The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-10-15
Washing Rton.
trro~ oar regular correspondent,
WAsHrNaroN, SEPT. 26lh, 1856.

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creased activity about the hotels and
On the streets, the temperance o.
familiar but long absent facos In
churches and ln theatres are lndIca.
tlons that the season at Saratoga, the
White Sulphur and Newport l. over,
and that the season at Washington Il
about to begin.
When the Capital OF the United
states was village, and the govern.
ment . loose JcInted federation, the
season was synchronous with the
Congressional session. Bot now the
United States has risen TO the place
OF prlmacy among nations, not as a
military power, but In population and
wealth. The capital has grown 10 DO
great and beauiifal city, and each
year the res gcstas and res dietas at
Washington, whether social or pollt-
ical, grows iu Importance and are
read with increased interest by an
increased population, the most INTEL
ligent 10 the world. What will the
combined increment, population,
wealth, Intelligence, be In another
hundred years The thought Is stag
geFing, like the fAthomless and tho
Infinite. One hundred years ago we
were an amorphous string OF weak sea
coast colonies roughly estimated at
100000. Now We have go, 600, 900
with wealth and resources incalcula-
ble,a great empise whose eastern and
western boundaries are oceans. Is II
too much to predict that In another
hundred years our northern and
southern boundaries will. be the Arctic
Ocean and the DeLessers canal Or
shall we say Terra del Faego for the
southern boundary, with an electric
railway running from Hudson Bay to
Cape Horu. This prospect does not
seem more extravagant than tho re-
Prospect for the last hundred years Il
wonderful.
There IS TO be centennial, consti-
tutional and presidential celebration
In Washington In q few years and
the establishment Of permanent OK.
posItlon of the products and resources
OF the various states and territories.
Other cities, Of course, are contending
for the honor, and insisting that their
corporation limits shall be the locus
OF the National Exposition. But II Is
not intended 10 have any more Phil
adelphia provIncIaIIsm In our Nation
al celebration. The Capital Of the
United States Is Washington. French
national celebrations are not held AZ
CherbouFg, nor British national expo.
sitlons at Birmingham. We have no
reason to be ashamed ~ the national
capital, for, aside from It's beIng the
cIeaness and most beautiful city Ia
the world. Il Is especially adapted FOR
pageanlry, and entertainment. More
people have sisters, cousins, ,aurts and
other relatives 10 Washington than
In any other city OF the union. They
are here In the public service frcn
every state and territory. The visit.
or to The Exposition viii be la direct
communication with relative oI
friend who will entertain him or d.
rect him 20 a place OF entertainment.
Half the houses OF Waahington are
boarding houses, and half the popu-
IatIon have been boarding house
keepers. 10 short, here Is bureau
of Information and a city of expansI
BILE boarding houses ready to hand
Washington TO-DAY can and does en-.
tertain larger transient population
than Philadelphia. Then thore 4
much more that is historic and worth
seeing In Washington than In Phila
deIphia. Besides the building II
which the continental Congress wa
held, and the Liberty Bell, ] do no
remember anything that a patrioti
visitor would care to see In Philadel
phia. Here are monuments AM
colossal statues commemorative OF th
, ilIustrious dead and OF every epoch I
our eventfuI history. Here are pub
lie buildings, museums, the Corcora
art gallery, the White House and III
Capitol, the National Botanical gal
deDs, and the agricultural depart
mem, comprising, before dollar hs
been expended, such an ExpositIo
as no other city In this hemispher
could produce, even at an expense Z
. $4,000, 900. But perhaps the strong
est claim OF Washington is the fat
that here, right In the midst OF tn
: city, 10 sight Of all these commeme
ratIve and architectural monumenti
and in easy walking distance, IL
great unoccupied plain Of three hur
dred acres for tse temporary or per
/ msuent buildings Of the information
4 Exposition. This plain is on th