Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-08

clever !" way 10 loo,
WIN now be neglected end nasty ,s s,..
Again We must iret az the DutchIeed w..
anu lepolss'one payements which war ~,
siy master looks dull and lis spirits ar. s.,.
ing; ana think
iAneh'' 'he expense OF destroying The L,,
niu '1ls }oui great people ere an ofa..-,
ne hopes and b. prlys they may AL i1 "
II they leave vs. IN debt Tor Federal IAN ''-'
20 iaet he would rather saw timber II, Ala.
lhan Sc them removing to Conbarcst,
framed ~ 70 bs
The trees to be ielled and the streets to han,
As far back as 1855 a coner..-.
wrote 10 a friend: Where win c,,,, '''1l
establish their residence? is a qur means
much agltated. 1t is question
great Importance no less 20 tho t,ri.1 -.
states In general than to the parti.,5-
state that may obtain the honor
seems the general voice OF the ~.
that large cities are 10 be avoided F'
this opinion a variety Of reasons a.- vi
be assigned too obvious ia Mood W
meratlon. A small state. nearly cent?,
ought to be preferred to an o,,r.'.
state either northward or soutbys,5
and on this account New jersey h.
many voices. Whatever disadyart.,'
hereafter may minge themselvse ',,.,,s
the emoluments attending the perr,e
/ nent residence of congress II is ,o,
be doubted that the real estate 4, ,t
vicinity, and even throughout the s,.,' '
VIII instantaneously receive a great a5
ditlonal value"
This prediction seems 10 have h.sr
borne out by the rise I'm yalpss /"
Washington Immediately after n ,...
laid out as city, Though Il was ~.
that time described as "a town ,yitbo..
houses and streets and the entire 5I-
lance from the capitol to the WbI.
House was morass," in MAY lU6
there were 3l5 houses Of brick and Uoo5
up and being erected, lots southwes, n,
Massachusetts, avenue were selling a.,
an average price Of S3l3 and nortbeas,
at sos, while lots binding on naylpabo
waters went at san per front foot
The different states seemed 10 onto,
tain this opinion, for several Of fber,
began to bid for the nationpl capital
New York offered TO cede the town u,
Kingston and Maryland the cIty a,
Annapolis What think you" wrote a
vlrtuously indignant PHILADELPHIA man
to a correspondent. "of this kind Of auc'
tioneering?"
BY resolution OF congress conlas n,
the acts OF the legislatures of Nsr
York and Maryland We're Transmitted
to the executives Of the respective
states, who were informed that the fire,
Monday in October, 1888, was assigned
FOR taking said affairs into consldera.
ton This enterprlsing scheme pro.
yoked proffers from several Other
states but It was afterward propossa
that buildings for the use Of congress
be erected on or near the banks OF the
Delaware, provided a suitable district
can be secured on or near the banks OF
said river for a federal town and that
the right Of soil and an exclusive mr.
such other Jurisdiction as congress NAV
direct shall be vested in the United
States"
A long and tedious discussion follow.
ed, during which one proposition was
entertained which provided for two res.
licences Of congress, one on the banks N
the Potomac and the other on the banks
OF the Delaware, where they should
hold sessions alternately. II was IN iI8
that a member Of the house from Vlr.
ginia offered the federal government
ten square miles OF territory or any
lesser quantity in any part Of his state
which congress might choose and was
followed by similar offer from Mary.
land. Finally, after a seven years
struggle, on the 18th Of July, 1890 Pres.
ident Washington approved and signed
the following bin; BE 1t enacted etc
that a district OF territory not exceed
ing ten miles square, to be located. as
hereinafter directed, on the river Poto-
mac, at some place between the mouths
Of the Eastern Branch and Connogo.
cheague, be and the same is hereby ac-
cepted for the permanent seat OF the
United States"
The cornerstone of the capitol build.
Ing was laid with impressive ceremo.
nies by President Washington on the
18th OF September, 1898. and all haste
was made to erect a suitable structure
'or the housing of congress and the ma
tlonal official archives. The govern
nent had held a great sale OF lots In DC.
.ober 1871, which spectators from all
over the country attended In crowds
md prices ran high. From the revenues
hus obtained and with the money de-
lived from loans the White House was
started In October, 1882. and the capitol
he following year.
President Adams spoke feellngly
when he alluded 10 the abundant lack
n accommodations for the congress
men, for had not his own wife called
"a wilderness city" and
he executive mansion a barn unfit Tor
human habitatlon? Mr.. John Cotton
smith. a representative from President
ADAMS own state OF Massachusetts,,
avs he found only one wing Of the cap
tol constructed, and the White House
mile distant, which were shining
'bjects in contrast with the dismal
Genes around them" Without ade-
uate accommodations, having trav-
rsed the distance from their respective
zones by stagecoach or on horseback,
nd with no means for social entertain
lent, the congressman OF that first ses-
Ion at Washington were indeed in
lsmal plight.
But they held an exciting session not
outstanding, and there we're several
men in attendance whose names are
till treasured by their country. one
( the most important things they did
'as TO decide the presidential election
hen II was thrown into the house ow-
lg to a tie between Jefferson and Burr.
he decision was in favor OF Jefferson
n the 10th of February 1901 and con-