Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-16
ALEXANDRIA COUNTS WRONGS.

Injustice Charged Against Uncle sam-A
Remedy Proposed for Existing Abuses.
To the Editor of The EVENING Star:
The remedy for correction Of the abuses of
law and order on the opposite bank Of the
Potomac is short and simple. The government
should at once take steps for the acquisition Of
Alexandria county. So soon a. that county is
consolidated with the District and the jurisdic-
ton Of cur metropolitan police thereby ex-
tended over her borders, and particularly over
that pestilential strip of mo Mans Land" at
the waters edge. further prize fights or similar
disturbances will be impossible. The present
legal condition Of Alexandria county is pretty
much that of "Ginxs Baby" She is q mere
dot in area compared with the state, not being
as large a. my native township. Cadiz, Ohio,
and her exceptional political and material
position was completely overlooked in the
state constitutional convention Of 1858. Not
outstanding her paucity Of area she was
wisely treated as county In e1ze and material
strength. and has had. since the adoption of
the constitution In 1863. to bear a most oner-
Gus, negotiable and disproportionate burden
Of expense in her county machinery Of govern
ment
For instance, her Judicial district is COM
posed of Fairfax and Alexandria counties, and
each county pays the county judge $500 annu-
ally as salary, yet Fairfax county is fourteen
times larger In area and has a tax assessment
nearly ten-fold that of Alexandria county.
.eLI - 49, ,. $500
,-e,;.I a5ai-s 81 coronals az anormons d;s
proportionate increased rate of taxation as
compared with her mother county, Fairfax.
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Arlington estate, worth Il, 200 900 today in
open market and at once withdrew ii from
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trateS aoainst tbe white and coIoraS ,.aPridp 20
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indefensible and ;ne1cnss5,. bnrdens ;r,nossS
by both the government and the tate il il
an inter imnossibiIitv for tba naonla 81 a.
andria county 10 have an ef6c;ant rol;ca 90
tenn similar to the c;tv and fnrtbsPr tbot
long as doubt EXISTS as TO the precise western
bountlary of the nresent Distrirct 81 CoInmh;a
actions az law in onr conrts AGAINST yonr
pugilists Gamblers and tbnos who infast tba
di,Duted t,rritorv AZ the Po,o,ac,s CO. Ill
be liable 70 fail in nnnisbino tbe;r f.,o1;e, "A
IL the government will re;mbnrSe ns Tho
SOS. 900 which we have expended for the schools