Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-18

moment IL was to the entire country that
the stories should be pleasant and grateful
tinually impress upon the, people that this
country was worthy to live.
Col. Wilson.
Col John NJ. Wilson followed In a happy
speech. in which he told how he fought and
worked for the fats Improvement and Of
how great an Improvement IL was. He told
several anecdotes that increased, IL possible,
the good nature of the audience and the de-
light Of the occasion. He told Of how he
had banished from all the parks in the city
the signs Keep of the Grass" but this was
a motto which the congressional legislators
should take to heart They should keep
their buildings OF the grass. The pubic
grounds had not been set apart by the
fathers OF the city as building sites for
government structures, but as breathing
places for the people He. too. compliment
ed The matches beauty OF Washington.
He said that Washington was the one city
where man could press its pavements
up and down and be received without re-
gard to the dollars which he had
Librarian spohord.
Librarian Sporord was the next speaker,
and he told a good deal Of the history az
TO the selection OF the site for the Capitol.
and commended the judgment which WASH
ington displayed in the discriminating use
of the power conferred upon him. He COM
pared the public spirit of the board OF trade
OF Washington with that Of the boards OF
trade OF other cities, with especial refer
ence TO New York, greatly 70 the sdvan-
tage Of the home concern.
ExRepresentative Hemphin OF South Car
DINA said that he yielded TO none in his faith
and good wishes for the future OF Washing
ton. He hoped II would sometimes fall TO his
lot to help make the city even more beautiful
than IL is. The one fault which he had TO
md with Washington's judgment was that
he had not secured the cesson Of a greater
territory than ten miles square. Already
Washington people were digging territory
up out Of the river and syndicates were set
Ting in adjoining states in order to be
within easy speaking distance OF the city.
They wanted to preserve the public reser-
vations 10 the uses for which they were In
tended, and not for the purpose of erect
ing public buildings thereon. He thought
the legislators who voted for these things
did so largely through ignorance of the
needs OF the city. He said several things
ment printing Office on the mall. He adj
vised the board Of trade TO cultivate closer
relations with the Representatives,.
Those Present.
Among those present as guests were Sem
ators Sherman and Frye. Representatives
VIM. ]. Coombs. Charles NJ. Cooper Bingcr
Hermann, Thomas J. Henderson, Joseph @.
Cannon and William r. Ellis Of Oregon,
Capt. Gustav ]. Fiebeger. L. s. A: Mr. A
n. BlfneH, non f1OraJO King, hon. Will
lam Strong, DIR. Frank Baker. Gen. A. W.
Greedy. Mr.. d. r. Mckee. Hon. John A
Kasson, Col. John NJ. Wilson, {. S. A, SUI
perintendent Of public buildings and
Davis. Hon. John W. Douglass. Judge l. q.
Kimball. Prof. Thomas Wilson, DR.. +. NJ.
Gallaudet, Hon. A. r. Spofford. Messrs. H
p. Merrill, Tenney Ross. George William
William II. Manogue, William r. Cox. Will
lam J. F-izzell. A. Howard Clark. George
Alfred Townsend. John 3. Duncklee, Col.
Caldwell. DIR. w. c. Woodward and A. r.
Mullowney and Col. Luther Caldwell
Among those present members OF the
board of trade were J. p. Agnew. Charles
II. Allender. Richard y. Batchelder. J..
Forbes Beale. Henry L. Biscoe, Henry
G. Bowen. E. F. BROOKS. 't Morvai A'V W.
BurchelL August Burgdorf. Charles II.
Burgess. Butts a Phillips. William ID. CabeH.
Carhart Leidy. Aaron 5. Csywood.
Lewis Clephane. George W. Cochran, SAM
uel G. Cornwell. Craig a Harding, Sardis l..
Crissey, Samuel W. Curriden. Henry l..
Davis. Frank J. Dieudorne, William c.
Dodge, Charles @. Duiin, Basil p. Earnshaw
Easton & Rupp John Joy Edison. William
X. Ellis. Matthew C. Emery. Abram p.
Pardon. Francis r. Fava. jr. Charles H
Fickling. Charles r. Fonda. Daniel Fraser.
William N. ellison. Charles c. Glover.
George c. Gorham. Gould & Woodward
Edwin y. Gray. Henry A. Griswold, Will
lam b. Gurley, A. GUIDE, Theodore A Hard
ing, Martin Hebner, Francis J. Heiberger.
Lemon @. Hine, James NJ Hodges. James
II. Hopkins. David J. Howell. Frank Hume.
William A. Hungerford. J. Harrison John
son. Edwin +. Jones. Judd q Detwcilcr.
Edw. A. King. Anderson p. Lacey, TALL
madge A Lambert. James h. Lambie,
Charles c. Lancaster, Charles A. Langley,
Lansburgh & Brother. John b. Larner.
Noble %. Larner. J. Edward Libbey. Lyman
A. Littlefield, Henry B. LOCKER, A. NJ. 10TH
rop. James II. McGill. Joseph c. McKibben,
McLachlen & Batchelder. Samuel J. Meeks.
Frederick L. Moore. William c. Morrison.
William II. Moses. Daniel Murray. Josiah
Willard, James Nolan. Theodore W. Noyes.
Joseph Paul. Robert A. Phillips. Frederick
| W. Pilling. William NJ Poindexter Joseph
| Prather. Frederick W. Pratt. J. g. Parker.
| Albert NJ. Read. F. A. Reed. William r.
Roberts. William s. Roose, 1sadore Salls.
William II. Saunders, Emil q. Schafer,
George ]. Seufferle, Samuel s Shedd WILL
lam II. Singleton, Charles @. Smith, En-
mons 5. Smith. +. II. Smith a Sons j.
Leavitt Smith. Thomas W. Smith. John Ia
Smithmeyer. Thon as SonTerville. w. r.
| Speare. William Z. Speir. o. G. Staples,
| G. W. T. Swartzell. w. II. Tenney Charles
G. thorn. Matthew Trimble. Tyler e. Ruth.
| erford. William p Van wickle Heman ID.
| Walbridge Brainard II. Warner. Somerset
r. Waters Henry Wells. Samuel L. Wheat
| ley Edward L. Whitford. John b. Wight.
Beriah wilkins. Henry A. Willard, Henry
| X. Willard, Louis ID. Wine. S. w. Wood
| ward, W. p. Van Wickle.
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