaine, though the Philadelphia
Times Insists that the Harrisburg convention was
manipulated by his enemies as 10 secretly knife
him al Chicago. IL Is true that the machine
"bOsses' had much TO do with the management Of
the state convention and th8C they have no love
for Blaine. But they can scarcely run counter to
the overwhelming popular sentiment Of the dele
cations, so that On the opening ballots az least
Blaine Is sure Of getting almost the unanimous
Pennsy lvaDia vote.
The FreLch do not appear TO have been either
whipped or much frightened by the Chinese TOM
toms, and nave now ended the TOnquin campaign
L. way satisfactory 10 themselves. The Chinese
government, has Characters iralIv avenged is dis
honor by behelGing the unfortunate generals who
failed 70 III and eat the foreign dogs according TO
the advertised program
The naval cadets had fOrPtaSJe yesterday OF the
dangers OF their profession, by the bursting OF gun
during target practice Fortunately no one was
killed or wounded, though some OF the boys had
narrow escape.
perusal OF the Philadelphia papers nowadays
awakens The suspicion that there Is a white e.e-
phant,-reAl or artificial, -s0mewhe In the coun-
Try.