Evening star., 1898-05-23

| the foundations Of national sentiment upon
| which the Union and-fts city rest In war
| life and death the republic and it's capital
| are one and inseparable.
| President Noyes said that in calling
| for speeches from de guests he would
| case He then went on to say that
| there was a distinguished member Of
the common counciG pt the city who
| had once promised to put through Con-
| gress a codificatfon of the laws of the Dis
| trict when one should be prepared. He
was glad to be able TO Say that under the
auspices of the board of trade and of the
bar association, a cod& vas being prepared
| by Judge Cox, one bf the abIest of our
| judges, and that 1t would soon be ready,
A word to the wise. President Noyes add
ed. among whom Representative Grosve-
nor is included. is sufficient.
Representative Grosvenor's Speech.
Amid much laughter General Grosvenor
arose and proceeded to make his response.
He said that when, he first came to the city
the Potomac flats were greatly in evidence
Now that nuisance was gotten rid Of but
the Anacostia flats still remain and judg-
ing the future from the past he was afraid
he would not live long enough to see that
real estate added to the city. The continu-
ance of such nuisance he described as a
disgrace.
He admitted that he had promised to do
what he could to enact a code for the Dis
trfct, but in referring to the fact that he
was not member Of the House District
committee he paused long enough to re-
mark that it seemed to him the House Dis
trict committee was fnainly occupied in
building street railway lines, and In enlarg-
Ing and Illuminating the stock of defunct
railroads Coming back to the proposed
District code he expressed pleasure at hear
ing that 1t was nearing completion and
then said he supposed If it contained a
provision to control hack stands some one
In the House would say that the authors of
the code were bowling down to monopoly.
He spoke earnestly of the need of a COM
plete revolution in the system of jurispru-
dence in order to get rid Of the antique laws
still in force here.
commission is now engaged in codifying
the laws of tho United States. and said re-
Gently member of this commission was
talking to the President of the United
States, and the latter asked how he was
getting along, and he replied very we'll.
'Who are you getting to do the work
now?" asked the President.
Il did not hear the reply added General
GroSvenor
Approves the Present System.
After the laughter which greeted this
story had subsided the speaker went on to
say that he believed Congress should con-
tinue to be the legislative body for the
District, for, he said, if the management
Of local affairs was left to d local legisla-
ture lack of generosity on it's part might
result In not placing the District of Column
bia where he hoped to see 1t. He wanted
this city to become model capital city,
with a model municipal organization, beau
tined to an extent not equaled elsewhere in
the world, providing unequaled educa-
ton for the common people. and library
accessible at all hours of the day to the
public. and their needs. such as increased
water supply, sewers, etc, would be met.
All this was possible. for behind the ex-
penditure needed would be the nations
pride in the capital city.
Gen. Grosvenor said he believed Washing
ton ought to be more of business place
and it must become soIif it was to increase
in population. The idea, he said, of har-
was one that need not interfere with the
continued development of the city as a
place of residence. %
Member From California.
The next speaker was Representative
Hllborn of California, who Was introduced
by President Noyes member of the
common council from California who was
largely instrumental In securing the pas
sage of the District naval battalion bill
In an exceedingly happy speech Mr..
Hilborn spoke of the yfallacy of the
idea that there is plenty of time to
prepare for war after, war comes. In
the present instance, he said, 1t was
lucky this country had not run up against
such an antagonist as we might have had
present difficulty with Spain became acute
Uncle Sam put fifty millions of dollars in
his pocket and went over the world to buy
war vessels 1t was soon found he could
puy everything else except warships. He;
spoke OIL the war with Algiers, when Con
sreSs ordered six frfgates to be built But
when only three were finished a treaty of
peace was made and the material on hand
Tor building the three other ships was sold
so, he said, in the war of 1917 and in the
late war navies were built up but after
the war were allowed to disappear He
nopeo thls experience would not be repeat
Mr. Hilborn spoke of the opposition to n
STANDING army and to large navy based
on the grounds that they were thought 10
, navor OF a monarchy. In Manila harbor
leceH,iy' ne SAID, good deal of history
was made The peaceful policy we have
pursued has now been left behind us We
are another people and our future policy
WIN De that OF England We shall never,
nc eAS'aihed amid an outburst of applause
pun GOWN our nag from Havana or Porto
''i@o' ihis means, he added, great navy
Believes in Washington.
MT. dllporn said he was always a be-
iieVer IN the greatness of Washington
Every time the wealth and population of
'he country Is doubled. he added, then that
oA washington doubles. But now a new
element mas been added, and wherever we
plent our flag then Is added to the glory
VI tbe city.
upon the conclusion Of the present war.
tne M speaker continued, millions of people
VIII turn their faces to this city with a
new 1eeiing that 1t is the seat of power.
the source of protection for their lives.
their property and their liberties.
me speakers eloquent close was fitting
cIimax OF a speech that was recognized as
one Of unusual power.
Representative CannOn's RespOnse,
Representative Cannon. the chairman of
the House appropriations committee, was
introduced in happy manner by Presi-
dent Noyes and elected from Uncle Joe"
an equally happy response He deprecated
taking to himself any credit for interest
IN the District to which he was not entitled
he said he wanted to be fairly understood
ana ne must say he was not an efficient
MEMBER or the common council, as far as
tfe city Is concerned. He said this coun-
try Is so large that no one man can rep
resent Its varied interests. He confessed
mat he really knew but little of the in
terests OF the people Of the city. He had
ilVed here for a quarter of a century, and
nad seen the city grow and improve and
was proud of the progress made. In many
respects. he thought. the citizens were for
turate In having Congress- for their legis-
!sture He did not know of any city which