The Washington critic., 1888-05-17

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country.
1t is the most cosmo politan city in the
country.
II has 25O,OOO population and is rapidly
moving onward.
IL has the best-payed broad avenues and
streets and the most dilapidated sidewalks
Of any large city IN the land.
~ has more magnificent natural suburban
scenery ana surroundings than any capital
city on the globe.
II contains the largest and finest public
buildings In eth world.
II is the most attractive city for resi-
dents, solOurncrs and visitors on the con-
tinent.
IL has the most intelligent population in
the aggregate of any city in the Union.
II is rapidly becoming the national cen
ire of science, art and literature, as It is
already the political and social centre OF
the United States.
II presents the best inducements for in
vestment in property, as its prosperity,
growth and grandeur arc assured by the
entire nation.
IL is rapidly becoming a residence of
people of wealth, refinement and culture
from all parts of our country.
IL Is one of the healthiest localities In
The country, and when the Potomac fiat
improvements are completed and the river
front put In proper order, will be the model
sanitary city of the land.
IL has broader avenues, larger public
grounds and reservations and more parks,
circles, triangles, open spaces and miles of
thrifty shade trees In proportion to its area
than any other city In the world.
II has the best future prospects of any
city In America.
In short, everything that pertains to the
greatness and advancement of the Nation
Increases the Government business to be
transacted at Washington; aud while other
oft hox al nr tro1 1o
commerce and general business the whole
eOuntry pays tribute to the progress and
prosperity of its National Capital.
The rate of taxation In Washington is
established by act of Congress and Is lower
than in any other city ON the continent.
1t ie fixed at only one dollar and a-haf on
each one hundred dollars of assessed value.
The Congress of the United States APP
propriates yearly an amount equal to the
sum paid In taxes by property holders for
local improvements and the administration
of the municipal affairs of the District.
In other words, the National Government
pays one-half of the amount annually eX-
pended in conducting the local affairs of the
Capital City and in promoting its future
progress and development. No other com.
munity In e.world hes such resources be-
hind IL, or is backed bv such an indorser
Washington has the best public school
system In the world, and contains the most
eommodious and onveniently-orranged
public school buildings.
Its public school system Is so thorough
and we'll managed that thousands of Gov
eminent officials In Congress and the De
partments send their chihiren to the public
schools of the District.
II also has o large number of the best
private educational institutions in America.
As the scat of the Government of the
United States It's prosperity and future
greatness are assured by the growth and
development of the nation at large.
The departments, institutions, asylums
bureaus, museums, commissions, offices aud
boards Of the Government now established
here are being constantly Increased by the
rapid growth OF the nation's interests in
the wonderful progress and development of
the resources Of the Republic.
Its government Is entirely national In its
character, being under the exclusive juris.
diction and control of the Congress of the
United States as trustee for the people of
the entire nation.
II is the only neutral district In the
Union, and belongs alike to the people Of
the whole country regardless of section,
politics, religion or any OF the peculiarities
or isms that to more or less extent shape
the sentiment of all other localities in the
country.
Citizens from all sections can assemble
here without exciting jealousles, MS this
District Is the common heritage of the sixty
VI lLC ANpuDlNs
Its resident population is among the
foremost III the land in all the attributes
characteristic of an enlightened Christian
community,
There is more individuality of opinion
apd less restraint ON the freedom Of per-
sOnal action than in any other city,
In its vast resources of hotels and res
taurants, boardlng.houses and lodging
rooms, II can entertain, absorb and com.
fortably provide for larger gathering OF
people than any other city three times its
size in America.
Its broad, smooth tboroughfares present
the most attractive lines of march for mill.
taIy or civic professions of any city on the
continent.
1t is the headquarters of the Army and
Navy, and the domicilc Of great many OF
the officers and their families.
In the winter season II Is the great SO
ciety centre of the country
II has the most agreeable winter climate
ofany city in the land.
II has more churches and places of wor
ship and larger number of church-goer'
in proportion to population than any
other city in the land.
1t has the most orderly and aw-abidino
community, with fewer disturbances of tho
public peace of any city of its size or
either continent.
II is the most attractive city on the
Western Hemisphere for American visitors
and foreign sojourners, as IL combines more
objects OF national end historical interest
seen the noted men of the Republic, includ
ing that distinguished and unanimou,
statesman Jedge w. Q. WaXem, NJ. G. from
Wayback, and the representatives from
foreign courts.
II contains at times in the vast popula
tion that grayitates here, more profound
statesmen and philosophers, more talent
cosmopolitan in Its variety, more cranks
gcniuses, blackmailers, bummers, strikers
rGioimers, demagogues, humbugs, '.edg
es," ''nalahs, "kurnels,n than any plac,
of Its size within the Nations domains.
It's prOmenades along the avenues anC
streets on pleasant afternoon present {
charming spectacle of more beautiful
women in their jaunty and attractive at
tire than any city on the continent.
II is the paradise for children on roller
skates and young ladies on tricycles.
Us parks and places are ornamenteC
With statuary in excess of any other city.
AS the capital Of vast nation, cosmo
politan life exists here, as in the capital
OF the Old World.
1t is the domcle of the professional
lobbyist and the experimental ground 10
the fresh Congressional reform lnyesti
gator.
II contains upwards of n, 900 shade trees
making Washington resemble grand park
iDierspersed with the most magnillcen
public buildings in the world, handsom
private editiccs, monuments, statuary, etc
For twenty-five cents person can rid
in and about Washington ON the street-ca
lines to the extent of nearly thirty miles an,
get view Of most all the prominent object
and places OF National and historical intel
est which adom the Capital City Of tn
Nation. No other city in the world fur
nishes visitors such an exhibition at 81
small an expense.
The natural beauty Of the suburbs SUI
rounding Washington excel In maguincen