Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-21

| READY 10 use II. GOV. Shepherd mas earned
the best epitaph ever written. Any one
turning aside from Cheapside sinto St.
Pauls Churchyard will come upon the
epttaph of Sir Christopher Wrenn, If you
would see his monument look about you.
Such is the epitaph OF Gov Shepherd. This
city in all its beauty is tribute to him"
Mr.. Theo. w. Noyes.
Mr.. Parker referred to the presence of
the senior editor of The Evening Star, who.
he said, had been always a supporter of
| Gov. Shepherd, and to whom Gov. Shep-
herd had never appealed for advice and sup
port in vain. Instead, however, of calling
upon Mr.. Crosby s. Noyes for speech, he
| would call upon his son and associate. Mr..
Theo. W. Noyes, who fully represented the
| young men and the new Washington.
| Mr.. Moves said:
When l look upon the venerable gray
hairs and the equally venerable hairless
| expanses that give distinction to so many
| intellectual heads visible here tonight, 1
realize that 1 am one of the infants of this
| occasion, and 1 appreciate the propriety of
| the suggestion that l should respond for
| the young and new Washington, but II
| were the Methuselah of this gathering in
| stead of one of the younger generation
| would still hesitate, as l do now, to at
| tempt to fittingly characterize the man
| whom We honor tonight. In his name the
accent is upon Alexander. the conqueror,
| and not upon the Shepherd. He is no
| gentle shepherd. reclining in the shadow of
the wide-spreading beech and feeding milk
| to lambs, but he is warrior shepherd of
| the type of David of old, brimful and over
flowing with nervous energy and concen-
| trated power. man who makes and over
| comes enemies, man who delights to beat
| down Dissatisfaction incarnate, deter
| mined force personified
Shepherds ambition. his controlling, alb
sorbing purpose. was to raise his native
| city from the dust, and after rendering her
| attractive in the eyes Of all men to place
| her in the honorable POSITION to which. as
| the nations city. she was entitled.
My father, who has brought up his boys
to take off their hats to A. Il. Shepherd.
| was fellow member with him of The COM
| mon council of the city before the tercitor-
| ial government was formed. and had an
| intimate knowledge of his innermost
thoughts and plans. Many a time I have
| heard my father testify to the unselfish-
| ness, even the self-sacrifce. of Shepherds
| labors for Washington. He burned with
| indigna lion at the sneers aimed by foreign
ers and other visitors at the despsed capt.
tai at time when, through the repudia-
| ton of national obligations and through
the Limitation of cramped local resources
| ~ d IDEAS, the city was national reproach.
| Mr.. Noyes described the helpless. hopeless
| condition of Washington before it was re-
| deemed by Shepherd, and added: shepherd
| also saw the nation, which had in the be-
| ginning undertaken the work of capital
| making, and then abandoned it to the fee
bic local population, watching the situation
with Indifference. and paralyziag the
stantly over the city's head the threat OF
capital removal. Shepherd recognized the
| only means of revolutionizing these condi-
| tons, and he had the courage and will to
| adopt this means, and to follow t unf1nch-
| iLgly to success.
1.-The city was hemmed in. it's develop
| ment was checked, access to its heritage of
| rational affection and patriotic pride was
denied by vast, obstructing walls. built
| high through local shortsightedasSs and
| congressional neglect. Shepherd became a
mighty battering ram leveled at these cb-
| Structions. In the crash of the collision
| this engine was. for a time, overturned and
| broken, but the obstructing walls went
down forever. They can never rise again,
| shepherd is miracle among bosses in
| that he entered his boSS-shfp richer than he
| came out The voluntary exile which fol-
| lowed his reign was not, as is customary
| among bosses, to escape the terrOrs of out
ragged law or to spend ill-gotten gains while
| lodging the conundrum Where did you get
| it, but to earn money through hard work
| to retrieve his shattered fortunes. He is
| unique among bosses in that the motive of
| his bosS-Ship was not mercenary self-seek-
| ing. but public spirit. civic pride, the whole
| some ambition to promote the welfare of his
| native city. He was boss in that his In
| domitable spirit was master of the situation
| in every emergency. He impressed those
| with whom he came In contact as Daniel
Webster impressed the Englishmen, who
described him as "a steam engine in
| breecheS.'
THE most important outcome Of Shep-
| herds campaign Is that the nation has now
Endorsed the capitals promise to prosper,
| and the nations ward Increases daily more
and more in the favor of its guardians. the
| American people. The swelling prospects
of other places that attract men may col
| lapse, mineral deposits may fail, tariff
changes may ruin a manufacturing town,
tickle commerce may flow in other channels.
| but the fortunes of the capital and of the
| republic are now inseparably interviewer,
| and while the United States endure and
a
show forth the republic In miniature. re-
| spending in Its own growth TO the national
! development and prosperity.
I'm ell this beautiful city which owes 20
| much to him there Is no distinctive monu-
| ment to Shepherd no school is named for
him. nor any street. save Shepherds alley,
| which under any other name would shell
| as sweet But il has been happily sug-
| gested that Shepherd finds his most fitting
| monument I'm the city itself and in the
| grateful regard of every thoughtful Wash
| ingtonian. Remembrance in bronze or MAJ
| bile Is appropriate and may yet come. For
today Young Washington. whom 1 repre-
sent. can in no way more greatly honor
| Shepherd than by catching the inspiration
of his unselfsh loyalty to his native city,
| his infleNible and Irresistible determine ton
| to substitute honor for contempt in the
worlds opinion of that city, and by Apply
ing this force to the removal of present OBJ
| structions in WaShington's path and to the
| upbuilding of the future capital Thus
! though Shepherd in the flesh may be far
away in Mexico (where I have President
| Diaz's word for it he is as highly appreci-
| ated he can he in Washington his spirit
and influence will prevail here as they did
| a quarter century ago..
| Mr. Noyes enumerated a number Of the
problems and needs of the present Wash
| ington in respect to which the energy Of a
Shepherd would find ample field of opera
| ticn and in conclusion said:
| I'VE have beard of Old and New Wash
| ington on this side of Boundary street and
of Greater Washington, greater in area, on
the other. but Young Washington, +he
| newer Washington for which 1 speak. the
| true greater Washington of the future will
| be not this or that portion of the Federal
| District but the whole vast city extending
| to the Districts farthest limits, and dis
| playing every characteristic feature of a
modern, model capital: and in this metrop-
oils, the national obligations to which will
be fulfilled ungrudgingly and with pride,
the people will act unitedly for the city's
welfare, not wasting strength or neutraiiz-
| ing one another's labors in jealous, fac
| tional wrangling.
| Let all of us, deriving inspiration from
the spirit Of this occasion, act well our
| parts in Fastening the day of this Newer,
| Greater Washington
The POSTMASTER then called upon Mr..