The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-14
SUBURBAN WASHINGTON.

The suburbs of Washington are rapidly
extending in all directions and becoming
moro beautiful and attractive. Mr. JONI
X. CowAY, the general counsel of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, who is a
strong advocate Of the principles of Civil
Service Reform, points to the improve
ments around Washington as one of the
good results brought about by the appli-
cation of the Civil-Service rules. Em-
rloyes of the Government, he argues,
now feel sufficient security in their tenure
of office to justify them in making homes
for themselves, instead of living at board
ing houses in the city. These people are
naturally attracted to the suburbs, or
even Eeyond, where railroads give easy
access, by the cheapness of property and
ihe escape from hundreds of small ex-
renscs attending family life in large
city.
We have no doubt that Mr.. CowAN is
entirely correct in his estimate of the stu
alton. And we may add other reasons
why so many persons are seeking homes
in the country. 1t avoids the necessity
for going to summer resorts and the sepa-
ration of man from his family during
The heated term. Washington has pecu-
liar advantages in this regard. Whilst it
is situated on tidewater, there is a splendid
country lying around it, free from all
endemic diseases and with beautiful
scenery. The development Of this fine
country is the work of the energetic and
far-sighted real estate operators of Wash
inston. They have bought up tracts of
lard, subdiyided them with judgment,
made them accessible by railroads, opened
streets and invested large sums III beauti-
flying. The day is fast coming when lots
within short distance VIII have 50 greatly
advanced in price that they will be out of
the reach OF people Of moderate means,
and they will have to go out still further,
THE HoY. BnLEr MAsoN's stocS-yards
views political morality are not likely to
lind favor with the American people out
side the FORAKER following.
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IT SEEMS THAT THE CRIrc was not, after
all, the first discovcrer Of Senator Con.
MANS Presidential boom. We find in the
Washington correspondence of the New
York Etmiag Tciegradl the following:
1t begins TO look, as was stated in tn,
ft0l'ug Telegram Just previous to his Tam
many Hall speech, that Senator GORMAN
is seriously Presidential candidate. TII
EyrgING Carrie here Is engaged in boom
ing him for President, and as that news
Ialer has recently been purchased bl
some Maryland parties who are very clOS'
20 the senator, it is thought that tn
Carrie knows what II is tdking about
The Senator has challenged the adnllra
lion of every Democrat on account of hi
magnificent generalship in the Sanat
against the Force bill However it is no
elieved that hc will antagonize Goyernn
HuI, but that lie is 90 receive the supper
m the Governor IN case he himself see
that he cannot be nominated.
There are some statements in The above
however, which seem 10 call for corrcl
iion. In the first place THE CrTIc hu
not been bought by maryland parties
With the single exception OF Mr. VII
IIAMs, the business manager, lately OF th
IIagerstown udH, all those interested !
the ownership Of TnE Carrie are wei
known citizens Of Washington, NeithC
are the gentlemen concerned in the mM
agoment Of the paper every close to N
Senator Nothing that has been sal
concerning Mr. GoRNAN in these colamr
was inspired by personal Partially or'il
terest. Barring these unimportant error
the Td,ardm article IS all right.
We FANCY that Senator CgAHDLER en-
Representative BLANCHARD are bo.
wfCng in the controversy which h3
arisen between them. The Senator ce
tainly errs most radically when he asaer