Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24

state change its name? Here We have to
say Washington, adding the word state"
every time. Who named the territory
Washington" any way. and why didn't
he recognize the fact that 1t would in
time lead to endless trouble? AS soon as
the name was given the word territory"
mad to be added In order to prevent con-
fusion, and to designate just what was
meant. And no matter how great the
state may become the name washington"
VIII always mean the spot chosen by the
iatner or his country as the capital of the
Union. Washington the capital will not
suffer, but Washington the state will.
And that suggests the fact that the dele
cation in Congress from Washington state
are going to try and have one of the new
battle ships named Washington 1t has
been said that one of the ships should be
called Alabama and the other Kearsarge.
but 1t would take an act of Congress to
name name one OF the battle ships Kearsarge.
ohoer the law, the battle ships must be
named Tor states. Alabama might CO. but
Ilot tne name of the ship that was lost on
nohcador reef unless Congress should SO
vWros,de. A battle ship might be called
Mgashington. after the state, and Secretary
aeIEert MAJ be persuaded to crafty the
WISHES OF the Washington delegation.
In these days of first-class machinery.
when everything Of any moment is accom-
piisned by something besides main strength
ana awkwardness. it is rather disgusting to
80 INTO the Treasury Department of this
sfea. government Ind notice the primitive,
not 10 say slovenly, system employed IN
transporting goods from one story Ia
another. The old windlass that has been
rugged up in the southeast corner or N.
treasury would be disgrace to the South
Sea Islanders. while the ancients would
nave been ashamed to allow posteritv To
KNOW tnat 1t used any such absurd arrange
ineil. "A Dag or books or a bundle of paper
IS tiea with rope and hoisted on this rude
contrivance. or lowered to the ha sement
MOOR amidst creakings and groanings rival
ing Red river Indian cart 1t ought to
De relocated to the Smithsonian as a relic
h hait ~ 70 collection of curios 1t might
pe interesting a few hundred years hence
10 see what sort Of machinery was used In
the treasury at the close of the nineteenth
century No wonder there Is difficulty In
maintaining the gold reserve
Frank h. Hosford of the Detroit Free
Fress tells this one on himself: One dav
ms rival then Chas. A. Hamilton, who was
looking out for the Detroit Tribune, had a
very large beat on MIN. The subject was
regarding a prominent Michigan man.
against whom suit had been filed, and II
was choice and meaty story for Michigan
readers. involving several prominent men
Oh tne wolverine state. OF course Hosford
got kick and set to work II. find ont bow
ne got left He asked a number of men.
supposed to know, and they could not tell
MIN how the story was made public: the
man most deeply interested laying that he
papers Were in the hands OF the lawvers
and inquiring If they had been filed. Final.
~ Hosford went to Hamilton and asked
MIN the straight question: Charley, where
did you get that story?' Where did r GET
III? repeated Charley. in blank Management
learning for the first time it was a beat
why, got 1t out OF The Star"